Rielly's Bday

Ok so I have been really bad about keeping this updated- Rielly's bday was at the beginning of september and i am just posting these! Oh well, that is life! We celebrated her bday like three different times for various reasons- lucky girl! We went to the zoo and made a chocolate cake, got a balloon, and went "driving" at the mall. Rielly tries to get into the driver seat everytime we go to the car now because she wants to drive! What a sweet little 2 year old! Potty trained, sleeping in a big bed, and now she is just all grown up i guess!

Smile!

Dress up

Tessa, Halle, and Rielly

Ruidoso

Every August we go on vacation with the Steffensen clan to their timeshare in Ruidoso! We are so lucky that Scott and Alyssa have their timeshare because they let us stay with them! Rielly had SO MUCH FUN with her cousins! I think it was almost too much too handle! She just adores Halle, and can't get enough of Tessa- even when they fight she still wants to be around her! We had to put Rielly back in diapers for the week because there was so much going on she just couldn't seem to remember that she was potty trained! Luckily though within an hour after we got home she was going on the toilet again!

Yeah for Summer

A balloon landed right behind our apartment and Rielly watched until it was completely taken down!

Gavin is Smiling!

Rielly loves the pool! Everyday she wants to wear her swimsuit and go swimming! Luckily Chris really likes the pool too!

Family Fun

Behr and Gavin are about 2 months apart.

Blessing Gavin

We had lots of family support us for Gavin's blessing! Grandma and Grandpa Atkin came, along with Ryan's family and Addie's family! Of course the Steffensen's were all there too- even Landon's family from California! Rielly was so happy to take pictures- can you tell?

Love at Home

Rielly loves her baby brother! She likes to share all of her toys with him, although that means putting them on his face or on top of his head! She even shows him her books! What a great big sister!

Baby Boy

Gavin Christian is here! 8lbs 11 oz. He came June 1st and much easier than his sister did! He has been a little yellow though so we try and spend some time in the sun each day. Rielly loves to help with Gavin, and likes that he is around most of the time. She has been sick all week though so that has made it hard!

Fun stuff

We had a nice relaxing Easter with the Steffensen Family. We watched conference, ate some good food, and then had an Easter egg hunt for Rielly. She eventually picked up all the eggs and candy, but we took a lot of breaks to eat what she had already found! She likes wearing her sunglasses- just like Mom and Dad! We are in our new apartment too- we love it- and Rielly likes to carry her stool around with her everywhere so she can reach things!

What will it be?

We got an ultrasound yesterday, and it looks like a BOY! We are really excited to have one of each gender! Although Chris is just thinking about all the money we will have to spend buying boy stuff! :) Don't tell him, but I think that will be part of the fun!

Arizona Christmas

So after San Diego we headed to Chandler for Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa! Not quite as warm as San Diego, but still very nice! Rielly loved fluffy (the cat), she wanted to be wherever he was. She got lots of beads and a stroller from Grandma (Chris put it together- that was interesting!) and we got her a purse with fake make-up and a cell phone. She loved it all, although I think it was a little overwhelming at first!

San Diego

We had so much fun in San Diego! We spent a day at Sea World, a day at the beach, and a day at the temple! Unfortunately I forgot my camera when we went to the temple! But we were there and Mike and Kimi did get sealed! Richard was so nice to let us stay with him and Max in their time share- what a great brother I have!