Is summer ending already?

I apologize for the delay in blog postings lately. Everytime I sit down to post, someone is needing me or needing me to do something!! Yes that is my life these days, catering to 2 demanding 18 month olds. I don't think they are any more demanding than any other child their age, i think it is just the age! I have begun to think that the infant stage was simple compared to the stage we are currently at! Yes, we are getting more sleep and still having to nurture, feed and love on them but the actual having to parent and discipline has set in. Some days to say the least can be quite trying. Our favorite new word in our household, is the typical toddler, NO, used by both parents and children.

We had a really good and adventerous summer that has seemed to go by so quickly! Everything that we do these days is adventerous with 2 toddlers! We celebrated the 4th of July in Whidbey Island with uncle Aaron and aunt Jaimie! The babies experienced their first ocean, the weather was chilly but it didnt seem to phase them at all! As long as their were enough rocks to throw, and in Kamryn's case, enough rocks to eat, we were content! We celebrated our countries independence by going to the parade downtown, and then induldged ourselves with greasy food at the carnival! The babies were in bed by 8:30, needless to say they missed the fireworks, they can catch them next year!

The next weekend was followed by the Braga campout! Even though, I was dreading the thought of keeping 2 curious and "independent" toddlers entertained, and out of the fire pit, I agreed to go on the camping trip!! We had a wonderful time with the family and we were at a great camping location, thanks to Troy. We spent most our days swimming in the lake, visiting with each other and of course trying to corral the kids! They slept pretty good through the nights, thank God, but I was still very excited on the last day of our camping vacation when we were headed home!! I was TIRED!

In August we had family up to our place for the week, it was such a fun week and like always nice to have extra hands to help out with the busy bees! We rode the trail of the hiawatha, which is a 13 mile bike ride through the mountains, it was very fun and entertaining, we only peed our pants a few times! We had a lot of fun showing the family around the place that we are beginning to call home!

Rylan is still taller than his sister by a good inch but almost a pound lighter. He is beginning to repeat everything we say and most of the words that come out are pretty clear, we are still working on some of them. He is a very busy and intelligent little boy, always having to figure out how his toys work. He loves to climb on things and figured out how to climb up the chair and watch out the window at airplanes that he hears up above, he also loves to watch for daddy to come home and wave out the window at him. He still has a very sweet and tender demeanor about him, but can also be very stubborn.

Kamryn, our little "ninny", is all girl from drama to fashion to attitude! She is too, very jabbery and repeats words that we say to her. Both of them carry on conversations between just the two of them quite frequently, i think they are planning and plotting against us at times! Kamryn loves to be busy and absolutley loves books, she is always bringing us a new book to read to her! I love being in the kitchen and feel this tight little squeeze around my thigh and look down to a huge smile and her tiny arms wrapped around my leg, she is very cuddly and lovey. We have had some recent changes in the Braga family, Troy has accepted a new job located in Spokane, so the same amount of travel time but in the opposite direction. He is the finance director at a non-profit organization. He is liking the new gig so far, and will also be able to have more time with our ever so changing babies! He will have a more family friendly schedule, which is so important to all of us!

Here are some pics of the babies over the summer!