Brady Turns Three!

I cannot believe how fast three years has come and gone!  And boy Brady have you really put us on a good roller coaster ride! You are so stinkin cute and we love you with everything we have!
Things you are doing at Three:
1. You can count to 20
2. You recognize all numbers up to 20 and all upper case letters
3. You can write the letters: T, X, H, O
4. You recognize all of your shapes and colors too
5. You still love cars and you prefer to play with them all day long
6. You can dress yourself except you get stuck with your shirts
7. You brush your teeth by yourself but you typically just bounce the brush up and down
8. You had your first dentist appointment and you got a clean bill and NICE teeth report - you were SO good at the dentist too
9. You have gone an entire year with out an ear infection - Thank the lord!
10. You went to school this year (on Mondays and Wednesdays). Your teachers were Miss Kayce and Miss Jodie. YOU LOVED SCHOOL! You rarely had a bad report from your teachers they said you basically ran everywhere
11. You love driving your Power Wheels (jeep) and you are actually a better driver than your sister
12. You are SUPER fast on your bike and scooter and you absolutely have NO FEARS - everyone is shocked at how fearless you really are
13. You are the BEST cuddler and kisser EVER! There is not a day that goes by where you don't give me HUGE hugs and lots of kisses - it melts my heart
14. You say Spageeto instead of mosquito and YELLLLLLLLOW (accent on the LLL) - we are working on Harper pronouncing this word correctly and now you like to say it like this
15. You are a screamer and it drives your daddy and I nuts - it's not a happy scream typically
16. You spend a lot of time in time outs b/c you are constantly hitting or pushing your sister
17. You do not like to share with Harper - we are working through this
18. You sleep in your own bed and love the Country Song (This is how we Roll by Florida Georgia Line)
19. You could eat Chic Fil A all day long
20. You love fruit and typically ask for dippy eggs in the mornings
21. You are constantly on the go. We are weening you off of naps but sometimes its just better to give you a nap
22. You are wearing 2T shorts and 3T pants/shirts size 7 shoe
23. You weighed 30 lbs at your last appt and and were 36 3/4" tall (30%)
24. You have fallen in Miss Mamesia's pool now 3 x's and you were more worried about your pretzels getting wet then drowning (you had no life jacket on) - now Mommy and Miss Mamesia are CPR certified.

Baby boy we love you in every way shape and form! You will always be our little meatball (which you love btw).

Costa Rica

So many pictures to post but this is it for now.
We went to Costa Rica with Papa and Nona and her family - we had an absolutely amazing time. We had a house with a pool right on the ocean.  Harper and Brady LOVED to swim, play in the sand and get their feet in the ocean. They didn't so much like the salty water though.
Great first family vacation - terrible plane ride with both of you. 3 hrs of NO NAP - HELP MOMMY AND DADDY!

Harper is THREE

What you are doing now that you are THREE:
1. You are sassy, and you give me attitude, but you are OH SO SWEET too
2. You never went through a terrible two's you were always my big helper
3. You will always be my peanut
4. You know your ABC's can point out every letter, sound them out and you know something that starts with that letter - normally it's someone's name in your class
5. You can write the letter ABCDEMWJH
6. You love coloring - or painting right now
7. We did our first art project for family - you made your handprint into salt dough and painted it to look like Santa Claus
8. You were absolutely AMAZED with Santa this year
9. You wake up a crab every morning
10. 5 out of the 7 nights in a week you end up in our bed snuggled up with daddy (he secretly loves it)
11. You still love your blankey
12. You haven't had any bathroom accidents in a LONG time
13. You can count to 20 and count to 5 in Spanish
14. You got a bike for your birthday and you ride it everywhere
15. You got a Power wheels jeep from Santa and you are a pretty good driver
16. You still love ballet and gymnastics - I think you are going to be a great athlete soon - soccer will start in the summer
17. You are a very polite little girl - and you are constantly worried about Brady
18. You share very well with your friends
19. You love Izzie, Addie, Blake and Ava - you are constantly talking about Blake and Ava
20. You love talking on the phone to your Papa, Nonna, Memo and Papa and Memo
21. You work my phone - with puzzles and games
22. You are really into disney princess movies right now
23. Your imagination has started to come alive - you are constantly playing house with your dolls
24. You love playing outside but you hate being dirty
25. You are my little helper - you take your plate to the sink and clean it, you help feed the dogs and you help fold clothes (I mean match socks).
26. You drive Brady nuts by taking his cars from him all the time
27. You love stroodles and oatmeal right now
28. You are a really good eater and love veggies especially cucumbers and carrots
29. We had your three year check up and you weighed 28.5 lbs (24%) and 37.25" tall (58%)
30. You are growing like a weed and are making a consistent effort to dress yourself - you are pretty good at getting your shoes on the right feet.
Goodness Harper, you are my little peanut. You have grown up to be such a sweet little lady and I love watching your eyes in amazement when you find out new things.  Everything is so new and fascinating to you! You call everyone a stinker butt and I love it.
You are my light and we love you little peanut!

Christmas Time

Christmas at Memo and Papa's house

Christmas 2012

Uncle Andy

Uncle Andy and Harper

Harper's School Christmas Performance

Sarah, Harper and Caroline exchanging gifts

Kunath Family Christmas Eve 2012

Harper's school Christmas Performance 2012 - You did not sing at all - did a few hand motions but that was it.

Harper and Brady 2012

Walking down the stairs Christmas morning

Harper, Bretta, Brady and Uncle Tommy

Harper, Papa, Nonna and Brady

Checking to see if Santa and the reindeer ate the cookies, carrots and drank the milk - THEY SURE DID

Harper, Memo and Brady celebrating Christmas

Check out what Santa brought us - a Jeep like Daddy's

Merry Christmas from the Kunath Family 2012

 We had an amazing Christmas this year.  We started Christmas Eve off by having over friends and family for a huge Christmas dinner. Danny made the best egg nog martinis ever and we had a crazy white elephant gift exchange.  Daddy read Harper and Brady Twas the Night Before Christmas and they loved it.  The kids gathered up some cookies, carrots and milk for Santa and the Reindeer and left them with a note downstairs.  Harper and Brady woke up around 7:30 am and Harper instantly knew that Santa had come - they hurried down the stairs, but not before Daddy could take a picture.  The twinkling that happened in Harper's eyes was magical and I wish I could bundle that up in a bottle and save it. She actually understood Christmas this year and LOVED every minute of it.  She also was trying to understand that Mary and Joseph had baby Jesus on Christmas morning and it was his birthday! We were celebrating his life as well!
Brady opened up one car and he was done for the rest of the day. Harper helped EVERYONE open their gifts.  Harper loved her leap pad and her baby Tangled and Brady was in love with his cars of course!!!
Christmas was very special this year - and I hope we can celebrate many more with friends and family!

Brady 19-20 months old

What you are doing at 19-20 months old:
1. You recognize letters of the alphabet - ABCDQRUCX are just a few
2. You know these because we watch the Letter Factory by Leap frog almost everytime we are in the car
3. You can sing the ABC song
4. You love the song We are Never Ever Ever Getting back together by Taylor Swift
5. You hate being buckled up in your car seat
6. You run everywhere
7. You open all the doors in the house and manage to sneak out every once in awhile
8. You wear a size 6 shoe and you have really wide feet
9. You wear a size 2T in shirts and pants
10. You are getting really good at puzzles on my phone
11. You have managed to somewhat sit and color for a few minutes, but most of it ends up on your stomach and your hands
12. You still take a really good nap - sometimes I have to wake you up because it cuts into our dinner time
13. You LOVE your sister and if Harper is not around, you ask Where Harper
14. You LOVE Katy and Derby - and really give them a hard time (they are really good with you though).
15. You brush your teeth all by yourself - even your tongue
16. You got alot of cars/trucks from Santa and they all make noise. You opened one car and you were done opening presents for the rest of the time
17. You love snow globes and are fascinated with our Christmas tree ornaments. I realized we needed to buy some shatterproof ornaments once you broke the first five
18. You were amazed with Santa - everywhere you saw him you would point and shout  SANTA and REINDEER and LIGHTS
19. You love to play with the refrigerator letter magnets - you are constantly taking them in and out of the letter machine
20. You are obsessed with Dora, Lightning McQueen, Diego and Mickey Mouse
21. You are a great eater - will eat almost anything we put in front of you.
22. You can count to 5
23. You can recognize alot of different animals and can point to everything on your body

Goodness you have grown up so quickly. I can't believe how much you are talking - you say complete sentences almost daily and you are constantly repeating everything we say. You are a ball of fire and I love it. You keep me on my toes and I wouldn't change that for the world.  You are my baby boy!!
We love you Brady!

Brady 17-18 months old

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in 2 months and boy oh boy how things have changed! Things you are doing at 18 months:
1. You still wear size 18 month pants and a 2T shirt 
2. You wear size 5 shoes, but you have the widest feet. I love your little puma tennis shoes but they are SO HARD to fit on your chubby feet
3. I gave you your first hair cut, it wasn't bad but you have really STRAIGHT and fine hair
4. You can count to 4
5. You know the letter B, and point to it all the time
6. You still LOVE LOVE LOVE cars and trucks
7. You love to dance especially to Call Me Maybe
8. You will eat fruit and vegetables all day long
9. You love your blankey - and still sleep with it
10. You love to ride Buzz Light Year - you could run circles around Harper on it
11. You prefer to be outside playing - or running I should say
12. You speak in sentences - and it's very clear
13. You say Night night when it's time to go to bed, and then Wuve You (Love you)
14. You throw the worst temper tantrums right now - you SCREAM at the top of your lungs, and it drives me NUTS
15. You hate time outs and refuse to sit through them
16. You aren't a big fan of going to bed
17. You have started to say your prayers before bed - you clasp your hands and say now i lay me
 18. You finally are letting us brush your teeth for you - instead of you chewing on your toothbrush
19. You are constantly saying MINE - and it's only b/c Harper says it
20. You repeat everything we ask you too - I can't believe how much you are talking
21. You weigh 25 lbs, are 33" tall - all above average which your daddy is very excited about
22. We put up the Christmas tree this weekend and you managed to break 5 ornaments - by throwing them
23. Anytime there is a step you jump off of it
24. You like to color and it's nice to get a 30 second break from your craziness - I mean you NEVER sit still
25. You now arch your back and throw a fit everytime I put you in your car seat. And when I finally get you in your car seat, you say I do it (buckling your top buckle). Brady - you are definitely giving us a run for our money and prove yourself to be ALL BOY ALL THE TIME! I wouldn't change it for the world - but you may give me a few gray hairs early on! We love you Brady Boy!!!

Brady is 16 months old

What you are doing at 16 months old: 1. Throwing terrible temper tantrums - you sound like a squealing pig 2. Your vocabulary is through the roof - you actually have been connecting two words - good job, hi daddy, big airplane and many more 3. You and Harper are really beginning to play together - you have so much fun when there are no toys in the middle 4. You are extremely fascinated with match box cars right now - you will hold at least 5 in your hands and you say VROOM VROOM as you drive the cars all over our apartment 5. You refuse to go to bed unless you throw your cars and everything else out of your bed at least 5 x's 6. You had a ruptured ear drum last month - it has finally healed 7. You love to take showers - you say SHOOOOOWER 8. You are getting better at climbing the stairs, but you still take a few spills every week 9. Your favorite thing to do is jump - you jump off of everything, including our bed, the couch and even concrete stairs outside 10. You terrify me every time you jump off the stairs, but I know you are a boy - so I let you go 11. You are wearing size 4 diapers, 18 mos - 2T shirts, 18 mos pants and a size 5 shoes 12. You are constantly touching things that are HOT, even though I tell you not to 13. Lately you have been taking hangers out of the closet and putting them in the kitchen. After you have brought all the hangers you can get to into the kitchen, you take them back to your room - this continues for about 5 minutes 14. You love Elmo, Dora, Mickey and Minnie - you can say all of their names and get so excited when you see them ANYWHERE 15. You throw everything - including things you are not supposed to. Your arm is pretty good, but your aim isn't 16. You are becoming a better eater, but you are very persistent when we ask if you want anymore - you shake your head NO 17. You say all done when you are finished eating, and then hand us your plate 18. You like to buckle things 19. You have broken 3 pairs of my sunglasses - you bend the frame backwards - no more nice sunglasses for mommy 20. Your favorite song right now is The Wheels on the bus - you roll your arms and somewhat sing along 21. You have three molars - the final one is popping through but not all the way through yet I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, where your temper tantrums may be coming to an end (hopefully I'm not speaking too soon) this will only happen as your vocabulary gets even better than it already is. Brady - you are our sweet baby boy, who's cute little glances make our heart skip a beat! We love you baby boy!

Harper's first day of Preschool

Harper had her first day of Preschool last week! Her teachers are Miss Wendy and Miss Suzanne! So far she has really enjoyed school and hasn't cried at all. Although the first day she went, when Danny and I were getting ready to leave she said Don't Leave me. That broke my heart. I am cherising all the special alone time Brady and I get to spend together, although I miss Harper deeply when I drop her off. She has learned what the letter A and H look like, how to draw them and how to sound off the letters!!

Our New House

Back and Front of the house - making progress. We are hoping for a mid October move in date!!  Saying lots of prayers it happens then, b/c the apartment is getting extremely cramped!

More Double Trouble

This is what happens when you live in a small apartment and you both share a room and you aren't quite that tired yet.  Harper climbs in Brady's bed and shares all of her blankies and toys with Brady.  I heard a bunch of laughing and I couldn't resist taking this picture before I put everyone back to their own bed!

Gymnastics Class at My Gym

Climbing up the ladder

Doing your first somersault

My first Williamson County Fair

Bryson and Harper on the bumble bee ride (first ride ever) - you LOVED it

Daddy and Harper on the tea cups  - This was your favorite ride at the fair

Harper at 30 - 33 months old

What you have been doing over the last 8 months
1. You are wearing a size 3T everything.
2. You love to swim and are getting pretty good at staying towards the top of the water
3. You love jumping off the side of the pool
4. You recently went on your first water slide in our new neighborhood - it was fast and YOU LOVED IT.
5. We went to the fair and you loved the bumble bee ride (which is like the tea cups) and you especially loved the little roller coaster
6. 99.9% of the time you get up around midnight to join mommy and daddy in bed
7. You still love your blankie but not you have added books to your bed along with a sippy cup of water
8. You get up in the middle of the night to get a drink b/c you are phirsty (thirsty).
9. You have no fear
10. You are a very good listener and are getting better at eating
11. You started gymnastics class a few weeks ago and you ask everyday if it's time to go to nastics.
12. You start ballet next week and we bought your leotard, shoes and tutu - you have worn them everyday since.
13. You start preschool in a few days. I asked if you were ready to go to school and you said no, but then you asked if you got to see your friends....I said yes and you said ok then I guess I'm ready
14. You take really good naps
15. You have been accident free for almost 5 months now
16. Your new thing is you tell us you don't feel good (you sound pitiful when you say it and we know it's not true, but it's so darn cute)
17. You love to read books, especially lama lama red pajama, and purplicious
18. You could watch tv all day if we let you - especially dora the explorer
19. Your favorite movie is still Beauty and Beast or Mama Mia
20. You have a new favorite song - Call me Maybe and you sing it ALL DAY LONG
21. We had our neighborhood party over the weekend and you requested they play that song all night to us - we didn't think they would, but what do you know - they actually played that song and you went nuts. You stayed up until 10pm dancing with "your friend"
22. You love older girls - you gravitate towards them
23. You pick out your own clothes and shoes everyday. There is one dress and one pair of shoes you ALWAYS pick out. I have to hide the dress so you don't wear it everyday
24. You just started to like peanut butter sandwhiches - and you help me make them
25. You love dressing up in your Disney princess outfits
26. You love to paint outside in our apartment
27. I think you are more excited than we are to move into the new house (you ask to go to "the new house" atleast twice a day
28. You went through a phase and still kind of are in that phase where it's mommy's turn to do everything - buckle you, wipe you, dress you, feed you. You don't want anyone else to do it, but mommy
29. You could put any puzzle together
30. You can count to 20, sing your ABCs, ring around the rosey, Old McDonald had a farm, Wheels on the bus
31. You constantly want to push Brady around in the stroller
32. You love playing hide and seek, but you seem to pick the same spot to hide in every time
33. You still have a hard time sharing with Brady - you take things from him and say Harper had it first.

Harper it's amazing to me that you are almost 3 years old. You are pure joy to us everyday! We love you more and more everyday as you grow!

Brady is 15 months old

Things that Brady is doing at 15 months old:
1. Talking all the time: Harper, diaper, tree, truck, airplane, "oh man," juice, orange juice, milk, NO, book, elmo, paint, bird, car, water (but sounds like butter), apple, nana (banana) and many more that I can't think of now
2. You love airplanes right now - you get so excited when you see an airplane in the sky - you jump up and down and point to the sky saying aiplane, aiplane
3. You are getting better at climbing up the stairs, but you still need some help
4. You hate riding in the stroller right now, but we have no choice b/c you refuse to hold our hand when we walk outside
5. You LOVE it when the phone rings - you purse your lips together and your eyebrows lift - you get so excited. Sometimes I think you actually think a phone is called "dada or mama". That's what you say everytime it rings
6. You went through about a 2 month bout - where you had a REALLY bad yeast infection under your belly button to your bottom - we finally have it gone but it took about 4 dr visits and some serious medication: nastatin first, then vusion and finally oxistat is what worked
7. Your left top and bottom molars have popped through, and the right ones are really doing their job on you. Nothing has come through on the right side yet - here's to hoping they come through quickly
8. You go to My Gym once a week and absolutely love the class - you especially like to jump on the trampoline. There is actually air under your feet when you jump
9. If we gave you a water bottle to play with you could untwist the cap and put it back on atleast 1,000 x's per day
10. You are really into Sesame Street and Dora right now - you call it Doda
11. You have recently started to wrestle with your sister - she can still take you down
12. You love to read your Elmo book, but you are now sitting in your sister's chair and picking up a book and pointing to pictures - we ask you where the puppy is and you point the picture with the puppy in it
13. You can point to your eye and your nose, and you know that a train says CHOO CHOO.....but other than that you are refusing to point to any other body parts. We ask you what a dog says and your sister tends to answer for you - I hope when she goes to school you will start to answer questions on your own
14. You sleep really well at night - you now prefer to sleep with your blankey...you have two a blue one and a white one
15. You love chasing around the vaccuum
17. You have gotten into a bad habit of turning the knobs on the oven, which it's gas so it's pretty scarey, and taking the child proof plugs out of the wall - I thought they were child proof but I guess they are not Brady proof
18. You are wearing a size 2T shirt, 18 month shorts and size 5 shoes - size 4 diapers. We had to switch to huggies b/c of your yeast infection (the pampers in my opinion were not helping it to get better).
19. You know who Papa (both of them) and when you hear their voices on the phone you say Papa
20. You love it when daddy gets home - when he opens the door you run to him and wrap your arms around his legs...I love it!
21. You have become a little fishie in the water.....you wear a puddle jumper and you can swim around all by yourself. You have started to put your face in the water and use your arms and legs to get around the pool!
22. You love to dance, especially to all the songs that Harper listens too!
23. You copy everything that Harper does - including putting raspberries on every finger before you eat them!

Brady you add such sunshine to our family! You are more loved than you will ever know!

Double Trouble

Yes these two have become really good friends! BUT I have a feeling Danny and I are in for some trouble soon - DOUBLE TROUBLE.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy, best friend and husband ever! The kids love you and I love you more!!!

Bentley

Harper YOU LOVE Bentley!!!  You are constantly asking Bentley to shake and you grab toys out of his mouth and then throw it - go get it Bentley!!  Bentley LOVES Brady, constantly following him around and nudging him with his head! It's actually really cute!!

Yes mommy did that :(

It started out as a normal morning.  We were getting ready to go to the pool, daddy was out of town and the house was all packed up. I was outside grabbing some water toys for the kids to play with while at the pool. I walked in the back door and closed the door and then I heard screaming from Harper. Oh SH*T I saw the look of terror in her face and then realized I had just shut her finger in the door.  And as soon as I opened the door and pulled her hand out it started turning black and blue. Oh the instant pain in my heart starting, along with the crocodile tears that were rolling down her cheeks. This is one of those times, when you think why did I just do that. But it happened and I felt terrible.  I tried putting ice on it, but she wasn't having it, so my next thought was a bath - nope nothing to do with a bath (and that's one of her favorite things to do). About an hour later, I called the nurse to see if we needed to come in b/c she was still crying. They basically said there is nothing they can do it was probably just stubbed not broken.  She FINALLY settled down after I painted her fingernails and that's when I noticed she started to move her finger and I was thanking the lord that it wasn't broken, or so I thought. Danny was out of town and I was constantly calling him to make myself feel better :)  Three days later, I noticed she hadn't sucked her fingers in a few days - she always sucked her fingers when she was tired especially at night.  One of the fingers I smashed in the door happened to be one of the fingers she sucked on.  Well what do you know, I made her stop sucking her fingers. Not that I'm glad this happened, but I am glad that she stopped sucking her fingers as that was a fear of mine and how long she would go on doing this! It has been two months since this happened and I am happy to report still no sucking on her fingers! We are passed it. So yes I feel bad for doing this, I am a little giddy inside as well!!

We sold our house

Yes we SOLD our house!  We no longer live at 1005 Autumn Ridge Ct.  Spring Hill, TN 37174.  It took 64 days to sell, which is amazing for our area!!  We absolutely loved this house - we had a lot of firsts in this house, but the drive was horrendous.  Best neighbors in the world but now we are onto our next house to make memories in.  We sold our house so quickly, that we didn't have Plan B. We are currently building our dream home in Brentwood, TN unfortunately it won't be done until  mid October. SO in the meantime, we are living in a 1,000 sq ft apartment.  2 bedroom 2 bath.  We have found we get cabin fever VERY easy, but we LOVE the apartment pool!!  Harper - you swim all by yourself with your swimmies on and Brady you can also stay afloat for a little bit by yourself!  I think the apartment will teach Harper and Brady to enjoy eachother - they are sharing a room for the next 3 months!!

Harper's Last Day of School

You loved school (after the first month). You still ask about Miss Amy and Miss Anna!  I can't wait for you to start school in the fall b/c you really enjoyed it!