Much Needed Advice

Ok it is quickly approaching my daughters 4th birthday. Here is the problem she seems to have this appendage that protrudes from here mouth. Many parents would know this as a binki. I had talked her into giving it up during the day for almost 6 months then her daddy got laid off of work and was home more. I don't know if this caused a problem or if she just got a way with more because he was home. Now the binki is always with her if not she is very upset almost frantic she says I LOVE MY BINKI and it loves my mouth. We thought this was pretty cute for a while but the dentist did not think so. If she doesn't have her binki at night she suffers from night terrors the doctor said she would out grow these but if she has her binki she doesn't have them. We even tried leaving the binki at home when we went on vacation to Bear Lake good thing my hubby had one in his overnight case or we probably would have been thrown out of our hotel for out sweet daughter woke up screaming and wouldn't quit for over an hour. So how do we get rid of this appendage that is always attached to her mouth without the screaming tantrums. Yes some of you parents out there know just what I mean when it comes to a little girl she can scream and scream until blood pours out of your ears and you go deaf :) especially if you know my sweet daughter. I would appreciate any advice that I could get since out of all of my children she is the only one that ever even had an interest in the binki. Hugs to all Ellie

Our baby Brynlee

Just a few more pictures of our baby girl. You wouldn't think that she is a little loved would ya. :)

A couple more pictures

Just a couple more pictures of my beautiful granddaughter.

My Funny Alyssa

My sweet daughter has a problem she has decided that she doesn't want to be an aunt. She is very upset by the whole aunt thing she wants to be Brynlee's sister instead. After a couple of days of trying to figure out why we got her to tell us. She doesn't want Brynlee to squish her. She thought she was going to be an ant. I just had to share that I thought it was the cutest thing. Love, Ellie

Our New GrandDaughter

Brynlee Petrea Dahl the lee is for Kevin it is his middle name and Petrea is my middle name. So she is named after her grandma and grandpa born at 1:14 on April 26th she weighed 7lb 8 oz. Her hair is reddish blonde and she is absolutely beautiful.

Ben and Misty

Well we are still waiting for the arrival of our granddaughter. The doctor said any day now. Here are a few pictures of the happy couple. You might think that they like each other or something.

Spring Break

We spend spring break at Bear Lake. Well kind of we spent most of it at the hotel pool and hot tub :). The lake was a little cold next time we will have to go when it is a little warmer but the kids loved the hotel room and the hot tub and swimming pool. The hotel had two pools one big one and one kiddie pool and the most awesome hot tub with lots of jets. On our drive around Bear Lake we saw the most unusual houses I wish that I had had my camera there was a house shaped like the little old lady who lived in a shoe, it was even painted like you would expect in yellow with flowers and kids painted on it. Well here are some of the pictures that I did get to take. Hope that everyone is doing well. We send our love.

Alyssa throwing rocks in the water

Dakota searching for just the right roc

Going out to investigate

Dakota's favorite pose everytime we take a picture and he sees us

Eddy and Alyssa swimming

Alyssa learning to do it by herself

Dakota swimming

The view from our hotel room balcony

Our hotel room living room

View from back porch of hotel

The other hotel by ours looked like a lighthouse it was pretty cool.