Our little angel

Long time no see....

Today we celebrated Mallory's christening. (She's 6 months now.) Her godparents traveled from NYC and LA to be here on her special day.

Here are a few pictures of the sweet girls.

GH, this post is for you!!

Isn't everyone a fan???

Here is Brynnie...looking more like a middle schooler than a pre-schooler...in her Madonna shirt (thanks, Clay!), headband (she picked that out), and pink sparkly converse (thanks, Jayne & Andrew!).

Thought she looked adorable this morning leaving for school but when we saw the pictures, we realized just how old she looks. Yikes!

And then there were two Chaffee daughters....

Yesterday we brought home Mallory Nichols Chaffee. She surprised us by being a September baby instead of an August one...we were just happy to finally have her on the outside!

Mallory was born September 3rd at 5:12 pm, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz and is 21.5" long. Just about the same size as her big sister at birth!

Brynnie has been loving having "her baby" at home and continues to check on her, help us change diapers, and is pretty fascinated with the way Mallory eats. : )

Being held by her big sister.

Brynnie is happy Mallory is finally at home!

She's Three!!

Brynn turned THREE (or as she says "free") today and had a weekend full of festivities.

She was a very lucky girl with all of her family and friends that came to help her celebrate. And she was very lucky to get so many wonderful gifts!

Here's to our big girl. : )

Memorial Day Weekend

Brynn had a few firsts this weekend:
She tried her first S'mores (it was a huge hit) and rode on the train for the first time (it was everything she thought it was going to be, but it was "wiggly" yet she wants to do it again).

YUM!!!

She packed her backpack and was on her way for a little joy ride...

Girlie Girl

Brynn loves her new skirt that came from Mumma's trip to NYC....she calls it her Taylor Swift skirt because Taylor wears a dress that is similar in one of her videos - and Brynnie LOVES Taylor Swift.

Happy Easter!

Brynn had a fun and busy Easter.

She started the day by finding what the Easter Bunny left her last night...a unique "basket" full of Mickey Mouse and Princess toys - what more could a 2 year old want? Then we had an egg hunt at home...in our pajamas...in the construction and the yard.

From there we went to church before another hunt and off to dinner.

Hope everyone had a nice Easter!

A belated Valetine's Day post...

We had a busy Valentine's Day weekend...a birthday party for one of Brynn's friends from school, Disney on Ice (where Brynnie kept on calling out "My boyfriend!" to Mickey Mouse), and the demolition of our back room to prepare for the addition.

It was fun but exhausting for everyone!


P.S. She's going to be a big sister in August!


The middle of the process,
the room is down to the slab now.

Let it snow, let it snow!

It's been snowing here for days....Mark and Brynn took advantage of it this morning with a walk in the sleigh. Well Brynn took advantage of it; Mark had to pull!

They ended up all the way at Dunkin Donuts. No surprise there!

Merry Christmas

Brynn had a wonderful Christmas this year.

Even though she is still very much afraid of Santa, she enjoyed opening all of her gifts...and had great reactions to all of them. She was very lucky to get so many wonderful presents and even loved the ones from Santa!!

Christmas Tree

We went to Seasons Four in Lexington for our christmas tree this year. Brynnie enjoyed seeing Santa Claus and Elmo (though she only wanted to watch them from afar). She also got her face painted and a kitten shaped balloon. She had so much fun with all of those activities that she didn't even want to help pick out our tree!

New Hiding Spot

One morning we couldn't find Brynn anywhere (and we don't have a big house!)...we finally heard her and she popped out of our dry sink. She had folded herself into the bottom of it and shut the door!

We had her do it a few days later so that we could get a picture...check her out below:

Happy Thanksgiving

Brynnie had a great Thanksgiving this year...and especially had fun wishing everyone a "Happy Thanksgiving today!"

Trick or Treat

This was Brynnie's first year to go trick or treating. We went with her friends Max and Zack.

We were surprised at how quickly she caught on...after a few houses she was racing down the street for the next one and scooping up as much candy as she could at every door. Thankfully she was a good girl and said "trick or treat" and "thank you." She also obliged, if asked, to demonstrate what a bumble bee says "buzzzzzzz...."

Happy Halloween

Brynn celebrated Halloween for the past few days, wearing festive gear....this picture is from this afternoon.

Apple Picking

This afternoon we went to Shelburne Farm in Stow for apple picking. As reported, the apples this year are HUGE. We brought home a lot of variety: Macoun, Red Delicious, Spencer, Ida Red, and McIntosh...

We also saw goats, sheep, a llama...had some candy apples...checked out the pumpkins and pony rides. Brynnie had a blast! She ate her way through the orchard - is anyone surprised?

Driving Miss Daisy

Zion got behind the wheel of Brynn's Jeep this weekend. They had a blast and drove so much that they wore out the battery two times!

Make Way for Gardeners

Brynnie and I love to garden in our yard...she especially loves digging the dirt and watering the plants. Here we are with our gardening totes and tools.

Trip to Maine

Sara and Jon joined us for a few days of summer fun in Maine this past week.

The weather was great and we took advantage of it by spending time out on the boat tubing and water skiing. Brynnie also went tubing - she loved it so much she went more than once!


Brynnie is ready!


Click on this one to enlarge - she is having a blast!

Needing to be shielded from the wind.

Playing with Sara.