And the winner is.....

Bella!

Yesterday we welcomed the new addition to our family. Her and Maddie got along very well. I don't have a lot of words right now (none positive anyways). So here are some fun pictures.

Easter 2009

This Easter we enjoyed a fun filled relaxing weekend. We kicked off the celebration at Grammy & Papa's house Saturday night. We had a delicious family dinner and Brooklyn's first Easter egg hunt. Unfortunately I forgot my camera:( Sunday morning we went to church...Brooklyn loved her new dress.

After church we came home and had our own little Easter egg hunt in our back yard. I think Brook enjoyed looking for the eggs, especially since there was a little candy in each one.





After lunch and our little family Easter we headed over to Nana & Grampa's for more egg hunts and dinner. As soon as Kate arrived the pretending began. Brook ran into the family room and laid on the ground saying, "oh no, oh no!" Kate promptly ran into the room to awaken her with a magic kiss....then Brook returned the favor:)

Waiting for their Easter baskets...then waiting patiently for the egg hunt to begin.

What a little angel.....

Growth Spurt

I feel like Brooklyn's been growing right before my eyes the last month or so. So this morning I decided to weigh and measure her and plot her on a growth chart. I prefer to do this task myself, instead of having her pediatrician do it. He doesn't mind. When we go in he asks, "So what's her weight and height?" OCD some might say. I just say involved:)

I was right! In the last 2 months or so she's gained 10 ounces and grew over and inch!! She's now 23 lbs. 13oz. and 32.5 inches. That places her at about 30th percentile for height and a little under 20th percentile for weight. Typical toddler build I'd say. Looks like she's not going to be getting any height from her daddy, but I can still hope.

Some cute pics of her enjoying the beautiful weather yesterday.....

New Pup

Our new puppy!! We can't wait to bring her home!
She just needs a name....

First Swim Lesson

Today was Brooklyn's first swim lesson. I was really nervous about how she would do. She LOVES the water but I wasn't sure she'd be hip with swimming with a stranger. Last week we took her to watch her cousins so I think that might have helped. As soon as Scott came to introduce himself and warn us about crying and separation anxiety she stepped up to the side of the pool and reached for him. She just couldn't wait to get in that water!
I was SO proud of her. Hopefully the next lessons will be just as successful:)




She even did good lying on her back. She was a little tense, but that's to be expected. She had no trouble when he dunked her under the water. She did really good at holding her breath.

When she spotted me at the end of the pool I could tell she was done. Her little lip came out and I could tell she was trying not to cry.

Obama in my back yard...

So I heard that Air Force One was supposed to be landing in LB airport around 3 and I thought I'd hang out outside to try to capture a shot. I didn't think it would happen but it did. I was very excited! Even though I'm not the hugest fan of President Obama it was still cool to see. A few minutes later about 6 or so helicopters flew by. That was also pretty cool. Now one day I can tell Brook that we got to see our President fly over our house!!

St. Patrick's Day

This St. Patrick's Day we went over to the Jacobs' to celebrate in true Irish style. We had corn-beef sandwiches and a baked potato bar. Yummy! The Reeves' and the Ireland's were there also. We attempted a kiddo group shot but Brook and Luke had nothing to do with it. Brooklyn was in rare form that day and it was hard to capture a good shot of her without her crying. I managed to get a couple.

The kids had a great time playing outside. Brook took Kensington for a ride!

I found Brook a last minute shirt to wear.

She looked so cute in her little pigtails!


Mommy stopped feeding into her whining so she went to the nearest sucker.

Speechless

There are no words...

Tom's Farms

Last Sunday we ditched church (Brook had a case of the "scoots") and went to Tom's Farms with the Van Duyn's. We had a great time!

Brook loved the little petting zoo. She had absolutely no fear and wanted to pick up the baby goats. She especially liked the little black ones.





Here are the kiddo's planning on how they were going to conquer the roosters.

They had the cutest train there.

And of course the carousel was a hit.