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.

Glamis - March 2009

Last weekend we went to Glamis for the 3rd time with Brooklyn. We planned the trip with Curt's parents and the Petteys'. I guess it was a good weekend to go because the group turned out to be the largest we've ever camped with. I didn't know more then half the people. It was by far the most fun we've had with her there. I think she really liked it. Curt was so happy that she enjoyed just hanging out, playing in the sand, and riding in the Rhino. For those of you who have no idea what Glamis is, I provided a link for more info.

Here she is on her first Rhino ride. Her daddy has high expectations that she'll be riding her own quad in no time. We shall see....



Here's Brook with her friend Kayla. They loved each other:)


She loved it that Maddie and Sophie (Grammy & Papa's doggie) were able to come.


Here are all the guys (and a couple of girls) getting ready for a ride. You can see everyone just waiting in the middle. It's quite a site.

If you look past the RV's at the dunes you can see everyone riding.

Here's Brook helping us pack to go home:)


It was a great trip and we can't wait to go back next season!

Freak

Brooklyn has earned herself the nickname "freak" by her loving Auntie Shanna. Here is an example of why....today she insisted on playing outside in only a diaper and helmet.

P.S. For all of you who are thinking, "I bet Brenna made her wear that helmet." I did not!

They really do love eachother....

They just don't know it yet...

I was going through my pictures and came across ones of Brooklyn and Luke in the tub. This was a rare moment where they were getting along really well and laughing together. I decided it was definately blog worthy.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Beauty!

Memoirs of a Brooklyn

I am having SO much fun with Brooklyn at this stage. She has developed such a fun personality and makes me laugh many times throughout the day. There are so many things that I don't want to forget and know that I probably will if I don't record it somehow. I decided to make a list of everything she does that I love.

• She plays in her crib after waking up from bedtime or nap time for at least 30 minutes.
• She likes to sleep with about 10 pacifiers in the corner of her crib, but only wants to use the white one.
• When I go get her in the morning she's stuffed at least half of them down her sleeper. She says "Oh No!!" and grabs between her legs:)

• I love how she sings her own version of Jesus loves Me. It goes something like.."jee jee....shoow...ba bye....show"

**She's not cussing, she's saying "sit".**

• One of her favorite things to do is sit on the computer and watch Elmo. She plays with the mouse and pretends to talk on her phone.

• Anytime we drive by a park or large patch of grass she yells from the back seat, "slide and the swing and the slide and the swing and the slide and the swing"
• She loves to talk to any passing person at the grocery store. But if they laugh at her she tells them "NO!".
• As soon as we get to the check out counter she thinks it's the Brooklyn show.
• She loves to let Maddie out of my room in the morning and feed her. She fills the bowl up, tells her to sit, then points at the food and yells "OK", and then pets her and says, "there you go."
• When we are leaving somewhere she not only kisses everyone bye bye but also kisses all near by objects. Tables, chairs, etc.
• She will only drink her water if she witnesses me putting ice in it. She then shakes the cup to make sure I didn't trick her.

• She cries if Luke looks at her wrong. She's afraid of an inevitable wrestling match.

• Her favorite things to do are anything she sees me do during the day. She pretends to vacuum, dust, feed her babies, put on makeup, etc.

• Her hair is ridiculous. If I don't have a head band on her or some type of bow she looks like a boy.
• It's impossible to get her attention when she's watching Sesame Street.
• Nobody makes her laugh like Maddie. All she has to do is walk into the room.

• She loves the Playhouse Disney show at Disneyland. I do what I never thought I'd do. I put her on a leash. Otherwise she'd be up on the stage.

• She's best friends with her puppy Maddie.

• She has a very high pitched voice. Everything she says goes up at the end.
• As soon as she gets a pretzel she says, "no no cassie". Whether cassie is there or not.
• She blows her nose randomly. With or without kleenex.

6 Year Anniversary Trip

I'm WAY behind on blogging!! So here's an overdue look at our little "trip" we took for our 6 year anniversary. We went to Huntington Beach for the night. Every year we go away we ask if there are any suites available and if they would be willing to upgrade for free since it's our anniversary. This year we hit the jackpot. We got a gorgeous suite!! It had 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room and master bedroom with a hot tub in the bathroom and a shower with 6 shower heads. Really nice!! It had a wrap around balcony with a great view!

We had a lovely time despite having to meet my parents at Long Beach Memorial ER because Brooklyn had a case of nursemaids elbow. It was concerning at first but once they put it back in place she was good as new and we returned to our trip. Luckily my connections got us in and out in about 1 1/2 hours!