Our little peanut!

Hi everyone! It's been a while. All of this moving and stuff has been very very busy.

Just an update. Brooke went to the doctor again on July 20th. She only gained 4 ounces! That brings her to 13 pounds, 13 ounces. She is truly are little peanut! I actually made the nurse weigh her twice to make sure. That brings Brooke to only the 5th percentile for weight. The doctor wasn't concerned though as since the last appointment Brooke has been crawling, pulling herself up, and climbing. The doc thinks that Brooke is probably just starting a new growth curve of her own. We will take her in to check her weight in about a month to make sure.

Other than that she is now 27 inches (75th percentile) & her head is now 16 3/4 inches (40th percentile). And everything is just perfect on the little peanut girl!

She also just started eating those Gerber fruit and veggie puffs and she loves them! She begs for more! Kevin & I call it her baby crack! But its something to add a few more calories as well.

That is the latest with baby Brooke ~ I will update more later on the move and stuff!

Our Northwoods Vacation

We are back from the Northwoods! We had a good time. The editing on my blog is all messed up so I will just describe the pictures that follow! First, is Brooke in her floaty - the first time she was ever in her floaty! She wasn't sure what to think at first - but in the end, she liked it! Then we went to a Wildlife Wilderness zoo, which was totally cool. It had a free roaming petting zoo and then a different area with a deer sanctuary. We all got to pet an albino deer that was roaming around, I got to feed a bear some "bear juice", and Kevin tried to get a hold of a buck! We also took Brooke on the boat to go fishing, we relaxed, went shopping, and even did a quick local winery tour.

Now we are back and ready to move - the big "M" day is only 3 days away! It will be really exciting to move into and settle into the new house and just have one home!

In other news, as you probably have heard, my work merged with the CME - so lots of changes for me there. Probably everything will primarily stay the same until September - then we physically merge into one new building and take on our new company changes. Its a huge change - so we will see what happens.

Another quick note...Brooke got a "big girl" bath seat! And she seems to love it!

Officially Homeowners

It's official! We own our own home!

The closing went really well - it only took an hour. The seller that was there was the wife and they sold the house because the husband had to relocate for his job. She was teary eyed as she hugged me when everything was done since they had lived in the house over 20 years and raised 3 kids there. I think she is happy they sold to a family. I am glad we bought from such nice people.

So, this weekend we spent painting up a storm. We pretty much decided to paint EVERYTHING! But we got 4 rooms completed and the ceiling and one wall in Brooke's room done. Kevin even had a chance to mow the lawn. We will spend another few days painting and cleaning and then we officially are moving on July 19th. It is all very exciting!

Brooke seems to like the house too. She helped out in her own way!

Brooke - Ready to paint!

She really likes that hammer!

She also said that the mini-blind cords tasted great!