Brooke's Milestones - An Update

Well, I have been slacking on uploading pictures and posting. So, I wanted to update. Brooke is growing up so fast. She can clap and wave. She says Hi, Ma-ma, and Maggie. She is very vocal but those are the only real words we can identify. She stands and has even started to take her first steps. Its very exciting. She is currently getting more teeth in and its just a matter of time before she is completely walking.

Brooke saying "Hi"


"Look at Me!!"


A couple of first steps to daddy


"What's going on in there?!"


Our little climber!!!

Halloween Pics (Better Late Than Never!)

It's been a long and tiring week. Brooke was sick on Monday night and Kevin & I were terribly sick Wednesday night. So, hopefully its run its course through this house.

Anyway, the reason I didn't post the Halloween pictures right away is because being the bad fur-mommy, I didn't get any pictures of Maggie in her costume until tonight! But it will be worth the wait because both costumes are adorable. And both were made with love by my mommy!!

Brooke - the little lamb




Yummy - Whoppers!


Maggie - Underdog!

Surprise!!

Well, we did it. Completely surprised my mom that is! Not that I thought it would be very hard, but you never know. On October 27th we threw my mom a surprise 50th birthday party. She thought it was a house-warming party! And she never got suspicious! My mom is pretty trusting so I didn't think it would be a big deal, but you never know when someone could inadvertently say the wrong thing to make her wonder. But everyone did great (thank you) and she was totally surprised!

The reaction!


Blowing out the candles


Party people!

Sweet Potatoes!

Well, its finally happened! The first eating mess! Brooke is primarily a pretty clean eater - even when she feeds herself. So, there I was thinking, hey she doesn't need a bath tonight because her hair is still clean! That was the jinx!!

About maybe 2 minutes after that thought Brooke decided it would be fun to rub sweet potatoes in her hair!! So, yes, she did in fact need a bath!

Fall is here!

It's sure a chilly one today. I think for once, I am ready for fall. Maybe it has to do with having 80 degree temperatures through the beginning of October.

So, to get you in the fall mood...here are some pictures of little Brooke at the pumpkin farm!












In other news, poor Brooke has an eye infection. She had a virus which caused 3 days of fevers and then resulted in this eye infection a few days later. Its worse on me than it is on her because it looks bad. But, luckily, she doesn't even seem to notice or be bothered except when we have to wipe out the goopy stuff or add the drops.