Our 2 year old!!

I have many different emotions about Brooke turning 2. First, I am sad. That is my little baby girl - how can she be two??!! But then I am so excited. It is so cool watching Brooke grow up and watch how smart she is. She talks up a storm now - uses new words everyday and is even starting a couple of small sentences.

And she is a great big sister. Lorelei just smiles everytime she sees Brooke, and Brooke loves her just the same way. Brooke is also a big helper already. She gives Lorelei toys, throws away dirty diapers, helps with baths...a "big" little girl!

Brooke doesn't go to the doctor again for about 3 weeks, but I know she is still a peanut. She is only wearing size 18-month clothes! She does so much and can get into anything! It's fun (and sometimes exhausting!) to watch the little munchkin!!

We didn't have an official party for Brooke this year. After we decided that, I began to feel a little guilty - so we got her a special cake and had it on Christmas Eve.


Couldn't find an iCarly cake - so SpongeBob was the next best thing!!! Blowing out her candles:



The only lick of cake she had that night! Silly girl!

Lorelei at 6 months!

From the time between the age of 5 months and her 6 month birthday, Miss Lorelei Grace has been very busy!

In the past month Lorelei has decided to start growing up and cruising through those milestones!

By 5 months old she was holding her bottle on her own:


By 5 1/2 months old she was sitting up on her own:


At 5 1/2 months old - [on December 12th (her daddy's birthday)] she tasted her first solid food - Rice Cereal! And it gave her gas and hurt her little tummy! So, after 3 days we switched her to oatmeal and she has been fine since! She has also had pears and just tonight - prunes! Yum!

The first bite:




And the day after she turned 6 months old she started to officially crawl! She was close for the past couple of weeks...first rocking on her knees, then she got the knees moving, and then she finally figured out the hands! She is still very slow - thank goodness! But I know that we will be chasing her around the house soon enough!



Look at our "big" girl!! It will never stop amazing me how fast they grow!

November Thanks

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. And December starts on Monday. Lorelei is 5 months old today. Wow!

The girls have been great. Kevin & I have been busy working. Nothing exciting happening this month - but we are happy and healthy, so we can't be more thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Starting to sit up!

Silly Girl!

Fall/Halloween Pics!

I love, love, love taking pictures this time of year. Going to the pumpkin farms and getting pictures is so much fun. And its nice because its not too cold yet - so you don't need a heavy coat or anything.

And of course, we have to get pictures to capture the girls adorable Halloween costumes! I didn't realize how much I liked Halloween until Brooke came and we got to dress her up and until we got our own house and got to hand out candy. Its so much fun to see all the kid's costumes. (And to see how our girls costume's are the cutest of them all!!).

The only downfall this year is that Brooke is so on the go - its nearly a miracle to capture a really great picture of her. You finally get her settled down where you want her and before you can put the camera to your face - she is across the room! So, for right now, I must say - Lorelei is taking the nicer pictures! But we have patience - and thank goodness for the digital camera - so we managed to get a few sweet ones of Brooke too!

The girls at Johansen Farm...

Brooke at Glasscock Farm

Lorelei - our little pumpkin!

Brooke the adorable duck! (look at that tail!)

**Those are the duck feet on her hands! For some reason she hated them on her feet - but loved them on her hands! It worked out well that way too!

Where did September go??

I know its so cliche - but where did the time go? It's October already. That means fall. Which means the holidays are coming soon! I am not ready for all of that yet!

So, let's see...what has been happening with us? The girls are great. Getting big, changing everyday. Lorelei is becoming more and more content and smiling and laughing. Overall she is pretty serious compared to her sister though!

Brooke is starting to talk a bit more. Using a few words and saying her favorite "what's that?". She is starting to repeat what we say - so we have to start watching it! She said "oh s***!" a few days ago! She's becoming a great big sister and a great helper. She loves to help give Lorelei a bath and she is starting to understand how to put things away. She also loves to help cook!

As for me, I am back to work now. And I must admit, the week before I went back to work was probably harder than actually doing it. Mentally I was a wreck. Luckily, the transition went pretty smoothly. There are still some days its really hard to come into work because I just want to stay home! But its not terrible.

Kevin is doing well staying home with both girls now. I think there are challenging times - but that is to be expected. Overall, I think they are all getting along!

And of course - some new pictures!

Lorelei (about 2 weeks ago)

Lorelei & Maggie

Brooke - climbing as usual!