ONE Year!

December 12, 2008! That was the best day of my life! December 12, 2009 What an amazing day. My precious daughter Brooklyn turned ONE. We had such an amazing celebration. Her little party was bee themed. It was so cute! Brooklyn had such a great time. I made so many cute be things for her party. The cake was adorable. Along with all of the photos for Brooklyn through the past twelve months. I have to say a special thank you to our friends at Practically Pikasso who made such a great memento for me from her first birthday. It was so cute. Thank you Koury, Ken and Sammie it was such a great addition to her birthday. She got to see lots of family that she doesn't see that often and a couple of family members she hasn't even seen. Nick and I are so blessed to have such an amazing little girl. She is growing into such a sweet little girl with so much love to give. Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate my daughters first birthday and make it such a memorable day!

Carousal Fun

I think little Miss Brooklyn's face says it all!

A little after dinner fun!

Winnie the WHO?

Trying to keep presents for Brooklyn's' birthday or Christmas has been a little hard. A couple of weeks ago while I was out and about Nick got in the surprise closet and pulled out a gift for Brooklyn. It was her gum ball machine. She liked it for a little while. When I got home that evening and looked at what she was playing with I looked over at Nick and all he could say was "It was a rough night. I had to pull out something new." Seriously! It was what it was. I could box it back up and put it away. However this weekend Brooklyn was feeling a little under the weather. We spent all day Saturday and Sunday just home hanging out and napping and just relaxing. I cleaned out the down stairs bedroom and found a X-mas gift I had put away for her. It was really cool little Winnie the Pooh rider plane. I loved it. So I thought she was such a good girl being under the weather I decided to pull it out for her. It was too cute. Now we are two gifts down for Christmas. Oh well! There are a couple of things to get for her.

Gobble! Gobble!

(You can see Brooklyn's 2 bottom teeth. She has 1 on top.)

This year I had so much more to be thankful for. Brooklyn! She had her first Thanksgiving this year. She ate turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole and yams. The yams were her favorite. They ended up in her hair. This was such a wonderful Thanksgiving. Nick even said it was my best Thanksgiving dinner to date. I was so proud. He was really surprised. I mean most things I cook are good or at least that is what I thought. Either way it was a wonderful day. Good friends and my family. It was a great day.

ELEVEN Months!

WOW! Really it is all I can say. My little girl is 11 months old. She is quite the little piece of sunshine. After a long hard day at the office I get to go pick her up from Johnell and she looks up at me and BAM it is a bee line for her momma. She gives me the biggest hug her little baby arms can manage. It is the perfect end to a day. Her little face when she gives kisses, the way she says momma over and over again. My precious little Brooklyn has blessed my life in so many ways. I am lucky to have such a happy easy baby. She is growing up to be a sweet little girl. Brooklyn is truly amazing. I am blessed to have her in my life.

Stats on my little piece of sunshine!

* Three teeth

*Loves her peaches, pears and mandarin oranges.

*Hates Gerber graduates food. She would much rather eat real food.

*Is almost ready to walk.

*Brooklyn will stand up in the middle of the floor and sway back and forth and then plops to the ground. She is not quite brave enough to take that first step yet.

*Sleeps from 8pm to 7am! (Most of the time!)

*Takes TWO 2 hour naps during the day.

*Loves to walk with her push toys.

Vegas Trip

This past weekend we drove to Vegas to see some family. Brooklyn got to meet her Aunt Jeannie, Uncle Bob, cousins Megan and Jimmy Ray, along with her other cousins Baby Victor, Gussy and Adriana. She also got to see her Auntie Lupe again. While we were there we went to the Hoover Dam. We had a great time seeing family. FYI Vegas is no fun with kids, but I wasn't there to see Vegas, but family. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Brooklyn with Uncle Bob, Aunt Jeannie or Megan and Jimmy. Super Poopy Oops! Hopefully I will get some in December.

Happy Halloween!

Our little fairy Brooklyn! Happy Halloween everyone!

Brooklyn's First Pumpkin Patch Visit

On Saturday I took Brooklyn to the pumpkin patch. I have to say I don't think I have ever been to a pumpkin patch before. Hum! Well it is a first for both of us! (I am sure if I am wrong my mother will correct me in a comment. Right MOM!) We had a nice time. We even went on a hay ride which I have to say was super boring. I had a great time anyways. I got a couple of cute photos of her.

10 Months Old

Yesterday, Brooklyn turned 10 months old. I can't believe how big she is getting and how fast time is flying by. I took her to the doctor on the 6th and she got her flu shot and we also got her stats since I was a little late on getting her to her 9 month appointment. She is weighing in at only 17.11 pounds and 27 inches long. The doctor doesn't seem to think she will make it to 20 pounds by her 1st birthday, but we will see. I took her to daycare yesterday a little late because her normal sitter is on vacation and we went to a new lady, Mrs. Sue. Brooklyn had a rough day, but hopefully today will be better. She just needs to adjust. Last night we also gave Brooklyn her first big girl meal. She had hamburger with macaroni and green beans with a sippy cup of milk. She did so good. She ate all of her food with her little fingers and made a big mess all over herself. It was so cute. Afterwards we went up for bath time and play time. It was such a good night. She is so precious and I can't wait for what is in store for her as she gets bigger. I am so amazed by her already and we haven't even made it to a year yet. I am getting so excited for her birthday party in WACO.

Surprise!

Surprise sis! I gave your blog a new little look! Hope you enjoy it! Love yall lots and miss yall bunches!
Love,
& Caden

Brooklyn "TRUMP"

Brooklyn's little Donald Trump comb over!

Her little nose crinkle is her newest thing to do. She will do it when you tell her "NO" or doesn't like what is gong on. She doesn't make her cute little fishy face as much anymore. She is so precious, if I do say so myself and of course I do.

T*R*O*U*B*L*E

Brooklyn decide tonight she needed to help mommy with her homework. So, she rearranged all of my flashcards. She really doesn't like the word "NO"! She crinkles her little nose and will start to whines and gets this little look on her face kinda like "who me mom?" She is also cutting her front two bottom teeth. I think it is about time, but I think Brooklyn would be okay gumming everything. Her little gums are swollen and sore. I hope they cut throw soon.

Loving my 9 month old!

Brooklyn and I started our day off trying to eat a few cheerios, but as you can see she wasn't happy.
Then we decided to go and play on the floor. Brooklyn loves her new little blocks.

She really just likes to put them into her mouth.

Then we ended our night with some more cheerios. Brooklyn really just loves them.

I had to take Brooklyn to the doctor last week because she had been violently pulling on her ears. I was concerned that she had a ear infection, but the baby sitter said that since she wasn't fussy, still was eating normally or a fever that she was fine. Then her husband said "Well she probably just found her ears and is playing with them." Since it was on a Friday I wanted to play it safe, so I took her in. Dr. Ishibashi found absolutely nothing wrong with her. All she said was that she probably just found her ears and wants to play with them. So, Justin you were right. Brooklyn, of course, had her temperature and weight taken. I was curious at how much she weighted anyways. I was a little shocked that she only weighted 16.14 pounds. Dr. Ishibashi doesn't think Brooklyn will weight 20 pounds by the time she is one. I guess we will see. Brooklyn is getting so good at pulling up her self on things. She is a speed crawler. You can't take your eyes off of her for one second. Last week I also saw her pivot from the ottoman to the couch without holding on to anything. I could not believe it. Brooklyn is growing up so so fast. Her only words are still bah bah and mama. She is working on trying to get Dada out, but no luck yet.

We are so proud of Brooklyn.