Picture Day

I took Brooklyn to get her 3 month pictures on Tuesday (since I hadn't done it yet and she'll be 4 months next week). They turned out so cute. We won't get those back until next week, but after we left the portrait studio, we stopped at my mom's and took some of our own.

This was Brooklyn's picture outfit. We set her on my mom's bench...


She looked so dang cute in that hat!


No smiles here, she looks all alone.

So we thought we'd have my nephew sit with her. He wasn't too sure about that idea. He didn't want anything to do with her.

Then she touched him...

He did NOT like that. He kept grabbing his arm and looking at my mom like he was tattling on her. "She touched me".

Then he decided to push her away...

Which of course made her cry. He kept pulling his arm away because he didn't want her to touch him. Me and my mom were cracking up.

We removed Brooklyn from the bench since by now she was all tears and didn't want anymore pictures with her pushy cousin... When we told Tanner to be nice to the baby, we got this scowl...

It was too funny. Next week my sister in law and I are taking the cousins for a group picture. It should be interesting to see how that unfolds since Tanner wants nothing to do with Brooklyn.

When we got home I showed the pictures to Kurt. He said they were acting more like brother/sister than cousins. Tanner is too funny. He is so jealous of Brooklyn anytime someone gives her attention. So cute!

While Daddy's Away, His Girls Will Play

Kurt was in St. Louis this past weekend for a Leadership Conference. Brooklyn and I stayed home since I thought she was too little to tag along and I wasn't ready to leave her for the weekend just yet. We decided since Daddy was out having fun, we needed to have some fun as well.

We got dressed up cute and ran some errands first.


Then we put on our party clothes (and new shoes) and went for a night on the town. Brooklyn looked so dang cute in those denim shoes my mom bought for her.

She thought it was neat wearing summer clothes and kept lifting up her shirt to show off her belly. Don't tell Daddy! :) She's such the flirt!

We had a fun slumber party too with my friends Rachel and Melissa (whose husbands were at the conference with Kurt). Brooklyn had her first slumber party with a boy too. Don't worry, Brayden had his own room. Don't they look cute together?

Here we are watching cartoons at home Sunday morning. Boy was she tuned in!

Then Sunday afternoon we spent the day with Kurt's mom and sister. Kurt's mom heated the jacuzzi for us to play in. I stuck my hand in the pool (which was NOT heated) and said it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be for this time of year. Kurt's mom said I should go in and I took it as a dare.... so crazy me, I dove in and swam a few laps. It was like sixty something degrees. So cold!

But it was fun! It was actually a little invigorating. Then I thought I should probably get out and warm up so I don't get sick.

While we hung out by the pool, Brooklyn took a 2 hour nap under the patio.

Then Daddy came home and had Monday off work to hang out with his girls. We decided to get out of the house for some fun. So Brooklyn of course put on her cute shoes (OK, she had some help from Mommy) and a hat to block the sun.

And we packed Bailee up and went to the dog park. My parents met up with us and brought their dogs too. It's not so crowded when you go during the week. The dogs had such a good time and we enjoyed being out in the beautiful weather.

Here is Bailee after swimming in the pond. Obviously she was having a good time... look at that tongue hanging out!

Brooklyn was hanging out in the shade. Mommy didn't think it would be a good idea to introduce her fair skin to a sunburn just yet :)

Although we had such a good time with just the girls for the weekend, we sure were happy to have Daddy come home!

Some Silly Pics

OK, so I just love taking pictures of Brooklyn. She is so much fun and has such the personality these days! She was in a good mood the other day so I just started snapping photos.

Look at this sweet little grin. I just can't get enough!


These are the beautiful smiles she gives me all day long...

I have no idea what this face is. I promise she's not drunk :)

So serious...

Her and her bear friend...

My happy baby...

I just had to throw this one in. My mom got her this shirt. In case you can't see it, it says "New Family Favorite". I guess my nephew will have to share the love now :)

Brooklyn's Thrill Ride!

Brooklyn turned 3 months old yesterday. Where does the time go?

I was playing with her and thought she was big enough now and might like to try out the Rainforest Jumparoo so I put her in and she was ALL SMILES! She loved it...

What a happy little girl...

She was trying to figure out what the sounds and lights were all about...

She was having so much fun...

But she did not know what she was getting into... The dang thing broke the first time she was playing in it. Luckily I was right there with her and as soon as the back strap snapped and the seat fell, I caught her before she toppled out of the seat. She had a scared look on her face, but no tears and she did NOT get hurt. Thank goodness. I would have felt so bad.

I should mention this was a hand-me-down jumparoo. Guess it had it's first and last debut at our house. She had so much fun with it though. We might have to look into getting her another one.

One last look at this thing. At least it was a back strap instead of a front one or she would have fallen forward and hit her face on the toys.

After it was all said and done, she was all smiles again. Whew!!!

Our Winter Colorado Trip

We spent the last week of January up at my parent's Colorado house. It was so much fun. I was so proud of Brooklyn too. She slept the whole way there and back (about a 7 hour drive). She woke up a couple times for a bottle or to give me a little grin, but then went back to napping. What a trooper. I was hoping she did good, otherwise it would have been a LONG drive for me.

We were ready to play in the snow. When we first arrived, there wasn't much snow on the ground and we were a bit bummed, but it snowed Sunday night, Monday and a bit on Tuesday so we were good to go!

Here's Kurt and I all bundled up!

Bailee of course loved playing in the snow. She ran for hours on end and was having a blast!


We found a good sledding hill not too far from the house. It was hard work climbing to the top in the altitude. Here's Kurt after going down the hill.

And here's me. I made the fastest and longest runs out of all of us. I ran into Bailee coming down on my 3rd try. I wasn't too good at steering the sled and the dumb dog didn't move out of my way. Kurt caught it on the video camera. I was cracking up.

My grandpa was up there with us. He just LOVES his great granddaughter. He kept asking to hold her the whole week. He couldn't get enough! It was so cute.

And here's Brooklyn hugging my mom while she was napping. So adorable. It was a nice break for me having my mom up there to play with Brooklyn so I could get out and play as well.

Kurt and I had wanted to make a snowman but the dang snow wouldn't pack for us. So Kurt made a snow angel instead.

Here's the final product. Very impressive!

Here's Kurt on the quad spinning donuts. That was so much fun. We took it out of 4x4 and the tires would just spin. I was on the other quad and we'd race. Bailee was trying so hard to keep up with us.

Toward the end of the week we decided to take a drive up to Telluride. Here's Brooklyn all snuggled up in her warm blankie. I just love this pic of her. Look at those eyes!

After we had been driving a bit, she was so sleepy and was fighting it. Of course mommy had the camera on her since she's so cute!

Here are the 3 of us walking through Telluride. We did a little shopping and had lunch at the Brown Dog Pizza place. It was yummy!

It was only about 20 degrees outside so I had Brooklyn all bundled up. I opened the bunde just enough for her to breathe. I couldn't resist taking this shot: At least she stayed nice and warm.

This was so beautiful with the colors in the mountain and the US flag flying ontop of one of the buildings. So pretty!

This was so neat. Once you get into Telluride, all the houses are so cute and all sorts of bright different colors. I'd never seen anything like it. No two were alike.

This is kind of hard to see, but right in the center of this shot is a frozen waterfall. Telluride was so pretty!

Doesn't she look like Little Red Riding Hood in this outfit?

We had such a good vacation. It was nice to get away for a bit. And with Brooklyn being such a good traveler, we just might have to do it again :) Hmmmm, where to next?

Big Events and Lots of Fun

Brooklyn had her 2 month check up before we went to Colorado. Here are her stats as of 1/21/09:

Weight: 11 pounds 12 ounces - 71 percentile
Height: 23 1/2 inches - 86 percentile
Head Circ: 15.4 inches - 54 percentile

She also got her 2 month shots. 3 in the legs and 1 oral vaccine. Needless to say, she didn't like getting the shots. Poor baby. She did so good though. I was able to comfort her and the tears were gone before we even left the doctor's office.

Big News - Brooklyn has graduated from her bassinet in our bedroom to her crib in her nursery. Daddy decided when we got home from Colorado that it was time. Mommy wasn't quite ready, but survived. I was a little out of sorts because it wasn't our usual routine and I was a bit disoriented, but made it through the night and all is well.

Here is Brooklyn and her friend Finley at their playdate. Finley is about 3 1/2 weeks older than her. She is so big compared to Brooklyn. I guess my chunky monkey at birth has turned into a petite little girl. All of her friends are towering over her these days!

Finley likes to chew on her fingers, so every time Brooklyn moved her hands by Finley's mouth, she opened wide and tried to get Brooklyn's hands. It was hilarious. I was too busy laughing to catch that on camera though.

Here is a cute little clip of Brooklyn and Finley playing together. They are so adorable!



I have a ton of CO pictures, just haven't downloaded them yet. Stay tuned for the snow! :) We had a nice vacation and I can't wait to share. Just don't have as much extra time for blogging these days.