Easter Pictures from Alumni Weekend

We went up to Conway a couple weekends ago for Alumni weekend at Hendrix. We had a great time visiting with everyone and showing Brooklyn off. We were able to spend some time with my brother, A.J., who is finishing up his last year there. So sad. Our friend, Leah (a fellow alumnus and professional photographer!), followed up our maternity photo session with one for Brooklyn. Despite Brooklyn skipping her afternoon nap, Leah was still able to get some great shots! See for yourself!

Brooklyn in true "Mean Girls" form!

8 Months

Brooklyn turned 8 months almost a month ago now, but I wanted to make sure I remembered what she has accomplished in these past few weeks. She's been crawling as fast as she can go, pulling herself up on anything that is remotely stable and even trying to stand up from a bear crawl position. She's also been working on her standing balance by letting go of what she's holding on to. She's up to about 7-8 seconds and is getting brave enough to wave her arms and reach a little without support. An unfortunate result from her new found bravery is her first shiner on her forehead. That darn nightstand just jumped up and got her!

Words-wise she's been saying, "mama, dada, baba, this (or at least that's what it sounds like!), hey and nana." She's eating new foods each week. Lately we've had apricots, sweet peas, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, acorn squash and she loves feeding herself puffs! She's changing so much each day...who knows what she'll be doing next month!

Recently we've been watching Wheel of Fortune because I found out one day that Brooklyn LOVES it! I think it's all the dinging, but it is so funny to watch her! She's nicer than Greg and lets me figure out the puzzles without shouting them out!

Mesmerized!

I'm trying to watch Wheel of Fortune here!

We went to Richardson to meet Greg and decided to take some pictures in their wildflowers.

I don't know if she was saying "So big" or "Pick me up please"!

So pretty in the wildflowers

More pretty flowers

"I'll get you for this, Mom!"

Playing with our friend, Isaac

Too bad Brooklyn kept using Isaac to try to stand up. He didn't mind it at first, but then he would get upset when Brooklyn would get close. Such a bully that girl!

A Swinging Good Time!

We took a walk to the park tonight and decided to let Brooklyn try out the swings. It was super funny! She's laughing like she does when you throw her in the air. I guess it all feels the same to her! As you can clearly hear, I couldn't stop laughing! I thought it was hilarious!

Here are some still pictures. It was a little difficult for me to time and these are the best ones of the many I took. Thank goodness for digital cameras!