Merry Christmas!

Brooklyn sleeping with Grandpa! They were worn out!

Merry Christmas to everyone! We just returned from St. Louis where we were able to celebrate our first Christmas with Brooklyn! We had a great time and even had a white Christmas as we were leaving this morning. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend time with loved ones on such a special day! Here are some events of the past couple days!

This pretty much sums up how awesome our Christmas was! Sammy boy loves him some Cat in the Hat!

Brooklyn can't figure out if she wants to read or play with her horses

"You're crazy if you think I'm sharing any of my presents with you, Mom!"

"I'm stylin' and profilin', fool!"

Snuggling with Great Grandma WAY past our bedtime!

Our first Christmas with Brooklyn!

Sammy boy!

She'll be a St. Louis fan just like her mom!

An Italian "My first Christmas" onesie from Uncle Bubba Joe!

Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!

Santa!

I brought Brooklyn to see Santa yesterday and she did great! She was such a pretty girl in her Christmas dress and there wasn't any crying this time! I can't wait until next year! Santa with a 16 month old is going to be interesting! We went to see Santa when he was at North Park mall in Dallas.

Nice digs for 'ole St. Nick!

Don't go too far, Mom!

We also let her open one of her first presents the other day. She was mesmerized with the pretty wrapping paper!

It was her first Christmas stocking. So exciting!

Back from an extended hiatus!

Well it's been a while! We've been having so much fun around here I've had no time to update the blog! Brooklyn and I spent a couple weeks in St. Louis and this weekend and last we've been up at the lake! Don't worry, we've been staying out of the water! Next weekend we'll be back up in St. Louis for Christmas!

Brooklyn had her 4 month appointment on Monday. She is oh so close to doubling her birth weight and has grown over 5 inches! She got her 4 month shots and didn't even shed a tear! What a big girl! One of the most exciting things (for me at least) that she started doing last month is sleeping through the night! So nice! It's crazy how good I feel after 5 hours of sleep, even when it's 4 in the morning! She's also learned to roll from stomach to back and back to side. She can roll onto her stomach from her side, but not all in one smooth motion. She's been drooling and blowing bubbles like crazy. She can sit by herself with her arms supporting herself and I personally think it's hilarious when she falls over. Typically she falls forward onto her face. Don't worry, we practice on the bed where it's soft! Brooklyn also started sucking her thumb...or entire fist and putting everything in her reach into her mouth. And she's also talking like crazy! I finally downloaded Picasa on this laptop so I created some collages to show all the new things Miss Brooklyn Gal has been up to lately! Enjoy and I'll try to not stay away as long next time!