Let it snow!

We woke up to a Winter Wonderland this morning! Brooklyn and I flew back from St. Louis last night and Greg attempted to fly out to Austin this morning. He missed his first flight that took off on time (even though he was at the gate 5 minutes before the scheduled departure). But he did get a seat on the next flight...and sat for over 4 hours waiting for the plane to be deiced! They were the 14th in line!

Meanwhile I built a snowman while Brooklyn was sleeping and then we took some pictures when she woke up! I have to say, this is some good snowman-building snow! It took me all of 10 minutes to put it together! It's not the prettiest, but it'll do! I put Brooklyn in the bumbo so she wouldn't have to sit in the snow. But she is doing great sitting on her own. And while we were in St. Louis, she began showing signs that it won't be too long before she starts scooting and crawling. Yikes! We're in trouble now!

Tonight Brooklyn and I are hanging out together. Greg is now stranded in Austin as they have canceled his flight! Hopefully we'll see him tomorrow! We just want him safe and sound!

Eating the snow off her sock

Happy girl

Playing with the new camera lens

The 10-minute snowman

4.5" and it's still coming down!

Close up with the new camera lens

Looking at the 10-minute snowman

Finally warm with socks on our hands

Making snow angels, but it's so cold when the snowflakes hit your face!

Flu, Bronchitis, Pink Eye and maybe Pneumonia

What do all these things have in common? Greg has ALL of them! Awesome! Brooklyn and I are attempting to stay far, far away from him (we were sick with colds last weekend) and we're Lysoling everything that Greg even looks at! Our house is on lock down. Hopefully we're all better by Friday so we can go to St. Louis! In other news, Brooklyn has been practicing her rolling from her back to her stomach...in her sleep! Lovely! It was funny to watch on the monitor until she kept waking herself up trying to get onto her back. So last night we decided Greg would sleep on the other side of the house and Brooklyn would sleep with me in our bed. I weighed Brooklyn down with the covers so she wouldn't flip over and today we worked on rolling with her arms in different positions. Oh this poor family!

Recent pictures

We went up to the lake house last weekend so Greg could do some brush cutting. Brooklyn and I tried to help, but really we were just good company while Greg did all the hard work. He did an amazing job and the path down to the lake looks so good!

Brooklyn has been working hard on sitting up recently. One day she can barely sit for a couple seconds and the next she is sitting and playing with toys for 10 to 15 minutes! It's crazy how fast she is changing lately! She's almost 6 months and then comes a year! Ahhhh! Where does the time go? Soon she'll be going off to college. OK, breathe! She's still a baby right now!

Here are some super cute pictures of Brooklyn sleeping, sitting up and just hanging out this past week! Enjoy!

Happy 5-month Birthday!

We've had Brooklyn with us for 5 months today! Hard to believe! We had a great day playing and had lunch with Greg to celebrate! Brooklyn has begun talking A LOT lately. Strangely, she growls when she "talks" to me and says "dada dada" when she talks to Greg! We've been having lots of fun with her lately. We even took her swimming (indoors) last night. She was a little hesitant at first, but in a couple minutes she was "talking" and smiling!

This picture was taken today with Brooklyn sitting on her own! She's so surprised! I was in the middle of changing her and she looked too cute!

This is a collage from our New Years celebration. Brooklyn and I took a nap until 11 and then Greg picked us up and took us to Shaun and Desiree's. She did great and stayed up until 2am! Look at her cute bear hat! It's a 6-12 month hat because she has tons of brains in that pretty head!

Not too cute here, but I wanted to get a picture with her Princeton shirt on! Thanks, Uncle A.J.!

Brooklyn said that she wanted to start getting the mail for us so we lowered it to her height. OK, what really happened was that the recycling truck hit the mailbox and knocked it down. Greg thought it was funny to put the remainder in the ground. The mailman also thought it was hilarious! He said it made his day to see it!

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!