Paranoid Much? Yes, I Think So...

Lately, I have been becoming more and more paranoid, and more and more OCD. I have no idea where the OCD came from but it came and I'm thinking it's here to stay. I think my paranoia comes from my love for scary movies and crime shows. Why I love these shows I have NO idea. But I just do.

For instance, I'm watching Criminal Minds right now about 2 killers in St. Louis. WHY?! It will keep me up. But I just think their so interesting. 

So, I watch these shows like Criminal Minds, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigators and they make me PARANOID. Before I go to bed I make sure every door and window is locked and look under every bed and in every closet. And if I forget one and remember as I'm lying in bed. I will not be able to fall asleep unless Curtis or I go look. I would say it's a problem! haha.

And that's where my OCD kicks in. I also can't go to sleep unless I have cleaned the house, done the dishes, and vacuumed. Seems like a good thing right? It is except when I put it off until we're ready to go to bed. Then I'm rushing to do it because I hate waking up to a messy house and having to clean a bottle or something like that. 

Now, for those of you who grew up with me will think that this cleaning OCD thing I have going on is crazy because I had to be forced to clean when I was a teenager. So, I guess it's good, but I'm serious when I say it all HAS to be done before I go to bed or I will not sleep.

Now, back to the scary movies and crime shows.. I've been able to pretty much quit the scary movies. But I love the drama shows. None bother me or keep me up except Criminal Minds really and it's ALWAYS on.. So I end up just watching them like I am doing RIGHT NOW!

UGH!!!!

Sunday Hike

For our sunday activity this weekend we went on a hike. Zach, Marilyn, and Max came with us. It was the perfect day to go on a hike because it was cloudy. That made it like 30 degrees cooler than it has been. So like it said, it was the perfect day. It was a short hike, only 1 1/2 miles but it was good. It took forever to get there. It was in Illinois. But now I can say that I have been to Illinois! haha. Curtis wore the baby carrier and Brooklynn kept kickin him right where it counts. HA! But he was a good sport about it. After the hike Zach grabbed Max and headed out to the great Mississippi! Max swam for the first time ever! I'm not sure he actually liked it but it was a good experience for him! Then Zach did a flip off a dock and then we were back on the road to go home to Watch the Dallas Mavericks destroy the Heat! 

Here are photos from the day..
OH, and Brooklynn and I were matching. :)

Zoo Take 2

Today Marilyn, Brooklynn, and I hit up the Zoo! It was cloudy today which made it much cooler (which was still hot), so we figured we would take this opportunity to do something outside. I went a few weeks ago and it seemed like a lot more of the animals were out then, but I did get to see monkeys that I didn't see last time. So I only took photos of the monkeys. And a few of Brooklynn of course. We got dip n dots while we were there which was AWESOME! I love dip n dots SO much! It was a fun day and we were happy that Aunt Marilyn was with us!

"baby cause i dont
need anything else but your love
nothing but you means a thing to me
i'm incomplete
when you're not there
holding me touching me elsewhere
how long the risk could just dissapear
and i will not even care
as long as you're there
take this word
dont let them go unheard
this is me reaching out
i hope you can hear me now
this pain in my heart stands stay
taking is yours to break
having to try and lose
then keep this love from you
so i refuse to
waste one more second
without you"

Bananas For Banana Bread!

Tonight I made some banana bread. And no it wasn't homemade. I am going to try that next but just for tonight I made it out of the box.. but I'm not going to lie, it turned out to be really good. Not my Grandma Elaine's banana bread but it still was good.

On another note.. we have such a dang funny baby! hahaha

Don't you just want to kiss that face??!!!

Lately... (a very long post)

This is going to be a very long post with lots and lots of photos. It's been a long time since I've blogged so here we go. 

We really enjoy going to the pool. This is a photo of Brooklynn's little boyfriend Carter. She really likes him and they have full on conversations with each other. It's so cute!

 After the pool B is always super tired.

 But during she LOVES it!

 Hello!

 Now that Brooklynn is in a big girl car seat she has to sit in the cart instead of her car seat and she actually really enjoys it! She's so happy!

 Before bed Brooklynn likes to watch her Baby Einstien while playing in her gym thing.

 After her bath I have to rub aquaphore all over her because she is getting really dry skin here. It's really sad.

She looks so cute when she falls asleep in her car seat.

 Brooklynn LOVES the bath. Seriously, LOVES it. 

 It's really dang hot here... that's why we like the pool so much.. but 102? ahhh

 Rarely does Brooke ever fall asleep while being held but if she does you must take the opportunity to cherish it. LOVE <3

Brooklynn is SO close to crawling. She scoots all around but hasn't crawled yet. But she gets up into the position and rocks back and forth. It's really cute!

 Being so close to crawling makes her very happy.

 A while back I entered a contest to win "Sharpays Fabulous Adventure" with a signed clutch by Ashley Tisdale from the JustJaredJr website and I won. Finally got it in the mail. Clearly, I would never use that clutch but it was still fun to win!

 Whenever Auntie Marilyn comes over she brings Max... Brooklynn doesn't like it when Max gets in her face but she loves to play with his tail.

 We only brought out our jogging stroller which was getting really annoying so we got a $20 umbrella stroller and she wanted to be pushed all around the house in it.

 She's turning into a little climber.

 It's really hard to get sunscreen on her head because her hair is getting long and this is what it usually ends up looking like.

So yeah... lots of photos. Things are really fun right now. We are having a good time. Brooklynn is almost 8 months old and she weighs 22 lbs!! But one thing that we are NOT enjoying are the cicadas. They are a huge nasty flying bug that are alive just to mate and then die. They are only around for about 2 weeks but there are thousands of them and they are VERY loud! They freak me out. I have had them land on me and I freak out. I am ready for them to be gone!

But other then that we are having a great time out here! It's hot but it makes things fun. 

I'll try not to go so long before I blog again.

Happy Summer! :)

Scootin'

On the morning of Memorial Day I woke up with Brooklynn at a great 7am. She was playing with her toy of choice which happened to be a ball, while I sat on the couch for a few minutes trying to wake up. Well, she pushed the ball and it rolled out of her reach.. I was preparing myself to get up and put the ball back in her reach when all of the sudden she started army crawling and got in all by herself!!!!!!!! Whoaaaaa! Totally caught me off guard!! So exciting though!! It's so hard to get anything on video because she gets so dang distracted. So, here is a long video but she does do her scooting around if you stick through it.

BUT I AM SO PROUD OF HER!