Where Has The Time Gone?

This little booger can pull herself up on anything! 

This is huge! 

I remember holding her in my arms thinking she was going to be this tiny little infant forever...

Now she's crawling up and storm and pulling herself up and saying "dada".

For any of you who have a baby you know how huge it is when your little one conquers a milestone! 

Congrats B on being such a big girl!

I Love Big Bows!

I told you yesterday that I bought something at the mall that I was going to show you in photos! And here it is! It is a onsie that says, "The Bigger The Bow, The Better The Mommy". 

I just could not resist myself!! 

Anywho, I am always so paranoid any time we are outside about putting Brooklynn on the ground. I'm not gonna lie it freaks me out. But, I was reading about how it's good for them to explore and just to make sure there is nothing bad they can put in their mouths. So today we went to the park and I let her crawl around on the grass for the first time. 

She loved it. She loved the feel of the grass on her hands and feet.

We will definitely be playing in the grass more often.

It is amazing to see her explore and see the world. 

She needs to expand her knowledge past our little apartment..

Oh hey... can you vote for me?
thanksss you rock!

Today was a good day!

Whenever we go on a day long trip were it messes up Brooklynn's schedule she is always really good! Like for instance.. Sunday, when we went boating all day she maybe slept for about an hour. But she was still so good. We had fun! It is amazing.

But there is a catch... isn't there always?? We definitely pay for it the next day. Without fail, she is CRAZY fussy the next day. It's rough, let me tell you. That is life. But I would rather her be fussy at home where I can comfort her than when we are out having fun. It's all about compromise I suppose. 

That is how yesterday was. Soooo fussy. She wouldn't take her naps, and she just wined the whole day. I felt bad for her and I was tired and she was tired and it just wasn't a good day.

Today was better! I got my sweet, happy, playful baby back! We had SUCH a good day! We played, and she took really good naps, and we went to the mall (i'll show you what we got in photos tomorrow). :) Got stopped multiple times like I always do because of how dang cute she is! Today was good. I loved today. I wish everyday was like today!

Swimming Videos

We headed to the pool again today! It was SO hot! Since I just posted photo at the pool I decided I would take some videos.

First hangin in her floaty with Daddy

Then trying to swim with Mommy

We love going to the pool!

Getting So Mobile

You think you've baby proofed your house... well you haven't! It is incredible the things that she can get into! I will make it so there is absolutely nothing that she can get into....
AND SHE FINDS THE ONE THING I MISSED!

It's nuts. Now that she is more mobile she wants to climb on everything!
The fireplace.
Any box.
The chairs.
The gate.
The couch.

If she can climb it. She will climb it! I am terrified she is going to fall and hit her head!
She also has been having the time of her life pulling all of the blinds down which is forcing me to open them and making it a thousand degrees in our house!
It's a good thing she looks so dang cute while doing all of these crazy things or I might get mad..
ah who am I kidding, who could ever get mad at that cute girl? no one.

Here she is caught in the act!

She will chew on anything she can get in her mouth!
aw tiny punkin'!!

Um, WHOA!!

So, we're just hangin out at home all doin our own thing and I look over and Brooklynn is trying to climb up on the window... She's never pulled herself up on her own before so I grabbed my camera and we watched! It all happened so fast. I apologize that she is not facing the camera but she was looking at her daddy and I just got what photos I could, while making sure she didn't fall and hit her head!

So first she was on her knees.

Then she got one foot up!

And then she was standing!!!

I am so proud of my tiny punkin! She is getting so big and strong!

I love her so much!

Waking Up With A Sick Baby Is Sad

It has been kind of a rough day today. There is nothing that makes me more sad than when my little girl is not feeling well. For the past couple days she has been teething really bad so she has been more fussy than usual. Well, usually she is never fussy. So she probably wasn't being THAT fussy but for our house it was pretty fussy. I really want her teeth to just come in already.

The bottom two teeth were a breeze. But those top two are having a harder time comin' in!

Last night when we opened her door before we went to bed and she was snoring which she never does and we thought it kind of smelled in there but she was passed out so hard core we just went to bed. 

I really really really don't like getting up at 2am. Even more so when it's because B isn't feeling well. She had a super runny nose and couldn't stop sneezing. I felt so bad.

Then to top it all off I changed her diaper and realized it was, how to I put this lighty.... very full, and on top of that hurting her. I immidiately felt like the worst parent on the planet for not waking her up and changing her diaper earlier! Changing her diaper and seeing her in pain literally made me want to cry!

but we got through it.

I gave her a bottle and then put her back in bed.

I also really really really don't like getting up at 6am but atlas I was up at 6am.

I was shocked to find that she had another very "full" diaper and still has a runny nose.

By 7:30am she was back in bed. The rest of the day so far as consisted of her going down for an hour and up for a little less than 2. As the day goes on her nose seems to be getting a little better but her teeth are not starting to bug her again.

there is just no winning today.

She is currently taking a nap and hopefully she'll be feeling better when she gets up. I miss my happy baby. I wish I could do more for her when she doesn't feel good. 

Sick baby = sadness. 

Pool Break

After Brooke got up from her last nap, and Curtis had just walked in the door from work we decided to take a quick trip to the pool. Brooke really loves the water! I really love the water! And Curtis really loves the water! So, that makes for a really great pool trip if you ask me! 

As I took my camera out of my bag to take a photo this man who was drunk tells us that he is a professional photographer and that he could take some really good photos for us.. 

ummm... yeah let me hand you my camera while you're drunk in water..NOT. He was so strange.. he went on to tell us about how he worked at a family photo place in the mall and that he knew for sure that he could get Brooklynn to start cracking up.. started making weird noises at her while she just starred at him like he was crazy..
which he was.

Anyway, we had a great time at the pool. It is so hot here all of the time and after going on an hour and a half walk it was just what I needed!

We've Made The Switch! Turkey Burgers!!

Yes, we have made the switch from beef burgers to turkey burgers! I must say, they were quite delish! I've heard over and over that they are much better for you but I never even gave them a chance. But since I am trying to eat healthier and have less calories I thought I'd give them a test run. And we loved them! 

Mine was wrapped in lettuce with just a touch of mustard and peppers on the side.

Curtis' had a bun with mayo and cheese... yeah I was WAY jealous.

And then here is a baby who just wanted to be naked tonight... it was hot. I don't blame her! :)

Hooray for eating better!

Stay excellent!!

Feeding Time Fights

Now, I'd like to say that I have the perfect baby. She sleeps through the night, she takes great naps, she is usually always happy (minus when she's teething but I don't blame her), and she is just the cutest thing on the planet! However, every once in a while I see this little attitude that comes out. 

It seems to happen the most when she is eating her baby food. She thinks it's funny to spit her food out. I don't think this is so funny. It's like every fourth bite comes right back out at my face. It's getting to the point where we both need a bib for feeding time. HA

Also, she seems to do it when she's starting to get full. It's good to know that she's full, but it would be nice if she could let me know in a nicer way. 

She also sometimes will just get mad out of nowhere in the middle of feeding her. 

It seems to help if I just continue talking to her the whole time as to distract her. It also helps if she has a toy but the problem with that is it goes right in her mouth.. where her food needs to be so it takes a lot longer to feed her. But better that then a mad spitty baby.

I look forward to when she can eat solid foods so we don't have to deal with the spitting.

But, nonetheless, I love this sometimes grumpy baby!

On a different note I had to run some errands and that just wore her out. 

I had to take a photo cause she just looked so peaceful.

Yep, that's my punkin. :)

Splash Pad!

I was so excited when Steph told me about a splash pad in our little town in St. Louis and today it finally worked out so we could go. After Brooklynn took a nice long nap we headed off to meet Steph, Carley, and the kids. This place was great. It had a huge playground, lots of swings, and a little gated in splash pad. We parked it on the grass and chatted for a while. Then I decided to take B into the splash pad to see how she felt about it.... And guess what??

SHE LOVED IT!

I was shocked at how when I put her down on the ground she just scooted all around and the water was splashing her in the face and all over her and she was smiling and just having a grand ol time! I couldn't believe it! I have such a brave little girl. I am thankful for that. It makes places like this so much fun! 

I would definitely suggest splash pads in the summer. They are so much safer than pools. Not that you shouldn't go to the pool because we sure do and it's a blast! But the splash pad the kids can all just run around and stay cool and you don't have to worry about drowning. I'm into that!

We had so much fun there and we will definitely be going back soon!