Brooke's Big "ONE"!

 I love this girl!  She is such a sweetheart!  We had a fun little party, complete with red velvet cake and pin the crown on the princess.  Bryan took Brooke out for ice cream about 2 hours before I gave her cake, so she was on an extreme sugar high.  She ate the cake, but honestly, what doesn't this girl eat???

 Sugar coma....

 I had a blast making her decorations.  My favorite was the topiary ribbon flower.  I think it turned out so cute! And it was really easy.  I can't wait to make another one.  I also had a blast making the cake.  Thanks to my mother-in-law I have a really awesome toy to help me make cakes....

 She is crawling everywhere, and pulling herself up and walking along the walls and furniture.  She refuses to even try to stand on her own.  But I know if she gave it half a chance she would be walking in a couple days time!

They change fast.

so tiny.

I think they go through so many different looks. This look is definitely different.

Chubby.

Alert.

Sleepy.

More chubby. (doesn't his fat little face just make you smile?)

1st Birthday

Moving to Pittsburgh

Picky Eater Phase.

We are still in that phase.

The start of the "monkey" obsession phase.

The "Ice Cream" phase. (I don't think he will grow out of this one)

Independence.

Brooke's First Dance

(With some help from Peter)

This is her "hip hop" dance.

This one is lyrical. 

Anyone else think she needs some help stylizing different types of music?  She is also one of the most solemn soloists I have ever seen.
I think its time to put her in a real dance class.  What do you think?

I hate thinking of titles to posts. So I am not titling this one.

1. I really like sleeping.  But why am I so insistent on staying up late? That makes no sense. 

2. Month 2 of "Insanity" is proving to be a little insane.  Needing over an hour for a workout? With kids? Ya.  That is insanity. I only have 1 more week.  Hallelujah.

3. Brooke's first word (other than Mama and Dada) is "Bathtub".

4. My computer hates me and has a plot to ruin my life by down loading spyware on its own.

5. I just finished a 4 book series that was somewhat of a let down.  And then sort of not.

6. I don't think I can handle another cloudy day.

7. The only thing worse than a cloudy day is a day where something is coming out of the clouds.

8. I just ate a really yummy cup of ice cream.  Samoas ice cream.  It is Better than the cookie.  I swear.

9. Brooke is also boycotting liquids.  Since I am weaning her, she won't drink ANYTHING.

10. I have that song by Bruno Mars stuck in my head "...Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash...
     YOU TOSSED IT IN THE TRASH"....

11. Don't order the Black Bean soup at Panera Bread.  Its kinda yucky.

12. I don't know why I am numbering this post.

13. Bryan is growing a beard for extra credit. You heard me right.  So much for maturity in a doctorate school.

14.We had to make JoMax a bed of his own downstairs.  JoMax told me he was feeling a bit smothered and needed some personal space.  Unfortunately, Peter doesn't agree.

I swore I wouldn't spoil her.

Sometimes in life you have to eat your words.  

 I admit it.  I really like having a girl.  For the cute, frilly, pink and purple, flowery crap that I could NEVER get away with putting on a boy.  Don't get me wrong, I love playing cars and trucks and trains, but there is just something about the color pink that makes me happy.

I have been planning Brookie's 1st birthday party for a while.  Here is my latest project.  It was pretty much idiot proof.  All that was needed was the ability to sew in a straight line.  Which, by the way, is a challenge for me.

 "The Throne"

(complete with matching crown)

Its going to be fun to watch her have her first cake and eat it too!