Brooke's First Vacation

All and all we had and ok trip...I would not say it was great nor would I say it was money well spent. I did enjoy watching Brooke see all the differnt things Disneyworld had to offer. She pretty much hated the characters...some more than others. It really all came down to how much effort they put into making her feel ok. If they rushed her, she would have a meltdown. We all had our hangups on this trip. Brooke's 2nd tooth broke thru the gums on Saturday night so that would def explain some of her actions while we were there...but she was such a trooper. Everyone kept commenting how good she was for her age. I got flu like symptoms on Wednesday from our trip, where I was vomiting, running fever, I lost my voice and such basically felt like "poo". Chris's back was hurting him so bad he could barely walk so we had a very laid back trip. Brooke started standing up while we were there free hand. She has started pulling up more since we have been back home, but there she would put both hands on the floor and put her butt in the air and stand up. Some of her pics from vacation she looks more like a little girl than a baby and that makes me a little sad...but she is so much fun these days. Here are some more pics from vacation.

Vacation Pics

These are pics from Main Street USA in Magic Kingdom and MGM Studios.

Florida here we come !!

So we are all packed and ready to go to Disneyworld. I am so ready for this vacation, I hope it goes well. Brooke has not felt good the last couple weeks and I am hoping this trip will not be to hard on her. It was to late to cancel or I think we would have. She had a great day today, so hopefully she is on the road to recovery. I took a couple pics of her in one of her swimsuits(she has 3) and her sunglasses and her imitation crocs...too friggin cute. I will plenty of happy pics to post when I return. So enjoy!!

Stinky ol Virus

This by far has been a rough few days. Brooke has been running fever, vomiting and diarrhea. She has a bad ear infection in one of her ears and they are thinking she might have rotovirus. So far today she has had one bottle and that is it. She turns her head everytime she sees her bottle. I am hoping she takes something soon, otherwise a trip to the ER might be in our future. Here are some pics of her and a video of her rocking the rockin chair. and her new thing with her foot every time she hears music she gets the foot a going!!!

Ride the Horsey go to Town

Hi all. We are finally crawling...but only to something we want to get into. Brooke does not crawl for long periods of time. It could be because we do not have carpet and she slips and slides so its just to much work. I do not have a lot to update on on, just wanted to share a cute pic of her riding her pink horsey that Gam-ma and Pop-Pa gave her for Christmas. I also included a pic of her sleeping with her little lamb from her Easter Basket, it sings Jesus Loves me....and she loves it. It was such a sweet pic.

Hoppy Easter!!!

Happy Easter everyone. I love Easter and have had fun doing Brooke's first Basket(s). My Parents never did anything from the "Easter Bunny" but Chris's parents did so I decided to split her one basket into 2; one from the bunny and one from us. We are giving the smaller one with her name on it from the bunny and the other big one is from us...made the best of both worlds. I of course had fun dressing her up in the bunny ears...and as you can see she was not diggin it much.Shealso got a hold of my bolt of ribbon and wrapped herself up in it...I guess she is my Easter present...the bunny forgot all about me:~( God Bless everyone and your family.

New Friend on the playmat

So if you are family you know that Chris is a HUGE Disney fan...HUGE. So rewind 5 years to Valentines day 2002 and I come home to find my present in the center of our bed. A almost lifesize Mickey Mouse was Chris's idea of a perfect Valentines gift for me.(Can you say Selfish Gift) anywho...Mickey has been moved from room to room because he just did not fit in anywhere. His final home has been the storage building in a garbage bag. Well we decided over the weekend that since Brooke loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse soooo much that we would dig it out and put it on her playmat. She loves it...her first reaction was like heeeyyyy where did you come from but now she lays on his foot and he fits right in with her Minnie Mouse baby doll and Rattle. Mickey finally has a home and I finding new joy with the Valentines present that did not make sense to me several years ago.