Happy Birthday Brookie!

We celebrated Brooke's birthday today, her b-day isn't until the 29th. She has come a long way since she was born. I was thinking about the day she was born and how scary it was for us. She was early and we didn't know what to expect. She was in the NICU for a week and this is what she looked like then. I can still remember going to the 4th of July parade and trying to be happy for Chase and Belle's sake. All I could think about was Brooke laying in her little bed away from me and the family, not one of us holding or cuddling her like she needed to be. We had no idea what the next day would bring because she had a lot of setbacks, it seemed to get a lot worse before she was finally starting to get better. As you all know now she is perfect and is the cutest and spunkiest little thing ever. She says, Daddy, blankie, ma ma, bu bu, Hi, Bye bye, doggie. It may just be us that understands it but she does say them. Her favortie things are #1 Her daddy! Close second Mommy. She also loves Buzz lightyear, remote to the tv, my phone, popsicles, she also likes to tease Belle, She likes Chase quite a bit too.

Happy 1st Birthday Brooke!
Sorry in advance for the photo overload.

Kids, kids and more kids

It's all about the kids, i guess because that is who I usually end of taking pics of. So, here are all the updates on them.
Turns out, Chase cannot see. So, our little guy got glasses yesterday. He looks really cute, except he is driving me nuts with them already. He cleans them constantley and never wants to take them off. The rule is he is not supposed to wear them outside. We will see how that works out.

Belle is going to start preschool this fall and is very excited. She is a smart little thing and I know she will love it.

Brooke is just the funniest baby ever. She is always copying the kids or us, if we cough she coughs back. She can wave hello and goodbye if she feels like it. I saw her with her leg propped up on the car seat while she was drinking her bottle and wanted to take a picture, so I got out the camera and when I went to snap it she took her bottle out of her mouth and smiled. It was perfect timing too. She is a lot of fun.