Brooklyn's TWO!!

Our little girl turned 2 January 28 and we celebrated her all day!  I still can't believe she's already 2.  It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital.  Brooklyn has a very spunky personality, but is just as sweet as ever, too.  She loves her big brothers and wants to do anything and everything they are doing.  She's a very determined young lady and knows what she wants.  She has learned to express herself in various ways, but still manages to do it with a smile on her face.  We've noticed the past few months Brooklyn has developed a compassionate heart for others.  She is very aware of what's going on around her and gets concerned when something doesn't seem "right".  

Brooklyn started going to the same Kids Day Out school Miles goes to twice a week when she turned 2 and she LOVES it!  She can have a timid, shy personality in the beginning, but by the time I'm walking out the door she's playing with friends or working on puzzles.  She has done very well being around other kids and is playful with them.  

She is a momma's girl at times, but wants her daddy when he's here!  Brooklyn has learned to make silly faces along with having a fascination with shoes and bows.  She prefers to pick out her clothes so we've already started giving her options to choose her daily outfits.  Brooklyn has started showing an interest in potty training, but we're taking it slow.  We'll take her to the potty when she tells us she needs to go and sometimes she does go, which is very exciting!  We're just taking the approach of no pressure, but willingness is great!!     

So this year, Brooklyns birthday fell on a Tuesday, which meant her and Miles were at home all day so we had fun playing together!! Brooklyn LOVES playing with play doh so I pulled out all the goods and let her and Miles create and make all kinds of things.  I fixed her favorite meal for lunch and we cuddled up to watch a movie, but that only lasted 30 minutes so instead we played outside in the bounce house.  Brooklyn got lots of calls from family during the day and loved talking on the phone!  After dinner and once daddy came home we gave Brooklyn all her gifts to open and she was so excited.   I'm not sure if the shoes book, the minnie mouse guitar, high heels and princess crowns, or the new backpack for school was her favorite, but she sure was excited to open them all and willingly shared her gifts with her brothers!  

Happy 2nd birthday sweet girl!  We love you!

 

Family Pictures

In November we had our yearly family pictures taken by a new friend here.  We went out to her property one day and spent about 2 hours.  For the most part, the kids did great.  But, with 3 little ones, it almost seemed if two were smiling, one wasn't.  If two were looking at the camera, the other wasn't.  Even with this happening, we still were able to get some great pictures!  

 

A New Year

We celebrated the new year with some sweet friends and had a ball hanging out with everyone.  The hosts had games and entertainment for everyone and the food was delicious!  Kids were invited, but since my mom was still in town, we opted to spend part of the evening with her and our kids, ended up putting them down for bed, and then going to our get together.  

The girls spent a majority of the evening inside playing random games and entertaining little ones, while the guys found themselves outside in the garage playing ping pong tournaments and pool.  It was freezing outside but that didn't stop all the kids from riding bikes and racing each other on scooters.  

We've been so fortunate to have met some great people since we moved to Borger and they've been gracious enough to accept us into their group!  It seems the people here are use to others coming and going and welcome anybody!  We appreciate it.  Most everyone in our group goes to our church, which is how and where we met a large majority of them.  There are some sweet girls around here!  

It was a fun night and we were lucky to have my mom here who was willing to keep our kids so we could have a night out!