Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

Let the fun begin! Here is a quick recap of the last week!

A few weeks ago we had a fun photo shoot with Brooklyn. Grammy and Poppa came over to take our family picture and Brad took some of Brooklyn later. These are some of my favorites!

"My VERY OWN Stocking!"

"No more pictures please!"

Christmas with Mee Mee

A week ago we headed to our Uncle and Aunt's house to have Christmas with Mee Mee and all the grands and greats. It was fun to get all the baby cousins together again!

Mee Mee gave Bryce and Brooklyn each a Red Wagon!

Yes....WE ARE TEETHING!

The best shot of the 4 cousins :)

(Thank you Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Randy for the matching PJ's)

Christmas at Poppa and Grammy's

Last night we had Christmas over at Poppa and Grammy's. Brooklyn loved her stocking and gifts! She enjoyed unwarpping her gifts but really just wanted to eat the paper!!

Great picture I think..... :)

it tickles me that the two kiddos are looking at each other HA!

Grammy helping Bryce with his new toy for us!

Brooklyn just wanted to put EVERYTHING in her mouth as you can see!

Christmas at Our House

Earlier this week my family (parents, brother, sister and her family) all came to our house! We had fun just being all together, which doesn't happen very often since we live in different states! It was nice and relaxing and everyone enjoyed getting to cuddle and spend time with Miss B! We had a gingerbread making contest, boys vs. girls..... and the GIRLS WON! We also went to Kemah and Brooklyn enjoyed seeing the fish at the Aquarium!

The GIRLS Gingerbread House!

Notice the Hot Tub on the Roof Deck :)

The GUYS Gingerbread Hunting Lodge

with a Fish Pond! I must say I was impressed!

Going up the tower at Kemah Boardwalk

Brooklyn mesmerized by all the fish at the Aquarium

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we video taped Brooklyn waking up with our new video camera! It was so sweet and she was such a happy girl! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with family and Brooklyn enjoyed it too...although her dinner came later ;)

B looking at all her gifts.....

(most of these were from the night before

that I just put under the tree...hehe she'll never know!)

"For ME!"

Christmas Dinner with the Family

Thank you Uncle Erik, Auntie Andi, and Tia

for coming all the way from Colorado to see me :)

I love you!!!!

Christmas with MeMaw and DaDaw

Normally Brad's Dad's side of the family leaves the day after Christmas for a week long trip. In the past it was to Colorado, but lately they have changed it up a bit and last year we went to New Mexico. This year we all decided it would be fun to spend the whole day together and just hang out at the house. It really is just about being together...RIGHT :)? We had breakfast at MeMaw and DaDaw's, and then walked over to Mark and Kathy's house where the kids had a scavenger hunt to find their gifts, ate lunch, and just talked and talked until after dinner! It was so much fun and such a joy to see this side of the family growing with all the new babies...and one who is one the way :)

The Walkers

Whew...that about wraps up 2010! It was such a blessed year for us and one we will never forget!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

Ah yes it is that time of year! I can tell becasue I am sooooo busy I have not been able to keep up with my blog AT ALL!!! Things are going well here just busy getting ready for Brooklyn's very first Christmas :) Even though she has NO CLUE what is going on, we are having a lot of fun with it and can't wait! Anyway so from our house to yours.....

Happy Holidays

More to come on B's first Christmas!

Cousins

Cousins.....

Well as I mentioned in an earlier post Brooklyn better get use to THIS:

(this pictures make me laugh so hard!)

TWO new boy cousins on the way so now there will be a total of 7 boy cousins all under the age of 1 1/2 and Miss Brooklyn is the only girl! She is going to be one tough cookie ;)

Anyway made me think that I should give an update on cousin Bryce so here ya go :)

Brooklyn and Bryce are complete opposites, even down to the hair! I say Brooklyn got all the energy and Bryce got all the hair...HAHA! Bryce loves his paci and Brooklyn...well...not so much :-P. Bryce just chills and hangs out and Brooklyn....well....not so much HA! They are both totally awesome and all of us paretns just can't get enough of either one. We are looking forward to the day when they can play and really recoginze each other. Right now they just kinda stare at one another and maybe grab at each other (especially my Brooklyn)! Although Brooklyn was born a month before Bryce when Bryce turned 3 months he passed Brooklyn up in weight....now he is a good 4 pounds heavier, BUT that is good.... he's the boy!!! Grammy bought a double stroller so when the grandbabies come to her house she can take them on walks :) She also takes lots of picture when they are at her house together, but I only have a few....Here are Brooklyn and Bryce :)

I'm not sure how old they are here...my guess is Brooklyn was about 3 months and Bryce 2

.... a little older

When we are out people think they are twins....I don't get it, but I guess lots of twins look nothing alike ;)

This was taken a few weeks ago....it's not a very good picture but it was the best one out of like 10 I took HA!

"Hey Bryce whats up?"

"Oh not much Brooklyn.....this stroller is fun but I'm getting hungry!"

The two of them on Thanksgiving :)

More to come with these two.......

One Year Ago....

One year ago today I found out I was going to be a MOMMY! One year ago tomorrow Brad found out he was going to be a DAD! Best thing that has even happened to us :)

I decided to repost what I had written in honor of this special day. As I reread this, it was like it happened yesterday! Made me cry all over again...especially now as I hold our little Brooklyn.

It started on December 4th:

Brad was out of town with his dad, so I was home by myself. I knew “something” was missing the whole week ;) but I was so nervous to take a pregnancy test. I was scared to get my hopes up. By the 6th day, December 4th, I finally started to think WOW this really could be happening! I immediately thought of how I would tell Brad! I knew he would want to be surprised. The other day Brad and I had pulled out some photo albums from when we were dating. It was fun reminiscing and since I love scrapbooking I came up with the idea to make him a scrapbook. Now I still hadn’t taken a test at this point, but by the time the book was done I just had a feeling that it was true (plus I had a wave of nausea come over me that had me running to the bathroom...later I learned I was almost 5 weeks)! I knew I didn’t want to take the test until the day Brad would be home so I could tell him the same day. So the plan was to take the test in the morning, put a picture of the positive pregnancy test in the back of the book and give it to him that night when he returned home.

Around 10 am December 5th I couldn’t wait another minute. I was watching TV and another wave of nausea hit me. I needed food and needed it NOW!

I was shaking as I set the test aside and waited! I didn’t need to wait long before I saw the word I so longed to see..... PREGNANT! I sat on the bathroom floor crying...I sobbed. I remember saying a prayer to our Lord thanking Him for this gift and answering our prayers. Even though I was alone, I didn’t feel alone. I knew God was right there rejoicing with me. I sobbed some more.

Of course I wanted to call Brad right away, but didn’t want to tell him this kind of news over the phone. I distracted myself by finishing his book with the picture of the positive test. It was prefect! I keep reading his book over and over and every time I got the the last page I cried again!

Around 3 pm that day I got a phone call from Brad. They had to change plans and were headed to Austin. They might not be back until the next day, Sunday. NOOOOOOOOOOOO that was all I could say....in my head of course, I didn't want to give him any hints. I told him that was ok, but I sure wished he was coming home today. He said he was sorry and maybe they would be in early Sunday morning. I went to bed that night and woke up with him by my side. He had made it home around 2 that morning....I never heard him.

I decided to wait until after church to tell him. Believe me this was not easy, but I wanted us to not feel rushed and by the time we both woke up we only had 45 minutes until it was time to leave. It was the longest church service ever, not literally, it just FELT that way. I even cried during services, just pure joy. Brad wrapped his arm around me thinking it was because of the sermon.....little did he know ;) Within a few minutes of arriving home and emptying my bladder for the 10th time that day. I had him sit down on the couch and I gave him his book.

He slowly read through each page. He was a little teary eyed and when he read the last page he looked at me and said “Are you Serious!!!” with tears rolling down his face. He hugged me and we both cried and cried. It was perfect!

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4 Months

Happy 4 Months Brooklyn!

Here is what you have been up to this past month:

• You went to the doctor this month and you now weight 14 lbs and 60% in weight
• You are 24 3/4 inches long and 75% in height
• You have a little head!!! You are 5% in head size! What was so funny is that the doctor reassured us that head size was all genetics and did not reflect of how smart you would be...HAHA!
• Still in a size 2 diaper but starting to wear 3-6 month clothes. In fact I started to pack up your newborn and 0-3 month cloths and almost cried....waaaaaahhh!
• We have been hearing some good Belly Laughs this month! We can't get enough of it and daddy is especially good at making you laugh!
• You are holding things really well...your rattle, toy keys, and the blue teether that looks like a hand :)
• I kiss your chubby cheeks ALL DAY LONG! They are the cutest thing...hope you don't mind?!
• You have learned to grab....and you are most interested in MY HAIR! OUCH! You like to get the little ones in the back :(
• You LOVE playing on your play mat. You always like to go for the toy in the middle and when you get it daddy shouts, "You got the grand prize Brooklyn!"
• You started to suck your thumb just at nap time and bedtime...we will see if this last, but in the mean time it is soooooo cute!!! We even snapped a picture of you doing this on the monitor ;)
• You smile so much these days :)
• You LOVE to just "watch" everything! You love to see what is going on and are so interested in things....I think you are going to love to learn :)
• You really only cry when you are tired...sometimes when you are hungry, but most of the time if you fuss you are sleepy.
• You are now going to bed alittle earlier...around 7:30-8 and have started waking up at about 7am. Also you take about 4-5 hours worth of naps! I call you my sleeping beauty!
• We love you so much Brooklyn...it is so neat to see you do new things and grow!! We don't want you to stop but could you please slow down just a little ;)

"Look everybody...I learned a new trick!"

Brooklyn enjoying a book during tummy time!

Packing up Brooklyn's clothes she has outgrown....

*TEAR TEAR*

Brad and Brooklyn before church one day :)

Just chillin' in her crib.....

In the Car

The "Blue Hand"

Sucking her thumb.....

yes her eyes are open and yes we took this picture from the monitor :-P

Here is a short video of Brooklyn trying to sit up....we laugh so hard every time we watch it and Brad makes some really good sound effects when she falls over!

A Little Comparison....

On a side note: I removed her bumper the minute she started to move around in her sleep (which was very early), but when we started taking pictures it was in, so every week I put it back in just to take the picture...HAHA! Not sure how much longer I will do that ;-P

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! We went to Brad's parents house and enjoyed a delicious lunch there, but the company was even better! Matt, Jana and Kyle were all in town visiting from Alabama and Brooklyn and Bryce got to meet their cousins Spencer and Shepherd for the first time! It was HILARIOUS trying to get a picture with all four of them! Here are a few of our attempts...I wish I could have taken a video of all the adults behind the camera trying to get the kids to smile (and Matt and Jana trying not to get their sweet boys to pull B's bow)......it was super funny!!!!

This is probably the best one!

Going for the bow ;)

Better get use to this B....you've got TWO more boy cousins on the way!

That will make 7 boy cousins under the age of 1 1/2 and you my dear are the only girl!

On Friday we left and headed up to my parents house in Killeen, TX! Adam met us up there also and we enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving with them :) My parents couldn't wait to see Brooklyn, she changes so fast these days, and they couldn't believe how much she had grown! The night we arrived we decided to go through one of those "drive through" light shows and Brooklyn LOVED it! Since we were going soooooo slow we took her out of the car seat so she could see and she just looked and looked at all the lights! It was a great visit but I am still blown away by how much STUFF we now have to bring when we go on a trip.....even if it's just for 3 days!!!!

Here she is enjoying the lights :)

She loves her Uncle Adam :)

Sweet Girl

This Thanksgiving I am most thankful for my wonderful, supportive, and extremely helpful husband, and this precious little bundle of joy that has blessed my life more than she will even know!

The Bumbo

"So mommy told me I was going to try something new today! It has a weird name, it's called THE BUMBO....we'll see if I like it!"

"Hey this is not too bad....I can SIT UP pretty well!"

"Wow I LOVE this...its like a whole new world from this view!"

"La La La...I'm such a big girl now...La La La!"

10 minutes later.....

"...Um....OK....I'm done, you can get me outta here.....Hello??.....Mommy??.....Anybody??!"

A Brooklyn Sandwich

PLAY DATE :)

Where:

The Walker's Home

Company:

Brooklyn Wolfford and Bryce Walker (and of course their mommas!)

Food:

For Mommas - Delicious Hot Sandwiches, Fruit and Chips...Cookies for Dessert (thank you Kaylynn!)

For Babies - Milk ;)

Activities:

Mommas - Enjoying talking about the babies, adult conversation, and simply some much need socializing!

Babies - Just chillin', chewing on hands (see photo below), and looking at each other.

So yes, the other day we had our very first playdate! We were blessed to be in great company for the afternoon! A sweet little girl named Brooklyn came to play. Yes!...we know another precious Brooklyn :) She was born in September I look forward to these two becoming great friends in the future! My nephew Bryce also came!!! He is just a cutie!!! (I am working on a post about the two of them...hopefully it will be posted soon time in the near future!) Anyway, the momma's all enjoyed the socializing and the babies seemed to enjoyed themselves in between sleeping and eating. Can't wait to do it again and we all were saying how fun it will be when they are older and start to really play with each other instead of them just laying there HAHA!

I was looking at this picture after they left and it came to mind that we should have put Bryce in the middle.....it would have made a very cute Brooklyn Sandwich ;)

Belly Laugh :)

We were super excited when we caught Brooklyn's first real Belly Laughs on Video!

She thinks her Daddy is pretty funny ;)

Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf showed up at our house this weekend!

They were quite a pair :)

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Thank you to Grammy for making their adorable costumes!

We had a group of kiddos from church come by to trick or treat at our house! It was so much fun!