Here are a couple of new videos ...
Brooke cruising
Brooke saying "mama" and waving
I was trying to get Brooke to imitate me, but she didn't in the video's. After I stopped recording the second video she started saying "dada".
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Pictures
Here are some pictures of Brooke that I have been meaning to post for a while.
Brooke's 9 month picture
Last weekend, my parents came to visit and on Saturday we took a picnic at the park. Then, we went to the ICE show at the Gaylord Texan, which was themed How the Grinch Stole Christmas and it was really neat.
Our family at the park. This was the only picture where all of us were actually looking at the camera. It is very hard to get a picture with a baby and a dog!
Acting silly at the park.
Having a blast getting dirty and playing in the leaves. Also, displaying her "Mowgli" crawl.
Brooke with my parents at the ICE show.
Brooke and Santa at the Gaylord.
Brooke's 9 month picture
Last weekend, my parents came to visit and on Saturday we took a picnic at the park. Then, we went to the ICE show at the Gaylord Texan, which was themed How the Grinch Stole Christmas and it was really neat.
Our family at the park. This was the only picture where all of us were actually looking at the camera. It is very hard to get a picture with a baby and a dog!
Acting silly at the park.
Having a blast getting dirty and playing in the leaves. Also, displaying her "Mowgli" crawl.
Brooke with my parents at the ICE show.
Brooke and Santa at the Gaylord.
Piddling around...
I am sure you have noticed my frequent blog background/banner updates, especially if you visit my site often. I have become increasingly interested in digital scrapbooking, but I am not very familiar with using paintshop pro and it has taken me a few tries to get it right. I have finally got some basic knowledge of how to do little stuff and this banner is one of the first easy scrapbooking pieces I have done. I just took the background from a website for free and added the writing and picture. I just try to have fun with it.
I was tagged by my friend Kyla....
Here's how the game works: answer the following 5 questions and then keep the game going by tagging 2 more people. Here goes...
1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
In college at UNT. I still had no idea that I would be a pharmacist or mom 10 years later. I was living in a dorm on campus called Santa Fe and still doing pot luck roommates. My first roommate was Japanese. Every morning she ate white rice and a raw egg, which made me just want to puke. Then after Christmas she moved into an apartment and I got a new roommate that was all out sorority girl and took seriously 2hrs to get ready every morning! Needless to say they could not have chosen 2 people that were more opposite from me! Glad they are just memories.
2. What are 5 things on your to-do list?
a. buy Brooke more food
b. find a place to fix Ryan's blower motor
c. take sam to vet
d. pack for Thanksgiving
e. buy Christmas gifts
3. What are snacks you enjoy?
Depends if I am in a salty or sweet mood. Most of the time I am in a sweet mood and I am a sucker for anything chocolate!
4. What are the places you have lived?
Ashland, KY (born until I was 4), Mooresville, NC (until I was 10), Longview, TX (until I was 18), Denton, TX (until I was 22), Houston, TX (until I was 26), Arlington, TX (present)
As Ryan would attest to, I wasn't born in TX but I got here as fast as I could!
5. What are five things you would do if you became a billionaire?
I would retire and buy vacation homes in Utah or Colorado and Kauai. I would spend my time traveling with family and doing lots of exotic trips. I would go to Nepal and hike to Mt. Everest base camp. I would ski all over the world. I would learn to scuba dive and go diving in Australia.
So, now you have learned a few new facts about me...time to tag someone else...there are only a few other people with blogs that I know, so Kelli and Gina its your turn!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
9 months
Brooke is 9 months old now. She is growing up so fast...sniffle. We had a well-check this month and Brooke passed with flying colors. In fact, during the exam Brooke started clapping for Dr. Geppert, which she has been doing since the middle of August and he was really impressed. Her weight is 15lbs 2oz (but she lost a little due to recent illness), 27" long, and head circumference 43cm. She is still petite compared to most her age, but if you look at her individually she looks very proportional. We took 9 month pictures, but the camera is in the nursery and I don't want to risk waking her to retrieve it. So, pictures will be posted later.
She is starting to really explore her world around her now that she is mobile. She loves to pull up on anything, furniture, walls, drawers, pants. She has recently discovered an interest in the stairs especially if there is a cat laying on them or some other interesting objects; such as, tennis shoes. I have let her climb them with supervision. She does well on the way up, then turns around and doesn't know what to do. I have tried showing her how to ease her legs back down by going in reverse, but it will take a while to teach her the technique. I am having to keep my eyes open and watching her constantly to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.
Other notable accomplishments...
Brooke knows how to shake a rattle and loves doing it. She knows how to wave, but doesn't know when to wave. She has started imitating sounds and her favorite sound is clearing her throat (video to come later). She has started venturing more into finger foods such as pasta pick ups and little bits of real food.
Brooke and I are finally getting over our illness. She first caught an upper respiratory viral illness and then a week later caught strep throat, which she lovingly passed on to me. Thankfully, Ryan didn't get sick and we are both completing our antibiotics. We are finally returning to normal. I have learned the technique to effectively using a nasal bulb. Although, Brooke still hates even the sight of it and our neighbors probably think I am torturing her by her extremely loud screams when I use it.
She is starting to really explore her world around her now that she is mobile. She loves to pull up on anything, furniture, walls, drawers, pants. She has recently discovered an interest in the stairs especially if there is a cat laying on them or some other interesting objects; such as, tennis shoes. I have let her climb them with supervision. She does well on the way up, then turns around and doesn't know what to do. I have tried showing her how to ease her legs back down by going in reverse, but it will take a while to teach her the technique. I am having to keep my eyes open and watching her constantly to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.
Other notable accomplishments...
Brooke knows how to shake a rattle and loves doing it. She knows how to wave, but doesn't know when to wave. She has started imitating sounds and her favorite sound is clearing her throat (video to come later). She has started venturing more into finger foods such as pasta pick ups and little bits of real food.
Brooke and I are finally getting over our illness. She first caught an upper respiratory viral illness and then a week later caught strep throat, which she lovingly passed on to me. Thankfully, Ryan didn't get sick and we are both completing our antibiotics. We are finally returning to normal. I have learned the technique to effectively using a nasal bulb. Although, Brooke still hates even the sight of it and our neighbors probably think I am torturing her by her extremely loud screams when I use it.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Brooke's First Halloween
Well, the weekend didn't start out great for us. Friday morning Brooke was running a fever of 102.8 F, which scared me to death because she has never run a fever and that was the highest I had ever seen. Actually, her pediatrician told me that 102 is a normal fever for children, but I was still concerned. It just seemed to be a viral upper respiratory illness. Ryan and I decided to continue our trip to Longview like previously planned. Brooke surprisingly didn't act all that sick aside from a runny nose and waking up at night because she couldn't breathe. On Saturday, Brooke and I enjoyed a lunch with her Big Mama (Ryan's mother), Great Granny (Ryan's grandmother), and Aunt Sara. It was neat to have 4 generations all together! Afterwords, we went shopping for coats for Brooke. I am having a hard time finding a coat for Brooke. It seems like the stores that have thicker coats only have them in sizes 12month and up. Brooke is still a little small for the 12 month coats, so I am going to have to do a little more shopping. Hopefully, I will be able to find something around DFW area. After her afternoon cat nap, we headed to Nana and Poppie's (my parents) house. They were very excited to see Brooke because they haven't seen her since she has been crawling. She crawled all over their house. They have a sunken in living room with 2 steps and Brooke just climbed those like a pro! It was a little trickier getting down, but I am sure with a little time and practice she will get it. After she ate dinner, we got her dressed up in her costume which was a fairy, complete with wings, tutu, and a wand! She looked so adorable. I had originally wanted to dress her up in a pumpkin costume, but I am glad Ryan convinced me to change my mind because she was too darn cute!
I also started feeling bad on Saturday and yep, sure enough I caught Brooke's illness. Luckily now, we are feeling much better, but still coughing up some junk and in a couple of days should be back to normal. I now understand how difficult it is to deal with a sick baby, while at the same time being sick.
I took Brooke on a walk this evening at the park near our house and we saw many other dogs, all of which she squawked at when she saw them. It was really cute. I know she is going to be a dog lover.
Everything else is going well. We are starting to prepare for our next transition in our life. Ryan will be completing residency in July '10 and he is currently considering a couple of jobs in the East Texas area. This also means that we are starting to think about moving and everything that goes along with it. I am ready to finally settle down in a place for a long time. I have felt like the last 13 years have always been temporary places with a defined end to the time I would be staying there, so I have been hesitant to make close friends because I felt like I would just be moving in a couple of years. First, it was undergraduate college for 4 years all of which I moved each year and then it was pharmacy school of which I moved 3 times and then to DFW for Ryan's surgery residency for 5 years. During the last four years, I worked full time until I had Brooke and the schedule I worked was alternating evenings and weekends so I felt like I was never on a set schedule and it is very hard to get involved in any church or social type organization with a schedule like that. I am ready to finally make some roots and get settled. I am looking forward to our next transition.
Enjoy some pics of Brooke's halloween costume.
I also started feeling bad on Saturday and yep, sure enough I caught Brooke's illness. Luckily now, we are feeling much better, but still coughing up some junk and in a couple of days should be back to normal. I now understand how difficult it is to deal with a sick baby, while at the same time being sick.
I took Brooke on a walk this evening at the park near our house and we saw many other dogs, all of which she squawked at when she saw them. It was really cute. I know she is going to be a dog lover.
Everything else is going well. We are starting to prepare for our next transition in our life. Ryan will be completing residency in July '10 and he is currently considering a couple of jobs in the East Texas area. This also means that we are starting to think about moving and everything that goes along with it. I am ready to finally settle down in a place for a long time. I have felt like the last 13 years have always been temporary places with a defined end to the time I would be staying there, so I have been hesitant to make close friends because I felt like I would just be moving in a couple of years. First, it was undergraduate college for 4 years all of which I moved each year and then it was pharmacy school of which I moved 3 times and then to DFW for Ryan's surgery residency for 5 years. During the last four years, I worked full time until I had Brooke and the schedule I worked was alternating evenings and weekends so I felt like I was never on a set schedule and it is very hard to get involved in any church or social type organization with a schedule like that. I am ready to finally make some roots and get settled. I am looking forward to our next transition.
Enjoy some pics of Brooke's halloween costume.
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