Ben, Marcie and Brooklyn: July 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

March 2011

Since I went back to work after having Brooklyn, Ben and I have been able to work out our schedules so that between the two of us, one of us is home with Brooklyn, and we haven't needed to take her to a babysitter or daycare. Ben works 7 days on, 7 days off, so on his weeks off, I work full time. Then on his weeks on, his shift is from 1:00 pm-11:00 pm, so those weeks I only work until noon. I'm so thankful that I work for such great people who understand the importance of family and have allowed me to be so flexible with my schedule. They are even so good about Brooklyn coming down to the office if needed. It's definitely a lot easier getting up and going to work every day knowing that she's just home with Ben. He takes such good care of her, and I can see that they are really close because they get to spend so much time together. That's not something that many dads get to do, and I think that its actually a really good thing for both of them. It is hard though, some mornings, to get out of bed and go to work while these two sleep in!

Brooklyn's definitely a girly girl. She loves playing with my jewelry. She'll take my necklaces and bracelets and put them on and take them off for hours. Every time we go over to my mom's she heads straight to her bedroom and gets in her jewelry box and puts her necklaces on.

She loves phones! Every time she picks one up she puts it up to her ear and says "dad".

She's always been such a good little eater

Don't worry, she's not really drinking the Mt. Dew, she just loves to play with the bottles.

She loves eating suckers, but I'll only let her have them when she's in the bathtub, then she doesn't get herself and the whole house sticky. It's perfect!

Fun playing in the bathroom cupboard!

Playing games with mom, dad and Kyler

Wearing green for St. Patrick's day!

11 Months Old!

Brookie turned 11 months old on March 22nd! She loves playing with her daddy!!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

February 2011

Everytime the fridge is open, Brooklyn runs to it. She likes to climb clear up into it, its so cute!

She wasn't too happy with me when I tried to put her down for a nap. She's never been a very good napper. 20-30 minutes is about all we get, and sometimes its only once a day.

She loves to play under the kitchen table and climb around the chairs.

In February, we also had our first ER visit. I was getting ready to head to Bunco, and was planning on taking Brooklyn to Smuin's for them to watch her. I was running around like crazy, trying to get things put together and get her diaper bag packed, and she was sitting in her Bumbo seat on the kitchen counter. I ran from the kitchen to the living room, for 2 seconds, just to grab a couple diapers. That's when I heard a big thump, and my heart sunk. She had crawled out of her Bumbo and fell onto the tile floor. She cried and cried, I've never heard her cry so long and hard. I was scared to death. Ben was working so I took her down to the hospital and they did a CT scan on her head. Everything was okay, luckily she didn't have any fractures or anything, probably just a major headache. I felt so bad and guilty. I had been trying so hard to be careful and not leave her in it except when I was right next to her, and the one time I do, she falls out of it. I'm just so thankful that she was okay. Needless to say, we don't have the Bumbo on the counter anymore!

Valentine's Day

Every holiday is so much more fun with this little sweetheart in our home! I love these two so much!! They both bring so much joy into my life!

Really mom? More pictures?? :)

10 Months old!!

Brooklyn turned 10 months old on February 22nd! She started walking right around that time. She was taking quite a few little steps all month, but really started taking off around her 10 month birthday. It is so cute to watch her wobble around the house! I love it!

Ben's Birthday!!

Ben turned 28 on the 26th of February. We went out of town for a fun weekend, and took Brookie swimming for the first time. She LOVED it. I wasn't sure if she would or not, because she was going through a phase of absolutely hating her baths. She loved playing and splashing in the water. I thought it might cure her of being terrified of the bathtub, but no such luck, she still screams every time I put her in there.

We had a little birthday party at our house with our families.

I'm pretty sure ice cream is Brookie's favorite food. She loves it! I loved these pictures of Ben's mom feeding her, she looks like a little baby bird.