Disney on Ice

Not sure who was more excited, Mom or Brooklyn!! But we had a special night for just Brooklyn, Mommy and Daddy---Time for Disney on Ice!! (Jamison stayed with Grandma Nerio). It was "Worlds of Fantasy" and had stories from Cars, The Little Mermaid, Lion King, and Tinkerbell. Brooklyn sat the whole time and barely moved, she didn't quite know what to think, but I think she had a good time! Who wouldn't with cotton candy, a corn dog, a Princess light, and with dad wearing the flower hat!!! A fun night! Can't wait til next year (atleast Mom can't!)

GO TU!!!!!

Well, we made it to our first official TU football game of the year!!! Brooklyn as you can see went in style!! She was an adorable and excellent cheerleader! Jamison was also a good sport even though I don't have footage to prove it! He continued his people watching hobby! Both kids made it through the middle of the third quarter. Then they had had ENOUGH and were ready to go! Luckily mom had the help of Grandma Iowa, as well as Uncle Bill, and Grandma and Grandpa Nerio were nearby as well! Mom doesn't have enough hands to do it by herself!!!! Let's just say that when we left in the middle of the third quarter the score was 42-3 I think....(TU winning) and I had only seen one touchdown. All of the others I was making sure someone was fed, taking someone potty, making sure no one fell off the bench as they were cheering, taking someone potty, making sure someone else was fed, looking for something in the bag, taking someone potty, etc. etc. However, we had a VERY FUN time! Brooklyn was quite entertaining!! Yelling every time she saw her Daddy! And yelling "GO TU!" The only problem she had was when she saw that the cheerleaders has two pom poms and she only had one....we were a little jealous. Guess we will be finding another one before the next game!

More visitors!

We were lucky again to have some reinforcements come in to help for a weekend! Grandma Iowa made the drive down again and brought Aunt Nell and Uncle Bill down with her. We had a fun time of doing nothing! I think they were all very entertained with Brooklyn and Jamison!

Jamison's Turn!

Yes, finally an update on our Little Monkey. Or Smiley Guy as I call him these days! In the last week to week and a half Jamison has really started to talk more, smile, and even a little giggle here and there! He is a very happy baby overall, just like Brooklyn was! If he is tired or hungry, HE WILL LET YOU KNOW!! Otherwise, he is content to look around! He is going to be a people watcher!!!
Here are a couple short video's of him saying HI!

Update-Potty Training

We have never said much about how Brooklyn did at potty training, so thought I would update you. Brooklyn has been potty trained for a little over three months now! That's right, potty trained just after turning two! She caught on very quickly, and I would say overall she had less than 15-20 accidents total!!! She has had a couple of days here and there that she gets side-tracked. But I would say overall she did GREAT!! Oh, did I mention two of the accidents happened while she was on Chris' lap! One at home, and one in the hospital after we had Jamison (good thing we lived close to the hospital so Chris could come home and change!). She loves making us "PROUD" of her, so she was very receptive to the idea of how proud we were if she was accident free....oh, and did I mention the treats she got too? She really didn't have any setbacks after Jamison was born, so that was a relief. She still doesn't have the night time thing down, and it will probably be some time before she does, but we are VERY PROUD OF HER!!!! One down, one to go! Too bad they say boys are harder than girls!!

Misheard Lyrics.....

Brooklyn has a couple of funny "misheard lyrics". Truly she just hasn't quite learned how to say the words correctly. She REALLY thinks she is saying them correctly, and if you say it how she says it, she corrects you by saying it louder and slower, although it still sounds wrong. Thought I would share a couple with you. Some of these she has already outgrown and is saying correctly now, but they were fun while they lasted!!!

Gookalyn=Brooklyn
Cloth cloth=washcloth...say cloth cloth out loud...it just sounds funny!
Hokey pokey=Polk a dots

Overall she has a FANTASTIC vocabulary!!! She speaks in full sentences, sings many many songs (in tune even), and easily learns new words! The other day I taught her what starving meant. The next night she asked me before dinner time. "You starving Momma?" She is just a little sponge!!!

Special Guest--Aunt Julie

Aunt Julie came to see us last weekend!!!! YEA!!! She was quite entertained I think! Brooklyn asked her WHY? so many times that by the end of the weekend Julie started to refuse to answer!! Jamison only spit up on her once, and NO, she did not change any diapers... But we had a great weekend of doing NOTHING...and it was so nice to have an adult conversation with someone face to face while Chris is out of town! COME BACK SOON AUNT JULIE!!!!

MTV, here we come!

Brooklyn loves to sing as well as dance, play puzzles, cook in her kitchen, write...I guess she is a typical kid. But she sings many different songs. We sing at home, in the car, at school, at sunday school, everywhere. So she knows many different songs. Some I don't know how they go. But this one is a favorite, and I am sure you will all recognize it.

Jesus Loves Me!

Is today Church Day?

Brooklyn LOVES going to church! She asks all the time if it is church day! She usually goes to "Sunday School". This is actually just basically daycare while Chris and I go to church. But they do sing songs and sometimes have a little lesson. She loves it though! "DEEP and WIDE" is one of the songs she has picked up at church....here is a little preview.

WHY

That word has been WAY overused at our house lately....we are in THAT stage of WHY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY..... Needless to say it is quite trying at times!!!! Don't ask my why!!