This little girl is so much fun. And just as exhausting :) I don't know if it's because I'm pregnant or she is just at that age, but at the end of every day I am asleep within minutes after getting in bed. And I'm sure this is only the beginning of what life is going to be like from now on. I love being a mom and love watching Brooklyn learn and discover new things. She is BUSY.
Recent things about her...
- she is a mama's girl. She loves her Dad, but if she's tired, hungry, or I leave the room...she wants me and follows me wherever I go. One of my favorite times of the day with her is when she first wakes up in the morning. John goes to get her from her crib and brings her to me and we cuddle for a bit before I have to get up. She pats and strokes my face and offers me her binkie every time. (oh and I should add she has
awful morning breath)
- knows how to fold her arms. This is one of my favorite things she does now - when we tell her we're going to say a prayer, she crosses her chubby little arms across her body...makes me smile every time. The other night we were saying prayers with her before bed and during the middle of them, she got up and walked out of the room. John and I couldn't help but burst out laughing. I guess she was done.
- will go get her jacket and shoes if I tell her we are going somewhere. She will bring them to me and I'll help her get them on, then she heads for the door.
- will take dirty clothes to the laundry basket or garbage to the garbage can if I ask her to.
- counts to 3 (well kind of). John and I will say 1, then she says 2, then we all say 3. She is so used to this now that if you ask her if she's 1, she'll say TWO. She also will tell you what a horse, cow, monkey, dog, and snake say.
- still eats a jar of baby food usually with her meals. She will still pretty much eat anything...she LOVES to eat. Her favorites right now are tuna and pbandj sandwiches, bananas, cheese, turkey, cottage cheese, oranges, yogurt, and fruit loops.
- loves to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and will do the actions. She will also move her body when she hears music. The other night we were watching dancing with the starts and she was being so funny. She'd dance when the contestants were and get really mad when the song was over.
she isn't very interested in singing the song in the video..but you can see the jist of it
- loves being outside and doesn't mind eating dirt or bugs. Last week we were outside and I noticed she was eating something so I asked her if I could have it and she spit out a bug, guts and all. Silly girl.
running to show me the rock she found
eating the rocks...
- now has 6 teeth - 2 on bottom (she got those at 10 months), 3 molars (Jeannette text me one day at work and asked me if I knew she had these....umm nope. I had no idea - but her being feverish and grumpy lately explains that), and one fang coming in on the side. I think it's so funny that her front teeth haven't come in yet. John thinks she might not even have front teeth.
These pictures were taken while she was sick...poor girl. She watched a lot of baby Einstein videos those days. And the pictures where she is asleep on John - she was upset that I wasn't holding her and wouldn't let John hold her...but she was so exhausted that she fell asleep in between his legs.
- gives the dirtiest looks. This used to be funny (and it actually still is the majority of the time) but now she is doing it more often than not, especially at church, and we need to break her of this habit. She used to give a dirty look and laugh right after...but now she doesn't always do that. I feel bad when she gives some sweet old lady at church a dirty look and then walks away. It is so hard not to laugh though because it is the funniest thing. She probably learned this from her mom giving one to many people a dirty look :)
- had her first 'in the back' ponytail the other day (big milestone for me!). It looked so funny because she still doesn't have much hair on top.
- is very social. It doesn't matter where we are....church, the store, or just out in public, she will wave and say hi to people. If I put her down in the store...she is gone...waving to people along the way and going about her business. I think she'll be the kid if she ever gets lost in the grocery store that won't be crying for their mom...she'll be crying when whoever finds her takes her away from the candy isle :)
I love my girl.
