Yet again.

Avocado

Hanging with the jaguars at the zoo.


Looking at the bobcats with Da-Da.

Reaching for the camera.

Brooke's first word...

is Da-da. She also says Ba-ba. And, she has said Ma-ma once, and of course, I am the only one who heard it, but I swear she said it! And Meredith, my best friend/SLP, says she will say it again and a lot of parents (moms) complain that they take forever to say it again.

And, I don't know what to do about loading pictures to this site, because obviously, it never works for me!

I am just about ready to give one, maybe two dogs away. Brooke has been sleeping for only 24 minutes and Maddie started barking thinking Chris was home and she woke Brooke up. I put the bark collar on , which makes her totally freak out! Anyway, the lab is 7 years old (yesterday) and if you want her, let me know (but, don't tell Chris!).

More pics....

Tasting a lime.


The face after the lime.

Can someone tell me how to put more than 4 pics on at a time with Picasa???

The Beach

Too funny.




The beach in the cabana.

The Zoo

We have found Brooke's favorite past time. She absolutely loves the zoo. We bought a family membership on Sunday and the first animal she saw: the tapir. She was talking to it non-stop. So cute. She did the same for every other animal she saw....well, at least, the "bigger" animals. I think she had a hard time finding the little monkeys and the little fox, but she loved the jaguars, the birds, and the GIRAFFE. A girl after her own mother's heart. On Sunday, the giraffes were not around, but we went back on Monday (thank goodness for national holidays) and we got to see the giraffe, Raffiki. He even licked Brooke on the hand. We probably should have taken video of her talking to the giraffe. It was absolutely adorable...maybe next time.

I absolutely loved spending all of the last 3 days with her. We had such a great time. I used to think I missed her being a "newborn", but now I think this stage is so much better. She has so much personality and smiles all of the time.

Last night, Brooke and I went to Target. I decided to buy new cereal since she has been protesting her oatmeal for a good month now. We tried rice with mixed fruit last night and she could not get enough. She was screaming for more, so I made her two more bowls, and she didn't even get her tongue in the way. I thought it was amazing, and thought maybe that would help her sleep through the night last night, but it doesn't appear that way. Chris was on Brooke duty last night because I had to get up at 4:40 for my 7 am flight, and he ended up sleeping with her in the spare bedroom. After my shower, she seemed to be stirring and was still mostly asleep when I left my house at 5:40.

It's about time to board. I will post the pictures when I am back at home...late Wednesday night.

Congratulations to Lauren and Jerrod on the birth of their baby boy, Charlie August last Tuesday.

And congratulations to Melissa and Evan on the birth of their baby boy, Tyler Jake last Friday.

Four teeth

Brooke has four teeth now. Two on the bottom, two on the top. When I left my house this morning, the top left tooth is coming out, I imagine when I see her on Friday that the top right will be out. Can you believe it? I doubt she will let me get a pic. This little baby is growing up so quick!

I'm in Macon, GA. My first time here...you should hear the Southern drawl at the hotel desk. Wow!

Congratulations to Lauren and Jerrod on the birth of their second child, Charlie! I can't wait to see pictures.

And, I am waiting (im)patiently on the birth of Melissa and Evan's baby in New York. Just a couple more days....

And, since I have stopped breastfeeding, I need to stop eating so much and I need to start doing crunches, but it's already 11 p.m. and I have a long day in front of me, so I guess that isn't starting today!

Good night!

Brooke's teeth on 12/24/08