"Little No, No"

On Jan 21st Brooklyn turned 8 months old, and with another month comes more exciting changes in the Life of Brooklyn! She has now earned her new nickname "Little No, No" she got this name because when ever Ryan or I are talking to her she just looks at us and shakes her head "NO" It's actually pretty funny & quite cute, at least for now!!!

We are also very excited to share with all of you, that Brooklyn finally got her first tooth! Her bottom right front tooth broke thru the gums on Tuesday 1/21/09. We are very excited for her...she handled the teething process pretty good thus far... we were impressed with her. I had seen the little white spec and had been watching and waiting for it to break thru the gum and was pleasantly surprised when I was feeding her and saw it...and then felt it when I brushed her gums/tooth before bed time. It'll be exciting to see how much longer before the next teeth come in...Boy Blake better watch out...once she gets her choppers, he's in trouble... guess it'll be pay back from all the times he bit other kids!!! (Karma)

Martin Luther King Day

While I don't really celebrate Martin Luther King Day, one of the added bonuses to my new job is The Bank does!!! So I get all the Bank Holidays off! It's been 5 years since I got to have banker holidays! I wanted to spend my day off doing something fun with the family so Ryan and I decided to take the kiddos to Amazing Jakes. Blake's most favorite place in the world!! (He hasn't been to Disney World yet!) The last time we were at Amazing Jakes was Blake's 3rd birthday and the time before that was when we had a Day all about Blake before we made him a big Brother. It's so crazy to see how much he as grown in the past 8 months. The first time we went to Jakes, Blake was terrified of the Frogger ride, we had to stop the ride short to get him off... Yesterday was the complete opposite, we couldn't get him off the Frogger ride! He rode that ride 4 times he liked it so much! While Brooklyn was too small for any of the rides she still had fun playing in the tots area. She got to go down the slide and crawl around on the mats. We had wanted to take her to the Cherry Creek Mall to climb around on the Breakfast climbers but we spent too much time at Amazing Jakes we just didn't make it to the Mall. I am looking foward to my next Holiday (Feb 16th..Presidents Day) Maybe we will make it to the Mall then!!!

My Truths

So I've been tagged by Suyzel to admit to 10 of my honest truths...I've decided to play! Here are the rules in case I tag you! A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep!B) pass the award on to 7 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap.

1) I miss my mom like crazy. There isn't a day that passes me by that I don't think about her. I wish she could be here to see my children, give me advice, and lend her shoulder to cry on.
2) I don't know what I would do with out my sister Jenny. She's my best friend, my partner in crime,my kids babysitter, and my step in mom! She's got a big heart, and I simply adore her.
3) I hate that I have to spend 10 plus hours a day away from my kids. They grow up so fast, I feel like I miss out on so much of their lives, but I am so thankful that when I'm not home with them, they are in the care of their dad.
4) I love my Jeep!
5) I would love to travel more.
6) One of my biggest pet peeves, is people who can't admit fault. Take responsibility for your actions, and learn from your mistakes.
7) I'm very big on Trust. I think if you don't have trust in a relationship wether it be a marriage, or a friendship, than you have no business being in that relationship.
8) I want to spend more time at the lake this year and go camping.
9) I am absolutely madly in LOVE with my Husband. I feel so Blessed to have him apart of my life.
10) The only thing I was ever certain about was the fact that I wanted Children. I am so glad God has blessed me with my two precious babies.

I don't know very many bloggers, and Suyzel already tagged anyone else I would have tagged so I'll just tag my Cousin:

Lindsay

The Army Crawl

Girls Night Out!

Mandy, me, Kelli & Leona

me, Mandy & Jen

Kelli, Leona, Jen & Mandy Drinking up at Lodo's

Tonight Ken decided to do a ride along with Ryan and so Jen thought it would be fun to do a girls night out.... while the boys played Cops and Robbers!!! (I guess they never get too old to play) We started out our evening at Caldonia's (Mandy's suggestion) cause we wanted to go somewhere fun but also close to home, when we got there it was pretty empty... so after eating there we left Caldonia's and headed over to LODO's (Mandy's 2nd Suggestion)for a little more action! LODO's was much more fun, and alot more busy!! We had a few drinks hit the dance floor, and just had fun hanging out! We met some goofball by the name of Justin, who made Mandy aka Jill smell his armpits...it was pretty foul and yet funny all at the same time!!! On our way home we had heard that Ryan's work was staffed pretty fat so Ken was riding 3 man meaning he was the 3rd guy in the car so he had to ride in the back of the cop car....we thought that was pretty funny but we had to see for ourselves, just how funny it really was, so we met up with Ryan and his Partner and Sgt and chit chatted with them for a minute while they were in between calls...and we got a couple of pictures of Ken in the back of the car...it was great! Glad we had a chance to do a girls night...it had been a while and it was lots of fun!

Ken in the back of a cop car

Your Under arrest Ken!!!

3,2,1....Happy New Year!!!

Should old acquaintance be forgot,And never brought to mind, Should old acquaintance be forgot, And days of long ago.......................


Budlight Lime Girls

Jim & Kayla rocking the guitars

Ryan playing Guitar Hero ............The Burkes & Morelands!


me & Leona

Jen & Kelli

Flip Cup


Look at Silver Cheating!!!

Go Kelli Go!!!!

...................Flip Cup Losers......................

New years come and new years go,Pieces of time all in a row. As we live our life, each second and minute,We know we’re privileged to have our friends in it.Our appreciation never ends For our greatest blessings: our family and friends. Happy New Year!

7 Months Old

Brooklyn is doing so much at 7 months old...it's truly amazing. She is such a rolly polly... that's her method of transporation these days! She isn't far off from crawling though, right now she does the army crawl and then gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth...it's so cute, she will be ready for take off any day now!

Brooklyn is also saying a lot of babble...she say's mama a lot... I just love it. Blake and Ryan always try to get her to say dada...but she know's better!



Here are some of Brooklyn's recent 7 month pictures....they turned out so cute!!!



Brooklyn Celebrating her first New Years!