Our Little Love Bug Turn's 2!

we can hardly beleive it's true, but Brooklyn just turned 2!! We had planned quite the agenda for her...we started her birthday off with a visit to the Dr.'s office for a Well Baby check up...at the appointment the Dr told us he had no concerns for Brooklyn, that she looked as Happy and Healthy as she should. She weighed in at 25 lbs even and was 2'9" tall..She was due for a shot so she did get that, but surprisingly she did really well, she didn't even scream or cry...she's a tough little cookie! After her Dr. Appt I had scheduled her an appointment at Sweet and Sassy for a mini mani/pedi...I think she really liked the pedicure but could have gone with out the Manicure (can't sit still that long!) When she was done with her mani/pedi we picked Aunt Jen up and took the kids to Chucky Cheese for lunch! Brooklyn only liked Chucky from a distance, any time Chucky got close she started to cry and say "go away Chucky" You can imagine after her busy morning/afternoon she was pretty tired so I took her home for her beauty rest! Later that evening we continued with our Burke Children Tradition, and took her out to dinner at Rosies Diner! They sang Happy Birthday to her and she got really shy...the shyness went away when she got her Ice Cream Sundae!

The following Day we had a birthday party back at our house for Brooklyn and invited all of her little friends and family! I did a Lady bug themed party and had one of my co workers make Brooklyn her Birthday Cake and Cupcakes for her party...they turned out amazing! Brooklyn had a great party...she got lots of fun and cute presents. Ryan and I got her a motorized Motorcycle with side car for her and her baby dolls to ride, she seemed to really like that...and her big brother Blake got her a ring lollipop which needless to say she loved that too!

Now we just hope that the "terrible two's" as they call them, aren't so terrible...but the outlook isn't looking good!!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Ryan!

April 7th Ryan turned 30 years old! To help him celebrate his milestone birthday we went on a vacation to California! Ryan had so much fun when we went nearly 2 years ago for our anniversary that I decided to take him back! He really wanted to go surfing so we did just that! Jen and Ken were supposed to accompany us on this trip, however they couldn't make any flights as they were flying standby, so it ended up just being Ryan and myself along with our friends Kelli and Jamie. We had so much fun, we really got to take in a lot of California! We stayed in LA but we drove all over covering Hermosa Beach, Hollywood, Malibu, Huntington Beach, Manhattan Beach, and who could ever forget Venice Beach!!! Ryan did his surfing in Huntington Beach, but wasn't very successful...He caught a couple seconds on one wave but that was about it! The weather was a little un cooperative so we didn't get as much sun bathing in as I would have liked, but we still had tons of fun!

After our vacation in California, we came back and did some celebrating locally with some of Ryan's friends and family! We were supposed to have a Party bus, but that broke down hours before the party was to start, so we got a back up plan....we had a limo drop us all off at the Stampede! They took great care of us, buy letting us all in with no cover charge and giving us all our 1st round of drinks free, as well as some shots! By the end of the night Ryan and I were feeling pretty good! I must have been feeling good, I got on the darn mechanical Bull...that would have never happened if I were sober!

I think it's safe to say that Ryan had a pretty memorable 30th birthday! Looking forward to celebrating many more milestones with him!!!