Brooke is One Year Old

Our sweet little Brooke Brooke turned one year old on September 19!  The year with her has flown by.  It is crazy to think that just two days before she was born we had moved into a new house.  We had very few boxes unpacked and knew where very little was in the house.  It has been so much fun watching her grow up and watching Lydia take care of her.

Here are some things that she is up to:
**Brooke can walk.  She had been able to walk for a couple of weeks, but decided to start walking as her main mode of transportation about three days before her birthday.  It is so cute because she holds her hands up close to her shoulders when she walks.
**Brooke is almost always happy.  Very rarely does she cry or fuss.

**Brooke is very busy.  She doesn't like to hold still.
**Brooke likes to eat real food.  She enjoys being able to eat what everyone else is eating.
**Brooke gives the best hugs.  She will come over to me and climb up on me and then rest her head on my shoulder.  It is the best ever!
**Brooke also gives big hugs to her dolls and stuffed animals.

**Brooke can say Daisy, Mom, Dad, and she knows that a cow says moo.  Brooke also knows says "night night."  She will tell us "night night" when we are going to put her to bed.  Brooke also knows how to say, "na na na" which means no no no.  Sometimes she will start saying it as she goes to do something she knows she isn't supposed to do.
**Brooke likes to kiss.  If you make a kissing sound or give someone a kiss then Brooke starts making the kissing sound and stares at you until you give her a kiss too.
**Brooke likes trying to play pretend like Lydia does.  Lydia often times pretends like she is taking my order and she'll stand by the table and turn to a tree in our front room to get the "food."  Brooke has watched her and will do the exact same thing that Lydia does. 

**Brooke climbs up on the couch and looks out the window in the morning with Lydia when Justin is leaving.  They like to wave bye bye to him.
**Brooke waves whenever you say bye bye or when she is standing by a vehicle that starts up.
**Brooke likes to play peek-a-boo.
**Brooke puts one hand up in the air and starts bouncing up and down whenever she hears any music.

**Brooke loves to play toys.
**Brooke likes to carry buckets and put toys in them as she is walking around.
**Brooke has three top teeth and four bottom teeth with a fourth top tooth coming in.
**Brooke loves babies.  If she sees a baby she instantly tries to get to it.

 We are very lucky to have Brooke.  This  year with her has been wonderful!  She is definitely a sensitive, little angel!  We love her very much!

Brooke is One!

Happy Birthday to my cute little baby girl!  Brooke is one years old!  I can't believe how fast it has gone by. Here is how her life has changed over the past year.  This is Brooke on the day she was born.

 Brooke is one day old in this picture.

 Here is Brooke at one week old.  I love how cute her little nose is.

 One month old!

 By the time Brooke was one and a half months old she had to wear this little brace to adjust her hips.

 Brooke is two months old in the picture above and three months old in the picture below.

 Four months old!

 Five months old.

 Six months old!

 Another six month old picture.  When she was six months old she started pulling herself up on things and started army crawling. 

Seven months old

Eight months

 Nine months

Ten months

 

 Eleven months

One year!

It has been fun watching her change and grow over the past 12 months!!  We love her so very much!

U of USU Fans!

Our ward had a tailgating party the other day where we were encouraged to wear apparel to support our favorite team.  I decided to support both of my Alma Mater schools and dress as University of Utah State University fans!!!  They were wearing red under shirts and then USU shirts.  I did their hair to support the Utes too.  I think the little girls looked adorable!

 I did Lydia's hair to look like a U to support the Utes!

 Brooke is wearing Lydia's t-shirt and it was pretty big on her, but she still looked cute.  It made her look more grown up.

 

 Brooke's hair was harder to do to make look like a U so she ended up with a bow to hold it all together.

 My two little cuties!

 

They are so funny to watch together.  The tailgating party was so much fun.  We had a huge turn out and lots of yummy food that people brought.  Lydia loved it because all of the 14 year old girls took turns playing with her.  She learned how to play Duck duck goose and doesn't understand that you can't play it with just me and her.  Brooke loved the tailgate party too because they had a live band and she was rocking out to the music.  She holds one hand up in the air and bounces up and down whenever the music would play.  When the band was in between songs she would get this confused look and her face and then raise her hand back into the air and as soon the music started she would start bouncing again!

State Fair

We were able to go to the Utah State Fair.  We enjoy going.  The girls like being out of the house and they both love the rodeo.  We usually try to go the same night as the rodeo which make it even more fun!  We started at the Little Hands on the Farm section where the girls got to walk around from place to place collecting wool, grain, and other farm items.  They also got to plant some vegetables and harvest some vegetables.  In the end they take all of their items to the market and sell them.  They are given money and they get to buy a prize.  Brooke and Lydia both had a lot of fun!  Lydia especially liked getting the money in the end.

 

 

 

 I love watching Brooke try to be as big as Lydia is.  She copies everything that she does.  It is so cute!

 Lydia was excited that she was given money!

 We walked through the booths and stuff next and then headed over the animals.  The girls were both very excited about this.  We went on a perfect day because the weather was great and it wasn't crowded at all!

 Brooke likes riding on Justin's shoulders.

 

 Brooke had as much fun looking at the animals as Lydia did.

 

 

 Lydia is getting pretty good about turning around and posing for pictures!

 

 I love the cheesy grin on her face.  She is so cute!  She was having so much fun.

 

 

 I thought it was funny when we saw the ponies because Lydia went over to them and stood and watched them going around but never asked if she could ride them.  I guess she knew she had one at home.

 We were able to go to the rodeo too.  This was my attempt to get a picture of all of us there.  The girls didn't want to be in.  Brooke and Lydia were so good all through the rodeo.  Brooke didn't make a sound the whole time and just watched the horses move around the arena.  Lydia thinks it is funny that the horses jump (bareback and saddle back bronc riding).  She was funny with the team roping and steer wrestling too because I was explaining to her what was happening and one of the cows got away so I said, Oh man, the cow got away, and ever since then she would say, "Tie cow up, go horses go.  Oh man cow away."  I love listening to her tell stories about what she did to people.  She is getting so grown up!

 

 

We really had so much fun!  It is always nice to get to spend time with our little family.