18 Months!

My baby is 1 1/2! He is growing so much and learning new things everyday. I keep telling Matt that when he stops being my baby we have to have another one :). Luckily, he still loves to cuddle and be rocked and give kisses so we're good for awhile!

He is talking more and more everyday and his favorite things are:

balls... especially basketballs

playing in the dirt

cuddling and rock-a-bye

giving kisses

wrestling

eating

going for coke's with grandpa

animals (especially horses)

playing at the park

teasing Brooke

His stats from his 18 month check up are:

Height - 33 in. 64%

Weight - 21.7 lbs 5%

He has always been tall and skinny and he eats everything so he must just have a high metabolism!

Brooke's 3rd Birthday

Brooke had a fun party with all our family for her 3rd birthday. She loved all the attention! We had a pinata, opened presents, had cake, and the kids played outside. She got a wagon and lots of outside toys, clothes, and books. She couldn't have been more pleased... or spoiled! I made her a pink princess cake and she was so excited to blow out the candles and have everyone sing to her. She looks forward to birthdays for cake and singing so having it all for her she thought was pretty cool.

I can't believe my little princess is 3! Time goes so fast!! We love you Brooke.

Wrigley

I had this bright idea a few weeks ago that I wanted a new puppy. I thought Matt would flat out reject the idea but he was like go ahead do what you want. So... Brooke, Cole, and I drove out to Tooele one night and picked out an adorable boston terrier/shih tzu mix. Brooke instantly fell in love with her "little little doggy" and insisted on taking him everywhere with her. We named him Wrigley (after Wrigley Field) and he slept in her bed.

I must admit he was pretty darn cute. He really was a good dog. He slept great at night, not whining at all and was fun to watch with Hallie. But... after about a week things started to go downhill. Cole tried several times to throw up down the stairs and Brooke insisted on carrying him everywhere, not letting him walk, so he started nipping when she'd pick him up.

After much debating and thinking, Matt and I decided that we needed to put him up for sale before we got too attached. We knew Brooke was going to be heartbroken but I was sick of fighting the kids that he was an animal and not a TOY! Saturday morning I posted him on KSL and by Sunday afternoon a very nice couple from Salt Lake had come to buy him and take him to their lonely mother in Minnesota.

I am confident that he went to a good home and Brooke still says she misses her little doggy and I miss having the cute little guy too, but it is better this way for all of us. I think the only person that is glad is Hallie :) Maybe someday when I kids are older and can handle more responsibility we'll get another one.

Cookies and Milk

I have been a total slacker. I think I was better at keeping updated when I worked full-time because we followed such a strict schedule. Now things at our house as just laid back and we do whatever, whenever (I must say I can't complain about that) but things like my blog do tend to get neglected. There are a ton of things in the last month that I should have blogged about (Brooke's birthday, Vegas trip, Easter, just to name a few :)) I apologize to all who stay updated on our family by reading this. I will try to catch up... someday. For now, you will have to settle for this.


Cole and Brooke were having cookies and milk the other night before bed. They both had the giggles and I couldn't help but snap a few pictures. I love that my kids are best buddies! They constantly have to know where each other are at all times. If Brooke is missing Cole walks around yelling "sissy!" sissy!" Cheesy, I know, but so cute.

Vacation

I was outside cleaning the car and the garage yesterday and Brooke was playing in the dirt. She went in the house for a minute and I assumed she was going to the bathroom. The next time I looked up this is what I saw... (yes, she is wearing her swimming suit)
It was only 40 degrees so I tried to get her to go back in and put clothes on but she was on "bacation" and would not put clothes on. I don't know how she didn't freeze but she played that way for over an hour! Crazy little girl.

P.S. Sorry its not the greatest picture, I took it with my phone.

Baby Girl to Big Girl

Newborn

3 months

6 months

9 Months

12 Months

18 Months

2 Years

2 1/2 Years

3 Years

3 Years Old

Brookelyn will be three years old next week so I took the kids to get their pictures last week. We didn't get hardly any of Cole because he was a STINKER but I thought the ones of Brooke turned out cute. I rarely do her hair down so I was surprised at how long it has gotten!

New Words

This is something I wish I would have done with Brooke so I could look back and remember. I am pretty sure she talked more than Cole at this age.

Here is a list of words that Cole says at 17 months. Most of them he puts together to two or three words.

Hows (Hallie)
Mom
Dad
Brookie
'On't know (I don't know)
gen (again)
Wan Mo (want more)
Baw (ball)
Ni Ni (night night)
purpo (purple)
ewo (yellow)
bu (blue)
geen (green)
piwo (pillow)
Root Beer
Git Dat (from a Black Eyed Peas song)
No
Co (Cole)
Uh uh
Uh oh
Uh huh
Goggy (doggy)
Horsey
Hi
Boo
Grandpa
Bro Bro (Brody)
Bway (Blair)
Grandma
Go
Bye
dat (that)
bi (bite)
up
ay (hey)

owsi (outside)

dop (stop)

down

gaga (garbage)

gagon (all gone)

done

oo it (shoot it)

fooball (football)

baball (basketball)

oos (shoes)

ew (new)

ot gog (hot dog)

coke

da doo (thank you)

hea (here)

boom boom

gus du (excuse you)

Jesus

Baby

Get Me

pwidy (pretty)

kuku (kucky)

cuke (cooke)

da (dog)

rarrr

hot

papack (backpack)

popa (open)
babye(rock-a-bye)
don't
daw (draw)

Read This!

This was on the news last night and I couldn't figure out how to post it on my blog. For some reason it just wouldn't paste. I sent it to my cousin Brie and she posted it on hers. Click here to go read it. It is heart breaking. As I was reading it I couldn't get it out of my head that it could have been me. The little boy is the exact same age as Cole and his brother about the same as Brooke. I can't count how many times I've left them alone in the tub for "just a minute." Never will I leave my kids in the tub alone again!

Big Boy

We moved our full size spare bed into Brooke's room in an attempt to bribe her to stay in her own bed all night. Instead of putting the twin bed downstairs to collect dust, I decided to put it in Cole's room. He was all excited and refused to sleep in his crib so I decided to let him try the big boy bed. It lasted about three minutes before he jumped down and came running out. Mom is definetly not ready for that! An hour of crying in his crib later he finally gave in and went to sleep. Silly boy!

P.S. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get Brooke to stay in her own bed all night I'm willing to try anything at this point. Everynight around 2 or 3 she comes and gets in our bed. Of course she gets in on Matt's side so he just scoots over and I don't even know she's there until he leaves for work in the morning.