Okay, I just woke up and realized I made a mistake....Brooke has NOT grown 7in in 7 months. I was looking at her weight from a year and a half ago and thought it was just from earlier this year. So, while she has gotten quite a bit taller recently, she is not the amazing growing child I said;)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Shame on me
I am greatly disappointed in myself for not keeping my blog up to date. It seems that life just gets so in the way! I will attempt a very brief update of the last several weeks and try to post some pictures in the next day or two.
We had a good Thanksgiving with family here in OKC and then headed to McAlester to visit Bill's Dad and family for the weekend after. Bill did some hunting while we were there, but didn't get anything. He was disappointed, but is excited that he found a spot near Thunderbird Lake to go. While we were there we had a small birthday celebration for Brooke since Papa and Mema and all her cousins weren't able to come to her party here. She had fun picking out her cake and always has a blast playing with all the boys there.
Last weekend we watched as Bill's sister, Jesika, married her fiance Patrick. It was a beautiful wedding!
Both girls had well-checks with our pediatrician last week and are doing well. Brooke has really grown a lot! In the last seven months she has grown 7in and 8lbs!! Dr. M was really pleased with her and she cooperated fairly well for a 3yr old! Summer is also doing well and he gave us the go-ahead on solids to add a little more weight on her. She hasn't been too excited about infant cereal, but does take it. Today, however, after her bottle, she was eyeing my banana so we mashed some up for her to try. After the first four or five bites she would turn and just SMILE so big at us. You could tell she REALLY liked the bananas and was attacking the spoon each time! She is well on her way to eating a full solid diet in addition to her milk!
Summer has become known for being quite loud these days. When she's happy and playing she gets very noisy just talking and cooing to herself. I say she sounds like a singing bird...although I wouldn't say it's a pretty song;)
Brooke just loves being a big-sister and is so sweet with Summer. She amazes me with her ability to put puzzles together. She needs no help to put together a 20-30 piece puzzle and only a little help with a more challenging one! She takes after my sister April in this way.
I'm gearing myself up for another challenging semester in school starting in January. Other than that, we are just enjoying each other's company.
We had a good Thanksgiving with family here in OKC and then headed to McAlester to visit Bill's Dad and family for the weekend after. Bill did some hunting while we were there, but didn't get anything. He was disappointed, but is excited that he found a spot near Thunderbird Lake to go. While we were there we had a small birthday celebration for Brooke since Papa and Mema and all her cousins weren't able to come to her party here. She had fun picking out her cake and always has a blast playing with all the boys there.
Last weekend we watched as Bill's sister, Jesika, married her fiance Patrick. It was a beautiful wedding!
Both girls had well-checks with our pediatrician last week and are doing well. Brooke has really grown a lot! In the last seven months she has grown 7in and 8lbs!! Dr. M was really pleased with her and she cooperated fairly well for a 3yr old! Summer is also doing well and he gave us the go-ahead on solids to add a little more weight on her. She hasn't been too excited about infant cereal, but does take it. Today, however, after her bottle, she was eyeing my banana so we mashed some up for her to try. After the first four or five bites she would turn and just SMILE so big at us. You could tell she REALLY liked the bananas and was attacking the spoon each time! She is well on her way to eating a full solid diet in addition to her milk!
Summer has become known for being quite loud these days. When she's happy and playing she gets very noisy just talking and cooing to herself. I say she sounds like a singing bird...although I wouldn't say it's a pretty song;)
Brooke just loves being a big-sister and is so sweet with Summer. She amazes me with her ability to put puzzles together. She needs no help to put together a 20-30 piece puzzle and only a little help with a more challenging one! She takes after my sister April in this way.
I'm gearing myself up for another challenging semester in school starting in January. Other than that, we are just enjoying each other's company.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Our Missy B Is Turning Three!
She was born three years ago today, and boy have our lives changed!
Brooke is such a fun three year old these days!! She has become quite adventurous over the last few months and loves to jump off of anything and everything. Brooke loves being a big-sister and is so sweet with Summer. She always lets us know when Summer needs something and is the first to go and find the paci for her. It's amazing how much she can change in just three years!!
Just born..
Nov '07 - 1 year old
Nov '08 - 2 years old
Nov '09 - 3 years old
We were blessed to have most of Brooke family and friends celebrate with us last week at McDonald's. Brooke, and her friends, had a great time!
Brooke got lots of great presents....here are just a fewDora trike from Papop
baby doll car seat from Papa and Grammy
Snow White dress from Presley and Molly
Tinkerbell hair set from Hannah...oohhh
And of course....enjoying the gifts!
baby doll car seat from Papa and Grammy
Snow White dress from Presley and Molly
Tinkerbell hair set from Hannah...oohhh
And of course....enjoying the gifts!
We fell so blessed and lucky to have such a wonderful daughter!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Family Pictures 2009
Last Saturday we had our photographer friend Sarah take some family photos for us again. Here are last years. It's amazing how much Brooke has grown up in a year!
It was pretty cold out, but Brooke and Summer both did pretty well. By the end of it, Summer had really had it, and fell asleep in the stroller by the time we walked back to the car. We're always so happy with the pictures Sarah gets for us and this time isn't any different! Thanks Sarah!!
It was pretty cold out, but Brooke and Summer both did pretty well. By the end of it, Summer had really had it, and fell asleep in the stroller by the time we walked back to the car. We're always so happy with the pictures Sarah gets for us and this time isn't any different! Thanks Sarah!!
A Catch Up of Sorts
Well, I will attempt to try and catch things up here. Early this month we and my side of the family, all traveled to Austin for our cousin Steven's wedding. It was a long drive and a very short visit so we didn't really get to visit with our cousin or get to know his bride Crystal, but, we did get to visit with my grandma, Dranny, for a bit. It has been six years since our last trip to Tx to see the Wood side of the family. We were all sad however that our grandpa, PomPom, couldn't be there since he was unable to travel from his home. But, we all had a good time, and Brooke and Summer did really well on the long drives.
Dranny with several of her great-granddaughters
Steven (the groom) with parents, Kathy and Brian
Steven and his bride, Crystal
Since our trip we've just been hanging out at home and with family. Summer had a quick check up when we got back to check her weight and she is doing great! She finally got over all the congestion and coughing and is working hard on rolling over! She's managed to roll from belly to back a couple of times so far! Brooke has been enjoying having her friend Nat back with us a few days a week. Here are just a few fun pics...
Helping Daddy clean out the trunk to sell the car.
Brooke and Nat loving their new book "center"
snug as a bug in a Moby
Also, check out the post of our family pictures.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Cute Story
So earlier today as we were getting ready to go visit family, Brooke was getting a little whiny about something (I don't remember what) in our bedroom. Bill picked up a Hershey's Kiss from our dresser and asked Brooke if she wanted a Kiss. She said "yes", then pointed the the Kisses left on the dresser and said, "I want one of those too."
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Three Months and Halloween
Well, it's become quite obvious to me that I am no better at keepin gup with a blog than I am at keeping a persoanl journal. But, I will continue to post when I can...
Last week, Summer turned three months old. I have no idea how much she weighs, but she goes in for a weight check next week. I hope that she is atleast 12lbs, but we shall see. Summer loves to smile. She hasn't laughed for us yet, but not for lack of our trying. Poor thing is still trying to get over a bad cough and has been having trouble sleeping, but she's getting through it pretty well.
The same day that Summer turned three months old, we went to the Zoo for trick-or-treating. We met our Lifegroup friends and had a great time. All the kids did great and had a good time. Nobody got too scared at any of the other costumes, which I was worried about, but it was a great night and great weather for the trip! Brooke was Piglet this year and she absolutely LOVED her costumer. Everytime she saw herself in the mirror or a picture she would crack up laughing at herself. I think she was a tad confused though, because she kept saying she was a bunny.
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