Whitney's 2nd Birthday

Today Whitney turned 2. Time seems to have gone by so fast and she has changed so much over the last year. Whitney is really into Mickey and Minnie Mouse, so that was the theme of her party. I stayed up til 1:30am making her cake on Wednesday night. We had a party with adult friends and family. Whitney really doesn't have any friends other then the kids I babysit and the bullies in her nursery class so there weren't any kids at her party. I don't think she noticed or cared. Hopefully next year she'll have some friends so I can have a kids party for her. We went to Chucky Cheeses thinking that we would let her ride on rides and then we'd all eat some pizza. Whitney rode just about every ride that was there, and then we decided to get take and bake pizza from Papa Murphey's and eat at home. After pizza we had cake and opened presents. I don't know if Whitney really understood that it was her birthday, but I know she had fun!


Here are a few things that Whitney is doing as a big 2 year old:
1. She's talking so much now. We have to watch what we say around her because she'll repeat most of it. We can understand most of what she says and she understands us too.
2. She loves to dance. She will dance stomping her foot, while moving her arms and her head.
3. She plays all day long. She has so much energy, that sometimes it's hard to keep up with her.
4. She is usually very happy and loves to be silly.
5. Whitney is a wonderful big sister. She is so concerned when Brooke cries and always makes sure I don't forget to bring Brooke with us when we go somewhere. She is very protective too.
6. It takes me about three minutes to put her to bed...most nights. A book, a song, and a kiss and she's ready for night, night.

We love you Whitney!!

Snow Angel

This weekend we had quite a bit of snow. It hadn't snowed for awhile so the snow that we did have was gross and not really the kind that you would play in. Friday night we got about 4-6 inches of the fluffy snow that's fun to play in. Whitney insisted on being outside for over an hour on Saturday morning and about half an hour this afternoon. We dressed her in her warmest clothes, which happen to be a little big for her.

Birthday Boy

Today Brig turned 32. We had some friends over for some dinner and some cake. Since neither of us were feeling that great we ordered pizza instead of grilling like we originally wanted to do. We finished the night off watching a scary movie. Happy Birthday Hun!

Merry Christmas

This year Christmas seemed to sneak up on us. Next year I am getting all my shopping done at least a week before Christmas. Just in case you were wondering, I didn't send a Christmas card this year. I'm sure you are all very disapointed, that is if you even noticed. Santa was good to us this year...Whitney got a trike and the girls got a huge dog to share, and our stockings were stuffed full of goodies! We hope you all had a happy and safe Christmas!

"Baby Girl" has a Name!

Brooke MarieMy sister-in-law Connie took these glamour shots(Thanks Connie!) Brooke was really sleepy, she didn't mind being naked and moved into different positions!

We finally agreed on a name for our sweet baby girl. Brooke is a name that both Brig and I really like and we hope that she'll like it too. Marie is my middle name. I thought that at least one of my girls should get it. Brooke is still as sweet as can be. She has began to wake up for longer amounts of time, but she still sleeps about 20 hours a day. Her awake times are luckily during the day. I do have to make sure to burp her all the way or she gets hiccups that will keep her up at night. At her two week check-up she was average in her weight and the size of her head, and long for her age. Brooke weights 8.3lbs(45th percentile), and has grown about an inch since birth(88th percentile). We feel so blessed to have her here healthy and happy!