Off to the Zoo!!!

Well Brooke hit a new milestone today, she had her first trip to the Zoo! There is even a place in her baby book where it asks when your first trip to the Zoo is so I now get to fill that in!
My sister's in-laws are in town for the week and they had a trip to the Zoo planned. My mom has the special Keeper's Zoo pass and with it she gets a bunch of free tickets to get her friends and family in. My mom happened to have enough tickets to get us ALL in for FREE, super awesome! Originally I was not invited to this little family free day at the Zoo, but I decided it would be appropriate to invite Brooke and I, it worked out well :) Thanks guys for letting me invite us!
It was a bit windy and chilly today and there were even little moments of rain but the day was still beautiful and fun! Here are some shots we got today.
Brooke has learned how to clap this week, here is a picture of her clapping with Grammy right before we left.

My sis and her family along with the in-laws. Look at her preg belly, SO CUTE!!

Brooke and Grammy looking at the Monkeys!


Checking out the turtles with freakishly LONG necks!

I still see a little bit of turtle in Brooke!

Do you see the CRAZY turtles??? Makenna is helping you out here!

Bud Bud watching the long neck turtles!

Mommy thinks she is a Lion!

And Brooke thinks she is Mommy's little Lion Cub!

This picture just makes me smile, I can't even imagine Brooke being as big as Makenna someday. So sweet seeing a mommy with her little girl!


I just can't get enough of this cute kid!

Stinkin cute!

Makenna Mae flexing for the camera!


And we are pooped, let's go home and get down for our naps!

This week...

Mon:
I take off Brookie's pants and put her on the linoleum to see if she can STICK better to the linoleum with her skin and make some progress in the crawling department. Nobody can say I am not working with her :)


Tues:
Daddy shows that you are NEVER too old to take a nappy with a blankey! I hope Brooke does not see this she is going to be jealous daddy stole her blankey!


Wed:
Well ALL WEEK Brooke has suddenly shown a HUGE love for her doggy. She constantly is laughing at him, looking for him and reaching out to pet him. I think Brooke and Echo are going to have a WONDERFUL relationship. It is so cute to watch her grow to love her doggy!



Thurs:
Brooke and I took a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth to meet up with a good friend of mine Diana and her cute little family. It was a last minute thing I found out about and it ended up being GREAT to be able to spend some quality time with Diana, as well as meet some of her California family and make some new friends. Of course Diana and I forgot to get a picture together, and I really did not take many shots but here are a few. It was a totally FUN DAY!!!

Sienna (9 mos) and Brooke (7 mos) are enjoying each other's company. This picture totally shows their personalities well! Diana your little girl is SO CUTE!

Brooke LOVES It's A Small World!!!

(p.s. yes I was holding onto her, don't freak out)
Brooke getting ready to watch the Parade, which she LOVED!!!


Fri:
Brooke and I went down to San Diego to see my dad Danny while he was in town for his brother Donald's funeral. We had lunch together and let Papa play with the kiddo's on the McKamey's "park swing". I did not get pictures myself but my sister got some cute ones of the kids together and one cute one of Brooke and I.






Sat:
We chilled in the morning while Daddy was at a Primary Activity, then we went to the outlets to exchange Daddy's V-Day gift for the right size, lunch where we ran into Meagan and Rob :), Daddy off to work, and Grammy Carlson decided to swing by because she was KINDA in town (Lake Forest is not really in town but close enough to make the trip over to see Brooke and I for the evening), Chili's for dinner with Grammy, baby to bed then catching up on the blog!
Here is a lovely picture of my mom I got this evening. Can you see where Brooke and I get it??? hahahahah....yep I got CRAZY genes!

What a wonderful week and a wonderful life I have! I am so grateful for all my family and friends and for my amazing husband that provides this life for us all! Weeks like this just feel NICE!!!

Not So Small!

Our little Brooke is now 7 months old! I seriously can not believe how fast time goes by when you have a child!!! In some ways it is so exciting to see your little baby grow and change and learn new things, and in other ways it is so sad to see those same things happen. I just wish time would move just a little bit slower so I could enjoy each and every stage more before it is over! I have absolutely loved every single stage of this little girl's life. I just feel like it gets better and better! Every single day I find myself more captivated by this little person, I feel my heart grow every single day, I feel myself fall even more deeply in love then the day before. I can not even imagine how much I will love this little lady the day she gets married. If my love keeps growing the way it is each and every day, I am honestly frightened by the love I will have for her! The power her life has is amazing to me!
Brooke has brought so much joy to our home, so much laughter, so many smiles, I could not even imagine our home without her. I try to think back on the days before she was here and they just seem boring! My days are filled with joy! Her daddy and I are so smitten!
This past month has been a month of growth and discovery. I feel like it has been a window to a whole new world that is to shortly come! Brooke has gotten SO good with her little hands and fingers! She LOVES to point at everything, it is SO CUTE!!! There are moments where it looks like she is trying to sign something to me but at the same time what she is doing does not look familiar to me quite yet. She does the same thing over and over so I assume it means something? She can now pick up small things with her fingers and can place little foods in her mouth without a problem. Brooke eats all kinds of stuff, it is SO NICE that she is eating real foods and not baby foods because I just feed her pieces of my meal most of the time. We LOVE Submarina because she gets to eat a bunch of my veggies, meat and bread. The ladies at Submarina are IN LOVE with Brooke and even give her her own little plate. She is a GOOD EATER and has just discovered that she LOVES Mac n Cheese (which she also LOVED while in my belly)! Brooke is also making all kinds of new faces, noises, and gestures! She days Dada, Gaga, Rara, Bbbrrraaa.., but not MAMA yet! I do not think she knows what she is saying quite yet so I feel it does not count that she is saying dada first until she KNOWS what she is saying :) Brooke talks baby talk ALL THE TIME and gets quite a bit of attention because she brings it on to herself with her big voice! She is working on the crawling thing but has not quite figured it out yet! We shall see when that happens??? AND she just cut her first tooth this past weekend!!! It is still super low so you can't really get a picture of it yet but it should be up in no time. I am going to cry when it looks like she has teeth :( Brooke can also understand the words dada, mama, doggy, baba, binka binka (pacifier), blankey, bath, all done, lay down, nappy, and nigh night! Well it seems she understands them! I think that is the big stuff from this month. O and she still LOVES her Baby Einstein movie, she cracks up to it and gets SO EXCITED, it is SO CUTE!!!

7 month stats:
18.3 lbs.
27 inches long
(these are done by mommy so who knows how accurate they are?)

Now for some pictures!


Now for the many faces of Brooke!
This face is SO Brooke!!!

Cute and Tired!

Simply Silly!

This is the best shot I have gotten so far of her new fishy lips face! She does it all the time and I can't get an in focus picture of it for some reason!

SMILES!

Attitude!

This is her new thing as well, she loves to turn her head sideways, what a silly goose!


This is the new toy, purchased with the money Papa Wyrick gave Brooke for Valentines day, thanks Papa!

Pointing!

Another form of soothing! Much better then a binkey says Mama!

Another new thing, grabbing her head and pulling her hair! Silly Kid!

Snoozing with Daddy!

Mommy thinks Brooke is starting to look more like her? What do you think?


And this is daddy, I think a little younger than Brooke is now but you get the idea right?

It has been a great month! Can't wait to see what this next month brings! Love you Brookie!

Toes to the Pacific

WOW, I am WAY behind here on this lovely little blog!
SOOOOoooo..... back on Valentines Day Kip, Brooke, and I headed out to Laguna Beach to visit Kip's dad and brother who were staying out at this totally sweet beach house right on the water. It was so nice to go out there and spend time with Uncle Rick and Grandpa. The day was totally BEAUTIFUL and the weather was perfect! We ended up taking little Brooke down to put her toes in the ocean for the very first time. Here are some shots we got. Grandpa had left already to go pick up Grandma from the airport so Brooke got some shots with Uncle Rick, Mommy, and Daddy!
At first Brooke was not such a fan! The water WAS super cold so I do not blame her!


Then she learns to love it!


How about some family shots!




All in all a great day and so much fun to get those little toes in the Pacific Ocean for the first time :)