Am I prepared?

Sooooo, with my due date being two days ago and nothing even remotely looking like an end in sight it makes me wonder....Am I prolonging this myself? I don't think I'm really prepared for this journey of 2 babies. I'm actually terrified! Although I have found essentially all of the pieces to the pack n'play and bassinet attachment. I have clothes and diapers, I even have this very cute project created by my cousin for the baby, I don't have myself in order and prepared enough for me to have this baby just yet. I know that I have no real control over when the baby comes I think that God gives us things when we are ready. I must not be. I definitely have some cleaning to do in the room that the baby and I will share. I really need to get off the procrastination train and clean this crap up! I'll show you what I mean. This is the baby's sleeping area (better known as the PNP he will be in): 

Now it is clearly looking as if this a storage area and not a bed for a newborn. I really don't have any place to put the things that are in here. Which poses a problem: Where do I put these things when the baby does come home?

Answer: I have no idea. Well since I am up I have a few things I can do now so I guess I will get to them.

There are a few more pictures that I would love to show you. Me pregnant this time around:

And finally the cute little creation my cousin made for the new baby and the one she made for Brooklyn. She did an amazing job on both and they will be unused.

Brooklyn's Special gift

Corey's Special Gift

Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter 2010

Easter 2011

 So this was Brooklyn's first "real" Easter. Last year she was barely a month old. Well this year we had our family's annual Easter Egg Hunt since we finally have little kids again (granted there were only 2) but they had a blast! My uncles went out into my grandparent's back yard and hid the eggs, there wasn't a money egg this year, and we let them go at it. Not really though! Brook had no idea what she was doing but as I pointed out the eggs she figured out I wanted her to pick it up and put it in her tin basket. Once she figured that out it we were on a roll. She had a good time picking up those eggs.

She had never eaten a boiled egg before turns out she didn't really care for it or at least it seems from the look on her face.

I'm not so sure about this boiled egg business

Walking a mile in her shoes.....

Brooklyn is full on walking now. So much so that she doesn't want to crawl anywhere anymore. She has gotten the hang of catching herself and keeping her balance pretty well. Well today and yesterday we were outside of my Dad's house and she was walking back and forth pretty much having a blast! I on the other hand was sooo hot and pretty bored walking along the sidewalk. Since there are no grass patches anywhere I was scared she was going to fall on the rocks but she held her own. I was so proud of her. I'm sure like other babies her age she thinks she's a big kid and she wanted to go where the big kids were which yesterday was a group of boys playing/throwing sticks.She was sure upset when I turned her around and reminded her she's not as old as she thinks she is.

 

Today I got a little smarter and we walked on the other side of the parking lot in the shade but not after we were out in the hot sun. Needless to say she walked and walked and tired herself out good. She must have walked a mile between the two days. She is defininitely having a good time so I guess we will go about this everyday and hopefully when we return to California the weather will be nice enough to continue.



Brooklyn's 1st Birthday Party

So today marked a milestone for us. We celebrated Brooklyn's first birthday! Granted her birthday isn't until Tuesday but we still had a great time. Brooklyn was the most adorable thing in her "Minnie Mouse" getup. She had a blast!!! She was so excited, she was walking around and even playing with other kids. I wish I could put her in child care or some kind of playgroup so she can play with other kids. She enjoys it so much. I will put the pictures up soon, I just wanted to get this off my chest for today. I will say that I am happy the party is over and I know that when Tuesday gets here I will most likely bawl my eyes out. I can't believe the year has gone by so quickly. Now that the party is over it's time to get more serious about this next baby.

 

Actual Birthday March 22, 2011



Actual Birthday March 22, 2011



Mommy's Day Out!

Soooo yesterday my mom took Brooklyn to my grandparents house for the night. This is the first time she has ever spent the night away from me. With the time I had to myself I took naps, watched some movies, went out to eat and caught a late show at the theater. I have really enjoyed my time but I REALL MISS my baby. I will be so happy to see her when they get here. That is alll that I have to say but I do want to make note of this very special occassion that I'm sure will happen again someday, just not sure when.

STROLLERS!!!!!

So with another baby coming sooner than later I have been looking into double strollers which are pretty much a pain in my ass. I was out walking in the mall and I saw a couple with a newborn and a toddler. It was kinda cool. The newborn was in a seat (not a carrier) closer to the floor facing mom and the toddler was in a seat closer to mom facing the world. The only problem I have with this system is that Brooklyn's feet will be in baby's face. It looked lightweight- a plus but really long- minus. I have been searching and searching but I can't find that one dangged stroller and I didn't write the name of it down. Babies R Us has plenty of strollers and they have some range in price. These are my favorites so far regardless of price:

   

And the most favorite: is the Kinderwagon Hop:



Happy Valentine's Day!

So today is Valentine's Day and I wanted to take some pictures so that I could send them out via email as a e-card. So with that I bought a nice pink shirt from Wally World (WalMart) and some tutu's from (Target) from the dollar spot. However, what I thought would look great together turned out that it didn't (which if you know me makes total sense). So she ended up in a regular ole' undershirt with her cute Valentine's bib! It took a few tries but we finally got the perfect picture. 

The Perfect Picture!

All of our practice shots

 

I also got her the cutest gift - Elmo's Fuzzy Valentine! It was awesome and she loved it! All in all today turned out pretty great. We had a great dinner and she was sleep by 9. Perfect! Thank God for a great Valentine's Day for mommy.

Mommy and Me Class

So we went to a Mommy and Me class today. I've been looking for a class or playgroup for us to go to and I finally found one!!! I'm super excited about it. Brooklyn seemed to have a lot of fun today. There was a Gymboree person there with all kinds of toys to play with. There was a slide that Brooklyn liked a lot and a tunnel that we never made it to before it was put away. I was wondering how she would do with that since that's what I want to get her for her birthday. She was very social and went around to all of the other kiddos even though they didn't seem very interested in her. She was the only kid to sing and dance during the songs and she really liked the parachute they had. I unfortunately didn't have the camera or the video camera out because I was too busy making sure she wasn't man handling the other babies. She is a little rough.

She has two more teeth coming in at the top. She will have six teeth before she turns 1! I can't believe it. She's growing up sooo fast. This year has flown by. In other news I was finally smart enough to take a picture of the two of us together. My cousins say we look like twins what do you think?

Party Fever!

Brooklyn was born in March and I have been planning since December. I am completely obsessed. I have in the past few days been shopping for said party and I went crazy. I went to the dollar store, you know the store where everything's a dollar, and spent $50! That is just nuts. I also got the ears from party city and now I'm going to get going on putting the bows on them for the girls that come to the party!

I have started making the goodie bags for everyone already. I have written names and put stickers on the bags and I've even started filling them!

My next plan is to make the banner for the "photo booth" I fully intend to have. I'm so excited. I will keep you posted on the makings of the party planning!

Brooklyn and Pregnancy

This pregnancy is nothing like the last one. I am exhausted on another level. Brooklyn is growing up and fast! She is definitely on her way to walking and I am getting more and more freaked out. The closer she gets to her first birthday, the closer we get to my due date. Brooklyn has no idea that I'm getting bigger but I sure do. She is still climbing over, kicking and hitting my belly. She doesn't know that the more that she does the hitting the more I get movement from the baby. I think soon enough they will be fighting through my belly. I'm waiting for the day that she actually feels the baby. This is one crazy rollercoaster ride I'm on. I've been waiting for this my whole life. It didn't turn out the way that I wanted it but I will not complain! Brook keeps me on my toes and I am grateful of everyday I have with her. She is the love of my life and I know that once my little man gets here life will only get better.

It's Been Awhile!

I've been MIA for awhile now and a lot of things have happened. For starters I'm pregnant again which was a complete and total surprise! The others are that Brooklyn's dad has moved and now I'm living with my mother- all of which surprises me still and it's been about 3 months now. I also have a broken foot. The list of things are just getting better and better.

Enough about me let's get back to Brooklyn. She is crawling all over the place now and is trying to walk which equals her all over the place. She has 3 1/2 teeth something else awesome if you ask me. She's talking waaaaaay more than my last post and she is finally sleeping in a crib (YAY Mommy!). We are in full swing party mode planning for her birthday party. We are having the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme! She loves the show so much, so how could I deny her.

Brooklyn has been feeding herself for some time now but it was only solids she could pick up but now she has moved on to trying to eat everything herself. I learned this the other morning while feeding her oatmeal. That was a very interesting morning to say the least.



As you can see she had a great time with the oatmeal. I would say 95% of the oatmeal actually made it into her mouth. Hopefully I'll be back soon with more updates!