"DAT"

Brooklyn loves her hats (or as she calls them - "dat") and her shoes these days. All day long, she will go in her room, and bring out shoes and hats. The other day, right before Ben came home, she had her "dat" and decided to put it on herself. She is too funny.

Brooklyn's First Rockies Game . . .

On Friday night, we had tickets to the Rockies game. They were playing the Milwaukee Brewers. It turned out to be an awesome and exciting game, with the Rockies down but then scoring 5 runs in the eighth inning, pulling out a 6 - 4 win! Brooklyn was such a good girl, I think she really enjoyed all of the people around, especially those crazy, screaming Helton fans behind us. I LOVE baseball, it is by far my favorite sport to watch, and one of my top to play. I love it! Way to go Rocks, and welcome back - The Boys of Summer! : )

Me and little Miss B. sporting our purple
Center field seats - what a good view
What a super star!

JULIE!!!

So, my best friend from college (and roomate for two years) is coming tomorrow to visit!!! I am so excited to see her, it has been about two years - way too long! I love how there are just those people in your life that no matter what happens or where life takes you, you can pick up the phone and pick up like no time has passed at all. Julie is one of those people for me! I just love her. We are planning some big time FUN while she is here, so be watching for all of the pics!!!

Another reason why I LOVE Baby Gap!!!

I mean - look at this adorable dress and matching hat! I love hats these days! : )

Our exciting weekend . . .

Since the weather has been really nice lately, we have tried to take advantage of that and spend time outdoors. We went on a picnic a couple of weekends ago, and this past weekend, we went on two walks. Brooklyn loves being outside, and loves to ride in her stroller. We walked on the Bear Creek Trail, up to Sister City Park. Brooklyn loved seeing all of the dogs, cats, ducks, etc. But, she was not too sure about the swings. And, when you are bored at home, find entertainment in putting socks on your one year old's arms to keep her from "helping" you fold laundry, it is pretty funny. : )

The craziness that is - getting dressed!!!

When it is time to get Brooklyn dressed every morning, the chaos begins. She does NOT like getting dressed, she just wants to run around in her diaper, carrying her clothes around with her. She also gets a big kick out of running around in circles and coming close to me, just to see if I will grab her. It is not so fun to wrestle her to the ground and try to put some clothes on the girl - let alone change her diaper. She is a wild woman!!!

1 Year Checkup

Yesterday, I took little Miss B. in for her 1 year checkup. It was not a good time, Brooklyn started screaming right when the nurse came in, and didn't stop until we were walking out of the doctor's office. Poor little thing, she has major stranger anxiety, and on top of it, she got 4 shots yesterday. One funny thing though, as the doctor was walking out he told me, "Good luck, I can see you have a very strong-willed little girl there." Kind of funny. : ) Our little lady is growing just fine, her statistics are:

Height: 30 inches (75 percentile)
Weight: 22 lbs. 2 1/2 oz. (75 percentile)
Teeth: 8!!!

Brooklyn is so much fun, and although sometimes she can be a challenge with her "strong will" she is such a joy in our lives!!! We just love her so much!!!