Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks so I thought I would write a small list of things I am grateful for...

1-My husband. He has always been extremely supportive and helpful. I am thankful he is so willing to work and so eager to make me happy. He treats me like a queen :)

2-My daughter. Even though she can be a hand full I am thankful that she is a part of my life and can be so sweet to me. I am thankful that we were able to have her and she is healthy and happy and growing.

3-Family. In general I am thankful for all my family and all of Zach's family as well. They are always there when we are in a pinch. I am grateful that they are such a part in our lives and set such good examples for us to follow. They are always there when we need advice or just a shoulder to cry on.

4-My job. Even though I get frustrated sometimes I am very thankful to be able to work and to have a job. I am also grateful for the people I work with and their willingness to accept my faults and make up for what I lack in, they are the best team workers ever.

5-My home. Even though we aren't in a house yet I am thankful for the fact that we have a place to call home. It's nice at the end of the day to be able to feel relaxed and comforted just in the fact that I am 'home.'

6-Life. It has really hit me lately (maybe because I work in the ED) that not everyone has great health. I am so thankful that my body is working and that I am not chronically ill or have any significant health problems. I realize I shouldn't complain about the small things because there are so many people that have worse problems than I do.

Babysitting Esi May

Here is my very sweet little niece!
I got to babysit her last Sunday morning while her mommy and daddy worked. It was fun to have a little one but Brooklyn hated it, she is really jealous of other babies. At her birthday a few close friends of ours had their baby there and whomever had the baby she wanted. It was funny because she would let whomever hold her (even Zack E. (the babies dad) got to hold her). But anyways back to Esi...

This picture looks a little funny, sort of like an old man, but look at her curly hair!!

She is usually very calm so it's so easy to watch her. I love this picture!

Ok so she started to get sick of me taking pictures and wanted to be held! I assure you that after this picture I immediately sat the camera down and cuddled her :) She LOVES to be held. I can tell she is spoiled at home!

Her TOOTH

So here is my final attempt at getting a picture of her tooth...

She is hiding from me

She is fighting with me

She is starting to see it my way

Wahoo!!! A tooth!!! (You really can see it if you zoom in) It's her bottom Left (so in the picture it's on the right) She is also getting the one right next to it. I feel bad because it must hurt to cut teeth but GOLLY she is a GROUCH!!

1 Year Check Up

Ok well just a few little things about Brooklyn...

We took her to the doctor today for her one year check up and everything looks good. He said that her hernia is looking good and he wouldn't be surprised if it really did fix itself. He said that she is doing the things a regular one year old should be doing and is staying on the curve according to her height and weight. I must say I was a little nervous because she looks so tiny but here is why...
She is in the 50th percentile in height and only 10th percentile in weight!! Skinny little thing huh? We also asked about her shoulder (it's been popping and then she cries for up to 5 minutes in pain) and he said he hasn't ever dealt with a one year old having shoulder problems. He said he would talk to the orthopedist and get back to us. It SO reminds me of when Rach was little and she had nursemaid elbow.

Another thing I might have forgotten to mention is that she got her first tooth!!! She got it the week after her birthday and now she is working on getting the one right next to it. Now we get to really brush her teeth (or tooth for now). We also need to get better about giving her vitamins.

Disney on Ice...

Yesterday we headed to Salt Lake but this time we were doing more than just visiting family, we had tickets to:

"Disney on Ice Celebrates 100 Years of Magic"

Mark and Tammy dropped us off at the Energy Solutions Arena around 1810 (which was nice because we didn't have to walk far or pay for parking) and Brooklyn was just waking up from a nap. I was really nervous that she would be a grouch through the entire thing but she did extremely well for a one year old.




When we got there we wanted to find our seats to be sure we wouldn't get lost. We were front and center and only 20 rows from the floor. They were perfect seats.
This Picture isn't the greatest but it shows the mood Brooklyn was in...
SILLY!!

While we were there she tried to kiss the lady to the left of us at least three times before she decided she wanted the lady's popcorn. (The lady was really nice about it thank goodness) The only other problem we had was when she pulled the hair of the mom that sat in front of us because she couldn't reach the little boys head!!! She also enjoyed looking at the little girls behind us twirling like princesses during the intermission.



This was the opening act and Brooklyn was enthralled. She kept clapping and clapping it was very cute.

Here are a few more pictures of Disney on Ice:

Over all we had a blast. Brooklyn sat through all of it but the last 10 minutes and those last ten minutes we spent "shopping." Zach bought her a Minnie stuffed animal, a flashing light crown, and a slushy. She had a ball and it was fun to be able to have a family outing that went so well. I would highly recommend this to all of you!!

You can also check out the scrapblog page I did: http://www.scrapblog.com/c63a46b0c3/072ECC69-1FDC

Firsts and Lasts...

EVERYONE HAS THEIR FIRSTS:
FIRST REAL BEST FRIEND: Outside of my family my first real best friend was probably Lindsey Gardner. We met in 1st grade and did everything together up until our senior year in highschool. I very rarely if ever talk to her anymore...
FIRST SCHOOL: North Park
FIRST CELL PHONE: When I turned 16 my mom and dad got me my first cell phone, it got taken away shortly after that though because I used it TOO much.
FIRST FUNERAL: I really can't remember what one was my first but I remember a few of my dad's extedned family members passing away.
FIRST PET: Probably a cat I don't remember. The first pet I ever got to CHOOSE was my pug her name is Kiwi.
FIRST BIG TRIP: California when I was around 11 or 12.
FIRST FIGHT: Who remembers that?? I often fought with my lil sis.
FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH: I never really have cared for celebrities but the only one I ever remember thinking was handsome is Bruce Willis.
FIRST TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY?: Still waiting on that
FIRST JOB: I cleaned a friend's grandmothers house but my first OFFICIAL job was at Kent's Market.
FIRST MYSPACE/FACEBOOK FRIEND: Myspace was probably TOM (haha)

EVERYONE HAS THEIR LASTS:
LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED: Zach :)
LAST CAR RIDE: To work
LAST TIME YOU CRIED: 2 days ago
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED: Kung Fu Panda
LAST FOOD YOU ATE: Totilla chip
LAST ITEM BOUGHT: Tomatoes and Lettuce for the pot luck at work.
LAST SHIRT WORN: brown regular shirt
LAST PHONE CALL: My Mommy
LAST TEXT MESSAGE: Jessica Day
LAST KISS Last Night
LAST THING YOU TOUCHED: Sticky notes and pen.
LAST FUNERAL: it's been a while, don't know and I don't like to remember.
LAST TIME AT THE MALL: Two weeks ago
LAST TIME YOU WERE EXCITED FOR SOMETHING: Today!
LAST PERSON YOU SAW: April
LAST THING YOU DRANK: Ice Water
LAST PERSON THAT BROKE YOUR HEART: ??
LAST TIME YOU WERE REALLY HONESTLY HAPPY: February 08

Brooklyn's FIRST Birthday!

Overall Brooklyn's first birthday was great. I was a little stressed out because that's just how mom's are sometimes but things went smooth. We had a fabulous turn out at both parties. I think that Brooklyn had a great time at both parties. She got the hang of opening presents so Christmas will be great, and she loved the cake!!! Thanks to all of you who were there or called Brooklyn to say Happy Birthday.


Check out her birthday pictures here:

Just an FYI some of the pictures are really bad quality but we got them :)

Scrapblogs

http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbId=876204

Ok so I hope this link works better than the post on my page. I don't know if it's me or if it's the program that I'm using but I want to share my scrapblogs so check them out...

Halloween Scrapbook

PRIVATE!!!

Ok so I have been hearing some crazy things about blogs not being private and anyone being able to see them. All in all I would prefer to leave it open to anyone who would like to look but with all the weirdo's out there I guess it's time to go private. I will need your email addresses in order to let you view my blog, I think! I haven't ever set it to private so this will be new. Please add your email address to the comments of this post and I will hopefully get it up and working this next week! Thanks!!!

P.S. I won't publish your email address, don't worry :)
P.S.S. I think that if I make it private you have to have an account, so if you don't have a blog get one started!!!!