Pop Rocks!

Brooklyn tried Pop Rocks for the first time last week and it was so fun to watch her reaction.

In the video there was one point where I thought she was going to throw up, but it was just shock! After all that she ended up loving them. I also love how she tries to say "pop rocks" in the video.

Brooklyn Update

This little girl has changed so much since I last updated. She pretty much can speak in a full sentence now, well 3 or 4 words in a row. It's crazy! When you ask her a question and the answer is her, she yells "you".  Brooklyn who wrote on the wall? She will yell "you" as she points to herself.

If you don't understand want she is saying she will repeat it until you say it back. This is hard sometimes, I will say "oh yeah" or "okay" and hope that she let's it go, but no. So I am sitting there trying to repeat the gibberish she just said. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

She loves to color and paint. I found some water colors on clearance at Target and bought a couple. She loves them, I usually let her paint on the kitchen counter while I'm cleaning or cooking.

She cannot get enough of dance. It makes me so sad that it will be over in a couple months. She was sad that she didn't have the week of spring break. She loves to show you her passé, and Emma taught her a passé turn. She will repeat passé over and over while she does it.

 

 

 

She can reach her skirts in her closet and will put them on herself. When she is done she will come to you and ask for music.

 

This weather has been amazing and we are taking advantage of it and going to the park a lot. She is getting braver on the slides, she even mastered going down on her tummy but she still does not like the swings. We have a sand toy set in the car and whenever there is sand she wants to play in it.

Playing tag with Penelope



They would both fall when they got too tired.

 



She loves to play tag or as she would call it "get you". I'm pretty sure she calls it "get you" because we will yell "I'm gonna get you" when we chase her.

She also likes to hide. If she hears someone coming in the room, she will pull a blanket or anything over her head and say "I hiding" in a whisper, because you gotta be quiet right. But if you say "Where's Brookly", she will yell and blow her cover.

She is growing up too fast and I don't want to forget everything that she says. Last night I went to take a picture of her coloring and she held her hand up and yelled "no pictures" with a very angry face. I couldn't help but laugh, I must be taking too many pictures.

My lazy chef



I have to admit though, she sure knows how to test my patience. She can throw the best of tantrums if she doesn't get what she wants. Usually once we have stood our ground and she realizes she's not getting it, she would be done. But not lately, she will cry and cry, kick and scream. And if she hasn't had a nap, oh man that is not fun. She has been fighting her naps lately (down to one, sometimes) and when she doesn't have it, we are having meltdowns before bedtime.

We sure do love her though. She gives the best hugs and kisses and melts our heart with her "I wuv yous". When I get home from work I give her a big hug and say "hi baby", she replies with the same thing. I love it!

First Dentist Appt

(January 30, 2014)

This post is mostly for memory. Brooklyn had her first dentist appointment when we got back from California. She did great, she loved the waiting room and it's a good thing because we waited for an hour and a half. But when we got to the back waiting room, there were more games and she loved brushing the dinosaurs teeth. The staff was sweet and she freaked out when the dentist looked at her teeth. I had to hold her arms and legs down. It went by really quick and he said they looked good. She got a balloon, a book, and a coupon for a free pizza.

Flying to California

At the end of January we made a quick trip to California to visit my family on my dad's side. We flew out Friday night and got back Sunday afternoon. I was so nervous to fly and also fly with Brooklyn, but we made it.

Friday night our flight was originally supposed to leave at 9:45 and then it was delayed for 2 hours! Not to mention we got there 2 hours early to be safe, so we were at the airport for 4 hours waiting and waiting. Brooklyn was so tired but didn't want to go to sleep because so much as going on. The hard part was keeping her entertained and away from the slots. She wanted to play with those things so bad, the attendant that watches the machines even had to wave his finger at her "no-no". That hurt her feelings.

I took her for a walk around to pass time and a little girl ran over to us and said she had an extra ball and offered to give it to Brooklyn. What a sweet little girl, and that saved us. We played catch as long as I could make it fun.

Then finally it was time to get on the plane. Why do I have to stress about everything? I felt like it I was moving from one stress to another.  "Okay we made it through the delay, now we have to get on the plane".  Thankfully the flight was only an hour long, because it was already 11:45pm almost midnight (12:45 Utah time).

Brooklyn was SO good throughout the flight, she did amazing I was so proud of her.

Then when it was time to put your seat belt on she FREAKED OUT! She kept crying because her ears hurt and then Dave and I had to hold her legs down from standing up in her seat and that made her even more mad. So for about 10 minutes (felt like 30) straight she was full on crying and crying loud.

When we finally landed we waited for everyone to get off the plane before we did and so many people were so nice and asked if she was okay. It made us feel a lot better. We were so worried about being those travelers with the crying baby. But by the time we landed I didn't care, I just wanted her to feel better.

We landed at 1:45am, and it's about a hour drive to get to Santa Rosa. Brooklyn slept the whole way there, but then when we got to my dad's house she wanted to stay up and play. It was fun getting her to bed that night.

We slept till 10am and started our day. My dad and his family were so sweet. They made sure we had everything we needed. On Saturday he took us for a tour of Napa Valley and then later that afternoon we went back to his house because family was coming over to see us. My dad has A LOT of brothers and sisters and most of them came, as well as their family members. It was so nice to see everyone and Brooklyn was meeting a lot of them for the first time. She was spoiled.

 

My dad is in a mariachi band and had a gig Saturday night and had to leave for a couple hours. But when he was done he brought the whole band back and they played a few songs for everyone and Brooklyn loved it. I have come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter what kind of music is on, she will dance whenever she has the chance. It was so nice to see everyone and catch up.

On Sunday morning we got up early because my dad wanted to take us to the beach (Dave has never been) and to Golden Gate bridge. The weather was perfect and of course everything was beautiful.

 

 

 

The flight home was only delayed 20 minutes and we had the same experience. Brooklyn was great until the end of the flight. The guy that sat directly in front of her was not amused, oh well. I wasn't sorry at all.

 

I think it will be a little while before we try to fly with her again, but I am grateful for the opportunity and to see family that I haven't seen in years.