I finally uploaded some of my favorite camera phone pics, so while these are a little old, here are my two favs (from my camera)...
Yes, the above picture pretty much sums up Brenna. Food...her favorite thing. That picture was taken the first time we gave her a piece of pizza. Yea, she's had several more since then. Bad Mommy. But she loves it! And we can't eat pizza in front of her - she goes crazy till she gets some! She even likes spinach pizza! Blech! Her personality is sometimes so different from Brooke's. Brooke STILL doesn't like pizza really. And she never much paid attention to what we ate...still doesn't. Brenna watches every bite of food you put into her mouth wondering why it is not going in hers.
She has the most dazzling blue eyes I swear! I don't edit any of these pics unless I specifically say I do (as in the Chicken Pox days of long ago), but just look at those blue eyes sparkle! They are even more stunning in person and we get comments on her beautiful eyes every where we go.
She is definitley toodling around the house these days, crawling everywhere, pulling up, cruising and now using her push-toy to get around rather well too. I feel pretty confident in our baby-proofing, but again, she's an all together different kid than Brooke and definitely more likely to get into something she shouldn't. Not to mention she is very fond of Brooke's room. We (Brooke and I) keep a close eye on what she has at her level, but every once in a while, we'll find her up to no good. Let's just say I sure am glad chalk is not toxic.
Here she is getting tickled by Brooke. Don't they look like the best of sisters? They are.
Her development is really exploding all of the sudden - for the good and bad I suppose. She has started signing A LOT now. FINALLY! I thought she never would. And now you can tell she thinks it is waaaaay cool to sign things. She'll stop what she is doing just to sign to you, then just grin and go back to it. She does "milk", "more", "dog", "cat", "pacifier", "Brooke", "eat", and "finished" (sort of). And she is pointing at everything now. She will point to something until you label it for her. Today we were walking around a store and I got so tired of saying "yes, clothes", "yes, more clothes", "uh-huh...clothes". The people there probably thought I was nuts.
She is definitley toodling around the house these days, crawling everywhere, pulling up, cruising and now using her push-toy to get around rather well too. I feel pretty confident in our baby-proofing, but again, she's an all together different kid than Brooke and definitely more likely to get into something she shouldn't. Not to mention she is very fond of Brooke's room. We (Brooke and I) keep a close eye on what she has at her level, but every once in a while, we'll find her up to no good. Let's just say I sure am glad chalk is not toxic.Here she is getting tickled by Brooke. Don't they look like the best of sisters? They are.
Her development is really exploding all of the sudden - for the good and bad I suppose. She has started signing A LOT now. FINALLY! I thought she never would. And now you can tell she thinks it is waaaaay cool to sign things. She'll stop what she is doing just to sign to you, then just grin and go back to it. She does "milk", "more", "dog", "cat", "pacifier", "Brooke", "eat", and "finished" (sort of). And she is pointing at everything now. She will point to something until you label it for her. Today we were walking around a store and I got so tired of saying "yes, clothes", "yes, more clothes", "uh-huh...clothes". The people there probably thought I was nuts. Along with her sweetness, she has definitely developed some bad habits - as in getting totally TEE-d off when you take something away. Like total screaming melt-down. Well, for all of about a minute. Till you distract her with something else. She's also a tad bit spoiled with using a sippy cup. You see, when she was first learning to use one several months back, she would not know to tip it up. So, I would kinda hold it up for her. Now, months later, she still wants someone to hold it up for her. She'll pull it out of her mouth and thrust it at you, as if to say, "here. Hold it." Uh-oh...we're in trouble!
She also loves books and is really into them now as well. She follows along, again, wanting everything labelled, both with words and signs. I'm fortunate in that Brooke knew A LOT of signs (probably 80-100 literally) so I still remember the sign for a lot of different and random things.
Today, she thought this was a fun game, playing tug of war with a letter with Brooke. Gee....can you tell we have dogs? First, Brooke thinks the hair salon is called the groomers and now a game of tug of war with your mouth! Nice...
Speaking of dogs...she loves loves loves the dogs! Hence, learning the sign for dog. She really likes Barkley, probably more than any of us do actually. But today I caught her having a moment with Bailey. As soon as I saw it, I had to dive for the camera...
Because, yes, when Brooke was younger, her and Bailey always looked out the window together and I have many shots of them like that, as shown below. She was a little younger than Brenna is now in this pic. Pretty cool huh?
And here's a pic with what I dub her "Brooke smile". This is a smile where she could be Brooke's twin! Oh, and let me also take the time to mention this rocking chair was my great grandmother's from when she was little! My dad re-covered the pillows, but other than that, it was just how she had it. :-)
Speaking of Brooke, she still has a week and half left of school before letting out for a couple weeks. Then it'll be Summer School starting in June. She loves it! Of course, Summer is a lot more fun with water days, etc. So she is really excited about Summer School. She is reading so well lately. I know I keep saying that, but man...she can really read good! She's probably on a 1st grade level now. Reading "trick words" and two vowel words knowing how the first vowel makes the sound and silent e's on the end of words and more. Pretty impressive since she just started at this school THIS year this past Fall. She will do Kindergarten there after one more year, even though she's well past the Kindergarten level on most things (reading, writing, math), because of her age. I mean, she just turned four! The other day she brought home a math worksheet and I was stunned the work that was on it. I worry what will happen when she goes to 1st grade. I really don't want her academics to slow down, but I am dreading it. By the time she enters 1st grade, she is projected to be on a level of an average 3rd grader or more. So much for a challenge. Brad still wants me to to homeschool, but I don't think....er, scratch that... I know I don't have the patience. And I don't mean to brag too much on just my kid. It's really not just Brooke that excels there. Every kid that is going to school there right now I'm pretty sure is reading and some are as young as three! The one kindergartener there this year is on 2nd/3rd grade level right now. So, I accredit it all to the teacher. Maybe Ms Lydia will all of the sudden decide after 17 years or more of teaching just preschool and kindergarten that she will start teaching through till high school. Hehe...
And to keep the post totally random....my eye I think is doing better, though my vision is still off. I go back for another check Friday. Hopefully I'll just keep getting better. But I am ready for some darn glasses! Unfortunately he says glasses won't help this issue. Right now I am dealing with scarring on my cornea. *sigh*And my brand new phone (only about 1 month and half old) went out. So, today Sprint replaced it free of charge with a new one. Ironically enough it was the one time Murphy's Law worked in my favor. I never ever ever buy those stupid insurance plans they always offer you for electronics, phones, and such. Just a waste in my opinion. But for some reason, I got it this time and they gladly and easily replaced my phone for a new one. Whew! It made for a fun couple days, but I'm back in business now. Apparently I had an older model before a later known issue was corrected. Now, I have a new and improved model. Whatever all that means.
I'm starting to get vacation ancy. I wanna go somewhere! But, we're broke and can't really afford anything pricey. I'm hopeful we'll at least get a trip to Seaworld or the beach this Summer. Hopefully before it gets too hot. Oh, wait. It already is "too hot". Geesh - what happened to Spring anyway? Maybe we should just take that off the calendar for us Texans. We spend a lot of afternoons at the pool...the one in our backyard anyway. :-) We stay out till the mosquitos come out anyway. Ugh. I still wonder why Noah let those two darn mosquitos on the Ark?
We're preparing for a garage sale in a couple weeks as well, so I'm trying to get a lot of "Spring" cleaning done and our house de-cluttered. You know, in my not-so-spare time. We usually try to have a garage sale once a year to keep our house cleaned up and to not allow stuff to sit around forever not being used, played with or worn. And it gives us some extra spending money - you know for that Seaworld trip...???? :-)
So enough for my ramblings tonight. It's late and I'm sleepy. More to catch up on later!
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