Brookes Family: April 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Easter 2011

Three little Easter baskets.......

...........and three happy girls

Logan

Autumn

Sierra

It was a wonderful Easter morning, and church was as well. I'm grateful for my Savior and his life and sacrifice for all of us. I love this time of year!

We came home and took pictures of the girls. I can't resist taking pictures in their dresses. I probably took over a 100 pictures. No kidding. Here's a few of my favorites!

Brookes girls Easter 2011

Sierra

Autumn

Logan

We were so happy to have Grandma and Grandpa Brookes come and visit us that night and have dinner with us too! We love to have them come visit! I'm really glad I didn't have to work so I could enjoy time with my family and relax. Happy Easter!

Our big spring break adventure

Well I packed these three girls up and ditched James! For spring break that is. I drove to see my mom and dad in good old California! I left early on tuesday the 12th, about 8 a.m. and got to Roseville to surprise my Dad and sister at work about 6 p.m. California time. LONG DRIVE! But we made it. The girls did start to go a little batty when we were almost to Reno, and then we had dinner and potty breaks and stretched outside the car a little. We were on the homestretch now! Thank goodness for the DVD player! It was a lifesaver!

Just into California

Telling daddy goodnight and that we made it there safely that night.

We had so much fun! We went shopping the next day and Logan bought some earrings for herself. I paid for some of them for her for helping me out in the car with Sierra. She wasn't always too happy about it, but she still got the job done. It was nice to have a helper!

The girls also got in the pool and played on the steps at Grandma and Grandpa's. We went over to Target and found matching swimming suits for them (and matching easter dresses too). It was a little chilly to get all the way in, but they still had hours of fun out there! I'm convinced. We need a backyard!

My friend Sharsten from high school came over with her two cute girls, Eden and Sydney. The girls we a bit shy to each other at first but they had fun playing with the pet shops and in the pool! It was so fun to see them!

Later that day went to Folsom Lake. Andrea invited us to go out with her dogs and let the girls throw the balls in for the dogs! It was a pretty nice day and the girls had fun with Aunt Annie and the dogs!

One afternoon we went and bought some easter eggs to hang from Grandma and Grandpa's tree in the front yard. I saw the idea on someone else's house when we went for a walk around mom and dad's neighborhood. I think it looked pretty cute, plus we had to leave our mark there, so mom and dad wouldn't forget we came! :) This was after church on sunday.

After church we went to go visit one of my other high school friends, Karen, and her family. They had us over for lunch and then we both put our babies down for naps and took Logan and Autumn to the park across the street from her house. It was such a fun relaxing afternoon and they were great hosts! After the girls played at the park for a while we let the girls play back at the house for a few minutes and then it was time to go! Thanks for having us Karen and Glen!

Autumn at the park

Logan at the park

Sierra and Karen's son Quinten! They are about 5 months apart and about the same size! He is such a cute and good little boy. I'm so happy for Karen and Glen!

On our way home from Karen's I wanted to she the girls my old elementary school and house. So here we are having a little trip down memory lane. It was fun to show them, and fun for me to see again. Even though my parents only live a few minutes from the school and old house, I never go by when we are there. It had been a long time. So many memories at these places!

Our old house at Getaway Court

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for putting up with us! It was so nice to not have a schedule to have to remember and just come and go as we please! Vacations are wonderful, I'm pretty sure we need them more often. We come with a lot of work, but we hope you had fun with us! We know we had fun and hope we can come again soon!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Sierra is 10 months

I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I didn't get to doing an update for her 9 month but this counts for that. She was 20 lbs at her 9 month check up. She's growing well! She was in 50-75th percentile for weight and height. I forgot to ask how many inches she actually was.

We used to swaddle her at nap time and bed time, but that stopped at 9 months. She would just cry and wiggle out of her blanket, so we gave up. But she is still sleeping great. She takes a couple of 2 hours naps and at least 12 hours every night. It's so nice!

She has been army crawling for a while and is still going strong with that. She hasn't quite perfected crawling on hands and knees, but she can go from a laying down position to sitting up all by herself in no time flat!

She loves eating those baby puff snacks and her fruits and veggies too. We've even given her the meat foods, and she loves them too. Gross, but that's baby food for ya!

She has learned how to wave and play pat-a-cake! So cute!

She loves her new stroller we got for her last month and enjoys being outside in it. She is also usually pretty happy to go to the stores and look around. And happy to report she has filled in all her hair that was bald in the back. Now she just needs to work on the top of her head! I'm okay with it growing in slow though, I have enough girl hair to do already!

Home improvements continued

A few weeks ago we bought this new chandelier for the dining area! It's another thing we've talked about doing forever, and we finally did it. Baby steps! I think it helps complete the new look we are going for. We also bought the paint to do the living room, but it probably won't be done until this weekend. More pictures to come.

While I was on vacation in California for spring break, James put up the backsplash we picked out for the kitchen. It was a fun surprise to come home and see it all done. He did a great job! I love it!