Brookes Family Pictures

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Jana and James

Logan

Sierra

Autumn

Our girls

oh so happy after baths

Sierra has always loved her baths. Here she is after her bath last night about to get her yummy smelling lotion on and her p.j.'s! We are so happy that she is getting happier!

tiny bum shot :)

her foot just happened to be there. it wasn't strategically placed at all. worked out perfect!

her smiles melt my heart!!

So this is love!

See, she does smile! We are so happy to report that Sierra is being considerably happier! And so are her parents! She still has a few episodes sometimes, but she is doing really well at laying on the floor or the bed and just smiling and cooing and looking at the toys we rattle in front of her. It's wonderful. I feel like we are emerging out of the dark, and heading into euphoric days! She's a great snuggler! One of my favorite things about her. I can't wait for her to start giggling :)

Her two month check up was about 2 1/2 weeks ago, but here are her stats!

Weight: 12 lbs 5 oz (81st percentile)

Height: 23'' (67th percentile)

Head: 15;; (25th percentile) smallest baby head we've had, other two were off the charts ;)

She is not a fan of napping during the day. But like I mentioned before, she will at least lay happily on the floor while we play with her! She mostly likes to tease me that she is going to sleep. Her naps are usually 4-5, 30-45 minute naps a day. Once in a while I will get one 2-3 hour nap out of her a day, with a few cat naps too, of course. She is sure a sleeper at night though. She started out doing mostly 8-9 hours straight, and has now done 3, 11 hour sleeps, straight through the night. Too bad I can't always get to bed when she does. There's always so much to get done, or I'm at work. Started back on the 30th of August. I must admit, I was a little excited to have a break. This motherin' stuff is HARD! I love it though and wouldn't change a thing. I love my girls and hubby for all they do for me!

Back to school!

Here is our cute little Logan getting ready to leave for her first day of THIRD GRADE!! Can't believe how fast they grow up. Time just keeps going faster and faster, the older I get and the more kids I have. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Ware, and she is in the same classroom as she had for first grade. She has a friend from her second grade class in with her this year, named Rachel. She got her hair cut a few weeks ago, some new clothes, and she's ready to go!!

"backpack and sweater in front of the door"

"backpack and sweater facing our house"

"no sweater or backpack down by the light post"

"getting on the bus"

You didn't know there were so many poses to take for back to school, did you?!

Bye Logan! We love you! Have fun and learn lots!

Happy 35th Birthday James

The day after the baby blessing, (August 2nd) was James 35th birthday!! It was sort of a really hard day with Sierra, so I wasn't able to as much as I would have liked to, but I did the best I could! He opened his movie and a pair of shorts we got him. Then we had pizza for dinner.

Next was singing happy birthday to the old man, and cake and ice cream!!

We love you so much Honey and hope you had a great day!!