MERRY CHRISTMAS (and happy New Year!)

Merry Christmas! Well, since it's New Year's Eve I should probably be wishing you a happy New Year instead. We had a great Christmas this year--the snow storm did put a damper on most of our plans. We missed out on some of our Christmas parties which was sad, but there was nothing we could do about it. I got a lot of cleaning and organizing done those 3 days we were snowed in :)

Brooklyn continues to make us laugh. She is saying more words now, doing all sorts of hilarious facial expression, imitating sounds and actions, dancing anytime music comes on, etc. She is not walking yet but getting closer. She will walk along furniture or with the help of your hand, but instantly sits down when she realizes she's standing by herself. She had her 1 year check up this past week and everything looked great. She got 5 shots and was NOT a fan of that! She continues to eat very, very, very well (as you can tell by her cheeks :) Last night my Mom got her a happy meal and she ate 3 of the 4 chicken nuggets, close to half her fries, and drank all of her water in her sippy. Sometimes (okay, most of the time) she amazes me at how much she can eat. She is not a picky eater which is so nice. We are transitioning her from soy milk to whole milk and so far it is going okay. I am sooooo excited to not have to buy any more $14 cans of soy formula!!!!

Here are a few pictures of Christmas. I have more on my camera that I need to upload but can't find the cord to do so right now. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior!
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Opening her first Christmas gift

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This is her new smile...real cute, huh!

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This was my attempt to get a good picture of Brooklyn in her Christmas dress. She wasn't so cooperative...

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And yes, there is that LOVELY smile again :)

Happy 1st Birthday Brooklyn!

Brooklyn celebrated her first birthday on the 22nd. It's hard to believe she is already a year old. Time sure does fly! We had a fun night celebrating with family.
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Here's the birthday girl!

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Mmmmm...frosting :)

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Hanging out with Daddy

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I'm SO BIG now that I am 1!

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I have been trying for months to get a picture of these 4 where
they are all looking at the camera and smiling...NEVER going to
happen! This is as good as it gets!
Emma, Addison, Brooklyn, and Jazilyn

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"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..."
This was the beginning of the meltdown...

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At home eating a piece of cake. I was waiting for her to dig

in and make this huge mess, but she never did. She took about

two bites of frosting and said, "all un" (all done). Not sure if she

didn't like my baking or if she is a neat freak like me and couldn't

handle the thought of being so messy :)

Hope you had a happy first birthday Brooklyn. We love you!