tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6566212675608785462024-02-07T09:14:28.755-08:00Brooklynn's Growing Up!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-31406544769973506482012-03-17T15:19:00.064-07:002012-03-17T18:30:52.924-07:00Brooklynn's First Trip to the Zoo!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5WULoE9aI_Tb6DUPfnfrcmrKZ78W46GSew85EvJlpq4LJ29EgVdHAZ9Y5NH_DbUXw52svanP_VhMv3_GwaDqjBumWXhyphenhyphenkT_uCebMwCuAdhNHyPNxkP1-OdkPvIvEWG-lewvX-cFy_Xa1/s1600/DSC00574.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5WULoE9aI_Tb6DUPfnfrcmrKZ78W46GSew85EvJlpq4LJ29EgVdHAZ9Y5NH_DbUXw52svanP_VhMv3_GwaDqjBumWXhyphenhyphenkT_uCebMwCuAdhNHyPNxkP1-OdkPvIvEWG-lewvX-cFy_Xa1/s400/DSC00574.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720994677146503122" /></a><br /><br />Happy St. Patrick's Day! We spent ours at Zoo Atlanta! Thank you Nana and Kaleb for joining us on this first, and amzazing, trip to the zoo!! Thank goodness it didn't rain (after the news threatened it all week), for Friday night I told Brooklynn that we might not get to go to the zoo because it was going to rain and we'd have to go to Jump for Joey (inflatable play area) instead. She flat out told me, "No mommy, I want to go to the zoo and ride the train with Kaleb." Hahaha! I felt awful because we had hyped up the zoo all week, so I'm glad it ended up being a beautiful day!<br /><br />Oh you should have heard Kaleb and Brooklynn in the car on the way to the zoo! The air was full of excitement as they sang and clapped and made up songs about going to the zoo! Renee and I got just excited as they were as we made our way to Zoo Atlanta. When we pulled into the parking lot they couldn't get out of the car fast enough. Our first stop after we made it through the gates was at the flamingo habitat. They were fascinated, and so was I since I had no idea that flamingos squaked! Oh, and Kaleb found a flamingo that only had one leg so we talked about how God made that flamingo special:).<br /><br />The flamingo habitat:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vlpl8N-dKlqN8krtOv0AYuOGRuq5NSizvg-ub91F4BZNivq6afjHHsksSNLk_Qt8qgVMUFAya9X21Ln51QVTG1VPknOCnujTx1hMZYFtzgEGaMQy-UnXm3kzn0b79Y7p9CAlaQaI28tg/s1600/DSC00531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vlpl8N-dKlqN8krtOv0AYuOGRuq5NSizvg-ub91F4BZNivq6afjHHsksSNLk_Qt8qgVMUFAya9X21Ln51QVTG1VPknOCnujTx1hMZYFtzgEGaMQy-UnXm3kzn0b79Y7p9CAlaQaI28tg/s400/DSC00531.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720996611426763970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOx3mIN4EWL2lYcIS13sNXGpImt-fI9R5srZtlUpc65PyjGQmeVxgBSE4VeEWfAFTyzFG0ZGN7Mkdu7A478laXQP7iF6E_2VWkBR1LNNieCZyb7KkmzJNxbyC0R04n3Nw1C_bBgDVFA5B/s1600/DSC00530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOx3mIN4EWL2lYcIS13sNXGpImt-fI9R5srZtlUpc65PyjGQmeVxgBSE4VeEWfAFTyzFG0ZGN7Mkdu7A478laXQP7iF6E_2VWkBR1LNNieCZyb7KkmzJNxbyC0R04n3Nw1C_bBgDVFA5B/s400/DSC00530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720996525215245474" /></a><br /><br />This was my favorite part. The look on Brooklynn's face when she saw that elephant for the first time was awesome. She was fascinated and didnt' want to stop looking at it:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvX_GMN5obLwvW5zWfWTph0GoGDaNuXKiN8rzvwriCvvBDXirjcAmvLu1NSM5amm8QJqwYBQOb2eRi6sxqSTEQmInld2s3H1k4EjZfMJ9CtszWqTEcpNawh3T5-gLUgBtHHNhfAza6t3_B/s1600/DSC00532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvX_GMN5obLwvW5zWfWTph0GoGDaNuXKiN8rzvwriCvvBDXirjcAmvLu1NSM5amm8QJqwYBQOb2eRi6sxqSTEQmInld2s3H1k4EjZfMJ9CtszWqTEcpNawh3T5-gLUgBtHHNhfAza6t3_B/s400/DSC00532.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997138832495122" /></a><br /><br />Next we went into the bird atrium and Brooklynn and Kaleb held tiny sticks with bird seeds stuck to them. The birds landed right next to us and they had so much fun feeding the birds! It was such a great experience:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaTxI5Rk3GsqZ5RjKmepwO0rEx0VlObmudmhuloXfk0EBCCU50x8_z4ev8Y6UQW1W8m3Xs-9emkhQZhpdXaluIis2jKZ3PkL9NKKnoi8z81SONsu3uBUW6w9t5SSUelnsWnCGZO7USFdo/s1600/DSC00533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaTxI5Rk3GsqZ5RjKmepwO0rEx0VlObmudmhuloXfk0EBCCU50x8_z4ev8Y6UQW1W8m3Xs-9emkhQZhpdXaluIis2jKZ3PkL9NKKnoi8z81SONsu3uBUW6w9t5SSUelnsWnCGZO7USFdo/s400/DSC00533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997966465952914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQV_4rggQ2BLd9UZPHjkMPy32yzmtXqrsSr7og2wPzZvUenIjvTPXmk4wPHUyRzK4e2K2HG6YpB3Us_ZWz473c3c6Mtp-iHzrk89wUwQvVNtDlUE997n_Yn7qNggTrWoGqi9fKQR4_Xtc/s1600/DSC00534.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQV_4rggQ2BLd9UZPHjkMPy32yzmtXqrsSr7og2wPzZvUenIjvTPXmk4wPHUyRzK4e2K2HG6YpB3Us_ZWz473c3c6Mtp-iHzrk89wUwQvVNtDlUE997n_Yn7qNggTrWoGqi9fKQR4_Xtc/s400/DSC00534.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997853089943826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhk31bd1jjZrPWPzhxf4NKtv9hDj9zzZ3FAES0jyy40X0NveCscKNO72RuTS31DN2tw11yxgeUTLSLZoGgo7nnBz4rscuD4ftEZj5PmFnLFw4FzFRPQaEdCyK68CxMMeTtRuG0vZ9aZ-e/s1600/DSC00535.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhk31bd1jjZrPWPzhxf4NKtv9hDj9zzZ3FAES0jyy40X0NveCscKNO72RuTS31DN2tw11yxgeUTLSLZoGgo7nnBz4rscuD4ftEZj5PmFnLFw4FzFRPQaEdCyK68CxMMeTtRuG0vZ9aZ-e/s400/DSC00535.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997724316245042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYJyBaoSXeNWjDW4_oCkOi4-IsmHwUYQWB360JZY5j5eNHw7KozkH_4fahGwogzoCwUtq6VGSDk_TxxpDcN925cv37fqrQgRhv5-WEIEy97S63r2fYrBfv6ZocQFEl0ktHYoDJuEyr_Tv/s1600/DSC00536.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYJyBaoSXeNWjDW4_oCkOi4-IsmHwUYQWB360JZY5j5eNHw7KozkH_4fahGwogzoCwUtq6VGSDk_TxxpDcN925cv37fqrQgRhv5-WEIEy97S63r2fYrBfv6ZocQFEl0ktHYoDJuEyr_Tv/s400/DSC00536.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720997556369343234" /></a><br /><br />Ofcourse we had to stop and stick our faces in the tiger photo display (how could we possible miss it??)! I love how Brooklynn stuck her hands by her face to hold on! I told Kaleb to give me his best tiger growl (he nailed it):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyrKGqwHqFvgJ24hlR8svCkoW6MvsC2nP3eak1Ysa3Aqxv_B9Vs5ZIRPrTK0vHb_g2DSNWQXsWVQVmMN816hV3KHW9PpOQb94uhkPd96GZScdKhl7bKdpX8y7ct4E8ACBy0boROV-Z7ty/s1600/DSC00537.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyrKGqwHqFvgJ24hlR8svCkoW6MvsC2nP3eak1Ysa3Aqxv_B9Vs5ZIRPrTK0vHb_g2DSNWQXsWVQVmMN816hV3KHW9PpOQb94uhkPd96GZScdKhl7bKdpX8y7ct4E8ACBy0boROV-Z7ty/s400/DSC00537.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720998475729592130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QY0squcdyT1ZWk8fsQoZAbCFuQI2GYrx12TqG_KsKa8G1TJtPGoLwv_i729J2Nzv1JgIo0JvcQ3FxhygSP941Souj9HzuYfVMoFBQ_ndClPKP7lCDHQmV3XzMmCaiMyH5DuBuFfgnLZa/s1600/DSC00538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QY0squcdyT1ZWk8fsQoZAbCFuQI2GYrx12TqG_KsKa8G1TJtPGoLwv_i729J2Nzv1JgIo0JvcQ3FxhygSP941Souj9HzuYfVMoFBQ_ndClPKP7lCDHQmV3XzMmCaiMyH5DuBuFfgnLZa/s400/DSC00538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720998386154596850" /></a><br /><br />Our next stop was the lemur habitat and they were so cute! I couldn't get over how the sit just like little humans. It was quite exciting because we got to see one eat a carrot and then walk across the entire rope:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ma2pKkg3M9-Ze7CJJQlrUx9v6OqwR27X6SmW2UpP6OiGfs8IlojnEIjCY4i1KDXilUxKLVJ4OptTj206J1oSD8V61tPMPdOGIYB-miLIPMl3MdZc5FhxLrFpxjgTgrKru8L_6bKYqP0P/s1600/DSC00539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Ma2pKkg3M9-Ze7CJJQlrUx9v6OqwR27X6SmW2UpP6OiGfs8IlojnEIjCY4i1KDXilUxKLVJ4OptTj206J1oSD8V61tPMPdOGIYB-miLIPMl3MdZc5FhxLrFpxjgTgrKru8L_6bKYqP0P/s400/DSC00539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999263791470482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cZrJ8PW2n8YHDkiUtzqJvTFjaLK0ba2wH6ok4R1-KV4XTTGpUffehdfWo0rW5G279EbwMEuCOr_HB80A9oBCa8rIkfb-5y6c8TGMOUqGBnxGUU77HQQdPgAbG-GwkG-hTKU6VcRO6sX9/s1600/DSC00540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cZrJ8PW2n8YHDkiUtzqJvTFjaLK0ba2wH6ok4R1-KV4XTTGpUffehdfWo0rW5G279EbwMEuCOr_HB80A9oBCa8rIkfb-5y6c8TGMOUqGBnxGUU77HQQdPgAbG-GwkG-hTKU6VcRO6sX9/s400/DSC00540.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999148141890146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi635vJOgQer_eEhUDIUZxrdvTj6bwpqJhMC6hau3CMJko8zmDyGqZLU3if8sNiGnhRZqkjKCrfu2QHwvqJlX5KKSKJ5f2yF6Piaau6-HfPlYgMM1GNWfi8vEIaW0a7Xfaru4eCdpw2_S-6/s1600/DSC00541.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi635vJOgQer_eEhUDIUZxrdvTj6bwpqJhMC6hau3CMJko8zmDyGqZLU3if8sNiGnhRZqkjKCrfu2QHwvqJlX5KKSKJ5f2yF6Piaau6-HfPlYgMM1GNWfi8vEIaW0a7Xfaru4eCdpw2_S-6/s400/DSC00541.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999048041474146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyWqs8o1FhuVZxwxGb25PWk9f1G9yjZSEKBQKgQphEcB7hI_qAHcZOBapulEanNGRFb5AcaVCiV9AL3ZhDeHgoM7VWYa4NZaGC31Z2Ip8ktUJdf_C_h0afuvieZ4wV95QeFZ3CHqyVoh3/s1600/DSC00542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyWqs8o1FhuVZxwxGb25PWk9f1G9yjZSEKBQKgQphEcB7hI_qAHcZOBapulEanNGRFb5AcaVCiV9AL3ZhDeHgoM7VWYa4NZaGC31Z2Ip8ktUJdf_C_h0afuvieZ4wV95QeFZ3CHqyVoh3/s400/DSC00542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720998936726626818" /></a><br /><br />Next to the lemur's was another little atrium where we got to see more exotic birds and ducks. By the exhibit was a nest for photo taking and we ran into two couples that were from out of town that had Brooklynn and Kaleb flapping their arms and opening their mouths like baby birds! It was hilarious! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii68uVo_kJZB5Ojj7G1uIpMX3LqISj6-9_wvGt7JjuAOFc2pHPiZw_-D0xWJcI3HqP_KBa018Q_7rSwemVnwz2BbvtBpRLNC6X_S6A4Sz50TEpP0WxXjzb6QhTsieL7vGWSnWtYD5Y9kBx/s1600/DSC00543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii68uVo_kJZB5Ojj7G1uIpMX3LqISj6-9_wvGt7JjuAOFc2pHPiZw_-D0xWJcI3HqP_KBa018Q_7rSwemVnwz2BbvtBpRLNC6X_S6A4Sz50TEpP0WxXjzb6QhTsieL7vGWSnWtYD5Y9kBx/s400/DSC00543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720999719801903362" /></a><br /><br />Another monkey exhibit was next:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpMqfGz6YOUD4EmhKBuYbWjuOwMPoZmxPM6OZJtKsP3rC_o_VeqoWDo-NVImJSdR2ETFq9gBmzhSPWsNugCZlZeTa3Ud0E0AHlgx-CzAPjg6TIZ6HEkDiVil5UsbHg6R9CdsRyQlVdvdM/s1600/DSC00545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpMqfGz6YOUD4EmhKBuYbWjuOwMPoZmxPM6OZJtKsP3rC_o_VeqoWDo-NVImJSdR2ETFq9gBmzhSPWsNugCZlZeTa3Ud0E0AHlgx-CzAPjg6TIZ6HEkDiVil5UsbHg6R9CdsRyQlVdvdM/s400/DSC00545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000143440806626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQAFaTBLObTtOuKDNreNgfz05diKShoNKCD2_xOx1s0RF486vN2-NNdKDFnX0mC06lgzyX7Qn09mZ9QOvhBXsDmL90LjW-LfTOOW7hS440hOPTvHxAtmOI_SXIADlQBr3gb1-eq9dfkSX/s1600/DSC00546.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQAFaTBLObTtOuKDNreNgfz05diKShoNKCD2_xOx1s0RF486vN2-NNdKDFnX0mC06lgzyX7Qn09mZ9QOvhBXsDmL90LjW-LfTOOW7hS440hOPTvHxAtmOI_SXIADlQBr3gb1-eq9dfkSX/s400/DSC00546.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000036442880338" /></a><br /><br />So after all this monkey business Kaleb and Brooklynn just had to try to climb on the very next tree they came across! Poor little Brooklynn didn't find a tree as cool as Kaleb's so she threw a temper tantrum (this was right around her normal napping hour):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibye_8YJ1HOGxR-k0QtWcRKIsHucbp4trFAjEODKcc05w3sH1I789R44JQhkHyx_DdyKbWWrbOjzL23XizPjfFlHQxWOSiFxN5kx6KZkFwyINyGn8MrjUn5jkKcWo3aHoVrA0l11EJsmq/s1600/DSC00547.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibye_8YJ1HOGxR-k0QtWcRKIsHucbp4trFAjEODKcc05w3sH1I789R44JQhkHyx_DdyKbWWrbOjzL23XizPjfFlHQxWOSiFxN5kx6KZkFwyINyGn8MrjUn5jkKcWo3aHoVrA0l11EJsmq/s400/DSC00547.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000555531404978" /></a><br /><br />She ended up being okay with using the fence post as her tree:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ2UAlDZOeXxx6MNODlcGsHFXP4e1dDguk-f57c1so8O6ci9PB68UMW5sDd4xun8UoutN73CY5VmOW3PHhV9DGWzmSBQK3f3Wb6D8h92mmoVwd_zxOstSLrOYOFwhOQ4hCu9K7uMBAliq/s1600/DSC00548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ2UAlDZOeXxx6MNODlcGsHFXP4e1dDguk-f57c1so8O6ci9PB68UMW5sDd4xun8UoutN73CY5VmOW3PHhV9DGWzmSBQK3f3Wb6D8h92mmoVwd_zxOstSLrOYOFwhOQ4hCu9K7uMBAliq/s400/DSC00548.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721000818596930274" /></a><br /><br />After we went to the gorilla habitat we had to take a picture on the Willie B statue. This is one of my favorie pictures all day! They are so cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4WRc4OMuQ3Ny4EV0XIfxPd9CJ3hfUi2wGi-t4FglIogs3W0fIr2XIxzcJ_SSOasSRFWl9oGWmT8YOsQjonFjWFRO9hpm6AeGym0CVZnwI3vToucBl2o9WvIGbupdtCHvY4eOZ-X6b1-C/s1600/DSC00552.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4WRc4OMuQ3Ny4EV0XIfxPd9CJ3hfUi2wGi-t4FglIogs3W0fIr2XIxzcJ_SSOasSRFWl9oGWmT8YOsQjonFjWFRO9hpm6AeGym0CVZnwI3vToucBl2o9WvIGbupdtCHvY4eOZ-X6b1-C/s400/DSC00552.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721001154864432146" /></a><br /><br />Checking out the otters (that you couldn't get a good look at since they were napping):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv89ATWwHh4GNf03REBVHGi88UWj_iHBJLAW_9kQ7lxbCx-mJLgsgLH9cstkuHfCk9GcjqqN4kQieNU_hUoQUMXa8-9ewfAs9AzIR_wteBxgQeQ7z__PgJUz7JgpNMiVROrQnan9JTOvxv/s1600/DSC00554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv89ATWwHh4GNf03REBVHGi88UWj_iHBJLAW_9kQ7lxbCx-mJLgsgLH9cstkuHfCk9GcjqqN4kQieNU_hUoQUMXa8-9ewfAs9AzIR_wteBxgQeQ7z__PgJUz7JgpNMiVROrQnan9JTOvxv/s400/DSC00554.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721001535933554274" /></a><br /><br />We told them to shake their bum bums, and ofcourse the accomodated our request:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fdgFQFxwWjKrJGKPRlF_z-emarBcSbHFspjmvmWFnM62shSgTt9Fnlh6ZtaxkdXVKYIS_99eze9DNhyYCfmX_tJb2m7xZ4Y7wi-WXfsvkL-rmVo2l3kqEoaRtptpdnuBgcANkC-uWHLK/s1600/DSC00555.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fdgFQFxwWjKrJGKPRlF_z-emarBcSbHFspjmvmWFnM62shSgTt9Fnlh6ZtaxkdXVKYIS_99eze9DNhyYCfmX_tJb2m7xZ4Y7wi-WXfsvkL-rmVo2l3kqEoaRtptpdnuBgcANkC-uWHLK/s400/DSC00555.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721001782606405650" /></a><br /><br />The favorite habitat had to have been the orangatan (pretty sure I just slaughtered the spelling of that word, so my apologies). They were highly entertaining! Swinging and playing and hanging upsidedown! We laughed so hard at them!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Qs9jS5K4HrFWGoPD4Zhnt7wGtPlY5VTM7DMnjn7nqPlPFQPpPzxAwKpmNNnW2T5y0-Vc3exqnD4CtYrGYPmGkKljDx3f8LEq7DLI4b4a7_0gU5sb7oxwrq5L_IhHRg7lazzeuU5q_IkE/s1600/DSC00556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Qs9jS5K4HrFWGoPD4Zhnt7wGtPlY5VTM7DMnjn7nqPlPFQPpPzxAwKpmNNnW2T5y0-Vc3exqnD4CtYrGYPmGkKljDx3f8LEq7DLI4b4a7_0gU5sb7oxwrq5L_IhHRg7lazzeuU5q_IkE/s400/DSC00556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721002213094960146" /></a><br /><br />Our next stop was the mole exhibit, which was incredibly uneventful since we saw zero moles. Hahaha! However, the kiddos got to play and go through the mole playground (where Brooklynn got halfway through one of the tunnels and freaked out):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPS2VTUIh-ynzJ4_u8JTYFJFcf6go7vS0hJuyL1ZUtAC1i7jxWYrgTXOnXa-WEYrdtpviyUAIsZnDdnP-_ts0dMiCyzjBAHK8xk9z8Erq0hbedGq3rGorUcOK7QCA-Fj2SLWuw7Qcjuk2/s1600/DSC00558.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPS2VTUIh-ynzJ4_u8JTYFJFcf6go7vS0hJuyL1ZUtAC1i7jxWYrgTXOnXa-WEYrdtpviyUAIsZnDdnP-_ts0dMiCyzjBAHK8xk9z8Erq0hbedGq3rGorUcOK7QCA-Fj2SLWuw7Qcjuk2/s400/DSC00558.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721002822822301666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoYEpNlSyNAaBxpIQyKMzr0xgVde5wUfGU9y8Bnspjc3_zwFW5DKtoOWK1e4RWgMTRcp1Pdjyps4-VgR9-DXmgrCpWytIKLPJarcWcwdz6Gy9QYHsHCi9rNlcJciI_c7SZf0hWKFbAvJC/s1600/DSC00557.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoYEpNlSyNAaBxpIQyKMzr0xgVde5wUfGU9y8Bnspjc3_zwFW5DKtoOWK1e4RWgMTRcp1Pdjyps4-VgR9-DXmgrCpWytIKLPJarcWcwdz6Gy9QYHsHCi9rNlcJciI_c7SZf0hWKFbAvJC/s400/DSC00557.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721002718021864658" /></a><br /><br />From there we went to the reptile habitat, which was great because it was indoors and air conditioned!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gHdBvZWOYetc4yHfsKpxT2xGTlCu0C6PikLCgq5GqbzuHf9gVoVaZn1RoJw-c5kuh6fbXf3wR03KvsL_mYp9uS7jWMZ-etslJ1nqlk7fmCOQ1S84UJsqT5H45-aRbk1mGRHysw6Dk46H/s1600/DSC00559.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gHdBvZWOYetc4yHfsKpxT2xGTlCu0C6PikLCgq5GqbzuHf9gVoVaZn1RoJw-c5kuh6fbXf3wR03KvsL_mYp9uS7jWMZ-etslJ1nqlk7fmCOQ1S84UJsqT5H45-aRbk1mGRHysw6Dk46H/s400/DSC00559.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721003101932307874" /></a><br /><br />Brooklynn did not get out of the stroller at all and was giving me quite a "tude" so I asked her to say cheese and give me her best grouch face:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgeVgvs0PXeppZiGIOnFE5_IsaXNLgtvksHviJZizDW5d78R8Ld7KTt_hbWv9DD1lwsFFkKzUTz6smh5bvPqhnngx2OTQoIEjig2AMh1URab0zXsxBxvl-ElpfBS7_Z3C_x96uYrDijOT/s1600/DSC00560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgeVgvs0PXeppZiGIOnFE5_IsaXNLgtvksHviJZizDW5d78R8Ld7KTt_hbWv9DD1lwsFFkKzUTz6smh5bvPqhnngx2OTQoIEjig2AMh1URab0zXsxBxvl-ElpfBS7_Z3C_x96uYrDijOT/s400/DSC00560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721003411869245122" /></a><br /><br />Outside the reptile building they had two chairs with machined foot massagers! I thought that was a great idea, but I loved the artwork behind it more than the chairs:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzIZZmnjZUq7QWbAfW8F4huE5heENqtrA0LetQND22u5XFo42-vSUk-wM35XB2eV7ctfgPM_9q1h-rBImrUJem_a87r1oHQ_GD7MBATLeGDejkJrnbHTjNPdpFFfnn0NU76H_LLLe-TVQ/s1600/DSC00562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzIZZmnjZUq7QWbAfW8F4huE5heENqtrA0LetQND22u5XFo42-vSUk-wM35XB2eV7ctfgPM_9q1h-rBImrUJem_a87r1oHQ_GD7MBATLeGDejkJrnbHTjNPdpFFfnn0NU76H_LLLe-TVQ/s400/DSC00562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721003770956833138" /></a><br /><br />The kimono dragon habitat (forced myself on them for some pictures):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AHFFweupNAkCtdOrsCV0tNDF9z9-XBPWrT-F7vdeuvm5M5JV2joW4vWR7Zjuy_O-mVkF4OPkz78GxDLbrFO-Rc_DHWJSIA3Bx1cGtSdOH1rW9wERPEDam8H4vVVsRhRh9t86TG3XBu9x/s1600/DSC00563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AHFFweupNAkCtdOrsCV0tNDF9z9-XBPWrT-F7vdeuvm5M5JV2joW4vWR7Zjuy_O-mVkF4OPkz78GxDLbrFO-Rc_DHWJSIA3Bx1cGtSdOH1rW9wERPEDam8H4vVVsRhRh9t86TG3XBu9x/s400/DSC00563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721004321649661346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Fo3YrBAjKkeq8tZKc2OpMzp3Vkn8-LY2Ho813eOvaeeXvXK3NtxxpktlVbMQmyXNkDk3S-V9yjae0YH3y99GGlgljK5uHxmrWxx83etoQ26oWg9TVqN61_epIEOeS2AknTTwWdrrtBfq/s1600/DSC00564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Fo3YrBAjKkeq8tZKc2OpMzp3Vkn8-LY2Ho813eOvaeeXvXK3NtxxpktlVbMQmyXNkDk3S-V9yjae0YH3y99GGlgljK5uHxmrWxx83etoQ26oWg9TVqN61_epIEOeS2AknTTwWdrrtBfq/s400/DSC00564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721004208384574706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJQWcW1cZSeJQ5nMCaNqrREHNyRSrerNaAuEbpIvQr6pSr7yULFMcKFrMKBjB2hSif_WZmoKRlNS6kpeCRXkY5InX8UZ-Z2T2HoLrb6FZu3MZ3Z9WYwUhSN2xTxBp0WTO5o6wXLmXEdi5/s1600/DSC00565.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJQWcW1cZSeJQ5nMCaNqrREHNyRSrerNaAuEbpIvQr6pSr7yULFMcKFrMKBjB2hSif_WZmoKRlNS6kpeCRXkY5InX8UZ-Z2T2HoLrb6FZu3MZ3Z9WYwUhSN2xTxBp0WTO5o6wXLmXEdi5/s400/DSC00565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721004103924750674" /></a><br /><br />Next was the panda area and we saw one big lazy panda! Haha! He was so cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_31VnQI19dVdXOYQ4Xdjhx_PXb-2J-fuTg4WFH6NBxVyx5LCpoSTl0Lg7P10syYwzq-SraV6WA2d8esQh-JjkJc8qpwk6GG7jJvjR1tFzkxXTLpHiCyWcPy4vimB_m-G5EdIjlAKuOl4F/s1600/DSC00566.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_31VnQI19dVdXOYQ4Xdjhx_PXb-2J-fuTg4WFH6NBxVyx5LCpoSTl0Lg7P10syYwzq-SraV6WA2d8esQh-JjkJc8qpwk6GG7jJvjR1tFzkxXTLpHiCyWcPy4vimB_m-G5EdIjlAKuOl4F/s400/DSC00566.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721004774422597250" /></a><br /><br />One of the highlights of our trip was the petting zoo! I never realzied how much personality goats had! Brooklynn and Kaleb had so much fun petting and brushing them. The goat with his legs in the hay holder cracked me up! Even funnier was the goat that jumped up on the tree stump! Haha! I couldn't get over that!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg0v7lozGRC3ggfwRcPwTYlQTXHy5ItokgwVomd_rb9gFBDxnE0zQtQGWw2pXecrAjSc0MmSmilYeaSDk1ioTnG7Pi5OYYvrT_pPzSgfcSHjRBCexD0oS1vCCl45EI5WQVLKZT6xPr69L/s1600/DSC00567.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg0v7lozGRC3ggfwRcPwTYlQTXHy5ItokgwVomd_rb9gFBDxnE0zQtQGWw2pXecrAjSc0MmSmilYeaSDk1ioTnG7Pi5OYYvrT_pPzSgfcSHjRBCexD0oS1vCCl45EI5WQVLKZT6xPr69L/s400/DSC00567.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007865697483346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Nw8TZlf6FRwJElNxuM2A5KcB_mWmp9Y7N3cXZvYhIATpjqrx2jz2YFH0WPp3EUVvx7-ELhvDApWUxr7S2s3gCRV9nfOdEAS-k33JUkz6qEiA0f6dJQ5Gv9Tu99drTX00bcQ0HIRxgE5r/s1600/DSC00573.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Nw8TZlf6FRwJElNxuM2A5KcB_mWmp9Y7N3cXZvYhIATpjqrx2jz2YFH0WPp3EUVvx7-ELhvDApWUxr7S2s3gCRV9nfOdEAS-k33JUkz6qEiA0f6dJQ5Gv9Tu99drTX00bcQ0HIRxgE5r/s400/DSC00573.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007744243325538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C-PiBiX3WJtTPGweQMtJqTciU7K83uZtB-wGcSGb0D4ZpGAYQTo41Ygbpne1iJ-ldLe_i9wlLsTfQh-kf8j4CiG680Z_E2oo1OWL7HiHLrnKoivc4ipNnR_mUukyII_pDU_NMAEXbdPH/s1600/DSC00568.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C-PiBiX3WJtTPGweQMtJqTciU7K83uZtB-wGcSGb0D4ZpGAYQTo41Ygbpne1iJ-ldLe_i9wlLsTfQh-kf8j4CiG680Z_E2oo1OWL7HiHLrnKoivc4ipNnR_mUukyII_pDU_NMAEXbdPH/s400/DSC00568.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007632201353154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeGOY6h8k8HUM44uNzS32aYuwsUh_GTnKGR-ZQ54UOFLgNYUJ5gd9rGgYeMy7yvWyfClNk7htWxOHU2tH16ACYMuhfe_Dye7ZoyZJDcczAygQ4bRyymjDHm9G2cBb87ngM2GqpNmNwooW/s1600/DSC00569.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeGOY6h8k8HUM44uNzS32aYuwsUh_GTnKGR-ZQ54UOFLgNYUJ5gd9rGgYeMy7yvWyfClNk7htWxOHU2tH16ACYMuhfe_Dye7ZoyZJDcczAygQ4bRyymjDHm9G2cBb87ngM2GqpNmNwooW/s400/DSC00569.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007492616830578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSYXtPJeUXucjZDhEAVV5dR5tJ_XJ_SVClBGmKCHFoIghC1lyPmEyCRIZI8qMmM4A1axtpvy7dN79PBNu3_JF_r37u5WboIJ7mEEBogg0P54UhqIUckYkS36Y4EQvK-zBAG2HNlIIl02Y/s1600/DSC00570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSYXtPJeUXucjZDhEAVV5dR5tJ_XJ_SVClBGmKCHFoIghC1lyPmEyCRIZI8qMmM4A1axtpvy7dN79PBNu3_JF_r37u5WboIJ7mEEBogg0P54UhqIUckYkS36Y4EQvK-zBAG2HNlIIl02Y/s400/DSC00570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007374155497202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYVuLC7GfPXyHEFp_iCuTT8YPPL_gjD4OzBm467rNRiI8mDbXs7OEHzRK7Jz8eKomIS-Tm4Qdu5jauDImP4V9Bx-x0mZXXExxZOl7lbqeCSZMqCA09e-rO8X2pO_SOgyzNf2w-YSIRkhf/s1600/DSC00571.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioYVuLC7GfPXyHEFp_iCuTT8YPPL_gjD4OzBm467rNRiI8mDbXs7OEHzRK7Jz8eKomIS-Tm4Qdu5jauDImP4V9Bx-x0mZXXExxZOl7lbqeCSZMqCA09e-rO8X2pO_SOgyzNf2w-YSIRkhf/s400/DSC00571.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007264530223922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqx-SRYO-H6h3TS2tlvuY2_MkI8S_5hAEuo588N7uxwkEVOzeSxP8XrnkKzb5W6brOIHgc-T7Bx52nJSgful3Q_XDzmpD-ZVdHuoJR75VCaIv-ypx6XdXpjcMyuJL7eI6-Nq6tdWsaMOm/s1600/DSC00572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqx-SRYO-H6h3TS2tlvuY2_MkI8S_5hAEuo588N7uxwkEVOzeSxP8XrnkKzb5W6brOIHgc-T7Bx52nJSgful3Q_XDzmpD-ZVdHuoJR75VCaIv-ypx6XdXpjcMyuJL7eI6-Nq6tdWsaMOm/s400/DSC00572.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721007132377072242" /></a><br /><br />They loved the kangaroos! They were lazy at first but ended up getting around and showing their jumping skills. Kaleb and Brooklynn laughed so hard watching them jump around:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCJeAoTrOXTlrY9VdnFoSsuglDr_ItqNsJPqAfoHsg4CRACDqdZDw0rFmGuS1kFGYoxLH2ppyDnQQSs4V6-ZTRMbGj5laxkGVxTDP-KLWmYALfrCw9v9oqGi33E8XVyzF_IdNrkOVFew4/s1600/DSC00576.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCJeAoTrOXTlrY9VdnFoSsuglDr_ItqNsJPqAfoHsg4CRACDqdZDw0rFmGuS1kFGYoxLH2ppyDnQQSs4V6-ZTRMbGj5laxkGVxTDP-KLWmYALfrCw9v9oqGi33E8XVyzF_IdNrkOVFew4/s400/DSC00576.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721008694649862434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ896H4D7CGP5E5u3bM_MWmh6N8rr27GUfj9k3xtCHOP_XUnyWqfc9Rv3xE8Mmt1Mv2Xn0TH9T0idDr8PElEYhtSpV2k7NUmLtLZN_cOdhLfg-foh-517RG-cC6jmrQPk9uw7cJcADSzZ/s1600/DSC00575.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ896H4D7CGP5E5u3bM_MWmh6N8rr27GUfj9k3xtCHOP_XUnyWqfc9Rv3xE8Mmt1Mv2Xn0TH9T0idDr8PElEYhtSpV2k7NUmLtLZN_cOdhLfg-foh-517RG-cC6jmrQPk9uw7cJcADSzZ/s400/DSC00575.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721008560945206066" /></a><br /><br />Next we decided to ride on the carousel and Brooklynn absolutely loved it! We ended up riding on it four or five times:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiR7ZmODc9ROaCDJ1qac7R4bWCpEN3Vaj2D2ca7RHLfmweBjRIzfl1EO8pfZ8kWyz7UrajqxTbC4I2wPErcNwdIOeq0EQZOPsq1EH3p-MFUJ01YtqWy63rmrUL5uBO-Xv18DxmqSZGXp4/s1600/DSC00585.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiR7ZmODc9ROaCDJ1qac7R4bWCpEN3Vaj2D2ca7RHLfmweBjRIzfl1EO8pfZ8kWyz7UrajqxTbC4I2wPErcNwdIOeq0EQZOPsq1EH3p-MFUJ01YtqWy63rmrUL5uBO-Xv18DxmqSZGXp4/s400/DSC00585.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721010129220064306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyr73P4FR_3mX_TQmewQo-GljLjeksTLJ8TEhTLjjLdYJPtfvaNhg5qsxXvacPrTFcB4sJcSAGw_fatYAsHROZAvXfqaYOzlfQ-Q2AV5pKSgeeM2g_52h7oNC_QBWS_CvOR8MwL88Mgk_V/s1600/DSC00584.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyr73P4FR_3mX_TQmewQo-GljLjeksTLJ8TEhTLjjLdYJPtfvaNhg5qsxXvacPrTFcB4sJcSAGw_fatYAsHROZAvXfqaYOzlfQ-Q2AV5pKSgeeM2g_52h7oNC_QBWS_CvOR8MwL88Mgk_V/s400/DSC00584.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721010011108816082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd5OE7ywS2sPLUUDFOb9Y4N1tYLmJcN7RaHmmA07nmwru5Dckqn-Y4qjQFS4s_9sV1G-EWj38Oj14fp4A9iYk3sInyS4W7yynhd-vn7R6vhQeH292s0pIRY11SNl0VKIx0P4DUwABvMMC/s1600/DSC00580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRd5OE7ywS2sPLUUDFOb9Y4N1tYLmJcN7RaHmmA07nmwru5Dckqn-Y4qjQFS4s_9sV1G-EWj38Oj14fp4A9iYk3sInyS4W7yynhd-vn7R6vhQeH292s0pIRY11SNl0VKIx0P4DUwABvMMC/s400/DSC00580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721009870929504242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0oIQBbGlB4AmzaqkBHJxCj5ACkzj5bxh2pyKEowaHDzoQ8fao32M155meeMiqAdtAldBbXnZ49oT72PLBohrg7JzpC97nbtyA8eengLB4AOAwqbo07_IigP8e-uBHxOUUIioA5lKG-8C/s1600/DSC00579.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0oIQBbGlB4AmzaqkBHJxCj5ACkzj5bxh2pyKEowaHDzoQ8fao32M155meeMiqAdtAldBbXnZ49oT72PLBohrg7JzpC97nbtyA8eengLB4AOAwqbo07_IigP8e-uBHxOUUIioA5lKG-8C/s400/DSC00579.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721009746184916626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o64fEt1vb4BmBq0b6yCCNoLtl6pukwUP8SoAJKmWEeNEj6AOqpMh5iTWRdxdU6xTafrg3sqyC-vERy_Kh50XsVhFppRytrs9lGRnsdJYxN3Qig8PUUlK-4SOT0uRtKlh8RmuBjhrNQFJ/s1600/DSC00578.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4o64fEt1vb4BmBq0b6yCCNoLtl6pukwUP8SoAJKmWEeNEj6AOqpMh5iTWRdxdU6xTafrg3sqyC-vERy_Kh50XsVhFppRytrs9lGRnsdJYxN3Qig8PUUlK-4SOT0uRtKlh8RmuBjhrNQFJ/s400/DSC00578.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721009627050187634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoXd0VgRPrcJIjShbihyphenhyphenRjYl2cGmJREezWDTNYGTQAYwNO8mrY8dK7ylXGwyox37LOVXADrDMkdwv1D9tbJTUJNlaAY-tazD10gGZuQlFsyJlZCfCoOExDyjdEcItrgWAIHvSSSZ9hRY0/s1600/DSC00577.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoXd0VgRPrcJIjShbihyphenhyphenRjYl2cGmJREezWDTNYGTQAYwNO8mrY8dK7ylXGwyox37LOVXADrDMkdwv1D9tbJTUJNlaAY-tazD10gGZuQlFsyJlZCfCoOExDyjdEcItrgWAIHvSSSZ9hRY0/s400/DSC00577.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721009500694128930" /></a><br /><br />One of the best parts of the day was getting to ride the train! Brooklynn loves trains and had so much fun riding through the park and waving at other kids. Renee and I loved the train because we got to sit down and relax! Hahaha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJCi6Zw-Q5tObtPjOKTAh61fnv843CX-WDRe2mmCWrXaKM-OGB1gklqPkRaOSRwx7OJVQPYD5ZFJgKud4vB3xjZJrng94P_zLZ9Q9873vXw9GMYH1wzatSVo98nZnkdj76a7rUDi7_77/s1600/DSC00583.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJCi6Zw-Q5tObtPjOKTAh61fnv843CX-WDRe2mmCWrXaKM-OGB1gklqPkRaOSRwx7OJVQPYD5ZFJgKud4vB3xjZJrng94P_zLZ9Q9873vXw9GMYH1wzatSVo98nZnkdj76a7rUDi7_77/s400/DSC00583.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721011091148747442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vwD1YhJTico1enTFkbNYCObvO7oOawXvo0o08ousWmxkIR6TX2xt3ZucwVTWURI36s1upBhr513MOxSb36vfPtPLX2xwo8bgbq_9N8S5_0UIzYPFfghyphenhyphenAEPe16NvH48ayg6xnLXPgw4O/s1600/DSC00581.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vwD1YhJTico1enTFkbNYCObvO7oOawXvo0o08ousWmxkIR6TX2xt3ZucwVTWURI36s1upBhr513MOxSb36vfPtPLX2xwo8bgbq_9N8S5_0UIzYPFfghyphenhyphenAEPe16NvH48ayg6xnLXPgw4O/s400/DSC00581.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721010939986149554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUGosdjsw06Lm4i4bUf5hXshaKbinZ-5baTV8OaePGA9bq_sJpgnfuQ9m_-0ExXHNJg78dHp4K493iJrX9Tflwzez4hFg2HNms1ACHzIQLJDsBrTDHwAm5WHCweD2zW_c7Gg1R3a9O7-c/s1600/DSC00586.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUGosdjsw06Lm4i4bUf5hXshaKbinZ-5baTV8OaePGA9bq_sJpgnfuQ9m_-0ExXHNJg78dHp4K493iJrX9Tflwzez4hFg2HNms1ACHzIQLJDsBrTDHwAm5WHCweD2zW_c7Gg1R3a9O7-c/s400/DSC00586.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721010800694265906" /></a><br /><br />Here are some of the sites we saw while riding on the train (check out the gigantic turtle):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIj44geDDxHdYqcQlUc_IGjjthm-t2ABBet7JS9VGEZ-v_g0bLs4KNyqRc_YHNpJqW-riIXSE0-wbzGLPMqQZjCCTHK-4PQnvrPNkVSvA9l8SJ3eM4MbQqc6uw0KWInD7jv0bpW2qeEBa/s1600/DSC00589.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIj44geDDxHdYqcQlUc_IGjjthm-t2ABBet7JS9VGEZ-v_g0bLs4KNyqRc_YHNpJqW-riIXSE0-wbzGLPMqQZjCCTHK-4PQnvrPNkVSvA9l8SJ3eM4MbQqc6uw0KWInD7jv0bpW2qeEBa/s400/DSC00589.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721011676270565186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqD5PKqpsmcSwYjhnFaYJja5ahqETG7v8E33V8cNulw91bbPsQatWlImG6gvff6auPS08ojuVg3NvLWRwG451lMwhiI3lscnf5k8XyCZ4-z79Ecj72lX3qJq7In83uNvsuPjYn7JgzTYO/s1600/DSC00587.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqD5PKqpsmcSwYjhnFaYJja5ahqETG7v8E33V8cNulw91bbPsQatWlImG6gvff6auPS08ojuVg3NvLWRwG451lMwhiI3lscnf5k8XyCZ4-z79Ecj72lX3qJq7In83uNvsuPjYn7JgzTYO/s400/DSC00587.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721011553468664722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK0BEoGpsqBslhdwBmHq0AHtQMBEjBaXijwgo1k0rEkBCRM4brMFQSI87WhCTmnLXBTTo1Vdxxm_59eAMMRAo5CzNw4Dg3iZWyijrgllTYXk9odogAYEQWOc-ccVd2psHTF4pIJAQqPYv/s1600/DSC00588.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvK0BEoGpsqBslhdwBmHq0AHtQMBEjBaXijwgo1k0rEkBCRM4brMFQSI87WhCTmnLXBTTo1Vdxxm_59eAMMRAo5CzNw4Dg3iZWyijrgllTYXk9odogAYEQWOc-ccVd2psHTF4pIJAQqPYv/s400/DSC00588.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721011435181801586" /></a><br /><br />After the train ride they wanted to play on the playground. The zoo has a fantastic playground for kids, and the see saw was the favorite!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViZbJ_JdyBxFrAKl_NZqww-NKA8WOP9VzG0ziG2DVfuFebDYqN1PNWdYmAU7GoxlSkJ5vxBYvvBX-PtvKI0En4HxhjfbjMsV37VmhzmLolGIMBMi73xnXGv1z9psT3nPngS6P265WIp3P/s1600/DSC00594.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViZbJ_JdyBxFrAKl_NZqww-NKA8WOP9VzG0ziG2DVfuFebDYqN1PNWdYmAU7GoxlSkJ5vxBYvvBX-PtvKI0En4HxhjfbjMsV37VmhzmLolGIMBMi73xnXGv1z9psT3nPngS6P265WIp3P/s400/DSC00594.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721012405906788002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIv5SjEejO2_sdfIf_vj-3m4zz6ouqW_8wW4gZqwGpqpwXlWirxJJT7UlLbsUGQSF956VO5PEU5ScE0PEGM1wCISYBtKQDGo7iLHKuBBE9oYeKCu7S8Gmoj1_2qsenvsZXMkWq4VpPA6g/s1600/DSC00591.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIv5SjEejO2_sdfIf_vj-3m4zz6ouqW_8wW4gZqwGpqpwXlWirxJJT7UlLbsUGQSF956VO5PEU5ScE0PEGM1wCISYBtKQDGo7iLHKuBBE9oYeKCu7S8Gmoj1_2qsenvsZXMkWq4VpPA6g/s400/DSC00591.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721012297024214450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOwxK73IxGV38pGCJpksLpay4CV7iyD3GFllWkTp9JMPLXEJ3v2VJxu5iL1IgsHsgQ3yN29no9LBJmrNUXUUweTK-ed_DuZ_-hAYhOzEpMKQio8lExvHqaiwhpWFcujm5OcgS7ePcl4rP/s1600/DSC00592.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOwxK73IxGV38pGCJpksLpay4CV7iyD3GFllWkTp9JMPLXEJ3v2VJxu5iL1IgsHsgQ3yN29no9LBJmrNUXUUweTK-ed_DuZ_-hAYhOzEpMKQio8lExvHqaiwhpWFcujm5OcgS7ePcl4rP/s400/DSC00592.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721012180168307026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhmrKsJXjX8OtNKiQ69jniHPXPmeMh5mOb46e-fMO_MpWTY58yQQU4K9M9tVRa1u0w7UMvrypv1adcDRYDUnAm542RZZxDDk93MdRu6tAXGWBMVS7Q3YyogzSIHYBoiJkDiGOHBNB42wh/s1600/DSC00593.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhmrKsJXjX8OtNKiQ69jniHPXPmeMh5mOb46e-fMO_MpWTY58yQQU4K9M9tVRa1u0w7UMvrypv1adcDRYDUnAm542RZZxDDk93MdRu6tAXGWBMVS7Q3YyogzSIHYBoiJkDiGOHBNB42wh/s400/DSC00593.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721012070686526530" /></a><br /><br />Our last stop was the souvenir shop. Brooklynn cracked me up with the tiger hat! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitobluTuCOW2fL7gsDIHTp-AeMkb58v7-kVBGeo_7ihRVYlqKMwrNcpQeNO7DcKR1uHzI68fXhuS2L_o5GfOe64iIhHD43bfokOQA0qZuXHVezvLF1J40rqcImtpq4CXyN4pZoBJYZBqsI/s1600/DSC00595.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitobluTuCOW2fL7gsDIHTp-AeMkb58v7-kVBGeo_7ihRVYlqKMwrNcpQeNO7DcKR1uHzI68fXhuS2L_o5GfOe64iIhHD43bfokOQA0qZuXHVezvLF1J40rqcImtpq4CXyN4pZoBJYZBqsI/s400/DSC00595.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721012674803410082" /></a><br /><br />We had such a wonderful experience at the zoo! I can't wait to go back! Brooklynn came home and passed out after such a long and fun day!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-38660424001754692432012-03-15T07:33:00.003-07:002012-03-15T07:35:47.612-07:00Candy Land Birthday Invite!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR48b_xsVRzUR8YorJKulBh3_LxbdF-qCxNLyZTueI_7kn3FoIE2rZwrjpKTunX199GD6BJrxB0AZhiYOGgC_rS0Vi8r_-UeJx9dEz1nKKruNHMkUfnpVDHOnB0Z8ReunZA5SxD-ZIup9v/s1600/invite.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR48b_xsVRzUR8YorJKulBh3_LxbdF-qCxNLyZTueI_7kn3FoIE2rZwrjpKTunX199GD6BJrxB0AZhiYOGgC_rS0Vi8r_-UeJx9dEz1nKKruNHMkUfnpVDHOnB0Z8ReunZA5SxD-ZIup9v/s400/invite.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720132055067194642" /></a><br />I ordered this invite from an amazing seller on Ebay and she did a fabulous job customizing it for me! The invites (60 total) are ordered and will be here next week! I'm so excited about this party and cannot wait to see all the happy kids on Brooklynn's special day! Where have the past 3 years gone? I have tons more to do to be ready for the party, but we're getting there!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-64504475266316895922012-03-13T10:37:00.009-07:002012-03-13T10:45:02.504-07:00Brooklynn's 3 year Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqV7G-LgIZZgEDVdX23G5h7Lz7sQwitYh9tfrFram1MaOzMEFdiga4DG_P4KPFI-_kwN9PKZ0JVHuyzFVrCRp8eLATQ9H4GACIyXyAxVxWMdNppyj8rolq5-k7eezj7ANHzSPpJXgdGfb/s1600/DSC_0451.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqV7G-LgIZZgEDVdX23G5h7Lz7sQwitYh9tfrFram1MaOzMEFdiga4DG_P4KPFI-_kwN9PKZ0JVHuyzFVrCRp8eLATQ9H4GACIyXyAxVxWMdNppyj8rolq5-k7eezj7ANHzSPpJXgdGfb/s400/DSC_0451.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719437495675239522" /></a><br />Brooklynn did such an amazing job getting her 3 year pictures made last Saturday! We're doing a Candyland themed birthday party and we "had" to get special pictures made in her costume for the invitations to the party! She, of course, hated wearing the costume, so bright ole mommy bribed her with the lollipop (that happened to fit perfectly as a prop)! I'm just thrilled at how these all turned out and am in awe that my little baby is almost 3 years old. The time has really flown by!<br />Here are the best pictures from the photo shoot:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_KPlSefsygo-rv2CYm7zOirmGDyj1Z-wFf6xBbHJ3gUoes8i-AbCSnUrJRM8oLGncfTq5r1llaA9vYW2Pw5OyE__wwAoJwYE91CpaIlvPsS-_VlNdWhpVLaPz8edr7101JYSfZ-8fKfD/s1600/DSC_0536.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_KPlSefsygo-rv2CYm7zOirmGDyj1Z-wFf6xBbHJ3gUoes8i-AbCSnUrJRM8oLGncfTq5r1llaA9vYW2Pw5OyE__wwAoJwYE91CpaIlvPsS-_VlNdWhpVLaPz8edr7101JYSfZ-8fKfD/s400/DSC_0536.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719438991616828690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Vlrim5RtrrynGij0rBnLrpaLdyGxqBywcrz5irupEOXnc5hd6YZ_tgdu1IAX07rfEzQ9fsZMXyMEXqEZGPS9ckvWAhQ9jWr9TJERm8zwrrRNDq2v2ITfVzBl4QNTdKPQNhv_b8tIm0QR/s1600/DSC_0532.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBu0pWo0saYmXGGNEi5GkHSzK_TI1gWb486pXjoztIQs4JxAtiZrNjrUrFL1fSTHOXAWK6JwxnPdFXcDFuD6qsAOiONeiQiZipn56gfdw8EqAu3z6h56gacrNtiA1gFjzoHbLVzTzFvzvI/s400/DSC_0494.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719438502279380258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKbCB_KTfppxNMsvMnNS6no8-CxR62ZanebXViXhmlBVSPOutZBdTYu3KfZRT_Yhihg8hArR-ZBVXWyL7-7RETiUoj72BvLo72XwrjFlK_NMhQBp9xHeuWwBSAZJnV4lw64_pH-QMbMWK/s1600/DSC_0464.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKbCB_KTfppxNMsvMnNS6no8-CxR62ZanebXViXhmlBVSPOutZBdTYu3KfZRT_Yhihg8hArR-ZBVXWyL7-7RETiUoj72BvLo72XwrjFlK_NMhQBp9xHeuWwBSAZJnV4lw64_pH-QMbMWK/s400/DSC_0464.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719438419701761138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCmTEvgczX2aAI9yuVHv9z8ZkFyZKXwbP1iNJT0XeSZnKTRoL_YF6lUtX70bbc5kIQcUeykoU58Lmz8KujCBtMqUZDkkCKsRqUc0ch3eh1fAHtNXpqFyUKFjWPcFVxMZSqKISsf9hZP_s/s1600/DSC_0454.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCmTEvgczX2aAI9yuVHv9z8ZkFyZKXwbP1iNJT0XeSZnKTRoL_YF6lUtX70bbc5kIQcUeykoU58Lmz8KujCBtMqUZDkkCKsRqUc0ch3eh1fAHtNXpqFyUKFjWPcFVxMZSqKISsf9hZP_s/s400/DSC_0454.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719438339193326674" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-37515276500938379892012-03-12T09:57:00.003-07:002012-03-12T09:59:37.896-07:00Silly Bird...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO4Z43erpznMdQgIcP04gM277xwz83xAk9JYDdxCDWZoAASEeFEoByHJ-f_KCpJjqnArLv_1ii_c_ThBgZW-zf5PMak_3vJ_jbZ9kZQJZ-GupdEhr-FTA8it-bOIrjgf3gVy1ep2k3OGC/s1600/0310121817_01.jpeg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIO4Z43erpznMdQgIcP04gM277xwz83xAk9JYDdxCDWZoAASEeFEoByHJ-f_KCpJjqnArLv_1ii_c_ThBgZW-zf5PMak_3vJ_jbZ9kZQJZ-GupdEhr-FTA8it-bOIrjgf3gVy1ep2k3OGC/s400/0310121817_01.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719056014663664914" /></a><br />Ah yes, we so love our trips to our local Walmart where we not only go to pick up random unneeded items, but allow our soon-to-be 3 year old to dress in character. Oh how I hope she doesn't outgrow this highly entertaining stage!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-23254317336067485392011-05-03T18:42:00.002-07:002012-03-12T08:58:57.359-07:00Brooklynn's 2nd Birthday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLAyoCBc2qcwMRSbMp9TT0cpGmDdni1seX3_T_64qTYw5MOSZg6sU2Ec8KggASwDuCa5T13IGtzGabWqU_ES0rdM0F_dtK6GQuAd7pTQqecmCzzWsrcQcONwP43g0c8ceJf2vDvQF7hWk/s1600/DSCN3243.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLAyoCBc2qcwMRSbMp9TT0cpGmDdni1seX3_T_64qTYw5MOSZg6sU2Ec8KggASwDuCa5T13IGtzGabWqU_ES0rdM0F_dtK6GQuAd7pTQqecmCzzWsrcQcONwP43g0c8ceJf2vDvQF7hWk/s400/DSCN3243.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602670990222107250" /></a><br />I am SO late in posting this! I have been majorly slacking on the blog and it's almost Brooklynn's 3rd birthday and I'm just now posting pictures from her 2nd birthday! Bad mommy! I'll do better! <br /><br />Oh what a wonderful 2nd birthday our little Brooklynn had! We decided to do a carnival theme this year and it turned out great! We had around 50-60 guests and everyone had so much fun! I spent months planning all the details out to make this party unforgetable, and everything went so perfect. When we woke up in the morning we were pleasantly surprised to see that we had been "flocked." Thank you Grandpa Chris for the funny flamingos being put in our front yard overnight! Hahaha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Pl8uCu_3EDXcmJKm7OM5HW89ThUte4z_Ps7bHLJYqbK_1jnawQb02A1VlvTBfvlJZM_0375tj8P6pBGWLPC-UD_4-M9OJpCesGXY4WfDkYBgRYLbRnbfH4cojH_0XEeaqLmB0JjkOclb/s1600/DSCN3234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Pl8uCu_3EDXcmJKm7OM5HW89ThUte4z_Ps7bHLJYqbK_1jnawQb02A1VlvTBfvlJZM_0375tj8P6pBGWLPC-UD_4-M9OJpCesGXY4WfDkYBgRYLbRnbfH4cojH_0XEeaqLmB0JjkOclb/s400/DSCN3234.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602672076782423218" /></a><br />I tried to snap a couple pictures of everything set up before everyone started to arrive! It was such a job getting everything ready, but it came out so festive!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1tiu27iqak8h_6zuTr6SSz5Lvlx9zgkCw0hfFS-elEpEjdcjpeo7ln_n3bpyvoEUngnRjGxfvwL2chYvKEFTAlT1f42P-mxKREAqnvrpYcwdiW5FoPsI_yo5KNub4CbQ5qmS0KGbIkIn/s1600/DSCN3235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1tiu27iqak8h_6zuTr6SSz5Lvlx9zgkCw0hfFS-elEpEjdcjpeo7ln_n3bpyvoEUngnRjGxfvwL2chYvKEFTAlT1f42P-mxKREAqnvrpYcwdiW5FoPsI_yo5KNub4CbQ5qmS0KGbIkIn/s400/DSCN3235.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602672950027394658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzgP6xMuB3Wa9bvj5swgK_lfnyjKTA1VqrrAtzqnl3NYzOmFa746DgLldnD5smdeIHWNNLPiSk7W3xmDZqHxA59wl7vwXeIUupVwS9PXLTba9jjwPwaHCgsEuIrL-V-PFCAS7e6fH5JJs/s1600/DSCN3236.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzgP6xMuB3Wa9bvj5swgK_lfnyjKTA1VqrrAtzqnl3NYzOmFa746DgLldnD5smdeIHWNNLPiSk7W3xmDZqHxA59wl7vwXeIUupVwS9PXLTba9jjwPwaHCgsEuIrL-V-PFCAS7e6fH5JJs/s400/DSCN3236.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602673323840383154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhux69VZwP6adV8hkbR1uVCioqIQbv_BQVZgVVBEwYTzKar_R41ckcTWTtJoVjJ3sIj2lT0m-l6jEtD8U-NRk89WwRga_BfCQw7upZKwiiUq-VxsXArNzEhHLkVJUSp_HC0uw5VzHx1VtAj/s1600/DSCN3237.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhux69VZwP6adV8hkbR1uVCioqIQbv_BQVZgVVBEwYTzKar_R41ckcTWTtJoVjJ3sIj2lT0m-l6jEtD8U-NRk89WwRga_BfCQw7upZKwiiUq-VxsXArNzEhHLkVJUSp_HC0uw5VzHx1VtAj/s400/DSCN3237.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602673624352240034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ukrSnYN3rcde5k2dDKpDroaaKrgY8GnXBHWNECdIjwLLyVCzfvGJw0Y7swTqUjXBiMxdIoUcwuzgJpc7Duwa_P6QaaUpfh0UgAEHyqXN8xMOUeb13_j8S2edmF6FizjtfzWp0f4kb0Ef/s1600/DSCN3238.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ukrSnYN3rcde5k2dDKpDroaaKrgY8GnXBHWNECdIjwLLyVCzfvGJw0Y7swTqUjXBiMxdIoUcwuzgJpc7Duwa_P6QaaUpfh0UgAEHyqXN8xMOUeb13_j8S2edmF6FizjtfzWp0f4kb0Ef/s400/DSCN3238.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602674001833048978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLps10TxEMnBu9cE2anUFJakE4C4w8Qw6730rRyvk_-Qykg5TJ160-4mGZ0ApFoCsFYy7bPK9aifadFHQawzhWevPqBlvN0SSrBotWHbK2FFsNzLhjDNtxc4EZ01d2HlYge-p4GoFlrDp/s1600/DSCN3239.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLps10TxEMnBu9cE2anUFJakE4C4w8Qw6730rRyvk_-Qykg5TJ160-4mGZ0ApFoCsFYy7bPK9aifadFHQawzhWevPqBlvN0SSrBotWHbK2FFsNzLhjDNtxc4EZ01d2HlYge-p4GoFlrDp/s400/DSCN3239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602674421204783474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBTGVXnvW9xEWN0UNPDO69BRpvuB7mgIwggBHVxpw4WYIMKdDv1pedPjD-bsxGAmAKa6znL8UkP9hDb7tCXAmRS9LGQImNYNDvRRWsnDuA6YaU8d9VYwmrrnLhQ38WFmci02EPu_WYy2e/s1600/DSCN3240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBTGVXnvW9xEWN0UNPDO69BRpvuB7mgIwggBHVxpw4WYIMKdDv1pedPjD-bsxGAmAKa6znL8UkP9hDb7tCXAmRS9LGQImNYNDvRRWsnDuA6YaU8d9VYwmrrnLhQ38WFmci02EPu_WYy2e/s400/DSCN3240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602674864944977282" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-86854329239336071912011-04-25T10:34:00.000-07:002011-04-25T10:39:03.804-07:00Shhhh...Brooklynn's Birthday Present...Shhhh...don't spill the beans...here is a sneak peek at what Mommy and Daddy have bought Bird for her birthday this year:). I'm so thrilled! I've been waiting for a long time for Tracey to have the time to make this for me, and she's been awesome enough to have it ready by Brooklynn's birthday party this weekend! I can't wait for Brooklynn to see it! As you can see, we played on Brooklynn's nickname, Bird, for the quilt's theme! I'm so excited that I'm about to burst over this! Haha! Brooklynn's going to love this for a long time to come!<br /><br />The Front:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJLRQl-_1OoF9VfDOLyx92JxFih03hGVS2sycBM5T8SX7ICLSXyY1A7SDrvXsh_k_7j0O3axN0oDJ-R8CihgZJAZO4XA-vhI774UMQrcR3eY1W3D8_xsHfYMiwHk88bkc-q76lDfRJvex/s1600/quilt.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 379px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJLRQl-_1OoF9VfDOLyx92JxFih03hGVS2sycBM5T8SX7ICLSXyY1A7SDrvXsh_k_7j0O3axN0oDJ-R8CihgZJAZO4XA-vhI774UMQrcR3eY1W3D8_xsHfYMiwHk88bkc-q76lDfRJvex/s400/quilt.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599576811939881586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX56hjRLmTZRdWmWpMZnI1U3Grv-0J2FhylzyEai11H_vnAVHgWxR_b51XOl5uNPf7hymySKt1ZjE2ckIQQq1zz8Ysu8xVo4StZfFu_xITgsyxcIS78rcnUIbp3slxWPSi-DRbf5-pIEV/s1600/quilt.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX56hjRLmTZRdWmWpMZnI1U3Grv-0J2FhylzyEai11H_vnAVHgWxR_b51XOl5uNPf7hymySKt1ZjE2ckIQQq1zz8Ysu8xVo4StZfFu_xITgsyxcIS78rcnUIbp3slxWPSi-DRbf5-pIEV/s400/quilt.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599576928823712690" /></a><br /><br />The Back:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqfX3odY5vVwCkXzoQTiuIhuv3hbmOgR-JuLuDf1YFj6B72cDEFnWHeOZykNVmNPx0xr0AZhUvPDoCcqn3vR0xcCN6dN55GeF5t2HicpBtvhudjcnEwJo9KhMzohmQg7nOhgYg2dXXx9C/s1600/quilt.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqfX3odY5vVwCkXzoQTiuIhuv3hbmOgR-JuLuDf1YFj6B72cDEFnWHeOZykNVmNPx0xr0AZhUvPDoCcqn3vR0xcCN6dN55GeF5t2HicpBtvhudjcnEwJo9KhMzohmQg7nOhgYg2dXXx9C/s400/quilt.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599577040233555250" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-79791142986387336632011-04-25T08:54:00.000-07:002011-04-25T08:56:43.822-07:00Brooklynn's 2011 Easter School Picture!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF3TnVWwEl3C_wriGHAilWGyeuhvt9uwkL_7bPU4yfT2sAvHx3tzhXRD1RhmCpKaku2rxq1QUmdAVCUheIlQLg9muKVSSGyI-A-XF5RF5b50mJQdAjun-GFhSsxilpBFSStFa2_8yqlt0/s1600/easter.2011.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF3TnVWwEl3C_wriGHAilWGyeuhvt9uwkL_7bPU4yfT2sAvHx3tzhXRD1RhmCpKaku2rxq1QUmdAVCUheIlQLg9muKVSSGyI-A-XF5RF5b50mJQdAjun-GFhSsxilpBFSStFa2_8yqlt0/s400/easter.2011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599550721838261106" /></a><br />Awww, her school pictures came out so good this year! I was just thrilled to see my little Brooklynn smiling so big for the camera (how they got her to not only sit still, but to actually pose and smile is a mystery to me)! Grandma Julie took us shopping to pick out this adorable little outfit...you can imagine how thrilled I was to find matching shoes on the clearance rack! Whoot! Haha!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-85556717797187343152011-04-25T08:11:00.000-07:002011-04-25T08:27:50.252-07:00Our new SWINGSET!!!Thank you so much to our wonderful family that helped both financially (Grandma Julie) and physcially (Grandpa Javier, Grandpa Chris, Grandpa Delbert, Grandpa Roger, and Uncle Tommy)to get this swingset up. This swingset is already bringing so much joy and happiness to our backyard! We are so excited to see the continued happiness it brings to the kids in our family and in our neighborhood! <br /><br />The work begins. We (well, not really me, but Michael and Javier) spent the first weekend leveling the ground...what a JOB that was.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xe5t6d_c0aH7JRE12i9NhT8zo3JZbvsXeZB9pf2DxSE1nuwNIsgE-nSkwxhbDxehygV-N5AAMSYnKDDq0MUbA6r4-ISZQIxcQke4a77bmIa1NKSOYlEkPmZmOqOTLKu7tdRwpn3vVy_m/s1600/swing.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xe5t6d_c0aH7JRE12i9NhT8zo3JZbvsXeZB9pf2DxSE1nuwNIsgE-nSkwxhbDxehygV-N5AAMSYnKDDq0MUbA6r4-ISZQIxcQke4a77bmIa1NKSOYlEkPmZmOqOTLKu7tdRwpn3vVy_m/s400/swing.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599541478518438194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7z7GIHF71xrjWARWtqRwPSHA81buDGIkIjj39ywTZ0LZessdB7GeMj4A4ENDusb8YZDHTqO0Nn17c0Cq28wvQIVCvd7m8j3JIi_xx2Mcnw58SiEOyPh-bluUasoAT50SJxA4-AOnyz5f/s1600/swing.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7z7GIHF71xrjWARWtqRwPSHA81buDGIkIjj39ywTZ0LZessdB7GeMj4A4ENDusb8YZDHTqO0Nn17c0Cq28wvQIVCvd7m8j3JIi_xx2Mcnw58SiEOyPh-bluUasoAT50SJxA4-AOnyz5f/s400/swing.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599541583575100306" /></a><br /><br />The next weekend was spent doing the building! WOW! This thing came in four huge/heavy boxes with a ton of nuts/bolt/screws/washers. I joked that we had enough to open a hardware store! HA!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsBHgqLJAVCKhrNKVN3A0JAS1yIiuN58IUCq4vKqYceMIcMz0YbcjOFse9xg96cX6Q-_xDpPH7OwQT8Mp7oMvTX2Ohd6nqBRNQQXoLfOGcnVQP1bdjkmGMACcsEke9mXi70aVJmfMz9Xr/s1600/swing.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsBHgqLJAVCKhrNKVN3A0JAS1yIiuN58IUCq4vKqYceMIcMz0YbcjOFse9xg96cX6Q-_xDpPH7OwQT8Mp7oMvTX2Ohd6nqBRNQQXoLfOGcnVQP1bdjkmGMACcsEke9mXi70aVJmfMz9Xr/s400/swing.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599542439073719698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09gmGIG5zuvfBlzAycfm1NaXyRuz4hHM8sKdRvHNnsP3vX2alenZHPSu6-KfowPuLvANYZJXpGspGmxleYpQVVucEs8rMkg-MPJiHM0ATsMJMIawbp1qfYDMa8SxSC0qeB9vDH7mqbJCP/s1600/swing.4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09gmGIG5zuvfBlzAycfm1NaXyRuz4hHM8sKdRvHNnsP3vX2alenZHPSu6-KfowPuLvANYZJXpGspGmxleYpQVVucEs8rMkg-MPJiHM0ATsMJMIawbp1qfYDMa8SxSC0qeB9vDH7mqbJCP/s400/swing.4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599542575888617714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KjnHBW2l5G6793byKzhF2ZzndKZpvFHs2EDjEXDT7VebXUyzf6yaN1zGq2Hg6NMYoADpexV8QcX0Ep20V2VkkILjN2nDmImxQ1QptNPcCezupBh0-o8ukAOhcHOOzVYcdyTL160z9_UJ/s1600/swing.5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KjnHBW2l5G6793byKzhF2ZzndKZpvFHs2EDjEXDT7VebXUyzf6yaN1zGq2Hg6NMYoADpexV8QcX0Ep20V2VkkILjN2nDmImxQ1QptNPcCezupBh0-o8ukAOhcHOOzVYcdyTL160z9_UJ/s400/swing.5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599542699349322210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Lz7C8AfHR6m2gK-zfOzPBjzj0uEkMOGuW-JKR-sTndAM6NBrcnCeK8P76kfbPbqYLin90T2xUycYac9oYMVtGNmGd3hXGmOeWIZhQIlVe2kBPUD1saot8iwCBiuRU514YX2uu36bPIbl/s1600/swing.6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Lz7C8AfHR6m2gK-zfOzPBjzj0uEkMOGuW-JKR-sTndAM6NBrcnCeK8P76kfbPbqYLin90T2xUycYac9oYMVtGNmGd3hXGmOeWIZhQIlVe2kBPUD1saot8iwCBiuRU514YX2uu36bPIbl/s400/swing.6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599542807046976194" /></a><br /><br />The finished swingset is so beautiful. We love it so much! Now all we hear from Brooklynn day in and day out is "outside? swing? outside?" Hahaha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzv8Vdp0bdUG0pzwqotP_hpRWLMLpmgsI-YHBjbMPzUpLGWg50SFEq5W5pyqWER1-JEsBWA6v0o62niWZOV5BdcrTj4jy2_ER9ZFpiLXTIZacnO2b9db7FIJUNqmxXGfnE5a_NVU8RxAjv/s1600/swing.7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzv8Vdp0bdUG0pzwqotP_hpRWLMLpmgsI-YHBjbMPzUpLGWg50SFEq5W5pyqWER1-JEsBWA6v0o62niWZOV5BdcrTj4jy2_ER9ZFpiLXTIZacnO2b9db7FIJUNqmxXGfnE5a_NVU8RxAjv/s400/swing.7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599542905654823250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIXPfl24AvEGsVj3vvvRlta4gHweFf6sfbbXotRRDbMJpUvxnXSX5Xm9YfALBBamt4-cG5h-eK9LjT8bvbEvLf-vvcMXroUZjrceo4fGSy4z2b9n8IGx4X8Lzo192LPWTwxkXP9YaPmM7/s1600/swing.8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIXPfl24AvEGsVj3vvvRlta4gHweFf6sfbbXotRRDbMJpUvxnXSX5Xm9YfALBBamt4-cG5h-eK9LjT8bvbEvLf-vvcMXroUZjrceo4fGSy4z2b9n8IGx4X8Lzo192LPWTwxkXP9YaPmM7/s400/swing.8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599543000323313234" /></a><br /><br />We can't wait to host many more cookouts this summer to put this thing to use! We are so blessed to have been able to put this up for our wonderful little Bird!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-21198440883297458972011-01-17T08:54:00.000-08:002011-01-17T09:04:52.413-08:00Our January 9, 2011 Blizzard!Boy oh boy did we get some snow in Georgia! It started around 9pm on Sunday, January 9th, 2011, and within 2 hours we had 6 inches of snow! When we woke up it was a winter wonderland at our house! Sadly (*wink wink*) we were unable to make it to work on Monday, so my wonderful neighbor, Cheryl, took some photos for us (she's an awesome part-time photographer)! We had a blast doing our snow photo shoot outside our home! Well, Brooklynn was a little weary of the wintery weather, but she was a good sport overall! Here are my favorites from the day:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIj5DhTPaAbhIzc72jn-dWEXX5doriGTrohyphenhyphenB7ZYgFOeCRtJ165zTETjqrPzqto14rDmdjzEZJoC-yhiguebDk7LyKFboXd85HPGqZW6AszDTikJ7k_SppzwTwYqmz36N2vIdXJlnOgVK/s1600/DSC_0278_1176_edited-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIj5DhTPaAbhIzc72jn-dWEXX5doriGTrohyphenhyphenB7ZYgFOeCRtJ165zTETjqrPzqto14rDmdjzEZJoC-yhiguebDk7LyKFboXd85HPGqZW6AszDTikJ7k_SppzwTwYqmz36N2vIdXJlnOgVK/s400/DSC_0278_1176_edited-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563200385892836786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBgAjHoTvNMz-0cSR-85-rkMbiG81d7vO7QRPwU1hH8cRVbeO8tWQJcYR0pGoJ221Lw_k6aTntBOiWKtV4yd4QWagwTTrkngyc40rVE83CxNuWbqN0OBkRizKE7O3nG__ntWo2CgvgPG8/s1600/DSC_0270_1168_edited-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Well, after I had already taken the day off of work, I get a phone call saying that my appoinment would have to be rescheduled because the doctor was sick. Ugh. Sooo, B and I decided to take a trip to the park since it wasn't too chilly outside! We both had so much fun! She loved going down the big slide (with me ofcourse) haha! Oh, and getting her off the see saw was nearly impossible! After we played for an hour on the playground I strapped her into her stroller and we walked around the lake and jogging trails. I just love those Bird and Mommy days!<br /><br />"Come on mom, let's go!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXms86EMknpockS4GDbv1tk2u4wrFq3urCjQ6WQdfoVMWTs1VXrsQwaLyIAMChPcnG7m9d509MOE5nxlKIl9WFocMjp0kKt3BhtbSx6VAt3EhSmc1ZyZ0Cw87rf3Se1ox9d5qD-oeW1vO/s1600/park.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXms86EMknpockS4GDbv1tk2u4wrFq3urCjQ6WQdfoVMWTs1VXrsQwaLyIAMChPcnG7m9d509MOE5nxlKIl9WFocMjp0kKt3BhtbSx6VAt3EhSmc1ZyZ0Cw87rf3Se1ox9d5qD-oeW1vO/s400/park.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563192047118741874" /></a><br /><br />"Hmmm, do I want to crawl through this?"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yT9i8uRHqsIYIPvcF6B-LFpq2SqdLcFaWehZy4RKmxgtlY3zVaS6lVR5e6CQhARykuymyZgK9BnrJDc0sasMUGnVl54SwUwhg-OgVwK30dyMff5OtlB4DTcsI5WbezcnD2DedO8QIg5k/s1600/park.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yT9i8uRHqsIYIPvcF6B-LFpq2SqdLcFaWehZy4RKmxgtlY3zVaS6lVR5e6CQhARykuymyZgK9BnrJDc0sasMUGnVl54SwUwhg-OgVwK30dyMff5OtlB4DTcsI5WbezcnD2DedO8QIg5k/s400/park.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563192273916447954" /></a><br /><br />Getting so big:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRbvJzxxAR7IAKA5BLxN0-4LHvtstZC4t2gjRvOy8ocTQSTtNw08ZPBqoV1i1fLgvy3Ut22LQ4q1iILsE_0MCmVrtRbJZiAC73HV_pJjBrLyGK6lSDDgyL770zVNSkS7_6HBXJF0kJRgz/s1600/park.4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRbvJzxxAR7IAKA5BLxN0-4LHvtstZC4t2gjRvOy8ocTQSTtNw08ZPBqoV1i1fLgvy3Ut22LQ4q1iILsE_0MCmVrtRbJZiAC73HV_pJjBrLyGK6lSDDgyL770zVNSkS7_6HBXJF0kJRgz/s400/park.4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563192489204031778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipbh2TPiQXTWFWjzHlDu9STbh6ciHLSG5ip2773t-z1Vy2Hyu_C5vBxU3yS8ay_BLTnUPyiAUwljsrqcBkSUqJaHayW9e8NkcqwkHv2y4-daLB2QqH0-tIoAJ1llJ8MRSiUJDzLa_vWfD/s1600/park.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipbh2TPiQXTWFWjzHlDu9STbh6ciHLSG5ip2773t-z1Vy2Hyu_C5vBxU3yS8ay_BLTnUPyiAUwljsrqcBkSUqJaHayW9e8NkcqwkHv2y4-daLB2QqH0-tIoAJ1llJ8MRSiUJDzLa_vWfD/s400/park.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563192633246725954" /></a><br /><br />She may be cute, but try taking her off this see saw: LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg5n-ZIbhNa_o9WAWo_P6LfpApJGTz1K9ziMAnOpIOFUmHwgZ5V08FYEmbPEe291QYEYw2iLljto8k14ebI9SpMGNv-_WUaZSO11W91y8bVjFm38EoXG-5eiTreuYZcpKmuZ_ri9GBI3r/s1600/park.5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg5n-ZIbhNa_o9WAWo_P6LfpApJGTz1K9ziMAnOpIOFUmHwgZ5V08FYEmbPEe291QYEYw2iLljto8k14ebI9SpMGNv-_WUaZSO11W91y8bVjFm38EoXG-5eiTreuYZcpKmuZ_ri9GBI3r/s400/park.5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563192836589446450" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-57307204970431476982011-01-17T08:13:00.001-08:002011-01-17T08:22:10.018-08:00Merry Christmas 2010!Christmas was so wonderful this year! Brooklynn walked around saying, "ho ho ho" and Michael would ask her, "What do you want for Christmas?" and she'd answer with, "money!" Hahaha! Little stinker! She was so happy Christmas morning when she woke up to her little princess 4-wheeler and Disney princess stroller! On Christmas Eve, we went over to Grandma Renee's and had a wonderful time seeing the family! Brooklynn, Kaleb, and Dina had so much fun playing with each other and opening gifts! On Christmas we went over to Grandma Julie's house and ate so much yummy food! This was on of the best Christmas's yet! Oh, did I mention that we had a WHITE CHRISTMAS?!?! How awesome is that?! I believe this was the first time in over 100 years! <br /><br />Daddy and Bird being silly:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMWvJRExhJJQd4Xf-6l_44ByqELRPtYF9HxVGjw3NH5loMLAnWPlXpum6As7V-jbUVm93Its-v4z0xTMBqoI7zGlsaT-YriNVrDsciWJGFlxkgRmqn-sulkt6klrco9wlZDvXWB_Ivkt_/s1600/holiday.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMWvJRExhJJQd4Xf-6l_44ByqELRPtYF9HxVGjw3NH5loMLAnWPlXpum6As7V-jbUVm93Its-v4z0xTMBqoI7zGlsaT-YriNVrDsciWJGFlxkgRmqn-sulkt6klrco9wlZDvXWB_Ivkt_/s400/holiday.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563189682053781138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmfu0PLNFTdjXZTcXhaHCcAm95MSI3I89sAW0NDndBWl-UltjiTFSbhsb-vhBWUfidsn3f4mrIMXjnm7cFCjr3jLE1qy4Ot93y9RKnnzsOjIWz-2BuWMysuppQ3MOMhGp_d8u63i4hhyphenhyphene/s1600/holiday.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmfu0PLNFTdjXZTcXhaHCcAm95MSI3I89sAW0NDndBWl-UltjiTFSbhsb-vhBWUfidsn3f4mrIMXjnm7cFCjr3jLE1qy4Ot93y9RKnnzsOjIWz-2BuWMysuppQ3MOMhGp_d8u63i4hhyphenhyphene/s400/holiday.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563189794410682178" /></a><br /><br />Christmas Eve at Grandma Renee's:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcVpCHbQu_ETgDRoQisd_u3LpI3ulzseiHueYxxAmUdFoheaVHyYa1buFVXFhDBf-Gee3hU_n4MyY4lWfoY_x6bkQ0R9fbwecU3-gHGzMTf7FdrgtygcycGh9ti1NcW_XbK6rtj1gRW6p/s1600/holiday.4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcVpCHbQu_ETgDRoQisd_u3LpI3ulzseiHueYxxAmUdFoheaVHyYa1buFVXFhDBf-Gee3hU_n4MyY4lWfoY_x6bkQ0R9fbwecU3-gHGzMTf7FdrgtygcycGh9ti1NcW_XbK6rtj1gRW6p/s400/holiday.4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563189915638148194" /></a><br /><br />Hmmm, which toy to play with?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YW9TMaH7oGSBIA7B6hwHQ24t7iWpnUfVXu8yK3Q_Fc-VEaN5sAF4Ccq4qTFr72vOxRRwefcePnqsOsjDJrtCzc2hOla-o3ki7IPPjxx6yhAkBVaaTFzYkSoqHs3SV4sBHWe6UpfLdKPt/s1600/holiday.5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YW9TMaH7oGSBIA7B6hwHQ24t7iWpnUfVXu8yK3Q_Fc-VEaN5sAF4Ccq4qTFr72vOxRRwefcePnqsOsjDJrtCzc2hOla-o3ki7IPPjxx6yhAkBVaaTFzYkSoqHs3SV4sBHWe6UpfLdKPt/s400/holiday.5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563190263920035186" /></a><br /><br />Riding her 4-wheeler in the snow on Christmas:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ieveoMr6EN7M49hvy6vqLPIu0KCStvR46QzFf8GNI24b-_ih8gAjl8E4FiVCFMHm4-XnCvkvXjRQACFLdAardCISB366eBBKqrH_8VRU7ygCSQuBxsWkrl7fwS7kYTM8C_yaRX2yC7xQ/s1600/holiday.6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ieveoMr6EN7M49hvy6vqLPIu0KCStvR46QzFf8GNI24b-_ih8gAjl8E4FiVCFMHm4-XnCvkvXjRQACFLdAardCISB366eBBKqrH_8VRU7ygCSQuBxsWkrl7fwS7kYTM8C_yaRX2yC7xQ/s400/holiday.6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563190420308367970" /></a><br /><br />Playing in the snow:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK6VUgWRfh1UVWm-8hy9QtF1BycrKMu2T7ehK6WnxfevPXdClno7k1fZDJdMfKKRUhaBdkz5KaOlpaAWrJbkInJd70JfUzYQ6r7zxKr_8pdltf5fxQJmJFYkexXlb8nkFo6-NpHo1C3TO/s1600/holiday.7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK6VUgWRfh1UVWm-8hy9QtF1BycrKMu2T7ehK6WnxfevPXdClno7k1fZDJdMfKKRUhaBdkz5KaOlpaAWrJbkInJd70JfUzYQ6r7zxKr_8pdltf5fxQJmJFYkexXlb8nkFo6-NpHo1C3TO/s400/holiday.7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563190711951783138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuTL7ukowDm-axWNECBz2JJkUC8OkmtBhQdCDOd4xujm7HhGoRM9BY3ozROF3seOb2wH8wE4VAqPpC8z6_VgE4j53f4Dk_C8KNA4bVO_WNH5dRA0utrks9sC5l72FLPIhIcd6brxl37dR/s1600/holiday.8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuTL7ukowDm-axWNECBz2JJkUC8OkmtBhQdCDOd4xujm7HhGoRM9BY3ozROF3seOb2wH8wE4VAqPpC8z6_VgE4j53f4Dk_C8KNA4bVO_WNH5dRA0utrks9sC5l72FLPIhIcd6brxl37dR/s400/holiday.8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563190831338294754" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-17084854281852178842011-01-17T08:00:00.000-08:002011-01-17T08:12:46.229-08:00Thanksgiving!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSba3kiMLmDcARNb18tplzI0ar7DdUXCuvkvDHuAuW3TneOk-X-TYTcYlujGmJpRxgY_YmTnUbOwCPse3So-YPQqtuM9XWdCvWWTE4N1MwQfLXCyJPyZ03UN1SrlB2-v1pxFyqNe_Ntvi/s1600/thanksgiving.2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSba3kiMLmDcARNb18tplzI0ar7DdUXCuvkvDHuAuW3TneOk-X-TYTcYlujGmJpRxgY_YmTnUbOwCPse3So-YPQqtuM9XWdCvWWTE4N1MwQfLXCyJPyZ03UN1SrlB2-v1pxFyqNe_Ntvi/s400/thanksgiving.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563186148118423826" /></a><br />Wow, can I be any later here? Hahaha! The holidays were just so crazy, and I'm finally playing catch up! Thanksgiving was wonderful, and little Bird looked absolutely adorable in her little cream and gold tutu that said, "Thankful for Mommy and Daddy" on the front. Oh, and her little matching gold shoes and hat were icing on the cake! Yes, mommy has a shopping addiction (shhh, don't tell Daddy)! Ha! We started out our Thanksgiving at Grandma Renee's house and ate so much that it was almost impossible to eat again at our next stop: Grandma Julie's! We had a wonderful day getting to see family from out of town (Aunt Janice, cousin Kelly, and Jerry)! We're so blessed to have such a wonderful family!<br /><br /><br />Another cute picture of Brooklynn:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-5AOcGLZjxgXkfci1inztZ-9R6K5eQM7i8oX4m4RJxYVBGcf5VCsjNDL5tVUjDS_7eZG5c_6BICFNOaFoAJYfcgZz_zRKKLZvcESe8Dv-G8JiXXDUfr-rranQctwVRnxR4Xe_34ut2ot/s1600/thanksgiving.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-5AOcGLZjxgXkfci1inztZ-9R6K5eQM7i8oX4m4RJxYVBGcf5VCsjNDL5tVUjDS_7eZG5c_6BICFNOaFoAJYfcgZz_zRKKLZvcESe8Dv-G8JiXXDUfr-rranQctwVRnxR4Xe_34ut2ot/s400/thanksgiving.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563186338951511506" /></a><br /><br />Me and my little Bird:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-aQ9Ly0F97rxTJ0GDr1TOntezzf8LY6wBTbQJHYBgcBQIns8joEv0_cE8prmCAXxTUw2L0NKdSERje4nezFVtg5bGi-0jqYz7z26IN0BcIjWFO0MGHTv8_BiSUW5oD3-M3-dkNndjpk9/s1600/thanksgiving.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-aQ9Ly0F97rxTJ0GDr1TOntezzf8LY6wBTbQJHYBgcBQIns8joEv0_cE8prmCAXxTUw2L0NKdSERje4nezFVtg5bGi-0jqYz7z26IN0BcIjWFO0MGHTv8_BiSUW5oD3-M3-dkNndjpk9/s400/thanksgiving.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563186521152157458" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-65348618706285609032010-11-04T10:08:00.000-07:002010-11-04T10:14:09.232-07:00Getting ready for Christmas (is it too early???)...Well maybe. BUT, I just couldn't resist the new Christmas backgrounds when going to snap some pictures of Brooklynn in her Halloween costume! Don't let these cute pictures fool you, because this trip was a nightmare!!! She was not in the mood for a photo shoot (that's putting it nicely). I was pleasantly suprised when I saw that we had, actually, snapped a couple good ones!<br />The face of an angel (in disguise...haha...jk jk jk):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazn9-3XmiDivm1bNu8cTNLVWHhVLY3zXxFiSAb-qrUDScZHsIvlOlhl6zofzM0O2AxzMFngGoJ_Yi7qL_a010gFbRSm4TPbRD2lodLbW8AHjslw3t6luERAyMBXSZntnjwKWMFoRDH-1a/s1600/xmas.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazn9-3XmiDivm1bNu8cTNLVWHhVLY3zXxFiSAb-qrUDScZHsIvlOlhl6zofzM0O2AxzMFngGoJ_Yi7qL_a010gFbRSm4TPbRD2lodLbW8AHjslw3t6luERAyMBXSZntnjwKWMFoRDH-1a/s400/xmas.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535743890023468850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBV67Q03z19EzgmrST6QkjQEYvDJa9SEzG5wUGzT-X8rXQchoNdn-uTarycYEXKhFuO_9T5XagqMv8fxUlJJzfy_Rv6rvMv5odEDZmmxZvDc7Gsw2GEl2kxaKScqTcMmdEksHpD9frG41g/s1600/xmas.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBV67Q03z19EzgmrST6QkjQEYvDJa9SEzG5wUGzT-X8rXQchoNdn-uTarycYEXKhFuO_9T5XagqMv8fxUlJJzfy_Rv6rvMv5odEDZmmxZvDc7Gsw2GEl2kxaKScqTcMmdEksHpD9frG41g/s400/xmas.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535743983277569378" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-11528879413072183782010-11-04T09:55:00.001-07:002010-11-04T10:06:32.395-07:0018 month update!Yesterday Brooklynn had her 18 month check up and is doing great! She did have to get two shots (yes, it was the end of the world), but the stream of tears only lasted about 5 minutes. Here's her stats:<br /><br />Height: 31 1/2 inches (25%)<br /><br />Weight: 23 lbs and 9.6 oz (50%)<br /><br />Head: 18 1/2 inches (50%)<br /><br />Okay, for everyone who doesn't know: Brooklynn is the biter. Yes. If your child is coming home with tiny teeth imprints, it's most likely from this innocent face:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ey2paZ9Wfn7x-rKtFXQuC874u-XZFLy7a06myJCyyV9PTQsmgLWkp0sWJtjLdtalgfIj6oJpXreQE3TUKumnQkVREacu5qCzo_5AuX394OJhYBFti1m65wF1ozMiU16DA5refGB2lYZO/s1600/birdsmile..jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Ey2paZ9Wfn7x-rKtFXQuC874u-XZFLy7a06myJCyyV9PTQsmgLWkp0sWJtjLdtalgfIj6oJpXreQE3TUKumnQkVREacu5qCzo_5AuX394OJhYBFti1m65wF1ozMiU16DA5refGB2lYZO/s400/birdsmile..jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535740078769967154" /></a><br />The pediatrician said there is nothing we can do, and that she will outgrow it by the time she's 2 (WHAT!? Another 6 months of getting the phone calls that she's landed another victim!). Oh please let her get through the phase quickly.<br /><br />Time out. It's time for it. I'm on the lookout for a time out chair (you know the kind: not comfy or pretty). The temper tantrums are out of control!!! HELP!!! Haha!<br /><br />Brooklynn is loving books more than ever! She will look through them and talk and "read" to me! I love it! Oh, and she's trying to say her ABC's! As of right now it goes, "E-I-O-H" and it's the cutest thing I've ever heard! My smart little baby!<br /><br />More updattes to come (I promise)!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-1032896477186653482010-11-04T09:44:00.000-07:002010-11-04T11:39:45.888-07:00Halloween 2010!What a fun and amazing Halloween we had this year! I found the perfect costume on Ebay for Miss Brooklynn (yes folks, she was a peacock)! Wow, you wouldn't believe the comments on the costume we received! We went to the mall for Trick-or-Treating on Saturday and everyone was taking pictures of her! My little celebrity!<br /><br />Patiently waiting on us:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X82Tl1yoSHEONsZuHG_dGtvWVAm8S7xzOXZIUneKEK9sv7HUE7IkK65g05W5578JP-68M5aR0lg5pzbsfNO64C1lfP0Pl4kyIHglUWj_bU5LcIlAw3XufkKXpLFR6hCOD5eJSUJL-Jg7/s1600/hall.6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X82Tl1yoSHEONsZuHG_dGtvWVAm8S7xzOXZIUneKEK9sv7HUE7IkK65g05W5578JP-68M5aR0lg5pzbsfNO64C1lfP0Pl4kyIHglUWj_bU5LcIlAw3XufkKXpLFR6hCOD5eJSUJL-Jg7/s400/hall.6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535736970947348802" /></a><br />Showing off her dance moves in the middle of the mall:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWmhU5NfZ7Szab7ViOqrsDHfOOrzo2_0AZlccIUgFMYNLDDFK6EgKfhaLGrgcn88Bmexv76U9aFv7oE0n7qL96_bq2MidHlOB161VXrVeWgEQtSloq30lsPbJFV1c14ASI-87h3zyxGML/s1600/hall.4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWmhU5NfZ7Szab7ViOqrsDHfOOrzo2_0AZlccIUgFMYNLDDFK6EgKfhaLGrgcn88Bmexv76U9aFv7oE0n7qL96_bq2MidHlOB161VXrVeWgEQtSloq30lsPbJFV1c14ASI-87h3zyxGML/s400/hall.4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535737198507100578" /></a><br />The tail cracked us up:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aANxouJBJ-5Joy_jLYd1-z8KaMlD_C_sWJyguVjdjbuGCRswgry6DvE0rEB45ALs448kU0mC-epZt5ZgBoQu-05ffL-6K6sY-i_KEvf6ZI9vXfp6kRWSiA2LSWOdrNfb1k9xSbV5afwy/s1600/hall.5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aANxouJBJ-5Joy_jLYd1-z8KaMlD_C_sWJyguVjdjbuGCRswgry6DvE0rEB45ALs448kU0mC-epZt5ZgBoQu-05ffL-6K6sY-i_KEvf6ZI9vXfp6kRWSiA2LSWOdrNfb1k9xSbV5afwy/s400/hall.5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535737330101050146" /></a><br />Bird and Daddy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCb6BvlLGXW3B3KpyULVKDDqGvdO9pWEfRwd0-4MO6wU6yIJU53Ju8pAafo_xC9opOpxldMjtiHdR5NbwHNZ7LxaqSuT94SqkkW25IpShqkSoqoD2mtOaOxc95M42F9k_dNDJdF_bm9CX/s1600/hall.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCb6BvlLGXW3B3KpyULVKDDqGvdO9pWEfRwd0-4MO6wU6yIJU53Ju8pAafo_xC9opOpxldMjtiHdR5NbwHNZ7LxaqSuT94SqkkW25IpShqkSoqoD2mtOaOxc95M42F9k_dNDJdF_bm9CX/s400/hall.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535737521473418050" /></a><br />Bird and Mommy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaXsvSfHaVC1Xafm_WV9lgUC9E-GMgmWah5ig_k2Or6_kZWcrxm0tgbIecsZaKuQkChnmVTs4gsYHt5w5Zzy0_Zvvbcv_WLqb0XaiZoyTDOWArqVUQKs6YVgIn4lUs4hukO78pLiVNfTy/s1600/hall.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaXsvSfHaVC1Xafm_WV9lgUC9E-GMgmWah5ig_k2Or6_kZWcrxm0tgbIecsZaKuQkChnmVTs4gsYHt5w5Zzy0_Zvvbcv_WLqb0XaiZoyTDOWArqVUQKs6YVgIn4lUs4hukO78pLiVNfTy/s400/hall.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535737641528229058" /></a><br />Okay, and then I tried to get her some professional pictures made and she was not having it:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveqXxQOy-dFsWi1HRb0nmxDE0mMdNguPG1Lcf4Df6Je2QOGui7ZwdXjYL0-dai-nc9Hl9chaduJ4h1Xak7Kui9Xj0tneR1Tn3mTecvnAzUdj9rxyf1uGca8jT2-sGD4OOykDoI7J4IK1t/s1600/Halloween.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveqXxQOy-dFsWi1HRb0nmxDE0mMdNguPG1Lcf4Df6Je2QOGui7ZwdXjYL0-dai-nc9Hl9chaduJ4h1Xak7Kui9Xj0tneR1Tn3mTecvnAzUdj9rxyf1uGca8jT2-sGD4OOykDoI7J4IK1t/s400/Halloween.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535737818689566258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB-7vR3-jEXHUFRr8oqLtNjOYufRziMyskNpgBq3aG533sDj39laPPYfJ10Hg0BjCI5_Pt2f4cyzVzByQyFPN7BeF1GlOzFBod38xcZPufWhM1sGChimAVNrTARdtizap7Ktr9tRtR8c3/s1600/halloween.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB-7vR3-jEXHUFRr8oqLtNjOYufRziMyskNpgBq3aG533sDj39laPPYfJ10Hg0BjCI5_Pt2f4cyzVzByQyFPN7BeF1GlOzFBod38xcZPufWhM1sGChimAVNrTARdtizap7Ktr9tRtR8c3/s400/halloween.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535738042798213874" /></a><br />On Sunday, Auntie Heather, Uncle Todd, Dina and Jade came to the house for more trick-or-treating! Dina and Brooklynn had so much fun! <br />Getting ready to go trick-or-treating:<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBY2XMHKHP1wAoWYgM2xTqoJdA0BqDD8WYUpJLnfDstxQ0X6UVEdRz4VmRpnZCZDiNUF2lLM5CzTAOq7GKXvLRCgwuu330ZdDmavEPJCCNL_YrV3ct4OyqW0T-_syrCY_kkEC6ExkNuNl/s1600/hall.8.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBY2XMHKHP1wAoWYgM2xTqoJdA0BqDD8WYUpJLnfDstxQ0X6UVEdRz4VmRpnZCZDiNUF2lLM5CzTAOq7GKXvLRCgwuu330ZdDmavEPJCCNL_YrV3ct4OyqW0T-_syrCY_kkEC6ExkNuNl/s400/hall.8.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535765202578345410" /></a><br />Their Halloween "ride:"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnzmO4pMWjZpuIjvB0Lp9Os1SmE1oKbJwe-wFqGNagLJgA3oMkTM5_BRF24PKzWdGYUWomVtPHiHJtmuKC5lNduPoeL18tJanJOboGNLwjEM_0CpL6WJUdY18Nsh7CN6iLvz4PMKjohHF/s1600/hall.9.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnzmO4pMWjZpuIjvB0Lp9Os1SmE1oKbJwe-wFqGNagLJgA3oMkTM5_BRF24PKzWdGYUWomVtPHiHJtmuKC5lNduPoeL18tJanJOboGNLwjEM_0CpL6WJUdY18Nsh7CN6iLvz4PMKjohHF/s400/hall.9.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535765595813290322" /></a><br />Uncle Todd babywearing little Miss Jade:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlj3qTDBMsf8wkiVwT2m_63Q0D89OWqBm4XpebfTX5bwUz0OIqlya-kxO9JvJlwVRqnw5vzWPI_pOb-MUhwI5taktRInIvKeN_z1A734t_1J_iXLxsid1_YDrcYHnJ0pHxgKAeINoaTLw/s1600/hall.10.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlj3qTDBMsf8wkiVwT2m_63Q0D89OWqBm4XpebfTX5bwUz0OIqlya-kxO9JvJlwVRqnw5vzWPI_pOb-MUhwI5taktRInIvKeN_z1A734t_1J_iXLxsid1_YDrcYHnJ0pHxgKAeINoaTLw/s400/hall.10.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535765998148986802" /></a><br />Here's some after the trick-or-treating was finished:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyfLVDA0_FbdJ_61lFuOiAGel5XsT4vqh6y-Jgwu9y7m1JptLUGzshRMn7VKF0G0Zn0b0-7LYU8gzrVWq3Pf8ktMFUblgtHg9bnnv7VpBT6ee5sRIrE3NVhWeCnKthluaL8ZSVelvjjP9/s1600/hall.1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyfLVDA0_FbdJ_61lFuOiAGel5XsT4vqh6y-Jgwu9y7m1JptLUGzshRMn7VKF0G0Zn0b0-7LYU8gzrVWq3Pf8ktMFUblgtHg9bnnv7VpBT6ee5sRIrE3NVhWeCnKthluaL8ZSVelvjjP9/s400/hall.1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535738391914709186" /></a><br />Trading in the candy for a sippy of milk:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK26yiE5Yx1qPTo2uRRFOJcQ0kV2Xu1_jJ9XAVbU0mQgDvL9JJQ8BG07wboILksZ8tgt-MOM3Kc7I3ELp2bzsPhaFwXEan0wSVMn5bkmd163ifBT3EAtev9qbyRtplTjn91JB5GJmyHk3B/s1600/hall.7.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK26yiE5Yx1qPTo2uRRFOJcQ0kV2Xu1_jJ9XAVbU0mQgDvL9JJQ8BG07wboILksZ8tgt-MOM3Kc7I3ELp2bzsPhaFwXEan0wSVMn5bkmd163ifBT3EAtev9qbyRtplTjn91JB5GJmyHk3B/s400/hall.7.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535738564824749506" /></a><br />We had such a wonderful fun-filled weekend! I'm not sure how we're going to out-do the peacock costume for next year (I better start brainstorming now)!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-41436075563088451282010-11-04T09:39:00.000-07:002010-11-04T09:43:47.772-07:0015 month pictures (I know I'm late)!!Gosh, life has been so hectic! Imagine that! An 18 month old wouldn't have anything to do with that! Haha! Ok, here are some pictures that we got made at Target when Brooklynn turned 15 months (can I be any later??)!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxV-fjz8fpzW54wsfjogHtXDW44umKh8t7oy1YyeNGA0Z_vH5lmLn57piZxZWixz2qcieFDyIcgeLuOUT_T-aJ740QKysq3qRCHh_ywirlv1LQlOVGeF282FYN94OQLUzsFsAc8INI-cS/s1600/B.2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxV-fjz8fpzW54wsfjogHtXDW44umKh8t7oy1YyeNGA0Z_vH5lmLn57piZxZWixz2qcieFDyIcgeLuOUT_T-aJ740QKysq3qRCHh_ywirlv1LQlOVGeF282FYN94OQLUzsFsAc8INI-cS/s400/B.2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535736139303365794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j5Btu-vf2C3-bzDPwAnB2bm9KOIq_9htQzggcuut6OnoILGT4t9tBE2wJ1Z88rCw1AKmQIRpuVLRu-Pdo6LHpkCIWE5J7wJ3g9NNaCpgCiTDqvmY92K8E8OL3_cJ8jxTa7_xltvnKcB1/s1600/B.3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j5Btu-vf2C3-bzDPwAnB2bm9KOIq_9htQzggcuut6OnoILGT4t9tBE2wJ1Z88rCw1AKmQIRpuVLRu-Pdo6LHpkCIWE5J7wJ3g9NNaCpgCiTDqvmY92K8E8OL3_cJ8jxTa7_xltvnKcB1/s400/B.3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535736082061078770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFB9p3pJTbxkIVz8RrgKlytsAGSkjnCRTWZWHZHDo2SE-oeHrDcRhagHwJNXqkd4Y9r81uMj5B4S21adI42E5YmLoeW4lWsqCq0lfxAK-jr8N2i0JA5TXILFxo3GhGIcfTbZ9H3KGWp45/s1600/B.4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFB9p3pJTbxkIVz8RrgKlytsAGSkjnCRTWZWHZHDo2SE-oeHrDcRhagHwJNXqkd4Y9r81uMj5B4S21adI42E5YmLoeW4lWsqCq0lfxAK-jr8N2i0JA5TXILFxo3GhGIcfTbZ9H3KGWp45/s400/B.4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535736016709696338" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-31702910969266240962010-08-20T08:18:00.000-07:002010-08-20T08:26:21.767-07:00The Bounce and Spin ZebraWow, when I found this on Craigslist on $5 I thought, "Awww, that's cute and a good deal." Boy, I didn't realize what a hit this toy would be! Brooklynn LOVES it!!! She is so funny bouncing, spinning, and, uh oh...standing on it. Our little daredevil in the making! This is the new favorite (for the week)!<br /><br />Check out this face (just imagine the funny sounds going along with this expression):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7fSvslVTlxnnhj_RDcu_xfSRIFzflGZWL_-bcK45Q4LmmcenQdMzppgZMypL9HbQQMzOMdUVof6r1UtzKSNP62f2e7Ttzq-t45ZHTtGwdXasPpPUwueJRrwJwF4zF57HCvEiC7cMzt9j/s1600/zebra3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7fSvslVTlxnnhj_RDcu_xfSRIFzflGZWL_-bcK45Q4LmmcenQdMzppgZMypL9HbQQMzOMdUVof6r1UtzKSNP62f2e7Ttzq-t45ZHTtGwdXasPpPUwueJRrwJwF4zF57HCvEiC7cMzt9j/s400/zebra3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507513189706565202" /></a><br /><br />They should come with seatbelts as a preventive measure:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QpjrIh65sqQog6ZhXNyocfTYiTDU_YHuWnTqV4jTbJdjl6oS4TY0Z6KOgjNpHCzAsB640KmzcHO4w3OuoZGBSO2PALCF0gaFnmbpQBKVfVG6NMPjih4brsLUb2R2-8jnHRZncva15m8-/s1600/zebra.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QpjrIh65sqQog6ZhXNyocfTYiTDU_YHuWnTqV4jTbJdjl6oS4TY0Z6KOgjNpHCzAsB640KmzcHO4w3OuoZGBSO2PALCF0gaFnmbpQBKVfVG6NMPjih4brsLUb2R2-8jnHRZncva15m8-/s400/zebra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507513485531098594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcBkDB-z3U65_Gnp2YhliR9o_ZmU1ffuuvjtP7msQe5c3_2m3e81RnVdO7l02EIhRUy2eIBGNFEbt0zFf9l6qhbaIM97U11SQphrW3lnwMn-7SIvKRGV0QG3URanZca7gpVZuChKe4LM8/s1600/zebra2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcBkDB-z3U65_Gnp2YhliR9o_ZmU1ffuuvjtP7msQe5c3_2m3e81RnVdO7l02EIhRUy2eIBGNFEbt0zFf9l6qhbaIM97U11SQphrW3lnwMn-7SIvKRGV0QG3URanZca7gpVZuChKe4LM8/s400/zebra2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507513675438062482" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-39618439910067397012010-08-20T07:30:00.000-07:002010-08-20T08:17:58.484-07:0015 month statsBird had her 15 month check up on August 9th, and she weighs 21.6 lbs and is 31 inches long. She's right on track and doing great! I'm still delaying the chicken pox and MMR vax...just to be on the safe side:). She's become quite the character these days:<br /><br />1. The other night she's playing in Georgia's water bowl and I say, "Brooklynn, we don't play in Georgia dog's bowl." She turns around, points and shakes her finger at me and goes, "No, no, no, no, no!" I'm trying so hard not to laugh, so I run into the living room so she can't see me smile and she proceeds to chase me saying, "No, no, no, no, no!" The finger continues to wag. At that point, I'm dying!<br /><br />2. I go to print some coupons the other night and the printer keeps jamming up. I'm like, "What in the heck is going on with this dumb printer?" After taking the paper in and out three times, I finally look inside the printer to see two foam bath letters jammed inside the printer. Hmmmm, wonder who put those in there?<br /><br />3. When it's nearing bedtime, I say, "Come on Brooklynn, let's go brush your teeth," and she'll walk to the stairs saying, "teeth teeth teeth."<br /><br />4. Her favorite book is, "Where is the Green Sheep?" If I have to read it one more time I'm going to hide it! JK JK JK<br /><br />5. Her teachers always write notes on her daily papers about her funny dances (she does them during lunch, during snack, while outside...). She loves to dance! She puts her hands on her knees...it's hilarious!<br /><br />6. We're unsure of why this has become a phenomenon, but she like to take her shirt and try to take it off (at the lunch table). I've assured the teachers that she's not learning this from home. Haha!<br /><br />7. Huggies new jean diapers are the cutest things ever:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0zUl7PqehhbGt2YByyCDte9j0AoJI4O3Gsrf5D-R-Xll7wF9j4i12aYlrhSXSPNlCp2vR3mQqqAQIH8S0aDrTrvCfVUxV5ZVzbm6kKevmVtQKkFJUa7LRUC8NmRSj_KSq4MoNr538ifl/s1600/jean.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0zUl7PqehhbGt2YByyCDte9j0AoJI4O3Gsrf5D-R-Xll7wF9j4i12aYlrhSXSPNlCp2vR3mQqqAQIH8S0aDrTrvCfVUxV5ZVzbm6kKevmVtQKkFJUa7LRUC8NmRSj_KSq4MoNr538ifl/s400/jean.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507511401908442962" /></a><br /><br />8. Brooklynn will throw a temper tantrum over sweet tea (Michael suggested we put some in her sippy cup the other night...I threatened his life over that one).<br /><br />9. Brooklynn is the biter in her class. Oh why oh why?? We thought she was doing better, but she bit another kid yesterday. Ugh.<br /><br />10. Mommy is still the favorite.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-45921549195190074132010-07-26T08:14:00.000-07:002010-07-26T08:24:44.268-07:00Day 3 of "No More Passy"Yes. We did it. We took it away. There will be no more pacifiers in our home (well, at least until the next time around:)! Thanks so Ms. Virginia at our church, she looked at Bird's chart and her astrology and told us that if we started on Saturday, Brooklynn would be off the pacifier in 3 days. I must admit: the thought of taking the passy away scared me! Haha! Boy was I shocked that Bird did so well without it! Day 1 was a little rough during car rides, but we've now made it to day 3 and we're still passy free! Whoo hoo! Our pediatrician will be so proud of us!<br /><br />The old days: LOL<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG16203dYw-P86d96RCDSsbyXaxHCecjsxSKgngm-r95Edzdag8dqA_XQ4y6ONKJlJ68vGl09vtB1p1mPA4W0gRVl65u910ei37ae_Hpb2VZy-_xLcjN9BdblFgQMVfzDBVzCO-x3glY0a/s1600/Batsquare.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG16203dYw-P86d96RCDSsbyXaxHCecjsxSKgngm-r95Edzdag8dqA_XQ4y6ONKJlJ68vGl09vtB1p1mPA4W0gRVl65u910ei37ae_Hpb2VZy-_xLcjN9BdblFgQMVfzDBVzCO-x3glY0a/s400/Batsquare.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498236136615064962" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-29811059884385168332010-07-12T04:37:00.000-07:002010-07-12T04:41:15.077-07:00Brooklynn used her potty!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3dUB10B-SbFzmVv8tByCBxHphWXdlwelpSTAiHiJxnJqeBEmFD85e01-EIAC4Msel2a17_GEsPjV5sH8kvmr7nsMuC1pGhhZWe_H8b3gba_w7ZE_DNUJYK1IGUNXbqaP3TdIowmUeD0M/s1600/sunglasses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3dUB10B-SbFzmVv8tByCBxHphWXdlwelpSTAiHiJxnJqeBEmFD85e01-EIAC4Msel2a17_GEsPjV5sH8kvmr7nsMuC1pGhhZWe_H8b3gba_w7ZE_DNUJYK1IGUNXbqaP3TdIowmUeD0M/s400/sunglasses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492983427588928338" /></a><br />Last night, after Brooklynn got out of her bath, I sat her on her new princess potty and...YES...she went pee pee! I was so excited! When she starting going the potty started playing music, and she started smiling so big! What a big girl! Ofcourse daddy came upstairs and we all had to sing a potty song withour big girl:). Go Brooklynn! We're so proud of you!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-78809140865338904702010-06-22T04:43:00.000-07:002010-06-22T04:56:22.115-07:00Father's Day at Grandma Renee'sAfter church, we headed over to Grandma Renee and Grandpa Javier's house for a cookout with the family. We had such a great time! Brooklynn had a blast in the swimming pool (she loved the slide)...kid size of course:). She got to see and play with her cousins Kaleb and Dina; they all had so much fun! We ate so much food that we could barely move! Grandma Renee bought the girls matching 4th of July outfits, so we got some great pictures of them! I'm going to make 4th of July cards to send out to the family (yay for being on the ball this year...hahaha)!<br /><br />Dina, Kaleb, and Brooklynn:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFOH8OEJMnrnpGuQvXMZlmhDe54kxIzOFdO_Pu9FboII6vNKRjaP7Qwe7GL7hkmuDsKHPaRNBqt-wZIzwpTasbPB7jF3tmyNowzwY7xYdVTr9It6aOrXLY45lwwomNlbocinn0O1ee5Og/s1600/4th.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFOH8OEJMnrnpGuQvXMZlmhDe54kxIzOFdO_Pu9FboII6vNKRjaP7Qwe7GL7hkmuDsKHPaRNBqt-wZIzwpTasbPB7jF3tmyNowzwY7xYdVTr9It6aOrXLY45lwwomNlbocinn0O1ee5Og/s400/4th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485563267560935042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKCu_BtFy73d1U6BXwBCrpoKOsdKXy5pYBRThnPd6rKwrNg-SQHyeuLtLn_rZXkUJGwLgJ_16nEY7CKZpx7T4_acjdqOYAL0Ae-oz15yAjZiN_KrHig9qTsyfn-cAEmOHpYm95JGgNrG1/s1600/4th.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKCu_BtFy73d1U6BXwBCrpoKOsdKXy5pYBRThnPd6rKwrNg-SQHyeuLtLn_rZXkUJGwLgJ_16nEY7CKZpx7T4_acjdqOYAL0Ae-oz15yAjZiN_KrHig9qTsyfn-cAEmOHpYm95JGgNrG1/s400/4th.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485564181065412578" /></a><br /><br />Brooklynn and Dina (who knew bubbles could be such fun?!):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6N78xM6TUkUbHIzfalIl7JRQoiQw2P3KTvTPT_rXd0Q2uFd4RV8KGijw5GUb-vIqHG0yv2sWi06MGXknTLkYFLmXdUENwfcd3yf2Bs1VbzSlnbH2V1gRjBRcF1RyQ0P-xUl-NpDKqeZz/s1600/DSCN1033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6N78xM6TUkUbHIzfalIl7JRQoiQw2P3KTvTPT_rXd0Q2uFd4RV8KGijw5GUb-vIqHG0yv2sWi06MGXknTLkYFLmXdUENwfcd3yf2Bs1VbzSlnbH2V1gRjBRcF1RyQ0P-xUl-NpDKqeZz/s400/DSCN1033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485564520299583922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gFzFZDPjpCGbStoJa8Nz2VJ4grd4V0R0ONqpnB3F40Lrh7Lqirbc1WhYPGLTjuYlmELj4RY83hhqI8mGw4x3TwoBtKIi4CTU_rvLBn6eamT3TnuWHWzleC9OPXpGy-a29LLXxCpN0-xQ/s1600/DSCN1028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gFzFZDPjpCGbStoJa8Nz2VJ4grd4V0R0ONqpnB3F40Lrh7Lqirbc1WhYPGLTjuYlmELj4RY83hhqI8mGw4x3TwoBtKIi4CTU_rvLBn6eamT3TnuWHWzleC9OPXpGy-a29LLXxCpN0-xQ/s400/DSCN1028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485564783924095410" /></a><br /><br />Our little one having so much fun:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEE3M8856L8DUDC3MjAliJ08lrI6Kg1lhz7ku-SGp4TPfU9wiSRYyEnRAlgLEqO7IlJOxd0i6jskZ8rVJFTQ2VYX1JhEgVSEKrXiz0SNL8jyuymZsVN6PLM6qZDaNwSMv_Xg8e4ZC751t/s1600/DSCN1025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEE3M8856L8DUDC3MjAliJ08lrI6Kg1lhz7ku-SGp4TPfU9wiSRYyEnRAlgLEqO7IlJOxd0i6jskZ8rVJFTQ2VYX1JhEgVSEKrXiz0SNL8jyuymZsVN6PLM6qZDaNwSMv_Xg8e4ZC751t/s400/DSCN1025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485565327920133874" /></a><br /><br />We had such a wonderful Father's Day!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-60563545134394136702010-06-09T05:07:00.000-07:002010-06-09T05:19:39.131-07:00This car is driving me nuts!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdP3jHWhDU03f66yZ6UVHfeYox863QK-IGyOSHBZQOaLjs52prPlRUO_TwAKf2Xo-VfH3tH4GJTyblmLCUZqm4SmfX5nTyghskZYEgCB6HikifpH3Q55LKhG6Wjnin70n-1nf-nl1abTK/s1600/car.2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdP3jHWhDU03f66yZ6UVHfeYox863QK-IGyOSHBZQOaLjs52prPlRUO_TwAKf2Xo-VfH3tH4GJTyblmLCUZqm4SmfX5nTyghskZYEgCB6HikifpH3Q55LKhG6Wjnin70n-1nf-nl1abTK/s400/car.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480747503002157074" /></a><br />Brooklynn's Uncle Tommy and Auntie Jessica bought Brooklynn this little car for her <br />1st birthday and she just LOVES it! It was so cute to watch her push it around and put her toys in the seat (that lifts up for secret storage:). Then, I made the mistake of taking her outside and pushing her up and down the sidewalk on it. Now, she wants me to push her around all day everyday. My back is failing me from leaning over to push her around! Haha! I used to keep it down in the living room, but she would push it over to me, get on it, and stare at me like, "Come on Mommy, what's the hold up?" I thought it was cute at first, but now it's driving me crazy! The other day I was washing dishes and I turn around and she pushed the car over to her high chair and was standing on the seat of it while holding onto the highchair! Yikes! That's when the car went up to the playroom. That, however, has not stopped Bird from demanding her rides. Yesterday, she pushes it over to me while we were playing in her play room, and gets on it backwards and throws a complete fit until I push her around. Around the playroom, around our bedroom, around her bedroom, and down the hallway. Oh, and then the temper tantrum began when I stopped. Okay, I'm seriously putting that car in the garage when I get home today...Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-32798062885583063522010-06-06T08:24:00.000-07:002010-06-06T09:01:02.878-07:00Brooklynn's Nursery and PlayroomI just realized that I've never taken any pictures of Brooklynn's nursery or playroom!! Sooo, today I finally snapped some! Now, please no flaming for the canopy over the crib...it's usually hanging on the back wall, but I put it up for the picture. Also, I totally cut the last -N off of Brooklynn's name in the picture, but, yes, it's spelled with 2 -Ns, not one:).<br /><br />Bird's nursery:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic09jsoZoXl8CyMFGwHzGBMTipEUWGMdc5r6Yf5Y4aCzvDixAeBoyAdyw4uYvQbpUAw0XzxYLEnwMzgrdek2_oRhHuW_2kdoSME_mi2XslFaspH4Ft6dQUQMFAyiIAgm_AMOFkzzkczapy/s1600/DSCN2619.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic09jsoZoXl8CyMFGwHzGBMTipEUWGMdc5r6Yf5Y4aCzvDixAeBoyAdyw4uYvQbpUAw0XzxYLEnwMzgrdek2_oRhHuW_2kdoSME_mi2XslFaspH4Ft6dQUQMFAyiIAgm_AMOFkzzkczapy/s400/DSCN2619.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479683103964273618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmP2nfMsC3EtuwIcyTs5nAiJRlvCyM5m_i8MyaJkzztUJ38Ba7OtVz0sL0lQ2Ls-oBDFv4Gcu8OKYB8AbL6ychC05Mm_1CId4BE2CBVRTQ2y2nDvj-xODQdK4kbZkOlHvQsHiaE3yfNrA/s1600/DSCN2621.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmP2nfMsC3EtuwIcyTs5nAiJRlvCyM5m_i8MyaJkzztUJ38Ba7OtVz0sL0lQ2Ls-oBDFv4Gcu8OKYB8AbL6ychC05Mm_1CId4BE2CBVRTQ2y2nDvj-xODQdK4kbZkOlHvQsHiaE3yfNrA/s400/DSCN2621.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479683595207966994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lmpFokvZDV4CIyQ5MHMdeIC9L8U_eCIfOwo5J2yZiZ_KdGw0HgwvFn77q8m8F0lr1lEv63LajxdXHj73__FsuxHI2dJKgHgpmaIyFaliNreH5Z7RbUr5_rFMvofHNAVxZGufToeKRX7u/s1600/DSCN2620.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lmpFokvZDV4CIyQ5MHMdeIC9L8U_eCIfOwo5J2yZiZ_KdGw0HgwvFn77q8m8F0lr1lEv63LajxdXHj73__FsuxHI2dJKgHgpmaIyFaliNreH5Z7RbUr5_rFMvofHNAVxZGufToeKRX7u/s400/DSCN2620.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479691247577823042" /></a><br /><br />Bird's Playroom:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXAEreFD366VEpcRXUb1FBwLly49RSPpKdVQToeleYQyURFCxerIGqGxo3qNAB8Myr4egyzGOC3eMZKtbgeJ_0OlsiotTphGPaXAxblkLxW9_93G7WfOGviLcSJBW8bCwU77eBunFnVCu/s1600/DSCN2616.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXAEreFD366VEpcRXUb1FBwLly49RSPpKdVQToeleYQyURFCxerIGqGxo3qNAB8Myr4egyzGOC3eMZKtbgeJ_0OlsiotTphGPaXAxblkLxW9_93G7WfOGviLcSJBW8bCwU77eBunFnVCu/s400/DSCN2616.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479684101843577602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmGacTnqhmsdFUozXpk5-pgR5zoGQZ3r2vC__V-tQilEYNRRzwDkVq6VM5SyzFX-TeuGdYW9VndW1LuNq5idJJ0MWP4zvViQ_m_FlzfwMxJzOaHFvDn7pFlgJK5CKmxWvOqIJ-8rebIKr/s1600/DSCN2618.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmGacTnqhmsdFUozXpk5-pgR5zoGQZ3r2vC__V-tQilEYNRRzwDkVq6VM5SyzFX-TeuGdYW9VndW1LuNq5idJJ0MWP4zvViQ_m_FlzfwMxJzOaHFvDn7pFlgJK5CKmxWvOqIJ-8rebIKr/s400/DSCN2618.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479684362627614034" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-41737077231611386712010-06-05T07:09:00.000-07:002010-06-05T07:26:48.353-07:00Ear Tubes...On Thursday, June 3rd, Bird got ear tubes and her tongue clipped. After multiple ear infections and failing a hearing test, the ENT doctor decided that tubes would be our best bet. Grandma Renee went with me and Brooklynn on the big day (thank you so much Renee for the support and help...we love you:). Brooklynn did so awesome! She couldn't eat anything until her surgery was finished...poor baby. It was harder on me than it was her:). I went back when they put her to sleep and she was holding onto my finger so tightly. They put the gas mask on her and she started crying...me too. Then, her little body just went limp and she let go of my finger. Ugh. It was so hard to watch that. However, the surgery only lasted about 20 minutes and Brooklynn woke up a little disoriented, but was fine about an hour later. Now, we have a happy, pain free baby! Yay for ear tubes!!!<br /><br />Brooklynn at the surgery center:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfvM8k2TWuhVbIaT9buxcRBPDJIDFs1pxjnTVEGh7TnwUDzQebtK6otQP68lmMI9EoBzxJM4Zh8bHn30TnsS0RSQxpc8tiMdy3Nn2WdLWLepqDfW3gK9S0lrr84hjDV_tG4Z8_aQZwDeU/s1600/DSCN1780.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfvM8k2TWuhVbIaT9buxcRBPDJIDFs1pxjnTVEGh7TnwUDzQebtK6otQP68lmMI9EoBzxJM4Zh8bHn30TnsS0RSQxpc8tiMdy3Nn2WdLWLepqDfW3gK9S0lrr84hjDV_tG4Z8_aQZwDeU/s400/DSCN1780.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479293263809495170" /></a><br /><br />Bird and Grandma Renee playing with the camera:)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcuTUWVm2iFe29GTFzU04tkCOSL0rMWBqz6RDvE2N7dMhiH1fb5UuQGBAvzr_PVXXM0izx4UofLsmejszIZnyBmxCeL5eEqTvRpzOhPGW6diocezMqkD3R5l4gSSTFhZcDWGA9dvoKoFH/s1600/DSCN1787.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcuTUWVm2iFe29GTFzU04tkCOSL0rMWBqz6RDvE2N7dMhiH1fb5UuQGBAvzr_PVXXM0izx4UofLsmejszIZnyBmxCeL5eEqTvRpzOhPGW6diocezMqkD3R5l4gSSTFhZcDWGA9dvoKoFH/s400/DSCN1787.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479293783321667506" /></a><br /><br />Bird and mommy before the surgery:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhvAv0KENnsPveJ9TmkA7ekWFtbmUoWo5eoEZQIFVq4Qc0Li-sdK44oCR1BhBF4W1f7FslScT1prbaIGDS0lsmtig7XgJcGS-mdJeqb6B05qQlYWhmbKPy28xPIp0wKAsjHLV_tgFVLPD/s1600/DSCN1791.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhvAv0KENnsPveJ9TmkA7ekWFtbmUoWo5eoEZQIFVq4Qc0Li-sdK44oCR1BhBF4W1f7FslScT1prbaIGDS0lsmtig7XgJcGS-mdJeqb6B05qQlYWhmbKPy28xPIp0wKAsjHLV_tgFVLPD/s400/DSCN1791.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479294135404861090" /></a><br /><br />Playing with mommy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6em_F10vW_LY-9iHAEyjTXJ_w-3p7L_zAnhibV7u4PUn3aO2mqwK9IiP1hgpZUeLl4oGQrtrbNEvwXAlb7R6SqnTUdlj3D3ikot3M55_Tuljr8GnEt-elJTXvQ5QbX_eWzOBdTuaji5/s1600/DSCN1796.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiB6em_F10vW_LY-9iHAEyjTXJ_w-3p7L_zAnhibV7u4PUn3aO2mqwK9IiP1hgpZUeLl4oGQrtrbNEvwXAlb7R6SqnTUdlj3D3ikot3M55_Tuljr8GnEt-elJTXvQ5QbX_eWzOBdTuaji5/s400/DSCN1796.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479294618974923090" /></a><br /><br />"Look mommy, I'm like Georgia dog!"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwjdmgb1x_GbVIRjkRvrVf6AjFPGCoRxeNFfkJ-MbEEMufWUSetQ_bxo9WMU5pR8Wlt2WOVtRygc5iuFRCGMg12Ljw1zTLgF-F5obxN85oOTSs1lgNk6pr8qsgfaGG6XyJGN5Y0LHrgq1/s1600/DSCN1797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwjdmgb1x_GbVIRjkRvrVf6AjFPGCoRxeNFfkJ-MbEEMufWUSetQ_bxo9WMU5pR8Wlt2WOVtRygc5iuFRCGMg12Ljw1zTLgF-F5obxN85oOTSs1lgNk6pr8qsgfaGG6XyJGN5Y0LHrgq1/s400/DSCN1797.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479294915422473698" /></a><br /><br />"Ummm, can someone get me out of here?"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwQ49PYKCFz-HT6YRhfSWpli7hWndhB9eL9K5p6he7pTGxDuqFBDjLPUkNUDkGqiEkx-tKcKtZW8tei0-gdp_hlcvk7fZ9Z7hAQghTX91VbhieFBzKAaxYATfB4PhiR3s0DtTyVZEO5JF/s1600/DSCN1801.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwQ49PYKCFz-HT6YRhfSWpli7hWndhB9eL9K5p6he7pTGxDuqFBDjLPUkNUDkGqiEkx-tKcKtZW8tei0-gdp_hlcvk7fZ9Z7hAQghTX91VbhieFBzKAaxYATfB4PhiR3s0DtTyVZEO5JF/s400/DSCN1801.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479295339918404114" /></a><br /><br />Coming out of surgery:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwjIk-b_GlYQz0P5ZUuKVUG842xTPI0mLzxXFcqtAlBwFnGyaYHXnyVOct84KZJ0YggW-4ZXEyFsXIAIFq2YlIl1fn9XN9hHHr23iG_G89sLldCW3LHq10p4JV69njflbIlNJYinm9DtV/s1600/DSCN1802.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwjIk-b_GlYQz0P5ZUuKVUG842xTPI0mLzxXFcqtAlBwFnGyaYHXnyVOct84KZJ0YggW-4ZXEyFsXIAIFq2YlIl1fn9XN9hHHr23iG_G89sLldCW3LHq10p4JV69njflbIlNJYinm9DtV/s400/DSCN1802.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479295676279033554" /></a><br /><br />Yes, it was a long day, but it was so worth it. Bird is so much happier now that she's not in pain anymore. Thank you, ear tubes!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-656621267560878546.post-3753930041272250732010-05-18T04:43:00.000-07:002010-05-18T04:52:01.045-07:00Brooklynn's School PicturesBrooklynn's school pictures came out wonderful! Michael and I were just so thrilled at how well she did! We were going to take her to get her 1 yr. pictures taken, but decided not to since these were done right at her 1st birthday and came out to great! Can you tell I'm a proud mommy?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOQX1ZnR8Z2FRIkMaTc2fI81PnchKJH5t0xo3DhsvmZMf6OOhz5Giwvc_gsLmQ4g32F_LFhojkwOihp-EZD_2iW5oFtPuqpZwrshvs9WZSW8PPjy9Z9eaAbch78DYtAW71RwJGPbZtmYp/s1600/1yrpic.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOQX1ZnR8Z2FRIkMaTc2fI81PnchKJH5t0xo3DhsvmZMf6OOhz5Giwvc_gsLmQ4g32F_LFhojkwOihp-EZD_2iW5oFtPuqpZwrshvs9WZSW8PPjy9Z9eaAbch78DYtAW71RwJGPbZtmYp/s400/1yrpic.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472576096626672322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfuERVPC4xY9QQYrnPtPaqBePO7RA5jBBguUN8aIe-Fnwd_nt6CE_tHwxhtZJ4dyXQ4cb1mghqL8S4stleZZdSCg58W8A0fSaVaywAkdpoXLU6yywxPQryPZ7y729DHqQON7TNSutvH1z/s1600/1yrpic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfuERVPC4xY9QQYrnPtPaqBePO7RA5jBBguUN8aIe-Fnwd_nt6CE_tHwxhtZJ4dyXQ4cb1mghqL8S4stleZZdSCg58W8A0fSaVaywAkdpoXLU6yywxPQryPZ7y729DHqQON7TNSutvH1z/s400/1yrpic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472576203093047506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZiUHQuMXppSfDa42K79ft8o7eiberk1yPcBQ9v_67kbUBv1CfYxjgQ1sQNX3GRduO1Ujdy5GuHq6UA0exBBBdHK7WyWXjjiyr_OO_cBFVXqMtk8muQEgtCJtSBHcgqIcWBqv5jn3QuRe/s1600/1yrpic.3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZiUHQuMXppSfDa42K79ft8o7eiberk1yPcBQ9v_67kbUBv1CfYxjgQ1sQNX3GRduO1Ujdy5GuHq6UA0exBBBdHK7WyWXjjiyr_OO_cBFVXqMtk8muQEgtCJtSBHcgqIcWBqv5jn3QuRe/s400/1yrpic.3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472576465634369570" /></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518839512490345618noreply@blogger.com0