Just cause she is so cute....

My sweet little baby is not looking like a baby anymore.  She has decided she wants to be a big girl too.  She has to do most things on her own!

PSI Party

Matthew's work had a Christmas party a couple of weeks ago.  It was our first real date without miss Brooklyn.  It was great to spend time with just the two of us and enjoy a nice meal without getting food everywhere.  Plus... he is kind of handsome, don't you think?!

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

My Hubby Turns 29!!!!

Yesterday we had the opportunity to celebrate Matthew's birth!!  He turned 29 and is one amazing man!  He is such a great daddy.  Brooklyn always asks for him throughout the day and is so excited to see him when he walks in the door.  Not to mention, so am I!  Even though he spends all day working to take care of our family, he comes home and plays with Brooklyn and listens to me ramble on about our day.  He is so patient, loving, and sincere.  We love him soooooooooooooooooo much!!!!  

To celebrate we went out to lunch here...

and to dinner here....

Then we came home to some yummy cheesecake and presents!

Here are a couple of pics from Matthew's special day.

 

Brooklyn made this wrapping paper for daddy at the crafternoon at the Springville museum.  So cute!

New sweater and new running toe socks

Santa Claus is Coming To Town

So... we took Brooklyn to see Santa last night.  

 Here we are waiting in line. 

And here is Brooklyn on Santa's lap.  I didn't feel like we were torturing her last night, but looking at these pictures today makes me think otherwise.  You can even see Santa's smile start to waiver as he tries to contain the screaming Brooklyn.  I guess it is a rite of passage as a child to have these pictures taken, but after the pictures were taken, Brooklyn didn't want anything to do with me.  I had betrayed her, so she grabbed for the nice daddy who was taking pictures.  Click on the image below to make it bigger.  

We are doing better today and Brooklyn has forgiven me... or forgotten.  Either way, she still gives me hugs and kisses!

Catch Up

 About a month or so ago, we headed to Utah lake to take some pics of the little babe.  We didn't get exactly what we wanted since Brooklyn wasn't feeling the "look at the camera and smile" vibe.  She is still adorable so I thought I would post them anyway.

Also, it definitely looks like Christmas around here.  We have had our tree for over a week, and decorations are brightening up our whole home.  It is the most wonderful time of the year and we celebrated with homemade pumpkin pie that was six months in the making.  Literally.  We started with a pumpkin seed and used the beautiful little pumpkins that grew in our garden this summer to make a delicious pumpkin pie.  Fresh really is better!  I couldn't wait for Brooklyn to wear her Christmas jammies so she has been wearing them for a couple weeks now.  Who says Christmas is only one day?

Yesterday was Sinterklaas day so we had to put out our shoes to be filled with lots of goodies.  The carrots are for the horses and this morning we had oranges and chocolate in our shoes!  I love this tradition from Matt's dutch family!  The clogs were a new addition this year for only 7 dollars on etsy!

Shared photo book from Corinne

Click here to view this photo book larger

I have been working on this baby book for Brooklyn for the past month.  I have finally finished and am just waiting for it to come in the mail!  It documents all of her "firsts" as a baby and shows how fast she has grown.  I think it has been really therapeutic for me because it has forced me to admit that Brooklyn is no longer a tiny little baby.  She is a little girl and is so much fun!