Brooklyn's Eleventh Month

Brooklyn's first tooth finally came in July 26th. Her second tooth followed 2 weeks later. Hooray for some teeth! Her hair is filling in and she has little curls in the back.

Brookyln continues to always be on the go and finding new things to climb everyday. After I blocked the stairs off, she decided that she would climb the outside of the stairs. Very dangerous especially with the 90 degree angle wood point. She took advantage of the tray being off her highchair and was found standing up in it. She loves climbing up on the couches and chairs. I am continually pulling her off the back of the couch. Climbing up the big chair and playing with the light switch provides her great entertainment. So far no major falls but it sure is exhausting keeping up with this little girl!

Going out to eat has become adventurous since Brooklyn has really perfected her scream. This girl LOVES to eat and continues to double fist while eating. When she runs out of food she decides that screaming is a nice way to get our attention. No matter how many times I sign more or say more, she thinks she must scream. So I spend much of our dinner regulating her food supply while making sure she has food in front of her but that she won't run out before we are all done eating. Fun times!

Happy 11 months sweet baby girl! I can't believe you are about to be 1.


The first tooth. Wow, getting this picture was next to impossible!
Using a toy to climb up on her play table

Eating snakes. Yuck!

Climbed into highchair. Scary for mom!




Head first

Blake's 7th Birthday Party

Blake wanted to have a bowling party at Main Event for his 7th birthday party. They bowled for an hour, we had pizza and cake, and finished playing in the arcade. He had a great time and all of his friends seemed to enjoy themselves as well. I can't believe that I have a 7 year old! Crazy.

The birthday boy

Little brother
Check out Liam's form
Brooklyn ready to party
Blake and Grand
Addy's fine form

Lined up and ready for some pizza and cake

Wanting to get out of the stroller

One last candle.....Blowing out 7 candles is tough work

Game time

On his actual birthday we went to dinner and he got his present from us. A karaoke machine! He was excited and wanted to try it out.

What a natural...


Blake, you truly light up our lives. You are such a sweet and loving boy. You make us laugh all the time by your very adult phrases. You are always busy "working" on the computer and continue to amaze us by how much you can do. You created your own company, BSBA (Blake Sue Ben Agency), and love to create meeting agendas, name tags, meeting minutes, etc. I'm not sure how many 7 year olds have 3 email accounts, but you love your email. The other day you somehow figured out how to create your own blog and had made several posts with pictures you had taken and downloaded from your camera. You love music and are usually found with headphones on listening to your mp3 player. You did a great job in Kindergarten and are always a good friend. You are a sweet big brother to your little brother and little sister. I could go on and on, but you are one special 7 year old boy! We love you!!

Summer Slip-N-Slide

The boys love to slip-n-slide!

Blake Lost His First Tooth

Blake finally lost his first tooth! He has been asking and asking when this will happen and it finally did! I was not here when it happened because I was at work, but it's a pretty funny story. First of all, we had no idea it was loose. I had checked a few weeks ago and it wasn't loose at all. He was eating popcorn with Grand and kept saying there was something "crunchy" in his mouth. They all just assumed it was a kernal and he spit it out in the trash. Then Grand noticed that his mouth was bleeding and looked inside and saw the missing tooth. They quickly went to the trash and started digging in it to find the tooth. I was so thankful that I had taken out the trash before I went to work. It could of been a really bad and messy job. They found the tooth and everyone was happy! The Tooth Fairy brought $5 dollars that night for the first tooth with assurance it would be less for the rest of his teeth. We had fun talking about how Blake lost his first tooth right when Brooklyn was getting her first tooth!


Reading "The Night Before the Tooth Fairy" for first time
We didn't have a pillow or anything for Blake to put his tooth in. He just put it under his pillow and hoped the Tooth Fairy could find it!

Blake's Music Camp

Blake participated in a summer music camp at The Heights Baptist Church called "Under God's Sea in 3-D." He had a blast and this was definitely a highlight of his summer. They went to the Dallas Aquarium and also to a local bounce place on field trips. They practiced their musical the rest of the time. Their performance was on Thursday night and we loved it. Blake did such a great job and we were sitting in the front row and right in front of Blake, so our pictures were good of him, but limited in getting all of the stage. He was selected to be one of the sea creatures up on front of the stage. He couldn't do all the hand motions, but he sure did try! We look forward to participating in the music camp again next summer!


Trying to do the motions

Blake was the only one to lose his stuffing.....Hmmm....he was very animated up there!!