Brooklyn's 1st Birthday Party

We had Brooklyn's party on Sunday evening with family and a few friends. She did not want to nap much that day and I was a little worried about her mood for the party, but she was great! We all had a great time celebrating Brooklyn's 1 year of life!!

Sweet girl cousins and the only girl cousin!!
Grand and baby Luke
Grand and her 5 grandchildren
Dinner time

Papa Bob, Karla, and Aunt Shara
Youngest party girl...Calley
Aunt Erin and cousin Luke

Present time

Brooklyn had lots of helpers with her gifts
Loving her baby doll and stroller

Cakes

Attempt at a family pic
Happy Birthday to Brooklyn

One of her first bites

Starting to grab fist fulls

What's left of Brooklyn's smash cake
Telling Papa Bob something
Love this pic of Grand. Pops, and Brooklyn. Grand and Brooklyn's faces are so similar

Pictures that were on her birthday invite from each her first 12 months

Happy 1 Year Brooklyn

Wow, how fast this year has flown! I can't believe that my little princess is already 1. We have loved every minute of it and have cherished all of it since this should be the last baby we will ever have.

Brooklyn has not slowed down at all. She's into everything and still finding new things to climb. She started using her walker and uses it to navigate all around the house. One of her top teeth started coming in and boy it sure is a big one! Her screaming when we are out to dinner definitely has increased in frequency. She continues to double fist her food and eats an enormous amount of food for a 1 year old. It hasn't seemed to cause a huge increase in her weight. I guess she must be burning a lot of it off! She started taking a few steps on her own. She will take about 5-6 steps and then just drop and crawl off. It is fun to see her holding onto something and then just take off! She still is not very motivated to walk and prefers to crawl. I think walking is slowing her down. She is really starting to belly laugh and it brings a smile to everyone around her.

Her 12 month stats

Weight - 21.7 50-75%
Height - 30.8 97%

Brooklyn loves to brush her teeth. If the bathroom door is open, you can bet you is up on the stool brushing away
Or playing in the toilet. I felt a little bit better that the toilet had just been cleaned but definitely still disgusting
Toilet water hair

Coloring


Loves her walker
Climbing in the washing machine
Look who's 1 year old today!!
She loves this face although this one is kind of scary but it shows her big tooth coming in on top
A little better

Brooklyn, you are such a wonderful addition to our family and we thank God everyday for you! We are super excited to see more of your personality develop. I think we can already tell a little bit about who you will become. You are sweet, determined, fiesty, independent, funny, and a daredevil. We love you!

Look who's about to be 1......

Ranger Game

We took the boys to their first Ranger game. Thankfully Grand kept Brooklyn so we didn't have to worry about dealing with her at the game. We had great seats behind home plate. The boys were decked out in Ranger gear and Ben wore his glove the entire game in hopes of a foul ball. They had lots of sugar and it was a really good game. The Rangers won and we all enjoyed the fireworks show afterward. I didn't bring my camera but took some pictures on my iPhone.


Ben really into the game

Blake not so much

Ice cream helps

Silly Ben
Silly Blake

Great Fireworks

Blake's First Day of School

Blake was excited to start first grade today. His teacher is Ms. Ridenour. Unlike last year, there are no other neighborhood kids in his class although he knows a lot of the kids. There are 7 classes in 1st grade and they did a really good job spreading all the kids around. I'm excited for him to make new friends and look forward to see all that he is going to learn. Go Blake, the big first grader!

Ben's First Day of School

Ben started his last year of preschool today. He will go to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday this year. He's excited that he has one of his teachers from last year again, Mrs. Rowan. He's also excited that one of his favorite friends, Addy, is in his class although she is out of town but will be back on Monday! I can't believe that summer is officially over for Ben. Blake will start school on Monday.

Ben's Last Indoor Soccer Game

Ben had his last indoor soccer game today. He has so much fun playing. Coach Brent did a great job and they ended the season with a Cici's pizza party and they got their trophies.

Last huddle

Team pic