Brooke's Walking and the Cozy Coupe

Brooke started walking a couple of days ago as her primary mode of transportation! She is enjoying being a big girl and is walking quite well. After taking many steps around 11 months she quit walking as much and has started back up. I don't think she will turn back this time!

She LOVES pushing the Cozy Coupe around the house and gets super excited when she has someone to push.

Wait...there is another passenger
Great pic of Brent and Blake

Rowdy Dinosaurs

Ben had his first outdoor soccer game Oct 2nd and the Rowdy Dinosaurs were dominant! We knew 3 other teammates because they were on Ben's indoor team this summer. It was nice to see familiar faces. Ben was super excited and had a great game. I can't remember if he scored 4 or 5 goals, but he did great and had lots of FUN! Brent was out of town so I was trying to video and didn't take any pictures.

Here are a few pics from his second game although they aren't very good! The Rowdy Dinosaurs were victorious again with another great performance. Ben's is super excited about soccer and has a daily countdown till his next game and practice!

Brooklyn's Sneak Peek

Here are the sneak peek pictures from Brooklyn's 1 year old pictures. Julie did a fantastic job and is so fun to work with. Check her out!!

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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other.......


Yep, the top one has Brooklyn's name spelled wrong. That would be her original birthday dress that I pulled out on Saturday night before her birthday party on Sunday night.

My first thought was I couldn't believe the lady spelled her name wrong. Then I looked back at the email and yes, that would be her mom that spelled her name wrong. How in the world could I have done that?? I felt horrible and couldn't believe what I had done. When I received her dress it was a VERY crazy day and I pulled it from the mailbox, quickly glanced at it, was glad it came early and threw it in her closet.

Better yet, she was suppose to have her professional first birthday pictures that Monday, Sept 20th. I wasn't as worried about her birthday party, but I couldn't have pictures of her made in a dress where her name was spelled wrong. I felt horrible and called Julie who was to take her pictures and explained the situation and she was very agreeable to postpone for a couple of weeks.

I still can't believe this happened and I had to document it as I was a very stressed out, crazy mom trying to figure out how to make it all work!

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