A day at the ZOO!

This Tuesday, Brooke and I met up with our friends Lindsay & Lauren for a day at the zoo. Lauren was an old pro having gone to the zoo when she was only a few weeks old, but this was Brooke's first time and I think that she had a blast!! We went to the children's zoo which was a ton of fun and the girls even played in the fountains-I think that Lauren enjoyed it a bit more then Brooke :) We even got to ride the train-although Brooke did sleep through that portion...all in all it was a great day with perfect weather and we cannot wait to go back again!!

Brooke at the children's zoo posing on top of a large orange frog-she loved it!

Brooke posing when we first arrived at the zoo-in her fabulous zebra shirt (stripes are slimming). We had some lunch at the Painted Giraffe while waiting for the girls.

Lindsay & Lauren with the goats-the girls were totally fascinated and we were totally holding our breath!

Brooke being a bit hesitant as usual-but always ready for the camera.

She was all ready for this one! At the children's zoo they have a jeep for the kiddos. We let Lauren take the wheel because she is a month older :) They were having a great time and annoying the boys that were waiting in line and checking them out of course :)

This was the point where mom's camera battery died-I know 'mom of the year' right?? I even made sure I had my memory card on me etc. but 1/3 of the way through the day and I am battery-less. All the more reason to go again I guess!

Weekend Activities

This weekend we were invited to a 1st Birthday Party!! It was such a fun theme 'Thing One and Thing Two' as the Birthday kids are adorable twins Parker and Finley. Brooke had such a GREAT time and was exhausted enough to take a 3 hour nap when she got home :) Thank you to the Meeks! Pictures from the party-sorry I didn't get too many :(

The Birthday Boy & Birthday Girl getting into their chocolate cake! This is by far my favorite part of 1st Birthday parties-too cute!

There was an adorable boy at the party named Noah that I think Brooke may have had a crush on-seriously...look at that grin! The kids were playing when Noah's mom asked him to give Brooke a kiss..he obliged and then we got this blush from Brooke :) Boy Crazy???

One of the kids favorite gifts-an Elmo that falls down, laughs and stands up again by itself-seriously, who comes up with this stuff?? I was all about cabbage patch dolls and my little ponys...WHO WASN'T! Do I even have to mention Glow Worms...I digress..

When I went shopping this weekend for the kids birthday, I couldn't resist a good buy at Target. They had a pink laptop that was only $20.00! It is made for five year olds because it have games on it, etc. but it has the important features that Brooke likes about my computer (keys, a mouse and a real screen). She 'beamed' when I gave it to her. After all, she has slept in her bed the last five nights all by herself (through the night) an has been taking naps in her bed too-she deserves it :)

Loving the stairs in the basement. Brooke and I decided to play downstairs and she loovveess me to chase her now. She laughs so hard and crawls so fast to 'escape' me! Today, she decided to go up the stairs-I let her get to one before I said no, but she was too cute to not let her try it out!

Notice the booty pose..

Talk about it...

So much to discuss, so much to discuss! It has been quite 'eventful' around the Fleming house-well, at least in our eyes!!

Tell me what you think about this...
I am on the phone yesterday (quite busy actually-on a work call), Bella is FLIPPING out because someone is at the door and Brooke is continuing to alternate between "mama" and "uh oh" like it is her job. I go to the door already annoyed with their presence and I discover that it is two fairly nice dressed dudes from AT&T. I open the door and they say, "hi...can we speak to your mom??" WHAT?? "No" I respond, "I am the mom." OK-granted I am short and all, but do they think that I am 12?? Compliment or Insult?? I am not quite sure...

Brooke is totally almost walking-even though I know that I say that all of the time :) She is finally taking advantage of a toy that I brought her awhile ago and walking around the family room. I swear that she tried to take a step yesterday when her Grandma & Grandpa Fleming came over-but Bella got pissed and seriously jumped off of the couch and knocked her down (paw to the stomach style) It was totally rude and uncalled for-way to be bella...

We started making some FABULOUS headbands at work that I love (yes, in monogram format, my married initials do spell out KFC-a customer was lovely enough to point that out to me today...OBVIOUSLY I know this lady!!)

Brooke did LOVE wearing my headband, though, and she looks totally cuter then me in it so props to her! It is totally awesome that she loves hair accessories!

Well, Brooke is almost 10 months old so Gary and I figured it was about time to introduce her to bud light-better her parents then peer pressure right?? Obviously just kidding, but she has grown to have a HUGE fascination of the refrigerator and this was the first item she went for last night. Note her excitement at the can of brew...

Even more thrilled as she discovers how to 'drink' her find!

Passed out after only one beer! She must take after her mother :)
Once again, totally kidding-but she did take a snooze on the kitchen floor when Aunt Amy was babysitting today. Amy said that one minute she was playing with her magnets in the kitchen on the fridge when it got really quite (usually not a good sign). When Amy when to check on her, there she was...sleeping on the kitchen floor! She must take after that mom after all! Another joke folks :) I was actually a bit concerned as to why she would do this before I remembered that my sister Maggie once climbed up 4 shelves in her closet only to clear the toys off and sleep there..one the shelf! My mom spent hours looking for her & may have called all of our neighbors is not the police only to find her in the closet-6 feet up. I guess my family is totally bizarre with sleep I don't know...
I also happened to recieve The BEST birthday present in the WORLD today from my sister Tracie. I am a huge coffee drinker (black-no sugar no cream) and I have recently developed a desire to have many tacky coffee mugs because when your a mom that is what you must have! Tracie decided to make me a mug with one of my all time favorite pictures of Maggie on it with the following description:

"Coffee is better then mango's!"

Coffee is better then mango's...do you know what else is better then melons??

What else have the Fleming kids been up to?? Michael Phelps...all night long Michael Phelps. Gary and I have never 'really' been that into the Olympics, but this time we are so totally into 'The Games." Our favorites so far have been girls gymnastics, men's swimming and I like womens beach volleyball too. And..when did they get hand ball?? What's up with that?? With that said...we have Phelps on now..I am going to have to go...

My Birthday!

This was my first Birthday celebrating with Brooke and it was the best birthday so far :) We had a nice dinner at my parents house and Amy, Joe and the kids along with my grandma and grandpa were able to join us. Thank so much to everyone that was able to come and those of you who couldn't make it-you were missed!! Enjoy the pictures (even though it is my bday it is totally the kids who steal the camera :))

Lilly & Brooke

Grandpa & his girls

Great-Grandpa & Brooke

Dad & Brooke exhausted-glad that mom's birthday is finally coming to an end...she thinks that i last the entire month of August...doesn't it??

My BFF-Lauren

This week on Tuesday, Brooke and I headed over to the Sonnenbergs for some fun with the girls! It is always the intention of Lindsay and I to get some work done for our children's clothing line, but we constantly get distracted by these two cuties-how can you resist!!

Getting into the fridge for a mid-day snack

Totally caught in the act!

As soon as the dishwasher was open, Lauren had lept on top! Brooke was amazed! Then she saw Lauren's toes-even more amazing!!

Totally hamming it up for the camera!

Happy Friday :)

BBQ at the Flemings

This past weekend we had friends and family over to our house for a BBQ. We had a great time seeing everyone and Brooke had a fabulous time being held by everyone-star of the party of course! Here are some pictures from the day!

Brooke and Katie Haywood

Brooke and Shannan Swiney-finally a picture of these two!

Brooke was totally fascinated with Brad-her new best friend! She is already taking after him by taking her shirt off!!

Just another day with the Flemings...& Kallers!!

I decided that today's post is going to be a picture day! There were too many cute pictures from yesterday's day with Aunt Amy not to share. I think that the kids had a lot of fun and luckily (for Amy) they were WAY better then they were last week (see that post below!) So, scroll down and enjoy :)

Jack has a bit of an obsessions with Monsters-specifically Monsters, Inc. As the Kallers were on their way out yesterday, Jack decided that he wanted to become an Monster-one based in Columbia, MO. He let us know that he was a nice monster, though, so we were not scared.

Jack also decided that it was time to go back in the box. For those of you that received a Christmas Card from the Kaller Family in 2006, that was Jack's 'classic' pose. When I left for work yesterday, I knew that Jack had found our cooler-little did I know that he would become obsessed with it and want to spend his entire day inside-looks fun right??

Yes, that's right folks-Brooke is standing up all by herself!! This was a good 10 second stand and two pictures were able to be taken for proof!! She is going to be walking in the next two months-I am absolutely sure of it...I was a nine month walker you know..no pressure :)

Lily standing up all by herself!! This was also a good 10 second stand! Lily, though, likes to put her arms in the air when she is kneeling or standing as if to say, "WHATS UP!!! DO YOU SEE ME STANDING!!! I AM PHENOMENAL!!" I love Lily...her personality is so hysterical! I feel for Amy & especially Joe-they are totally going to have their hands full with this one :)

The gals! We haven't taken a girls picture in awhile so we took the opportunity while we can still quasi keep them in place. No clue what is up with Lily-she is so funny when we try to take a group picture! And yes, Brooke likes to play in just her diaper...she has a cold and is messy and this is just easier ok??!! I have a feeling that she will kill me when she is older-'seriously mom...diapered baby pictures...online!!' Oh well :)