Brooke = 3

 1 month old

One year old

 

 2 years old

3 years old

I cannot believe how much you have grown and changed over the last three years Brooke!! Your such an amazing, fun, talented and funny little girl. We LOVE you more then this blog could ever convey :)

Happy Third Birthday!!!

The Night Before...

Someone was SUPER excited for their party....couldn't get her to sleep for hours....

And it is still a mystery as to where she learned..."wanna shake your tails guys??"

P90X Week 4

This update will be short and sweet.

I am still working the P90-this weekend was a little busy and I had to skip two days :(
Tony is not going to be happy with me.

I think that I got quite the cardio work out getting our house ready for Brooke's b-day bash...so maybe that counts?? Maybe not.

I am going to be picking up where I left off tomorrow.

Weight loss update will come on Tuesday....

28 days down
62 days to go

If you don't have anythign nice to say....

Question.

Why is it when your pregnant people LOVE to tell you how HUGE you are?
You know...the standard, "are you having twins??" "when are you due...??"

I mean, who thinks that any of these things are appropriate questions/statements to say to a pregnant gal??

I am not pregnant.

However, the same thing can be said for commenting about ones child.

Why is it that people feel compelled to tell me how HUGE Caroline is??

I mean...sure, she is larger then her sister was at this age BUT she is proportional for her height/weight/etc. Brooke always came in at the 50% across the board. Caroline consistently comes in in the 95% in both her height and her weight. SO-what is the big deal??? If she was in the 20% for height and the 95% for weight, that may be an issue...but she is not. Lucky girl will probably get to be taller then 5'3 like her mom and sister will be stuck at!! I would kill for an extra 3 inches!!

It wouldn't bother me that much but it happens all of the time. Everywhere we go. People love to tell me how beautiful she is...and those eyes!!...but only after they demonstrate their shock that she isn't over 1 years old yet. I don't get it. I certainly don't freak out when someone elses 10 month old isn't as big as Caroline.

This really started to get to me lately because Brooke is totally picking up on it. Just the other day, Brooke proclaimed that Caroline had a "BIG Booty." She, on the other hand, has a "small booty." When I informed her that Caroline was still my baby and she had a cute little booty...she corrected me by saying, "No mom, I have a cute little booty...Caroline has a cute BIG booty."

Poor Caroline.

I, personally, think that Caroline is the perfect size....95% and all...don't you think :)

One Happy Day

It has been awhile (9 days to be exact) since I updated on the kids. The aunt's in Ohio (and fans worldwide) need some picture updating!! I will not make you wait any longer...

My darling and always happy child, Brooke.

Sometimes life is not fair when you can't ride in your baby sister's

swing.

And then there are some children who are just constantly happy...

They cannot help it-to them, life is fabulous...

And...eventually, their pure happiness rubs off on everyone around them.

How can it not??!!

Happy Wednesday.

Road Trip

This past weekend, Gary and I hit the road headed to Memphis Tennessee.

Random right??

Well, Gary had a 'gig' in Jackson, TN so we thought we would extended the trip to Sunday for a parental get-away.

This was only done with the HUGE help of Grandma Mary Anne and Pawpaw Tom - so a massive THANK YOU to them - :)

 After Gary was finished 'working' on Friday night, we got up in the a.m. and headed to Memphis. Gary was able to walk down memory lane remembering fun filled evenings spent on Beale Street while in college. I was able to see the sights and laugh at these stories Gary filled me in on.

Even though the sights only consisted of the actual street and the Peabody Hotel, it was still fun. I decided that I knew why Gary really wanted to stop in Memphis when he casually mentioned that there was a Gibson guitar store/manufacturer right off Beale! What luck!! There were even tours available every hour!!

He decided he would spare me the spare me the unbelievable excitement that is "How to make a Gibson Guitar" and save it for next time. So, in thanks, I bought him the $13,000 guitar that was for sale. :)

Next stop...Tunica, MS.

Oh, yes.

The land of elderly gamblers was calling to Gary us so off we went. The hotel that we stand in was very nice and the slot machines were aplenty. We were able to have a nice dinner and gamble enough to break even.

All was great until I met a Nebraska fan who informed me that he hated Mizzou. What?? Why so serious...I mean, we're in Tunica! When I informed him that we totally beat Nebraska when I went to school there and took down the goal post...I couldn't even get a smile. He repeated, "I HATE Mizzou." That was enough for me...on to the next roulette table-things may get rowdy!

I tried to get Gary to take lots of pictures during our trip. You know, the fabulous kind where he takes a solo shot of me, then I take one of him and then we ask a random stranger to take one of both of us (all the while hoping they don't steal out camera). He was not game, though. So, from the looks of this post, it appears that Gary had a spectacular time! I swear I did too.

We were glad to be back, and I am sure Mary Anne and Tom were happy to see us too. The girls?? They may be indifferent :)

P90 X-Week 3

Week Three's update will be short and sweet.

I kept up with the program until Friday when we had to head out of town. That means, I have had the pleasure of making up that day this week and going straight into week 4. That also means no down day this week : (

I have noticed that my clothes are fitting a bit better so I hope that is a good sign!

21 days down
69 days to go

Weight loss to date: unknown. I didn't weigh in this Sunday as I usually do since we just got back from our trip. After un-packing, starting laundry and just being exhausted...it didn't happen. So let the suspense kill you until next Sunday.