Summertime

I now believe my sweet little princess is going to grow up to be a daredevil! I will be happy in whatever she chooses to do in her life...but OH MY GOSH she is super brave. Her new favorite game is to crawl as fast as she can from one side of the couch to the other, and then do a flip off onto the floor (where we have placed several pillows to break her fall!). Needless to say, she is having a BLAST at the Little Gym! She gets to crawl and climb wherever she wants and everything is padded so she can't get hurt. We have learned how to do forward rolls and back flips over mommy. She is also becoming quite the social butterfly in class as well. She loves to wave and crawl over to the other babies and "talk" to them. I also found out on the first day of class that we received a "2-for-1" deal, so we get to go twice a week! AND the best part is that the two boys from daycare, Morgan and Luke, are in the same classes! It is so good that we can stay in touch with them over summer. Brooke is also becoming more aware of walking as she sees all the other kids in her class doing it. As I mentioned previously, we aren't encouraging her too much to walk so she hasn't started yet. She will take a few steps at time though. Yesterday she took 3 steps towards me, stopped and stood there for a second, and then took 2 more steps! She's getting closer and closer!

Morgan and Luke's mommies told me that they put them into swim lessons at the Houston Swim Club. They said there was one spot open in the class that they are in, so we signed up for that as well! Our first class is this Friday. Brooke LOVES the water, so I'm hoping she really enjoys this class. It is a parent/child class so I will be in the water with her! We are having so much fun together this summer!

We will be spending next week at Lake Conroe, and are very much looking forward to it. It will be nice to get away for a little bit. We got Brooke a life jacket so we can take her out on the boat...don't worry, Reagan is a very good driver and he promises to go slow! I will post some pictures of our trip when we get back.

On another trip note...Reagan and I booked a vacation for ourselves at the end of July. We will be heading to the New England area! Reagan had some flight miles, so we get to fly free! This trip will be our longest time away from Brooke. She has spent the night with her grandparents a couple of times, but this trip is 4 nights away from her. It is going to be hard, but she will definitely be in good hands while we are gone!

Hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July!!

SUMMER!

It is finally here! SUMMER! I am so excited about being home for the next two months with Brooke. I have a feeling that we are going to have a TON of fun together! Today was my first official day of summer and I spent it playing with Brooke. We also went to JC Penny to take her 9 month pictures. They came out great! Tomorrow is our first class at the Little Gym and I can't wait! ...I'm sure Brooke is excited, too! :)

On May 26th, we went in for her 9 month check up. She now weighs 14 and a half pounds. Still underweight, but staying right on her growth curve. Dr. H said we can start giving her some table food...but so far, not so good. She is still being very picky about the baby food, so big girl food is not any better to her. At least she's still drinking her milk! The doctor also said all her bloodwork came back great, so she's a very healthy little thing.

Brooke hit a huge milestone on June 30th! Brooke took her very first step without holding on to anything! She did it all by herself without us trying to encourage her to do it! We were in complete SHOCK! She actually took 2 steps from the couch to the glider. Then, she did it two more times after that! It was so exciting!! The next night, she did it again for my parents, but she hasn't done it since. We haven't really been encouraging her since then, so maybe that's why. We aren't ready for walking just yet. She has been growing up so fast and we want her to slow down a bit! It seems like she just got the crawling thing down and now she's ready to start walking! :( Although, I will have to say that I am super happy I got to witness it. I was so worried she would take her first step at daycare. I think she knew to wait so that mommy and daddy could see her do it!