I'm Dancing, Oh Yeah!

Brooklyn has become the most hysterical dancer, thrusting her hips and all!! This is a tame version, but you get the idea! Sorry about the distraction at the end.

I'm Brushing My Hair

Brooklyn likes to brush her hair as part of her nighttime routine!! She is such a girl!!

Thanksgiving 2010

Yet another wonderful Thanksgiving with family! We spent time at the Hein House during the late morning and then time at the de Wolfe House. The food was fabulous as usual and it was so nice seeing family members that you haven't seen in awhile. Brooklyn ate more turkey than Aaron and I combined!! And she loved playing with all her cousins and second-cousins.

Gamma and Gampa Hein with B

Gamma, Gampa, Brooklyn, cousin Remi and Charlie


Aaron and I had a "dessert showdown" this year between just the two of us. Unfortunately, everyone liked both our desserts, including ourselves, so no definitive winner. I made a double chocolate cake and Aaron made a banana-strawberry cobbler. Oh yes, they were as good as they sound!




Wow....another holiday has come and gone and now it is Christmas time....wow!!

Leisure Visits

Over the past week, I had the entire week off from school, so Brooklyn and I got to visit some people and hang out together. It was so nice to spend some time with her; greet her when she woke up in the morning considering she is still asleep when Aaron and I both head off to work.

On Monday, she and I did some errands and prepped food for the week. Tuesday, we went to the Fort Worth Zoo with Auntie K (Kensley, my college roommate) and had lunch with Dadda since we were in the area. We had a wonderful time and the weather was gorgeous!!

Brooklyn and Auntie K

Giraffe's Kissing

Brooklyn loved this turtle!


Wednesday afternoon we left the house (it was being shown) and visited Gamma and Gampa Hein for a little bit. Once Aaron arrived from work, we went to dinner with everyone.

Friday, we did some Black Friday Shopping around 9:00, after all the crazies were back in bed!! And then Saturday, we drove up to Dan and Amanda's apartment to play games and chat. Brooklyn and Remi played with toys, we played Mah Jongg and ate outstanding tortilla soup......YUMMY!!!

All in all, it was a nice week off. Family, friends and fun times :)

Ditched for Deer

Oh Hunting Season, how I slightly loath thee!
Well, maybe it's not so bad....Aaron shoots deer, I spend money :)

Mule Deer in Midland, Texas.

Camera Lens

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras

I just purchased a new camera lens for our Canon and I cannot wait for it to arrive. It was advertised in my Parenting magazine and after looking at reviews, it sounds promising. I emailed my sister-in-law, Nick's Amanda about it and she said it was a lens she was wanting too. Yes....if she wants it too, it must be good....she is the queen at deals and finding quality products!!

My uncle Gary is a professional videographer who he is coming in town for Thanksgiving and I am hoping to have the lens by then so I can pick his brain a bit!!

It helps you photograph the far-off action of athletes or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background....whohooo!

Sniffle, Cough, Cough

I apologize for my absence again. Work has been a bit stressful and uncomfortable (we'll go with that word for safety reasons). And just as all this is clouding my sights, Brooklyn gets hit hard with a nasty cold. She has been so very congested and coughing....we finally took her to the pediatrician this past Monday, but "ride it out" is basically what we have to do. She has been on a little Benadryl and Zyrtec, otherwise just a slew of home remedies. She is improving, but at a slow rate.

Wait, Momma gets sick too. URGGGGH!! I was out of work on Wednesday and Brooklyn and I got to mope around together.

It's a yearly trend I have started for myself.

World Series 2010

My brother, Jason, flew down from Pittsburgh for the World Series games here in Texas. My dad had tickets for the two of them for Game 5. I was dying to go to a game, since everyone had gone but myself. So the four of us (Dad, Jason, Aaron and I) headed to the ballpark on Saturday night to see if we could get some tickets from a scalper.....no such luck :(

We were terribly disappointed and ended up at a couple of different restaurants/bars to watch the game. After the win that night, Aaron and I were determined to find tickets and spend too much money to make it to Game 4! All four of us got to enjoy the game on Sunday (sadly with a tough loss).
Nonetheless, the atmosphere and experience was AWESOME!! It was so cool!! I am so grateful that all of us we were able to be there :)

Halloween 2010

For Brooklyn's 2nd Halloween, she was Tinkerbell. I must say, she fit the part perfectly with her pale skin; she was such a cutie pie!




In the afternoon, we decided to carve a pumpkin. B wanted nothing to do with the nasty, messy, gooey pulp....she did not want to put her hands in it.



So, Dadda got stuck doing all the work while B walked around with the top of the pumpkin.




Then her and Chip played ball with the small pumpkin we had.



We scored some tickets to the World Series game, so Dadda headed out the door to tailgate, while Momma and Brooklyn headed to the church for the Halloween festivities! Brooklyn walked around and waved to people, took a train ride and spent a few minutes with Nana and Papa.