Just some videos...

Brooklyn's personality is really starting to show in this toddler stage.

She's strong-willed, wants desperately to be independent, she's kind and loving, and loves to make people laugh and be silly. When she feels something she really feels it and you usually don't ever have to guess what kind of mood she's in.

We've captured a few of her little quirks and new tricks on film so I wanted to share them here.

She loves singing! A few of the toddler top charts for Brooklyn are "La Bamba", "He's got the Whole World", "Skidamarink" and "Twinkle Twinkle". Below is B singing "Jesus Loves Me" and her ABC's in the bathtub!

Her first time using a fork (correctly) a few months ago

There are more but three will do for now haha!

Week 2 & 3 weight loss (or lack thereof)

OMGoodness! Week 2 didn't go as planned at all! I still suck at drinking more water and only worked out 2 days. I'm lucky I even lost anything!

That being said I did lose just over a half pound (yay??)  and my measurements were all the same (boo, but expected)! I was supposed to post this back on Monday but we were in Seattle and here I am at the end of week 3 posting week 2 info eeek! So here are the numbers for week 2:

Date: 4/30/12     Height: 5' 5"      Weight: 137.9 lbs (-.7 lbs!)
Waist: 36.25 in.      Arm:11 in.        Thigh: 23 in.

I'm going ahead and letting the world know that this week (week 3) I had family in town and did ZERO working out. So as a heads up- I'm not even gonna post my weigh and measure on Monday as it's going to be BAD. Consider this my week 3 post as well.

Date:5/7/12     Height: 5'5"    Weight: (most likely higher than 137.9)
Waist: I don't want to know  Arm: flabby    Thigh: extra jiggly

I'll post a week from Monday with the week 4 results and pics -yikes(and I'll let you know how far I backslid this week haha!) 

I did, however, have quite a fun week last week! Last Tuesday we left our little nugget with my gal pals Melissa and Sarah who were sweet to volunteer to watch her while we went to see Coldplay in Portland. It was our first time where we were more than 5 miles from our kid, and I physically felt ill the whole ride to PDX even though I knew she was in the best care.

everyone got a bracelet when they came in and they all lit up during the show- really cool way to make the audience feel involved.

Once the show started the yucky feeling disappeared :) The show was incredible- I was impressed that Chris Martin could run around the stage for almost 2 hours with no break, and sing every. single. note. on key. I also noticed that during the show he thanked the audience for coming at least 15 times in different ways. I left the show feeling that not only was my money well spent but I felt like the band had walked up to me and thanked me in person for attending.

Coldplay also enjoys shooting hundreds of pounds of confetti into the crowd- I can't help but feel bad for the custodial crew.

We also had our annual Athletic Auction which is our biggest fundraiser and our guest speaker was former L.A. Laker, A.C. Green. Mr. Green also happened to be our guest at our dinner table, his knees hit the table at least 4 times making for a soggy tablecloth. What a tall man. A very tall man. With a huge heart for young adults. He's a very humble guy and can work a room like nobody's business. Here's a blurry phone pic since I'm an idiot and brought a camera with a dead battery to the auction.

And my parents came to town to "babysit" BK for the auction. They just left today and I miss them already. I'll post pics of their visit this week in a day or 2 after I upload and edit some of the pics!

Second time's a charm.....

Strange things are afoot at the circle K, people.

Am I the only one who's seen Bill & Ted's Excellent adventure?

It's quite possible. Anywho, on to the strange things going on with the Hare family.

Well I suppose it's not strange.

It turns out the second time is a charm for us!

Yep, not only will we be adding a puppy this summer, but we'll also be adding a human in January!

That's right, folks. We are expecting! We are in our 12th week right now had our 12 week appointment this morning.

I'm still ridiculously paranoid, but this one feels completely different than the last. After a miscarriage, even when the doctors give you the "it's not your fault" "it happens in one out of 5 pregnancies" song and dance, you can't help but wonder if there's something wrong with you. If maybe no matter what you do you just aren't going to be able to have a kid, and that's a very scary thought to think. I still think about how far along I would be if...

So far we are trucking along just fine, and I am blessed to have a husband that keeps me from ruining the joy of being preggo since his wife is a giant over-analytical worryier who now more than ever, spazzes out for every pain, twinge, cramp, dizzy spell the list goes on. He's keeping it light and fun.

I'm sure that this tiny worry in the back of my head will remain there until the kid is out and breathing, and I'm ok with that. While feeling quesy from 10am til 7pm every day sounds miserable to most folks (don't get me wrong it's not "fun") but I can honestly say I've never been more excited to feel sick in my entire life.

Here's an odd fact:
I opted for the blog announcement as opposed to the facebook post because for some weird reason I feel like my blog is more personal than facebook. I find it funny that this blog is open and available for the whole world to see and my FB page is private to friends only and I'm telling you that this is more personal. Ha ha! 

Happy Monday!

Thumbs Up for Rock N' Roll!

Because it's Monday,

Because I have awesome friends who post awesome videos on their facebook pages,

Because I love kids,

Because I love YouTube,

Because I love YouTube videos with kids,

Because this particular kid sounds kind of like Data from The Goonies

Because I love The Goonies

And because I think everybody needs a little motivation......

Happy Monday!