Watching college football (shocker I know. That's so unlike us.)
Celebrating new babies. Daniel's sister Hayley and her hubby Nick are expecting their first little one. We have been spoiling her rotten before she even arrives!
Playing hard, going to the fair, trick or treating and freaking out at Santa.
Watching Daniel run his first half marathon and full marathon! I could not be more proud of his commitment, his drive and his heart while watching him train for this thing! He was supposed to run the Dallas Marathon but that was cancelled due to the DFW Icemageddon 2013 and the Bryan-College Station Marathon happened to be taking place on the same day (where it wasn't icy but still 28 degrees cold!) they were super awesome and took in a bunch of displaced Dallas runners, He ran in memory and honor of the City of West and raised over $1,500 to donate to the recovery and rebuilding efforts there.
Oh yeah and expecting baby #2!! That's right- Baby Hare #2 will be arriving in May. We are so excited to grow our little family from 3 to 4. We find out the gender hopefully next week (and more importantly get confirmation that little peanut is growing healthy and strong!) so I'll be sure to update on that!
Oh my goodness has this been a crazy month! Aside from me starting my new job, Brooklyn has had 3 ear infections - yes I said 3. I honestly think the 1st (double) infection just hadn't ever cleared up. Literally hasn't had so much as a runny nose until February then- Boom! Back to back ear infections. Homegirl is a trooper that's for sure!
We finally had her 1 year well-baby (well quasi well-baby she had just ended ear infection #2) And she's dead on 50% for her height and noggin'. Her weight is down in the 30's but the doc said with her having just been sick and at this age where she's moving around all. day. long....it's not uncommon. She flipped out for shots but didn't make a peep and sat so still during her blood draw.
Here's what she's been up to:
Learning lots of new words: "Cank -COO" (Thank you), "EAT", "WUH-F" (Love) "Pak Pak" (Backpack) "KEE-Kurr" (Teacher) and "Weh-rrr" (Weather - which stems from her obsession with Al Roker, I'll have to video her and show you - it's adorable.) are some of her favorite new ones.
Eating everything in sight. She's learning to use a spoon and is pretty good if I do say so myself. She still refuses to drink milk out of anything other than bottle, I've tried everything. She only has milk in the morning after breakfast and at bedtime so I'm not too worried about it but would appreciate any suggestions.
She loves playing with her play kitchen in her playroom and "attacking" you when you're on the floor laying on your side. She starts giggling and crawling towards you and rams her head into you until roll onto your back, then she climbs on top of you and squeals and buries her face in your shoulder. My little wrestle-mania nugget.
She's still obsessed with books and quite a fast learner. Here she is reading (well, acting out what I read) the opposites book with me:
She had her first "real" haircut and loved it. She sat still, was quiet and when the stylist took off the cape when the cut was finished Brooklyn grabbed it and wrapped it back around her. I was such a proud mama - she loves salon days as much as I do!
Loves watching "baa-ball" (Basketball). When we walk up to the Ferrell Center for games she squeals and starts flapping her arms. She watches the game and this past week during the men's game learned to Boo. (It was only a matter of time- our fans are notorious Boo-birds). We took her to baseball and it was a mild nightmare. It think there's not enough action to keep her attention, but in fairness it was right before her naptime so we'll try again soon.
Took her first trip to a real park. I mean I've taken her before but always just pushed her in her stroller. We went down the slide and swung and ate rocks a picnic dinner.
As promised- here are the pictures of our house taken on the day it was inspected. As you can see we have a lot of work to do to make it our own and have put a significant amount of work in already, but there is much, much more to come. So here we go.....
Our entryway...
view into living room
living into dining
dining
my small kitchen
another kitchen shot
tiny pantry with poorly placed shelves
hallway to guest/kids rooms
guest bath
guest room
guest room from the other side
Brooklyn's room
view from the door
view from the corner by the window
playroom/future nursery
playroom from door
now back to the entry way there's a hall going to the laundry/garage and master
laundry
master
master view other side
master bath
master bath
master bath
our small, but big enough for us backyard that needs an overhaul
As you can see there is a laundry list of things to do including but not limited to: painting all walls and trim and changing out carpet, tile and blinds to make the house brighter; new light fixtures and fans; ripping out the hideous fireplace and bookshelves; restoring the backyard that was torn up by the previous owner's dog; refinish kitchen cabinets, new countertop and backsplash and lighting; and complete reno of the master and guest baths.
Next up I'll post the progress we've made on our living room. Doesn't look like the same house.
