Marvelous Monday

We're just hangin' out and havin' some fun today. We did meet Grammy, Great Maw Maw, and Kyla this afternoon at JoAnne's and we managed to make it out of the store without buying anything! Brooks and Burkley have enjoyed their "expanded" play area since we took the coffee table out of the living room. It's so much more open and will allow them to have more room to move about once that happens...which won't be much longer.

Spin, spin a letter...I can't get that silly song out of my head now!

Laughing at mom because his shirt is telling a BIG FAT LIE!
Trouble since day one...not my sweet little Brooks-E-Wooks-E!

Peace Please...isn't that what we all need?!?!

Hope you are havin' a marvelous Monday too!!

Sweet "Yogurt Bear"

You are probably thinking that we took a trip to the local Yogurt Bear to have some yummy yogurt on a hot summer Texas day, but we didn't! I just thought it was a pretty catchy title! Brooks decided that he didn't want to take an afternoon nap yesterday...I tried laying him down twice and rocking him twice and all he did was laugh and want to play, so that's just what I let him do (if he would have been fussy, it would have been a different story). He worked so hard eating his chicken and sweet potato's that he hardly had enough energy to finish his yogurt!

So sleepy, but not ready to give up just yet!

Still hangin' on for the last bite!

The end result of not taking an afternoon nap!

Is that pitiful or what?!?!

Swim Suit Models 09

Here's a few pictures from our swim suit photo shoot from the other night. I think these are two of the cutest models ever! What do you think?!?!

How did you like the many "serious" faces that Brooks was sporting? He didn't want to smile for anything...silly boy!

Monkey Business...8 Months Old

No monkeying around...Brooks and Burkley turned 8 months old today. I just can't believe it. My (once) tiny little babies are not so little anymore...they are growing up so fast right before my very own eyes. I love seeing them reach new milestones, but at the same time, it saddens me. Their personalities are in full force now and I love to just sit back and observe them interact with one another...it's super sweet. Here's a few pictures of my sweet little monkey's sporting their new birthday jammies...they HAD to get something for turning 8 months...right?!?!

Brooks Allen...here are just a few things you are up to at 8 months old

• You can sit up like a big boy now all by yourself!
• You are wearing 6-9 months clothing and a size 3 diaper!
• You have discovered that your voice echo's in the house...so the louder, the better!
• Da da da da is your new favorite word (and a few others that mommy is trying to figure out)!
• Your bottom teeth are right there...just not ready to appear just yet!
• You love to pat things with your sweet little hands!
• You recently have learned how to open your mouth really big to give kisses (you don't always cooperate, but it melts my heart when you give me those big wet kisses)!
• You drink 2 - 6 ounce bottles (morning and night) and have recently decided that you no longer want your afternoon bottle, so you get a snack (puffs, yogurt, or applesauce)! You are also having 3 main meals...breakfast (oatmeal and fruit or yogurt), lunch (veggie and fruit), and dinner (meat/veggie and fruit).
• Puffs and yogurt melts are one of your favorite snacks. I love to sit and watch your chunky little fingers pick them up. At first, you had a hard time getting them in your mouth, but now, you try to see how many you can get in your mouth at one time)!
• You are learning how to scoot all over the place. Today, I put you down on the play mat to play and when I turned around, you decided to roll over and scoot off the mat and onto the floor!
• You love bath time and love to splash, splash, splash!
• At times, you will wrinkle up your nose and smile...so precious!
• You are starting to want to put weight on your legs and showing much more interest in wanting to stand up (which makes me proud). You've had nothing to do with this and Dr. Judice said not to worry, that you would do it when you were ready...so I guess you are ready now!
• You have now graduated to your big boy car seat and you LOVE being able to look out the window!
• You love to play with your little sister and you love to watch and laugh at your big sister, Holly!
• You love to swing and your favorite movie is still Baby McDonald!
• You love to laugh at your big cousins Colton, Avery, and Kyla!
• You have the sweetest personality and sweetest smile ever!

Burkley Ann...here's a few things that you are up to at 8 months old

• You can sit all alone and you can even stand up with a little help!
• You love to dance when you hear music or when we ask you to dance (you move up and down and it's so cute)!
• You have two bottom teeth that are coming in...and they have given you some trouble!
• You love to squeal and talk all the time!
• Your favorite word is Da da da da (and Da Da LOVES it)!
• You have recently discovered that it's comfy to sleep on your tummy rather than on your back!
• You are still wearing size newborn and 0-3 months clothing...and size 1 diaper!
• You drink 2 - 6 ounce bottles (morning and night) and 1- 4 ounce bottle in the afternoons (sometimes you take it and sometimes you want nothing to do with it...but I at least offer it to you).
• You LOVE yogurt...sometimes that's the only thing that you will eat (especially since you are teething)!
• You eat 3 meals a day...breakfast (oatmeal with fruit or yogurt) lunch (veggie and fruit) and dinner (meat/veggie and fruit)!
• You also love to eat puffs and yogurt melts. I love to watch you pick them up and put them in your mouth!
• You are learning how to wave bye bye and you can even give kisses (that is when you want to)!
• You love to get a bath and love to splash just like your brother!
• You LOVE watching your big sister and will just sit and laugh at her! She loves you and even let's you pet her/pull her hair!
• SOMEtimes you fight sleep...especially during the day. But once you are out, you are out!
• You love playing with your big cousins Colton, Avery, and Kyla!
• You are learning how to scoot all over the place! It won't be too much longer and you will be crawling...sigh!
• When you see your big brother, your eyes light up and you smile so big!
• You have the funniest and spunkiest personality ever! You are super sweet and that smile of yours will melt any one's heart!

And here's another picture of my Chunky Little Monkey's! I honestly cannot believe it's already been 8 months. It seems just like yesterday that these two beautiful miracles were welcomed into our world. These have been the BEST 8 months ever and I cannot even imagine life without them now. I fall in love with them more and more each day! Thank you God for allowing me to be the mommy to these two little monkey's...I'm so blessed and so lucky! Can't wait to see what's in store for these little one's this month!!!
XOXO

Friday Evening Fun

After we returned home from having pizza at our favorite pizza joint in town, we decided to hang out a while in the front with the kids. So what if we were off schedule by a few minutes...it is Friday night, right?!? I know these pictures are similar to the ones I posted yesterday afternoon, but I couldn't help it. And...since I had a hard time choosing which ones to post, I decided to post them all! They are just so dang cute! Happy Friday!