Gingerbread with a chance of peace!

One handed, so it will be short! Gingerbread: you will see the picture later. Peace: 2 nights of Brooke sleeping in her bassinet. Solution: Putting a blanket under the cushion of her bassinet so that it is elevated, being wrapped like a mummy with one arm free and being lulled to sleep by songs of twirling lambs. :)

A cute one of Brookie!

The blur! Tori has turned into an extremely active toddler. She us always on the run (usually with something that she shouldn't have in her hands!)

Ok...so I had to get a picture of this! Tori is now experimenting with the thought of life without clothing. I am trying to nix the idea!

Mmmmm...gingerbread from Grandma Frann! She devoured it!

Tori loves to massage my feet...which is really rubbing with a bit of pinching.The next one is a great one of her eyes! So unique!

Nothing like kicking up your feet on a Sunday with a spoon of peanut butter and the Muppets!

A very warm bath is now welcome! Brooke now likes to hang out in the tub!

More pictures

Another week...nothing too exciting here. I did go to my first three hour block of church yesterday. that was cool...I was holding out because the baby is so small and all of the flus and RSV, etc. but I went anyway. It was great to talk to people and even better to have someone to talk to while breastfeeding! That was the best. Breastfeeding really isn't my favorite so far. I hope it gets better, or this mama might quit early. I was hoping to go 6 months like I did with Tori (but I pumped with her). I have debated just quitting and pumping, but there is so much work cleaning all the parts and then there is all of the bottles. Plus I don't think that I am producing enough milk as it is. Ugh!!! And the discomfort of it all!!! Anyway, enough of my complaining...here are the kids!

I just had to put some pictures of Tori in this little cardi...and she also has all of her hair in pigtails! Her hair is getting so long!

This is one of her favorite pastimes. She loves to lounge in the swing (so does the cat). The one who really belongs in the swing (Ms. Brooke) really isn't that fond of it!

Ha ha...I know this is blurry, but I caught one of her smiles on camera. She started smiling (occasionally) last Thursday.

All bundled up. We wet out for a night on the town. She stayed hidden in her seat the whole time nice and cozy like.

I love her hair after a bath.Totally fuzzy.

This is what she looks like right now! I took these just minutes ago!

What a snuggler!

1st month and 1st Snow

Well...not much to say. Brooke is getting longer...not really bigger. Last time we checked (Friday) she was 6 1/2 pounds and 20 1/2 inches long. She is 3 ounces fatter and 1 1/2 inches longer! Which means she is tall and skinny. Anyway...we had our first snow yesterday. Tori donned her little snow suit and her boots from her grandparents (on the Dinger side) and played out in the snow with Daddy...well...she could barely move and wasn't exactly sure about the snow. She was still freezing! Enjoy the pictures.

Ummm...why am I in this snow suit and why is there white stuff on our porch?

Wow! I am totally adorable in this get up! It's freezing out here!

The cutest picture of Tori and Daddy coming in from the snow!

Brooke at 1 month! (Sorry no open eyes today...she is growing and needs her beauty rest!)

If you want to see something really freaky go back to May 2008 in our archive and you will see how much Tori and Brooke look alike. It is kind of ridiculous. Tori just has more hair!

Thanksgiving and Christmas with the Dingers

I am typing this blog with one hand. Tori is down for a nap and Brooke just ate! The Dingers (Gwen, Dennis & Marie) came up for Thanksgiving right after my mom left. I was solo for only like 7 hours. :) anyway, it was fun to have them here and to help out with our Thanksgiving feast.

Here is a tender picture of Brooke in the other little outfit that my mother bought her and with the blanket that she made!

Thanksgiving. Jason doing the honors of slicing the turkey. It is the first time that we used our electric knife. Then there is Tori with her little Thanksgiving feast. She mainly just played with all of the food and had a roll and some milk.

Chilling after the big feast. I didn't stuff myself, that was for the earlier years! Tori is pretending to be stuffed here!

Well...I know this is a little weird, but we had Christmas the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We knew that we wouldn't be able to be together and that Jason and I can't really travel with the munchkins during the winter so we celebrated Christmas! Tori is sporting a pink tutu that her Auntie Marie made her while opening her presents. She got some blocks and some "pretties" (or necklaces and bracelets). She loved to open the gifts, but got tired of the whole thing pretty quickly.

Tori in her new killer shades.

Ahh...Jason with Brookie.

The whole fam.

Tori enjoying her new blocks!

She is so excited!

Last but not least some pictures of Brooke today. A whole 3 weeks old!

Is that a smile? So stinking cute!

I know...where have I been?!

Well...our computer got a virus or something and we were without Internet for a week or something and we had to back everything up and whole reboot our computer . This blog has a lot of pictures. Sorry...I don't have enough time for more than one blog. I am hoping that Brooke won't wake up while I am doing this! :)

Here is little Brooke. She is 4 days old here. I think that this is her first day home. And that is Brooke in her carrier...on her way to the doctors.

Here she is in her first tanning bed. She didn't like it all that much until Jason thought to put her blanket in there. 8 hours of cooking and she was as good as new!

Tori enjoying a little time with me and Brooke. She is still not so happy that I can't lift her up all the time...I must admit that I do cheat sometimes and lift her. All of these pictures of Tori in her argyle are for my sister. This was one of Liv's dresses and it is adorable!

Tori and her antics. She will only eat with an Elmo bib and here she is climbing like a monkey!

Tori likes to observe Brooke. I still don't think she has any clue of what she is. Tori loves to play in warm laundry.

This is the best shot I had of the whole outfit Lora! Sorry it is kind of blurry. Tori with Jason...relaxing on a Sunday.

Tori has a boyfriend. Although he is married, I don't think she cares. Adam and Tiff came up for a visit too! It was great to see them. We miss them so much! I wish that they would visit every weekend! Tori also has learned to climb on kitchen chairs and then on to the table! I am in trouble!!!!

A Brooke photo shoot! Isn't she so cute! I love her cuddly preemie clothes! (Thanks Mom!)

Brooke with her eyes open...so far they are dark blue with light blue surrounding the iris. So pretty! I hope she gets to keep them! My mom bought Brooke this outfit! It is a little big, but I has to get her dressed! Adorable! I miss my mom already! She went home yesterday. I am flying solo today...oh oh...I hear the milk beast now! I must feed Brooke!