Merry Christmas 2008!

Merry Christmas! Here is Brooke at 6 Months + 4 Weeks.

Brooke had a great first Christmas, with Mimi (Jen's mom) and Grandpa Jim (Jen's dad) visiting for the week. Here's some floor playtime with Grandpa.

Mimi always smiling while she holds her "little button."

Low and behold, Grandpa's feeding Brooke! We had to be sure to capture this as he didn't think anyone would believe...

Christmas dinner from atop Dad's shoulders.

Lastly, a Christmas tradition of holiday pajamas is started.

Santa!

Here is Brooke at 6 Months + 3 Weeks. Last weekend she met Santa! While we didn't get a smile from Brooke during the quick couple pictures we took, there was lots of HO HO HO'ing. She has also turned into quite the rolly polly. If I look away for 2 seconds she has "ninja-style" rolled 5 feet away. I can't imagine keeping track of her once she starts crawling!

I thought I'd have to keep Maddie away from Brooke's toys. Well it seems it is the other way around. Here she actually pulled the bone onto her mat (I quickly took it away). And here she is reaching for the ball and the bone I had previously taken away.

Wintertime

Here is Brooke at 6 Months + 2 Weeks Old.

As winter progresses, we've been breaking out the sweaters. It's funny, I remember getting these sweaters when she was just born and putting them away (they were marked for 6-9 mos old), thinking it'll be so far away before she wears them. And now she's ready for them. Time is moving too fast! Stop growing Brooke!!! Here is a sweater a friend knitted for her.

Lastly, sometimes when I'm dressing Brooke I feel like Molly Ringwald from Sixteen Candles, when she is trying to put her sister's wedding shoes on at the church (and the sister's feet are going every which way but the right way). Here's a sock dressing attempt...

And she pulls the sock off with her mouth...

So the other sock goes on...

6 Months Old!

Here is Brooke at 6 Months + 1 week. She turned 6 months last Sunday, and weighs 14 pounds 9 ounces.

Last Sunday she was a giggle machine when Dad was reading her a book.

Here she's pondering her Christmas list to Santa.

To mark her "half" birthday, we broke out the rice cereal. Woo Hoo! It was an experience. In the holiday fun, Brooke was excited to see the Christmas tree go up.

Some Brooke and Maddie time.