Brooklyn is starting to walk. The full video is available on our web gallery.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Our Sitter/Nanny
Just wanted to introduce our sitter/nanny. Her name is Chika and she has been a great blessing to us. Brooklyn absolutely loves her and they have become very good friends.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Pictures are Up!
More pictures of Brooklyn as a penguin, in the bathtub and Tiffany and Xavier's wedding on the Web Gallery.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The wedding...toast
Its been a while since I've blogged, so I thought I'd take this wonderful opportunity to share with you a recent experience of mine. My baby sister got married this past weekend, and she was the most beautiful bride I'd ever seen. As the maid of honor, it was my duty to do the toast. I decided to wing it, to speak from the heart. I thought that'd be the best way. What follows are highlights of this speech, and italicized are the thoughts that were going through my head as words poured out of my mouth:
"MARRIAGE" Oh my god, I just yelled out the word marriage like it was a sentence...quick say more... "Not Mawaige!" Oh my god, I just quoted the Princess Bride, keep going Amanda! "Marriage is hard." Oh my god! ABORT ABORT! "Um..." Yeah, silence, that'll rock em, "But all these people here are here to help you in your marraige," Holy crap there are literally 275 people staring at me.... "Congratulations!" Ok, good, get out now. "Brooklyn wants a cousin!" Seriously, that's my ending?? Pass on the mike and go hide...
So there you have it. There was more, but I think I blacked out while speaking. Tiff's first words to me after the toast were, "Oh yes
! I can't wait to see that on tape!!" At least I made her laugh. Here are some pics of the toast, and of the Underwood girls...
"MARRIAGE" Oh my god, I just yelled out the word marriage like it was a sentence...quick say more... "Not Mawaige!" Oh my god, I just quoted the Princess Bride, keep going Amanda! "Marriage is hard." Oh my god! ABORT ABORT! "Um..." Yeah, silence, that'll rock em, "But all these people here are here to help you in your marraige," Holy crap there are literally 275 people staring at me.... "Congratulations!" Ok, good, get out now. "Brooklyn wants a cousin!" Seriously, that's my ending?? Pass on the mike and go hide...
So there you have it. There was more, but I think I blacked out while speaking. Tiff's first words to me after the toast were, "Oh yes
! I can't wait to see that on tape!!" At least I made her laugh. Here are some pics of the toast, and of the Underwood girls...
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Random Pictures and Video
We made homemade pizza on the grill
And here is some video of Brooklyn. A higher quality version of the video can be found on our web gallery
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Brooklyn at PING
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Baby Eats!
Brooklyn is now starting to eat somewhat solid foods. We are starting her on some kind of rice concoction Amanda made and so far she likes it. And the long drawn out feeding sessions begin!
See video of us trying to feed Brooklyn on the Web Gallery.
See video of us trying to feed Brooklyn on the Web Gallery.
Monday, July 6, 2009
4th of July in Greeley, CO
Unfortunately Amanda had to work on 4th of July, so Brooklyn and I spent the morning and afternoon together. We started the day by running in the annual Race against Cancer 5k race. It was wonderful weather to run and there was a huge crowd that lined the streets cheering people on. It was Brooklyn's first race and my first in Colorado. I did most of the work as she slept and I ran. We tried to stay afterward to watch the parade (which is the biggest parade in Colorado), but Brooklyn' bottle leaked all the milk out and then I had to use the bathroom. That's difficult to do when you're alone. I actually gave thought as to how quickly I could run into a port-o-potty and get out before anybody noticed a cute baby by herself in a stroller. Needless to say, we just walked home.
This was Amanda's first 4th of July outside of Arizona and my first in about seven years. So it was nice to actually be outside. For the most part the day was sunny but then the rain came in. I swear, every time I try to grill outside, it decides to rain. We spent some time with friends at the Longs' house and then made our way back home to grill.
Fortunately, the rain periodically broke and I was able to get the grill going, and we were blessed with a rainbow that, despite our excitement, Brooklyn seemed pretty uninterested in. Either way, it was one of the better 4th of Julys we've had, mainly because it wasn't 110 degrees like it would have been in Phoenix!
This was Amanda's first 4th of July outside of Arizona and my first in about seven years. So it was nice to actually be outside. For the most part the day was sunny but then the rain came in. I swear, every time I try to grill outside, it decides to rain. We spent some time with friends at the Longs' house and then made our way back home to grill.
Fortunately, the rain periodically broke and I was able to get the grill going, and we were blessed with a rainbow that, despite our excitement, Brooklyn seemed pretty uninterested in. Either way, it was one of the better 4th of Julys we've had, mainly because it wasn't 110 degrees like it would have been in Phoenix!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
The First Father's Day
Today I experienced my first father's day. The family got me presents, made me breakfast in bed, and even got me an ice cream cake that had "Happy Birthday" written on it. Awesome. It was like my birthday. Still, it was kind of surreal but fun. I realize that I'm part of a very exclusive club, one that comes with many responsibilities. I love my family and I'm excited about being a husband and daddy.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
A few funny stories
While I have a free second I would like to share some things that have made me laugh this past week. Here is story #1.
Quaylan and I were playing volleyball in the backyard. Due to the recent rains, the grass is long. And our wonderful dog, Kanye, doesn't like to poop when the grass touches her bum, seriously. Plus, the long grass makes it hard to see poop. Anyway, we were playing and Quaylan had reminded me to watch out for poop, but he was pretty sure he'd picked it all up already. After a good 15 minutes of playing, the ball goes over to the far side of the yard. Quaylan runs to get it and I go over to Brooklyn to make sure she is still ok (sleeping in the swing). I stand up and Quaylan is standing still, with a look of total defeat on his face. I say, "what's wrong," and he answers, "I stepped in poo...It is 100% on my shoe...I stepped in poo." Now I don't think he meant to rhyme his response, but he did, and I was dying of laughter. He continued, "It IS 100% on my shoe, it's not even on the grass!" And sure enough he was right, his shoe was covered in poo, and not one bit remained on the grass. To top it all off, the grass was too wet from previous rain for him to scrape it off. It was awesome!
Story #2 Quaylan decided to give Brooklyn an airplane ride this morning. As he's sitting on the couch he starts flipping her over. And she loved it! I was in the kitchen cleaning when I hear....uuuuggggghhhh! I look over and see the same "poo on my shoe" face on Quaylan, but this time, there is baby throw up dangling off his chin, and, yes, throw up IN HIS MOUTH! It was also all over his shirt, too! I cannot stop laughing, he looked like he was about to throw up too! I finally compose myself to help him and I can honestly say I've never seen him make funnier faces. It was awesome! Plus, the same thing happened to me the second week I began caring for Luka, so it was ok to laugh!
We are having way to much fun here in Co!
Quaylan and I were playing volleyball in the backyard. Due to the recent rains, the grass is long. And our wonderful dog, Kanye, doesn't like to poop when the grass touches her bum, seriously. Plus, the long grass makes it hard to see poop. Anyway, we were playing and Quaylan had reminded me to watch out for poop, but he was pretty sure he'd picked it all up already. After a good 15 minutes of playing, the ball goes over to the far side of the yard. Quaylan runs to get it and I go over to Brooklyn to make sure she is still ok (sleeping in the swing). I stand up and Quaylan is standing still, with a look of total defeat on his face. I say, "what's wrong," and he answers, "I stepped in poo...It is 100% on my shoe...I stepped in poo." Now I don't think he meant to rhyme his response, but he did, and I was dying of laughter. He continued, "It IS 100% on my shoe, it's not even on the grass!" And sure enough he was right, his shoe was covered in poo, and not one bit remained on the grass. To top it all off, the grass was too wet from previous rain for him to scrape it off. It was awesome!
Story #2 Quaylan decided to give Brooklyn an airplane ride this morning. As he's sitting on the couch he starts flipping her over. And she loved it! I was in the kitchen cleaning when I hear....uuuuggggghhhh! I look over and see the same "poo on my shoe" face on Quaylan, but this time, there is baby throw up dangling off his chin, and, yes, throw up IN HIS MOUTH! It was also all over his shirt, too! I cannot stop laughing, he looked like he was about to throw up too! I finally compose myself to help him and I can honestly say I've never seen him make funnier faces. It was awesome! Plus, the same thing happened to me the second week I began caring for Luka, so it was ok to laugh!
We are having way to much fun here in Co!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Trip to Sacramento - The Graduation
Last week we went to visit Sacramento, California and witness my little brother graduate from high school (yay!). It was also Brooklyn's first time visiting her grandparents home. All the family flew in from all over, Georgia, Washington, Arizona, Tennessee, and Colorado. She met so many people including her cousins, aunts, uncles, great aunts and uncles, and her great grandmother. At first she got overwhelmed but she soon settled down and had a great time laughing and talking to her relatives. We even got to take her down to San Francisco to meet her Aunt Teri and Richard. We visited Pier 39, China Town and had dinner in North Beach (Little Italy). Then to cap it off, she got to see her Uncle Shonie's graduation ceremony. And she stayed awake for most of it! We then made it safely back home with Brooklyn staying awake for most of the plane ride talking to strangers. It was a very good trip. Congrats Naashon!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
A sleepy girl
I put Brooklyn in her jumperoo so I could get a few things done. She jumped and jumped for about 10 minutes, then... silence. I ran to see if she was ok, and this is what I found. Oh, my sleepy girl!
Friday, May 22, 2009
A Picture That Explains it All
This picture seems to explain perfectly what our life consists of right now. Parenting magazines, hand sanitizer, Lysol, Mother's Day flowers, and the all important and all mighty laptop (because when baby goes to sleep, mommy and daddy are furiously working on final papers or a dissertation).
Play and Reading Time
We are already starting to train Brooklyn for the athletic and academic olympics. We got her a jumper and so she is enjoying jumping around in it and looking at all the flair. But of course, we had to stimulate her little brain and she likes staring at the books as we read them.
More pictures on the Web Gallery.
More pictures on the Web Gallery.
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