4th of July

So today we found some Epps in Brooklyn. We think in these pictures she looks like Nona. There are more of these on the web gallery. 4th of July was rainy here again...two years in a row. We love this place.

Aunt Corri Visits!

This weekend we were blessed to host Aunt Corri! We had a great time and we miss her already. Aunt Corri, Brooklyn and I went to Denver to have lunch and visit the Children's Museum. Brooklyn had a blast and spent most of her time in the play grocery area. The grownups had dinner that night and we spent most of Saturday outside. We are having good weather out here; good enough to grill! Also, I was pretty lucky to have my sister out here for Father's Day. That was a treat. Photodocumentation of the whole weekend can be found on the web gallery.

First Weekend of fun in the Summer

On the gallery there are some pictures from our first weekend actually doing something besides moving and traveling. It was good to finally be able to relax a little bit. We made it an eventful weekend though. We visited the Greeley History Museum, stopped by the local farmers market and went to our friends Sam and Eric's wedding! A very good weekend. Corri will be here next week so more fun times to come.

The Many Faces of Brooklyn

I was playing with a new camera and realized that I hadn't uploaded any new pictures lately. I'll be posting up more on the gallery. A lot has happened since we last posted. Amanda and I graduated with our respective graduate degrees. We moved to a new house, and we're transitioning into life after being in school for over 2 decades. So hopefully this new stage of life will be just as fun as the previous. Again, more pictures of Brooklyn on the gallery and I'll be posting up other pictures (graduation, house, etc.) later on.

P.S. You'll notice that the gallery looks bare. I had to remove all the pictures and video for a while because I used the site to show an educational video to my class. I'll re-populate the gallery with some of the more recent pictures later on as well.

Easter 2010

More on the gallery.

She's ONE!!!

WOW! Brooklyn will be one year old tomorrow. I can't believe it. I thought I'd share a few things I've learned over the past year. It has been a crazy, wild, wonderful ride, and I can't wait for all the future adventures our little family is going to have.

What I've learned in my first year as a Mom:

• When your baby is two weeks old and you and your husband decide to drive to a town that is 45 minutes away, the freeway is not a good time to ask, "hey, you buckled her in the car seat, right?"
• Pulling over after you both freak out about the answer to that question and crying hysterically for being "bad parents" is ok. The baby didn't even know, and mommy will recover from her heart attack.
• You shouldn't ignore all the birthing advice because you are confident that your labor will go exactly as your mom's did (only 30 min long and one push). In fact, the more you believe that your labor will be one way, you are setting up karma to give you the opposite. I was POSITIVE my labor would be less than one hour. It was 29.
• Nursing is hard. And its ok to stick with it ONLY because your sister's wedding is in 7 months and you want to look phenomenal.
• Its ok to study really really hard for a final in your biomechanics class, then end up circling any answer on the last page because you've starting leaking milk through your shirt. (I still got the second highest grade!)
• it takes a while to remember that when you walk through a doorway, you have to account for your child in your arms, and her big head.
• Putting your baby to bed without a diaper is bad.
• Don't worry about things your baby picks up off the floor and eats, they will come out in whole pieces in her poop. (yay for brightly colored paper!)
• When you are EXHAUSTED, do not drink.
• When you are EXHAUSTED and do drink, DO NOT GIVE WEDDING TOASTS.
• Don't plan a day around your baby's naps, she will fall asleep anyway. Especially in the middle of her little birthday party while eating pizza.

Well that's all I can think of right now! I'm sure this list is very very incomplete. Happy Birthday, Brooklyn! Mommy loves you!

Brooklyn Playing on Rocking Horse

Thanks to Nona and Papi for the rocking horse! Video of Brooklyn already performing horse tricks on our web gallery.