Fall is coming...

As the weather begins to get cooler...ever slowly, but fall is coming...Brooklynn gets to wear her new fall clothes. She looked extra cute yesterday in her new sweater.

Another moment at the beach.

Thought I would put another shot up on the blog from the beach. We took this shot the first night we arrived. It was right as the sun was going down and Brooklynn was a little tired. Such a great shot though.

Check out my teeth!

Brooklynn's third tooth started coming in and she's chewing stuff more than ever. We are waiting for number four to appear. She is pulling up on everything and climbing on and into everything. We are on constant watch. Yesterday she made it up three stairs (Joy was watching and supervising - don't worry MeMe and Grammy)!

Mmmm, mmmm...that sand tastes good!

While we were on vacation this past week at Pawley's Island, South Carolina, Brooklynn was able to experience the beach for the very first time. She was pretty reluctant to even get close to the water the first day we were there, but by the end of the week she was enjoying the water and eating the sand.

Uh-oh...now what do I do?

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. We have been on vacation for a week so I should now be back in the swing of things. I thought this picture said it all. Brooklynn is crawling all over the place now and she gets herself into some crazy predicaments! Here she got herself stuck underneath her Exersaucer...after she gave a couple of feeble whines, we had to help her out.

One really big Sunday!

What a Sunday we had! After church, we went to pick up Brooklynn from the nursery and the poor frazzled nursery worker told us it was time to move Brooklynn to the next nursery. Even though Brooklynn isn't old enough she said she was so busy and crawling every where she was bowling the other kids over! And I thought we had a dainty little girl. After church, Rich and I took Brooklynn to the zoo for the first time. We think she liked it even though she was more interested in the plants. Finally, after much anticipation Rich got to dress Brooklynn in her Panther's jersey that matches his. Aren't they the cutest! I am sure Brooklynn will be just as big of fan as her dad. What a great day!

Brooklynn's First Festival

We took Brooklynn to the Apple Festival in Hendersonville, N.C. today and she really had a good time. She really loves watching all the people and just taking everything in. I can't wait until she's a little older so she can really enjoy all the cool things for kids to do there...well, then again...it WAS nice to just have her sit in the stroller most of the day.

Enough of the bottle, give me the real stuff!

Brooklynn is venturing into the "real food" realm and man is it messy! She's learning to love it though. This was her first time having carrots and she seemed to get more on her face than anywhere else.

Now we're in trouble...

What an amazing moment to experience as parents. Joy glanced over while we were watching a little TV and yelled at me that Brooklynn was crawling. I didn't believe her at first but after doing a double-take we were both scrambling for the video camera and the rest is history. Hope you enjoy this moment as much as we did.

Girly pink...but in a good sort of way.

I'm so blessed to have two amazing girls in my life. At first I was leaning toward the notion of having a little boy, but after watching Joy and Brooklynn these last six months bond in a way that only a mother and daughter can, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love these girls (and all the pink that they bring in my life!)

Six months old and loving it!

Brooklynn turned six months old today! I can't believe it's already been half a year since we were in that delivery room welcoming her into this world. She's grown up so fast. She's sitting up without any problems now and she has two bottom teeth that are coming in more and more each day.

On no! Not a Cubs fan...

Brooklynn put on her Chicago Cubs outfit for the first time today and went over to show it off to her Grampy...who's one die-hard Cubs fan. A picture moment was born. Apparently it wasn't a good luck charm because the Cubs lost their game. I'm still determined to convert my daughter to becoming a Reds fan.

I'm big stuff and I know it!

And now yet another milestone. Brooklynn has just now started sitting up on her own. She still wobbles a little bit and falls back at times, but she thinks she is such big stuff while she's sitting up.

Mmmm....me like cereal!

What a milestone! Brooklynn ate her first solid food this week as she downed a bunch of rice cereal. She must have been paying attention to us as we ate our meals because she knew exactly what to do once we stuck the spoon into her mouth. As you can see she cleaned her bowl...this little girl can eat! It was so cool to see her take this next step.

Little miss "laid-back"

PawPaw and MeMe were in town this weekend and Brooklynn got a lot of attention. She loves just hanging out in MeMe's arms taking in the world around her.

Getting ready for bed has never been so cute.

Brooklynn's bathtime always brings smiles to her face. She looks especially cute nestled in her daddy's arms and wrapped up in her little hooded towel.

What in the...?

I can't believe my little girl actually had a Red Sox hat on. Things just have to change. Our good friend Bill Secord slapped one on her head when I wasn't looking!

5 months old! Both of them!

We met up with an old college friend, David Blanton, and his wife Jill in Charlotte. They just had a little baby girl 5 months ago named Carsyn Danielle. What's crazy is that she was born on the exact same day that Brooklynn was born so we have a couple baby girls that share the same birthday! What are the chances?!?

Who in the world do I look like?

The big debate right now is the topic of who does Brooklynn look more like. We thought we would post up photos of Joy and myself at just about Brooklynn's age now. Please leave a comment and let us know who gets your vote.

Happy Fourth of July!

Brooklynn celebrated her first fourth of July holiday. She ended up sleeping right through all the fireworks!