I'm a Big Girl now!

Here we go.... A couple weeks ago, I looked over at Brooklin while Brandon was reading a bedtime story with the boys, and to my surprise, she was standing up?!?! I thought it was just a fluke, but since then, it is hard to keep her from pulling up on everything...or at least attempting to! She especially likes to stand in her crib and slowly let go with one hand, then the other, fall on her bottom, look at me and wait for "Yay.." and claps:). It's her favorite game. She also began crawling shortly after....and now, I can't keep her still. She's a fast little girly! All of this leading to a first of I'm sure many bruises and scratches. She has gotten both top front teeth this past week, which brings the tooth count up to 4. (Knock on wood) she is still a great teether...I've so far lucked out and only know she is teething by the occasional whimper, fever, but usually just extra quiet baby. We did have to go to the doctor again...that darn cold just kept hanging on and it started to make me nervous. They ended up telling us it was an ear infection, giving us some medicine, and sending us on our way. I am not sure if it was an "ear infection"...she never pulled on her ears once, but the medicine did kick the runny nose and cough...so thank God for that! Halloween was a lot of fun. We went to Brooklin's Aunt Janel and Uncle Nick's house, where we were able to see all of her cousins (on Brandon's side) in their costumes:). Then, Brandon pulled everyone on a wagon with hay behind his truck around the neighborhood. Brooklin and I rode up front...it was FREEZING! She ended up wearing her Tinkerbell costume. She looked very cute. All the kids looked very cute! And I think everyone had a great time (despite it being very cold!). We didn't make it out for trick-or-treating in Union Mills though. I got off of work too late, so we just ended up hanging out at Grandma and Papa Snyder's and waited for all of her cousins (on my side) to show up. They all looked great too! And she didn't seem scared by any of the costumes either. Babies don't have much fear though...they are the lucky ones! Last month, we also were able to make Donuts due to the first snow. Brooklin enjoyed it, although it was a little past her bedtime...we started kind of late this year...but rules are rules, and we had to make them on the day of the first snow. So, all in all, life is going good. Baby girl is getting bigger all the time....staying happy....and we are falling in love with her more and more with every passing day!

So Many Changes!

So my baby girl is growing up faster and faster all the time. Let's see...since the last blog, Brooklin has gotten two bottom teeth, is sitting herself up, and is starting to crawl! She is in the very early stages of the crawling thing, but did move a bit today. She is very mobile for not being able to really crawl yet. If she wants something, she will get it! She's a determined and STUBBORN little girl! We went with Brandon, Mason, Kai, Granny, Aunt Amanda, Uncle John, Ava, Aiden, and Addison to Garwoods a couple weeks ago. We had a really nice time. Brooklin got her first pumpkin. All the kids enjoyed themselves...I think the big kids did too:). Last week, my parents and I took Brooklin to Guse's Cornmaze and took some pictures there. We didn't stay too long though, because Granny had gotten us tickets to go and see a Globe-trotter-like basketball game at LPHS. We had a good time there too. We did have to take a trip to the ER last week... She was coughing so bad she started choking and then kept choking...but they gave her a steroid and we came home. She is still battling the cold, but I think that she is working on getting a top tooth. Brandon has been doing some remodeling at the house too...and I think the dust isn't helping...you should see how great it looks though! He's been working hard, and it's amazing how much different it makes it look!!! As far as food is concerned, forget what I said about not liking chicken...we are back to eating everything without a problem! She's such a good girl! Today she is officially 7 months old. I think this past month has went faster than all the others...she has accomplished quite a lot of milestones! She's still a happy little girl and full of personality. Still so blessed to have her in our lives! Have some Halloween costumes picked out for her...it's between a duck or Tinkerbell. Guess we will see what she's feeling on that day:). Her brothers are going to both be Darth Vadar...or Dark Vadar as Mason likes to call it... and Dark Badar as Kai would say:). I am looking forward to Trick or Treating...Hopefully I'll have some neat pics for ya!