9 Months!

I cannot believe that my Gracie is 9 Months old. Can someone please slow down time? She is such a sweet baby. Her smile with her dimples and her laugh melt my heart. She is a BIG mama's girl. She will let someone else hold her for a minute and then she gets miserable and needs me. As soon as she is in my arms she will look at whoever was holding her and give them a BIG smile. It does make me feel good to me so loved. She is crawling ALL over the place and pulls herself up. She is barely starting to be able to walk when she is pulled up. She got her first tooth last week. She is on quite a schedule that I didn't put her on- she did it herself and I must say it is SUPER nice. She loves to sit in her highchair and eat her Cheerio's. She loves all food and has to try what we are eating. She loves her sister! She thinks everything Brooklyn does is hilarious. Even when Brooklyn is holding her by the neck walking her around. She is my sweetheart and I love her so much!

High School Musical

For anyone who does not know- Brooklyn is OBSESSED with High School Musical. She is in love with Troy she tells people all the time how Troy is her husband, when people ask her name she tells them it is Gabriella, and when I was pregnant- when people would ask her what we were going to name the baby she would tell them Sharpay. The local theater company did the show and our good friend Maggie was in it. Of course- we needed to take Brooklyn. Maggie had told me to bring the camera and after the show Brooklyn could meet Troy and get her picture taken with him. You should have seen the look on her face when I told her this, she was thrilled!! She got this sassy little smile and told me that Troy was going to hold her and that she was going to give him a kiss. (I am in BIG trouble with this boy crazy girl.) It was a way cute production- they did a SUPER job! Brooklyn was dancing at our seats and in the aisles- she loved it. After the show we made our way through all the crowd until we found "Troy" and Brooklyn dove right into his arms. He was way cute about it and a good sport. She was thrilled to get her picture with Troy and Gabriella, our cute friend Maggie, and Sharpay. We had such a fun girls outing.
On a side note, this past Firday, I discovered Gracie had her first tooth. She is such a sweet and happy baby and through the first tooth continued to be her happy self- I am crossing my fingers that they will all go this smoothly!

Brooklyn diving to Troy


Gabriella, Brooklyn, and Troy

Our cute friend Maggie

Brooklyn and Sharpay

LOTOJA

On Saturday, my brother Brian participated in the LOTOJA bike race. They ride from Logan to Jackson in one day. Quite impressive. This is his 5th year doing this race. We decided that we would ride up- we see him along the way and then wait for him at the finish line. My sister-in-law Chelsea had got bucked off her horse and kicked in the head the night before and we weren't sure who would end up being able to go. She ended up being okay- besides a goose-egg the size of a baseball on the back of her head and so her and Brett decided they would come. Me and the gals, my mom, dad, Nat and Garrett all went up. We had a blast. Brian was doing way awesome up until Montpelier and then he got very sick to his stomach. We heard later that there were quite a few racers that had to pull out because they were sick, but he perservered through it and finished. I have got to say I can't even ride a bike 1 mile- so to be able to ride 180+ miles in one day is quite amazing to me. Good job B- We are so proud of you. (Besides seeing Brian cross the finishline, the highlight of the day is when we got stuck in a real life cattle drive.)

The Mullet

I have been debating over whether or not to post this- but decided I wanted to have it documented. The other day I was changing Garrett's diaper and Brooklyn came over and was really checking things out. This is how our conversation went.
Brooklyn: "I really like his mullet."
(Me thinking His What?")
I explain to her that it is his privates- since I HATE the real word.
Brooklyn: "I know. I really like the way it is smashed."
At this point I am trying very HARD not to lose it and die laughing.
And from then on out, every time I change his diaper she is right by my side and tells me she likes his privats. The word "mullet" has a WHOLE new meaning for me.