These Boots Are Made For Walking

Zach's Aunt Loreen is a shoe lover. And she loves to share her passion with others.
Isaac & Brooklyn were the recipients of that lately.


Brooklyn got a pair of squeeker shoes.

There are squeekers in the heels of each shoe so every step she takes they squeek.
Adorable is an understatement!!

She started taking some steps a few weeks ago and now can walk across the living room. She likes a lot of encouragement to do it & daw gone-it crawling is just so much faster!

Isaac also would like to have a party thrown in his honor (and we do) when he walks across the room now too. Isaac got a pair of frog rain boots- huge hit!!

He even slept with them on a few times. They're great for squashing bugs too!

Thanks Aunt Loreen!!

Birthday Recap- part two

*small disclaimer: Now that I have my new camera I take a T.O.N. of pictures- almost every day. It's like another body part and with me all the time. You'll probably get sick of looking at our pics long before I get sick of taking them :)


Okay so....Sunday we celebrated Brooklyn's birthday with family & a few friends.
Brooklyn was adorable, as always!



We found an amazing deal on renting a bounce house for the day. (Seriously $45 for the small one, but since they didn't rent out their 12x12 they gave us a free upgrade) Mimi & Pap got Brooklyn a small pool for the back yard & we brought up the ball pit (from Aunti Becki for Isaac's birthday) from the basement. When the kids got up from their naps we had the backyard all set up to have a GREAT time outside. And did we ever!!!











The food was good!
Can't beat a backyard BBQ during the summer!

On to dessert.
This girl is not shy with anything, and certainly not with digging into her cake.

Waiting patiently...


Oh, For me?


Seriously- I can eat all of this?


Don't mind if I do...


That was good! Born a chocolate lover...just like her Mama.


Some more playing....






And seconds on dessert



I can't tell you how head over heels in love we are with this little girl!
She is just a bright light, full of laughter, and so much fun.



And her hugs can't be beat! If you've had one you know what I mean.

Birthday Recap- part one

Well what a weekend of fun we had celebrating
Brooklyn's 1st Birthday!!

The kids & I had a fun day even though we weren't having her party until Sunday.

I don't know if there is a girl who loves her carbs & cheese more than this one.
So why not combine them- Mac & Cheese for lunch it is


Then after lunch we mixed food coloring with whipped cream & 'painted'.



But mostly we just ate it....mm..mmm...good!

For dinner we had...carbs yet again.
It's what she would have asked for if she could say spagetti.

Then we opened presents. I was really surprised how well Isaac did being patient & letting Brooklyn get the first second or two with her new toys. We just put them all in one box & let them go wild whipping what they were interested out.



Brooklyn got her first doll house. A big hit!



Isaac showed her how to push the button on the car to get it to make baby noises & play music. Brooklyn immediately started dancing when she heard the music. The girl loves to get her groove thing on!





It wouldn't be a good day without wrestling Daddy



Then some fruit for dessert



Isaac immediately said, "Now Isaac's turn to sing Happy Birthday. And Candle too!"

Then we headed out to the park.



All in all it was a great day spent together as a family celebrating the life of our little princess!

What a year!

Hard to believe "baby Brooklyn" turns one today!!

A year ago you looked like this

What a beautiful little girl you've become so far!!

Loved by so many people!!

And so loving in return (you'll come in for a quick snuggle and then you're off quickly to do something exciting)

Adventuresome would be a huge understatement

You're obsessed with slurping up any stray water on the ground.

Big kids or equipment don't intimidate you in the least.

You initiate a LOT of wrestling matches with your brother


You didn't come with a quiet button ( I know, I've tried to find it)





Whatever you're doing you do it with....passion

We are so blessed to have you in our lives!
We love you more than words can say princess- hope today is just the first of many incredible years we share together!!