All About Brooke

Brooke is 7 months old today! In honor of her,(and because we spent her 6 month birthday in the hospital) This is a little tribute to her.




This is a picture of Brooke when she was 2 days

old. She was born January 10th, 2007 weighing 8 lb 8 oz and 21 1/4 inches long. She was born with a cyst on her eyeball that looked like a clear bump (which they originally thought was just discharge) that grew until just a few weeks ago when it finally popped. She was also born with a broken right collarbone, which the doctor said does not hurt her and we wouldn't be able to tell unless we knew it was there. We gave her a bottle at 2 weeks and she has been awesome at taking a bottle since then.







This is Brooke at 1 month old. Since the day she was born she tried to pick her head up on her own and just continued to get stronger and stronger. We took a drive up to Grandma and Grandpa Steadman's and she slept pretty much the whole time. We learned not to stop at any Maveriks though...every time we did and I changed her diaper she had a blow out! It was a lot of fun to take pictures of her with her cousin Kyden, who is 4 days younger.














Brooke was blessed on 3/4/07 at 2 months old in a beautiful dress Grandma Steadman made for her. It resembles my wedding dress. At her 2 month check she was 11 lb 1 oz and 22 3/4 inches long. She has slept through the night ever since she was 9 weeks old. She also started rolling from her tummy to her back. We took her for 2 month pictures which turned out so cute, but we weren't able to get her to smile. She just kept that serious face of hers that we love.



















Brooke had her first Easter at 3 months old. When she was in the right mood she would giggle and smile. She also started to hold her own bottle. Brooke has always loved to be around people. If she was in the living room and I was in the kitchen she would fuss until I brought her into the same room as me. She started rolling all over the place. I had to put up the front bumper on her crib so that she wouldn't roll into it and hurt herself. Her hair has just kept getting longer and longer and it curls on top when I put some lotion or gel into it. She saw her first Phoenix Coyotes game and was such a good sport!


















Brooke has a very serious side, as well as a laughing, fun side. She was so good to always let me put a headband on her. At her 4 month check she was 12 lbs 2 oz and 24 3/4" tall. She had her first tears, her first airplane ride to San Diego, her first Mother's Day, and got her first bottom teeth.



























We got to go back and visit Grandma and Grandpa Steadman when Brooke was 5 months old. She had a fun time with Kyden. On our way home she started to make loud cooing noise. She had her first bowl of rice cereal, her first pedicure, and her first weekend away from mom while she was in Chicago for work. With every week that passes Brooke has just gotten to be more and more fun. We bought her a Bumbo (the best thing ever!) and she has enjoyed her little "throne".












At 6 months Brooke had grown to 15 lbs 7 oz and 26 1/4". She seems to laugh all the time and is just a good, happy baby. Everywhere we go people comment on her eyes and how blue they are. She loves to grab my hair and eats it with her thumb in her mouth. She had her first bite of green beans, which she wasn't too fond of at first.
She babbles "mama", "papa", and "baba", and went swimming for the first time. She has been really good at going to sleep when I lay her in the crib at night. While we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa Steadman again in Idaho, Brooke was hospitalized overnight for intussusception, but has since fully recovered. Dad took her down the waterslide and she seemed to really like that.






Brooke is now 7 months old. Boy how time flies! She is the joy of our lives and we love her so much! Her favorite song is "5 Little Monkeys", her favorite food continues to be milk, although she likes the cereal also. She loves to take her bath and go swimming, be outside, suck on her left thumb, grab hair and putting it in her mouth with her thumb, the silky blanket Grandma Steadman made her, play "peek-a-boo", and laugh at her mom being silly. She has started drinking from her sippy cup and has cut her top left tooth. She is ticklish under her arms, sides, and on the back of her legs. She saw her first D-backs game (although she wore the Cubs outfit I got in Chicago), and she has started to sit up on her own. While she still looks a lot like her dad, people are starting to say that she looks more and more like her mom.

So, here's to you Brooke! Happy 7 month birthday!