Sickness and Celebrations

This is a belated 'Happy 10 Month Birthday' to Brooke. Yeah for Brooke! She has been sick lately we've been trying to get her better. Today we took her to the doctor and they said she had the stomach flu. Luckily she was doing better this afternoon. Nothing like last time (knock on wood!) She weighed in at 19 lbs 5 oz. They did a test on her iron and said it was slightly low and that we need to feed her things that are rich in iron. That means more vegetables, little one! For the test they pricked her big toe and then put a big bandage on it. She was folding herself in half while I was holding her, trying to get to the foreign object that was on her foot. It was funny.

So here we go.......Brooke's 10 month tribute...

She still has the prettiest blue eyes ever.

This past month she started sitting up in her crib, so we lowered it.

Then she figured out how to stand up. Now when she wakes up she just stands there and waits for us to come get her.

She copycats people more and more. She has started to copy her daddy when he opens and closes his mouth without making noise. If she's looking at you and you put your ear to your shoulder she'll copy you. Sometimes she does it without us doing it first. I swear she just wants to see how silly we will look.

She loves her cousins Landon and Kayden and is always trying to give them loves (kisses). (She loves the other cousins too, just doesn't get to see them as much :)

She has very versatile hair. It can go from an awesome "frohawk" (that won't stand up completely)...

...to a cute curly top with a simple movement of the hand.

She celebrated her first Halloween and makes the cutest piglet I've ever seen.

She is jabbering more. One of the funnest things is when we take her shopping in her umbrella stroller. I take her up to the full length mirrors and tip it up so she can touch the mirror. She will sit there and talk to the other baby and pat it. It's too funny!

She is great at giving loves! If I am reading a story to her and there is a picture of a baby she will usually give it a love.

She patiently waited with us for Kayden's arrival.

Great Grandma Workman, Aunt Linda and Cousin Mike all came into town yesterday from Canada. Grandma just loves little kids and Brooke is no exception.

Here we took a 4 generation picture.