11 Months

I write this with a very happy heart, but find that part of me is sad that my baby is growing up so fast! I can't believe that we are quickly approaching little B's 1st birthday. I knew the day would come that I would look at her and realize that she is not a baby anymore, I just didn't think that it would come this soon. It is almost every day that she does something that makes her seem so much bigger. Though she may be growing up, I find myself laughing my head off most of the day. Her little personality is so funny and so cute. She is such a little cheese ball! She has such a big heart and loves everything and everyone. It is hard to tell if she is a mommy's girl or a daddy's girl. She loves us both so much! She can hardly contain her excitement to see us in the morning, we are greeted with the biggest smile while just jumps up and down in her crib. Every morning I wake up to the words "momom" in the sweetest voice. And anytime my phone rings she looks at me and says "dadad" with a little fluctuation in her voice at the end as if she is asking a question. She would rather snuggle or rock with me at night before bed, but she would much rather play with her daddy. Here is a list of Brooklyn's favorite things:

• Her "B" or her blanket. She CANNOT sleep with out it. She has to rub the silky edges under her nose before she can fall asleep.
• Her binky
• Getting rocked before going to sleep
• Looking at herself in the mirror
• Reading books. She loves when people read to her but if no one is reading to her she will read them to herself.
• Climbing the stairs
• Brushing her teeth
• Dropping things just so she can say "uh oh"
• Banging on doors
• Listening to Casey play the guitar
• Watching Baby Einstein. She gets so excited and does her little "excited dance"
• Pulling all the diaper wipes out of the case and ripping them into shreds
• Drinking water out of anything but especially her sippy
• Taking baths
• Taking showers with mom or dad
• Her bed. She will not sleep anywhere else
• Being chased
• Lotion
• Pizza
• Telling me no all the time
• Playing with our cell phones
• Walking anywhere and everywhere she can go
• Pulling all her toys out of her basket
• Pulling clothes out of the laundry basket
• Tearing anything she can rip into little shreds
• Other little kids and babies
• Tags on anything. She likes to rub them between her pointer finger and thumb
• Eating whatever you are eating, no matter if she just had her dinner and is full
• Watching me vacuum
• Going for walks
• Being in her stroller
• Playing outside
• Dogs ( but we will see if she still does because she got bit 2 days ago)
• Being tickled
• Being swung in a blanket
• Johnny Cash (thanks to Casey) She gets SOOO excited when she hears his music. She will stop whatever she is doing and start dancing with the BIGGEST cheesey grin ever!
• Bottles
• Food in general
• Playing with her toes
• Playing the piano

We love our "Bookin Monster" soo much!

I pulled out the camera to take picture of her

and she automatically smiled so I took another one

and got this. So freakin cute!!