Finally...All About Brooke

I love this picture, I'm not sure exactly why...she kind of looks like she's trying to tell you something in this one. I just think it's too cute!

So the bright idea behind this picture was to indicate how much she grows each month. I'll take her picture with Tucker...I mean he's massive, so it should really show how big she is getting...however, Tucker was cooperating, but Brooke...wasn't a happy camper! lol I'll try again to get a picture of the two of them...I'd like to have one for her baby book for her 2 month picture.

Trying to catch another smile...I'm so close I can feel it! haha!

A sleeping Brooke...I thought this was cute because it looks like she's holding her head up with her hand! Too Cute!

Tummy Time!!!! She's getting good at holding her head up, she isn't so bobbly any more.

"Hi Everyone!" that's what she's saying here! lol Don't her eyes look so bright in this one! She's too cute really!

I was trying to catch a smile! This is the closest I came to actually catching it! lol At least she looks happy in this picture...not quite so serious. Did you know it's hard to catch a baby smiling on camera?! I thought it would be so easy! HAHA Joke was on me!

Brooke wearing something other then pink or purple...I think it's one of the only outfits I have for her that isn't pink, purple or white. I got this one at a yard sale...It's nice and light...will be a good outfit as it's been hot during the day lately.

This is what Brooke likes to do these days. She likes to stand on her own feet. She doesn't like laying or sitting for very long. I tell you my arms get a little sore from helping her stand.

This is what Brooke was doing as I was running around the house taking all the house pictures. As you can tell she was a huge help! At least she slept the whole time so that I could get the pictures taken!

That's one of her bouncy/vibrating chairs...She likes this one...it has an attachment that has fishies and plays music and it blows bubbles in the water with the fishies!

She's so serious sometimes it makes me laugh. This was her put the damn camera away and pick me up look...lol I captured it between cries!

She had just finished a cry .... well not quite...when I took this picture.

The Yard

As some of you know, I've been working very hard on trying to get some of the grass beds turned back into flower beds. I took some pictures of the yard so that you would have an idea of what I am doing....and what I have to work with!

This is the back yard, the picture is taken from the deck. That grey bunch of bricks towards the tree line...is a fire pit. A lot of places out here have fire pits! Imagine, I have roast marshmellows whenever I want to! lol Those bushy trees in the back are apparently lilacs...we'll see if they are or not! lol Excuse the mess, Tucker thinks he owns the back yard and anything on the ground is his! lol

Tucker doesn't miss too many photo ops...lol This was at one time a flower garden...I think. It has rocks around it...so I assume there might have been flowers in there at one time. Right now Tucker thinks it's a great place to dig...I just wish he would dig the grass! LOL

This garden runs the side of the garage. As you can see there are things in there that isn't grass, but there is a lot of dead leaves and grass in there...I'll work on that one someday! lol

This is the portion of the above garden that is at the back end of the garage. See what I have to deal with?!?!?!

This is the garden I've been working on...altho, this part looks good...I've done this part! lol This garden is located between the white picket fence and the cedar fence, if you refer to my previous post and the front of the house picture.

This is the other end of the above garden. As you can tell it still needs more work. lol Altho, it looks 100 times better then it did when I started! And since I took this picture, I have taken all those rocks out, previous owners were trying to create a walk way to the porch, I want to get some patio stones, or something to put there rather then the rocks.

This is the other garden at the front of the house between the white and cedar fences. I'm really not sure what to do with this one! There are things growing in there, but there is an aweful lot of grass in there too. Maybe it would be a good place for the strawberries?! I can just dig everything else up...that might work...any suggestions?

Long awaited House Blog

This blog is all about our house. It's a great little house, so I'm going to try to give you the best tour I can. I was going to video it...but really I didn't want to...lol

The front of our house...please note the white picket fence!!! It's perfect don't you think?!

When you enter the back of the house, this is what you see. The Back entry way...which Jeremy painted grey with dark brown trim...it actually doesn't look too bad, however it was supposed to be a light brown with dark brown trim! lol
This is looking the other way into the back entry. That cupboard that Wink is sitting on is actually where I keep my linen. It's not nearly big enough, but we make do with what we have and someday I'll have the cabinet there that I want.

This is the bathroom, which is off of the back entry, it's to the left if you are standing in the back door.

This is the kitchen which is straight from the back entryway. This picture was taken from the back entry.

This picture is of the kitchen again, looking kind of towards the back entryway. It shows a wall that we are in the process of trying to figure out what to do with! lol

This is again the kitchen...but I was standing in the livingroom doorway to take this picture. It also shows the stairs. That door that's open is to go down to the basement...there are no pictures of that as it's ugly and not worth writing home about! lolThis is the living room from the kitchen...the living room is on the left from the kitchen if you are looking at the fridge.

This is the other half of the living room looking from the kitchen.

The living room looking towards the kitchen.

Up the stairs to the bedrooms. This is taken from the top of the stairs.

Our bedroom from the doorway to Brooke's room.

Brooke's room from the doorway to our room.

Brooke's room from the crib.

The back of the house.

I almost forgot my favourite part!!! The porch swing!!!!

A post NOT about Brooke!

On Wednesday, I went to supper at my friend Teri's. On my way to Teri's, I got sidetracked by a park.

This is what I seen when I got there.

Talking to the Butterflies!

Brooke likes to play in her gym for about 5-10 mins. I caught her today talking to the butterflies. She's so cute! I haven't caught her smiling yet when I have the camera close, but I've gotten her to smile a few times.

When the Butterflies don't talk back!!!!!

What a doll!!!

I dressed her up on Sunday and boy did she ever look cute!!!

Brooke 1 Month Old

Here is Brooke taken at 1 month old! Isn't she a doll? Kim got her that outfit and it fits her perfectly...well the legs are a bit long...but it fits her around the waist!

UPS Gang

My lovely UPS gang were quite excited for me to come to visit them. Mom had to take the first aid refresher course on Friday and I went along to Fredericton with her so that I could see the gang! It was so great to see the girls again. I definitely miss them dearly. I do enjoy Alberta, but no one will replace my UPS gang! haha!

Of course we got some pictures of them with the baby as well. Except for Jen who wouldn't hold the baby as she was "too young" or something! lol Really bad excuse whatever it was! lol Kim isn't pictured because I missed that photo opportunity. I think Melissa has a picture tho!

Crystal and Brooke. Crystals little girl, Neveah was quite jealous of her mommy holding another baby. It was kinda cute. She's quite the little darling, however she has certainly grown since I seen her last!

Darcy and Brooke. Darcy asked who was going to have our second baby. Crystal or myself. I told her if she wanted a baby she could do so herself...lol. She is getting married in October, so I say a nice September 2009 Baby would be good....lol She didn't think so tho...hmm we'll see!

Fonda and Brooke. Fonda kept telling me "Lisa, I see no reason why you should hold that baby. You get to hold her all the time!" Fonda's little girl Destiny was quite happy to see the baby as well. I'm sure she remembered the baby shower they did for me.

Melissa and Brooke. Melissa is Brooke's Godmother. We had her baptized on Sunday before I came home. Melissa was so excited and was honored to be asked. I knew I was going to ask her, but she seemed surprised!

New Brunswick Family and Brooke

Here are some pictures of my family and Brooke.

A proud Mammy and Brooke. What a distraction she was to Mom during the two weeks we were there. It was hard to leave her, and I know she misses Brooke and I quite badly.

Uncle Troy and Brooke. He was saying how he was not excited for a crying baby to come to visit. But he fell in love with her quite quickly. How easily she wraps men around her little finger! lol

Nanny and Brooke. Poor Nanny had a bad cold and didn't want to give it to the baby so she only got to hold the baby the day before we left. I'm sure she would have enjoyed more baby holding time!

Grandad and Brooke, Grandad had a great time talking to Brooke and telling her stories.

Great Aunt Gail and Brooke

Great Aunt Eva, Great Uncle Kenny and Brooke.

Great Aunt Heather and Brooke. Another person who fell in love with Baby Brookie while we were in New Brunswick!

Great Uncle George and Brooke. Uncle George was quite attached to little Brooke. He kept telling me it was a long walk to the Moncton Airport. That was if he didn't get to hold her one day. I would, of course, quickly run to find her...I like walking and all, but Moncton is a long way from Doaktown!

Great Aunt Bev and Brooke with Mammy looking on.

4 Generations. My Nanny, My Mom, Me and Brooke. Had to have a picture of this before I came back to Alberta! Brooke wasn't in the best of moods on this particular day tho...ohh well, the picture was still taken!

Where to start?!

I've had a busy couple of weeks and that is why I have not gotten around to sending updated pictures to anyone, or updating my blog.

I left for New Brunswick on April 10th, which is also the day that my dad passed away. He passed away before I left tho, so I knew what I was going home for. It's sad that I missed seeing him and being able to tell him how much he meant to me and letting him meet Brooke in person and maybe even getting to hold her. But, now he gets to see her whenever he wants to look over us. He can be my babysitter from heaven instead of through the internet.

I arrived in NB at 11pm and was greated at the airport by my Uncle George, well he was the only one I seen at first, and shortly after my Aunt Heather joined us. We went to get my baggage, two suitcases and one car seat. The suitcases arrived just fine, however I quickly found out that my car seat did not leave Edmonton when I did. Air Canada was quite nice to lend me a car seat and told me that they would deliver my car seat the next day.

We started the two hour journey to Doaktown, with a stop at Tim Hortons of course. This was a great thing as I needed to change Brooke and feed her and plus I was in desperate need of some caffine!

Mom and Troy were waiting up for us when we arrived. Mom was so excited to see Brooke. She said I don't know whether I should hug you first or get to see the baby. I suggested that she hug me and I'd flip the blanket up on the baby at the same time! lol She quickly hugged me and then unbuckled the baby and took her out. Troy and Uncle George quickly grabbed my bags out of the truck and brought them in.

I spent most of the two weeks I was in New Brunswick at my mom's house. However, I did sneak one trip to Fredericton to visit my friends and another trip to Fredericton for Brooke's Baptism. Each of which will be posted seperately as I have pictures.

My dad was waked at the house. He had nearly 700 visitors! Which he would have loved, as he loved talking to people and visiting. It also shows how appreciated and loved he was, so many people, most of whom I didn't know. I got very tired of hugging strangers and hearing "how are you doing?" and "I'm so sorry for your loss". But I understand that people do not know what to say in that situation.

The Funeral was on Monday. Another huge turn out for that. I couldn;t believe all the people. Of course, Brooke was a big hit with the family as well as with everyone else that came in the door. It was a nice service, I did fine until the songs started. I said to Mom, who sings at a funeral! She said your father loved music and loved to sing at church. She was right...but still it didn't help me any. The Tersse family sang a song and it was a beautiful song, however I lost it when they mentioned a newborn baby. This is where the crying began for me and it lasted through every song. They also sang Lord of the Dance. I don't think I'll ever be able to hear that song again without crying. This song made me think that if I ever get married, I will not have a Dad to walk me down the aisle, I will not have a dad to dance with at the dance, I will not have a Dad to physically hug anymore...and I sit here crying as I type this, but it's true. I will miss him so much. The one line that sticks out from this song is "Dance, Dance, Wherever you may be"

Overall, it wasn't the best circumstance for a visit to New Brunswick, but I was glad that I could be there with my family when they needed me the most. There lie some hard days ahead for my mom and Troy. They are strong tho and I know they will be fine, as they have each other.

Tucker Playing in the Backyard

This is a funny video of my poor puppy running around the back yard with his cone on! lol I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed watching him as he looks so silly!

That's Mr. Conehead!

We had Tucker fixed the day after Brooke was born. Not the best timing in the world, but what can you do? I booked the appointment way before Brooke ever thought of arriving! lol

He got at his stitches a few times and the Vet told us that he didn't need a lampshade for his head, Jeremy had asked for one. He also asked for pain meds which we were told that he didn't need.

The next morning, Tucker had gotten at his stitches and there was a couple of drops of blood around the house. Jeremy took Tucker back to the vet and came home with a lampshade and pain meds. Since then we have been trying to let his stitches heal. It's healing up pretty good, however he still gets at them once in awhile. You have to think they shaved his fur so it's probably itchy growing back in not to mention that the healing process is itchy too.

Tuckers Huge!

Ok, I know Tuckers a german shepherd and that he's supposed to be huge, but I didn't realize how big he was until I looked at recent photos of him!

Take this picture of Tucker and Jeremy and Brooke. He looks pretty big...almost as big as Jeremy.

Then we have this picture of me, Tucker and Brooke....He's huge! Way bigger then me! I mean Brooke is small enough anyways, but she looks miniture compared to my massive dog! lol

Sleepers Strike!

So on Thursday this week I decided that Brooke was no longer going to wear sleepers during the day. I'm so tired of sleepers. My friend Jennifer says that both of her kids lived in sleepers for the first few months...I can't handle it anymore! lol Nothing I have fits her anyways, so I might as well put her in a cute outfit that is too big for her as put her in a sleeper that's too big for her.

This outfit is one that Teri got me. It's an Old Navy outfit...I think it's just too cute! But it's still way too big...ahh well...she still looks adorable in it!