March Madness...

I'm not sure what to attribute the title of this post to...but it just seemed appropriate. We have been crazy busy...but that's nothing new. Brooklyn keeps us on our toes and is one busy busy bee!!

Brooklyn and I took a trip up to see Great Aunt Jamie and Great Great Aunt Jo in New Braunfels. We had a blast! We were there Thursday-Sunday!! Brooklyn performed all of her animal sounds - cow, sheep, dog, monkey...pointed to her body parts - nose, mouth, chin, ears, eyes, elbow and tummy! Her aunties were quite impressed!! Aunt Jo even shared some chocolate ice cream with her!! She is always obsessed with the stairs at Aunt Jo's house...but she didn't even attempt to go up them this visit (that made for a more pleasant get-together).

Aunt Jamie and I took Brooklyn to a few stores in San Marcos at the Outlet Mall. We were looking for a Pottery Barn kids chair...and we found one!! We also found some goodies at Old Navy, Children's Place and Heartstrings...my baby girl was pooped from all the shopping!!! Daddy missed us while we were gone...this is the longest that he has been away from us!!

I participated as a vendor at the Just Between Friends consignment sale at Crossroads Mall!! I made a ton of new contacts...so hopefully with a little follow-up, it will have been worth my time! I'm really looking forward to the sale in Boerne next month!! The JBF sale was Thursday-Saturday...that's right...3 whole days. ...and this was the most amount of time that this Mommy had been away from her baby :( ...so who was she with? Grandma!! ...and poor Grandma was pooped!! She hasn't recovered from her foot surgery as well as she had hoped, so I think it was a bit much for her (which I feel guilty about). Don't get me wrong...Brooklyn is a wonderful little baby (wait, toddler...), but she is constant action!! Walking this way...then that way...opening this...shutting that...and of course "bite, bite, bite"...she is obsessed with eating when she is at Grandma's house!! ...speaking of Grandma, I 'think' we might have a name for her. Nahni...Brooklyn started saying "nah nah...nah nah"...and it has somewhat developed into Nahni. We'll see if it sticks. She better come up with something for Grandpa or he'll feel left out.

Gina and I took the girls to a an easter egg hunt in the park. The Easter Bunny was even there!! (duh! who do you think hid the eggs?!?). All the sweet kiddos were lined up waiting to sit in the bunny's lap...Brooklyn kept waving at him, saying 'hi'...etc. I thought "YES"...she will like the bunny!!! Turns out I was wrong...the big 6 foot tall bunny fits in the same category as Santa Claus...the bottom lip started quivering and her arms reaching out for help as soon as we set her in his lap. Oh well, maybe she'll be into the characters next year...

Brooks has been such a busy beaver at work!! Did you know that he sold 14 houses in February?? That's one house every other day!!! We are so so proud of him and so grateful for all of his hard work!!! We truly feel blessed that he is having such an amazing spring!! I hope the house buying/selling continues!!!

"I'm leaving on a Jet Plane"...that's right...we are taking Brooklyn for her first flight!! EEEKS!!! We booked our flight to Denver a few nights ago!! We are taking a trip to Wyoming this summer to see some friends (Jeff and Aneesa). They have a little girl, Karlie, who is about 3...so she and Brooklyn should have fun. We are terrified of flying with Brooklyn...but I keep telling Brooks, "we'll never see these people again." We purchased a portable DVD player in hopes of it entertaining her. I'm not so much worried about her being uncomfortable (ears hurting, etc)...as wanting to wander around...and explaining that she has to sit for 3 hours! Fingers crossed!!!