Brooklyn dancing

Since I was so late with the blog post, here's a video to try to make up for it.

The princess and the baby

Sorry again for the late blog post. May has been another busy month with teething and tantrums. Kami is officially in her princess phase and is constantly wanting to be a princess, which means wearing a dress with tights and her black bow shoes. Apparently princesses don't wear pants. I wonder if I can talk to Disney about making their next princess wear pants...

Brooklyn is working on crawling. She does her "seal" move where she pushes up with her arms, then pushes forward with her legs, then flops down. When she gets going too quickly, she face plants onto the ground. I'm not used to putting her down, leaving for a moment, then coming back and her not being there anymore. We'll have to re-institute "baby prison" again. She's got four teeth now (the two front teeth on both the top and bottom) and it's easy to tell when she's teething. Not only are her naps and feeding off, but she gets really sensitive. Any time a toy or a big sister makes a loud noise, she cries. Poor girl.

Garrett continues to plug away at school and will be a "master" in July. He has mentioned calling him "master of the universe," but I'm not sure that's going to work out for him, dork. I'm still at work since I haven't won the lottery still. The girls still go to Denice's house, but it's only twice a week. They go to Wendy's house (a lady that goes to church with us and Kami loves her) once and then Garrett's parents' house Tuesday-Wednesday with a sleepover every week. It gives Garrett and me a chance to have a date night or just a quiet night once a week and Kami and Brooklyn love getting to see their grandparents. We still all go over to my dad's once a week for dinner, and we love getting to see my family and getting the three grandkids together.

So close to crawling! She's so effective at her "seal" maneuver, that she might not even bother with "real" crawling.

She's a smart kid! She figured out a cup already. It probably helps that big sister had chewed these straws up pretty well so Brooklyn doesn't have to bite the straw in order to get anything out of the cup, but I still think she's smart.

Brooklyn loves her puffs!

She's the sweetest girl!

Kami falls asleep in the weirdest places, like on a bike ride while wearing headphones and watching a show in the bike stroller,

or watching a show on Dada's phone,

and even eating string cheese.

Kami watching a show on my "phone," which is actually Garrett's old iPod that I've taken over now that he's got a fancy iPhone.

Playing the piano. Jonah and Brooklyn both love this toy.

How do I work this thing?

Kami loves to take my camera and snap whatever tickles her fancy.

Another month bites the dust...

I think we've all recuperated from Garrett's 30th birthday with our dear friends and are getting back into our old routine. Work keeps both Garrett and me busy and the girls keep us on our toes. Brooklyn is rolling all around and army crawling all over the place and Kami is a super-spaz. She's got a huge personality and an opinion all her own. She's a funny kid who happens to be obsessed with "princess dresses and tights." I tell her that princesses have to wear pants when they go to work (daycare) and then she can change into a dress when she gets home.

Brooklyn now has four teeth and thinks her big sister is hilarious (as we all do). She still refuses to fall asleep in the car (she screams bloody murder) and will not be rocked or held when tired. She also refuses to use a pacifier but loves to chew on big spoons.

These two girls are such fantastic kids, why stop at two? Garrett, are you reading this?

She's coming for me...

Getting closer (look at those arms!)...

She made it!

She now has four teeth (the pictures are a little out of sequence and her picture with 2 teeth is further down). She got the upper right one the 20th and the left one came closer to the end of the month. She likes to grind them together and it's the worst noise EVER!

Brooklyn hungry!

A collection of Kami's art:

Kami's pet. Her name is Brooklyn, she's got lots of hair, but she's not yet house-trained.


Brooklyn got a sink bath and Grandpa's house and Garrett had some fun with her hair, just like we used to with Kami's.

This one's my favorite. Reminds me of that little alien in cartons, The Great Gazoo.

See the resemblance?

The "morning-after-bath hair."

Not the cutest face, but she's got some funky hair some mornings. We never know what we'll wake up to.

Close up! She really wanted to get the camera.

So close to crawling!

Brooklyn's first two teeth! The right one came in April 6th and the left came around the 9th. Rough weekend while she was teething...she didn't want to sleep or eat and was a mama's girl.

Kami has been wanting to go to a carnival ever since she saw one on TV and there just happened to be a little (if not weird) one in town a while back, so we took the girls.

Garrett should have taken this shot about 2 seconds later when the man started the ride up and she wasn't holding on too tightly. Pretty funny stuff. Is it wrong to laugh at your child?

Driving a "boo" car.

Brooklyn eating a biscuit at the carnival.

Kami and Dada getting ready to spin the apple.

Drivin' her pink car.

The roller coaster seemed like a good idea...

Garrett tried to avoid squishing her, but she was still pretty freaked out.

Don't know what this face is about, but she had a blast on the carousel.

Long day for Kami.

The carnival wore Brooklyn out too.

Brooklyn woke up at the end of the car trip home, but Kami was out cold.

Seat belts...so we can be safe! Thanks Dora...

She doesn't like backseat drivers.

She loves driving!

Yummy apple.

Batman is watching Brooklyn...

Hanging out at the park.

The four of us took a hike out by the lake. Kami had a blast running ahead of all of us.

Posing by the fence.

Silly girl.

Pigtails!

Pigtails day two.

Another day, another hike, but this time by a river.

A perfect example of Brooklyn's dopey look. Isn't she sweet?

Brooklyn and Dada sitting on a rock.

Chillin' on a rock.

Kami hitched a ride on Mama's shoulders and my neck paid for it the next day.

Our best family picture attempt.

Our lizard friend.

This is what most of the hike went like...Kami running ahead of everyone.

We tried waking her up, but she was out until 9 that night, and then of course, wouldn't go back to sleep until 11.