.the westensee family.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

.brooklynn cries with lily. october 21st.

.brooklynn has one cousin on andrew's side.

.lily.

.heather and kevin's baby.

.and the only other time brooklynn met lily was when she was born.

.so grandma westensee and heather and lily came up to hang out with brooklynn and i for a couple of days.

.it was two days filled with shopping. laughing, yummy food, and lots of video/picture taking.

.this is probably one of the most funniest pictures.

.anytime lily cried, brooklynn did too.

.she just didnt like her cousin so sad.

.and when lily would stop, brooklynn would stop soon after.

.its hilarious.

.brooklynn crying with lily.

.brooklynn army crawls. november 10th.

.so our child HATES getting on her knees, even now, she enjoys laying on her tummy, or STANDING for sure.

.even now, for her to pull herself up on things, she wants to just stand, not get on her knees to pull herself up. lazy i know.

.anyways so here is brooklynn "crawling" she is not as fast as she is now, or nearly as willing as she usually is this particular night, but here is a snip of her "crawling" november 10th.

.brooklynn army crawling.

.pumpkin patch. october 7th.

.i am going to make this short, because we all know, you dont want to hear from me, you just want to see brooklynn. i am use to it, no more excitement to see your daughter, just your grandchild. lol.

.megan, andrew, ayla and brooklynn went to the pumpkin patch with us on october 7th. it was FREEZING, and no one was there. so the trip was short, but hey, at least they went right? we can say we were good parents? right?

.brooklynn at the pumpkin patch.

.brooklynn picking her pumpkin with daddy.

.brooklynn's first swim. november 14th.

.i am finally catching up on my blog.

.i finally uploaded all the videos we have on our camera (through november).

.so these are random.

.but they have brooklynn.

.and who doesn't love seeing that girl.

.grandpa westensee works idaho falls every now and than, and when he does we get taken out to dinner, and enjoy time with just grandpa. but this time, GRANDMA westensee came too. and since grandpa stays at a hotel, we (grandma and i) took brooklynn swimming.

.i had no doubt that she would love it, because she loves her baths and always have since day 1. but i didnt know she would be so brave and just want to go, with no fear.

.this first link is brooklynn showing off her bathing suit. its actually one my sister let me borrow, and it fit her perfectly. it was adorable.

.brooklynn shows off her bathing suit.

the following is brooklynn showing off her swimming skills, we had a great time, and if you watch grandma actually dunks her, and she has no problem with it. enjoy.

.brooklynn showing off her awesome swimming skills.

.grandma dunking brooklynn.

Friday, January 6, 2012

.christmas in arizona.

.christmas in arizona was a blast.

.i loved....

*being around all my family

*playing tons and tons of basketball

*the yelling of all the kids around the house

*the endless games of pictionary & nertz, that kept us up until midnight and one MANY times

*the many nerf gun wars throughout the house, once the girls opened the nerf guns ronnie and i got them

*the GIDDINESS of my mom... probably one of my most favorite things ever, that i seriously miss

*andrew shopping with all my sisters and my mom, and teasing him that he looks like he has sister-wives

*coming home from being out with andrew, and coming home to brooklynn having a major mohawk.

*chuck e cheese with the family (well minus nat, dax, ronnie, richael, and dustin) it was alot of fun, and used up alot of time.

*andrew not being in school during this time.

There are many many more memories and fun things, but no one wants to sit here and read all of that. Common, be real, they want to see pictures. A huge thank you to Kristina and Dustin for opening up their BEAUTIFUL house to everyone, for dirtying up many many bathrooms and bedrooms, for the great food, entertainment, and for eating STILL leftover food from when we were there!

.alright, the real reason you are looking at this post... the pictures.