Merry Christmas!

 

 "Today in the town of David
a Savior has been born to you:
he is Christ the Lord."

~ Luke 2:11

Let us all remember the reason for the season!  Merry Christmas and God Bless!

Today I am...

Today I Am...

Listening to: Matthew West, The Heart of Christmas CD and Brooklyn "talking"

Reading: A Very Special Delivery by: Linda Goodnight

Obsessed with: Pinterest

Thinking about: Christmas gift ideas

Planning to: make Christmas Cookies

Dreaming of: a WHITE Christmas! (Just a little!)

Enjoying:Brooklyn's smiles

Vowing to:get some scrapbooking done!

Working on: finishing up handmade Christmas gifts...

Excited about: Seeing family and friends for Christmas!

Brooklyn-1 Month

 

I can't believe how fast you have grown!

At one month you have had so many firsts:

Your first time meeting Grandma and Grandpa Volker, Auntie Tawnda, Uncle Shawn, Evie, Ella, Henry, and Grant, and your cousin Sammy on your first day home!

 

You had your first Dr. Appt... You were 6lbs 12oz. (53% for height and 25% weight)

Your first time meeting Grandma Nancy, Auntie Manda, Uncle Brad, and your cousin Tyler!  Great Grandma, Auntie Kam, Matt, Nicole, Allie, Michael, Malon and Betty were there too!

Your first time at church...You slept through most of it!

Your first pictures...  (Beautiful!)

 

Your first time meeting Great Great Grandpa and Grandma, and your first five generation picture!

Your first Halloween which was also your first holiday!

Your first smile! (At your mom! You think your mom and dad are hysterical!) You have a beautiful smile!

Your first time meeting Great Grandpa Burt!

Your Baby Shower!  (Where you met and were held by everyone... too many to mention!) Thank you Grandma Volker, Auntie Tawnda,Auntie Keesha, Auntie Manda, and Grandma Nancy!  It was wonderful and you were very spoiled!

You moved up to size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes, which were too big for you around, but better in length than our newborn size clothes!

I can't believe how big you have gotten in just one month!  But I look forward to many more firsts with you and we thank God for you everyday!

#30 Become a MOM!

On October 14th 2011 at 3:20 a.m. our dream of becoming parents finally came true when our beautiful baby girl Brooklyn Marie Altringer was born!  We got the phone call at 3:3o on October 13th that she was on her way, so we loaded up and headed to the hospital. 

Getting weighed!  She was 6lbs 6.9oz. and was 19" long!

Getting her footprints!

Beautiful girl!

Hanging out with Daddy!

Brooklyn with Mommy!

Look at those beautiful eyes!

#9 Invest in a new camera!

Well I did it!  Got a new Camera! Now I can take better pictures of my beautiful baby girl!  We ended up getting a Canon Rebel EOS T3 and I love it! 

THREE Weeks and Counting!

Well.... It has been a busy few weeks for us!  We have had a lot of changes!  I had my last day working at the YMCA preschool!  It was a very sad day for me as I had worked there for the last five years!  My coworkers were awesome! I am especially going to miss my best friend Holly! She was always there for me to talk to, and I am going to miss that!  Two days after my last day, we moved!  Talk about stress!  My husbands company moved him to expand their business.  But not so bad because now I am closer to my sister and her family!  I love being so close to my neices and nephews, and enjoy all the time we have been spending together. I also began work this last week for my sister and brother in law. So in the midst of getting our house organized, working, and my husband flying to Oregon to go get his mother, we are patienly waiting for little Miss Brooklyn to arrive!  THREE weeks and counting!!!!

#20 Learn how to style my hair!

Well this is a hard one as I have never been very good at styling my hair!  But I saw a cute hairdo on Jennifer Aniston in the movie The Switch, so I thought I would try it!  I was very was very simple and it was a change from by plain old boring ponytails! I have also been looking on the Internet for cute hairstyles to try!

It's a little hard to see the side part and the twist with a barrette!

#3 Try one new fruit!

I can actually say I tried two new fruits!  Both of the fruits I tried are grown and eaten in Belize,  The first fruit I tried was a star fruit, which tasted almost like a kiwi.  You can see why it is called a "star" fruit.  The second fruit I tried was a plantain, which looks, but does not taste like a banana.  The way we cooked them was to chop them up and then deep fry them.  They were delicious dipped in homemade salsa!

 

YUMMY!

#19 Throw a "theme" party!

My husband's 30th birthday is today.  I decided that I would throw him a surprise Country Western themed party!  It was a lot of fun and a little bit of planning!

Here are some of the decorations...

And here is some of the fun!!!

#15 Make A Cake With Fondant!

I have to say this was pretty easy to make!   I didn't make my homemade fondant, I bought some from the store and colored and rolled it out my self!  Fondant looks really nice and tastes alright but boy does it have a funny texture!  I made the cake for my husband's 30th Birthday party which was a Country Western theme!  The cake took about 6 hours to make from baking it to drawing on the bandana pattern! All in all it turned out pretty good for my first time making it!