The Wheeler Family: August 2010

So, we went in to our appointment yesterday and it was an experience :) Brooklyn was supposed to stay with a babysitter, but had an AWFUL night and we didn't want to do that to anyone so we took her with us. BAD IDEA. she screamed at the doctors office for the first oh 20 minutes, so David had to take her outside to calm her down so when they finally came back in she was happy again (sort of) so we saved the "good part" for him. However, the tech tried to be really sneaky when she ran over the "parts" the first time so I wouldn't see, but I totally saw and giggled. Then when David came in she said, "it's definitely a boy" YAY. We couldn't be happier, our little family will be perfect now, I'm pretty excited. He was not an active baby at all, his mannerisms are already so different than Brooklyn's. She was so wiggly and mobile when we did her ultrasound, she yawned, had hiccups, and stretched out so big for us. Little Brother moved but his movements were just little, no big stretches, and he's in a bad position to really get good pictures of him, SAD. He was SO stretched out all over in there while Brooklyn was folded with her legs above her head playing with her feet all the time. Maybe his "mild mannerisms" will last and he'll just be my timid baby, NO complaints if that's the case! Well, for viewing pleasure here are a few pictures of our little guy.

I just had to post this on here for my own personal record. Brooklyn is SO cute right now, she is learning so much everyday! I'm amazed at the things she picks up from one day to the next. I'll just do a list of all the fun things she knows right now:
p.s. don't forget to check out the videos at the end
Sounds:
Monkey-uses her arms to do this one
Sheep
Chicken-she uses her hands for this one too
Dog-sort of, meows for dogs most of the time
Cat
Dinosaur (and anything that Rawrs)- this one is so cute, she does hand motions for it too
Cow
Car/vehicle- sounds like BBBBBBB, drives around her toy cars while making these noises, anytime she sees a steering wheel she starts making the noise, "drove a boat" the other day

Words:
mama
Daddy-says it like daddeeeee
Papa
Grandma-only has said it once sounds like gmama
I love you-sounds like lalulu-mosltly just ticks her tounge out and makes the sound of I love you
apple
cow-sounds like ca
dog
Juice
More-said while using her sign language for more
Eat-said while pointing to her mouth
outside-sounds like "side"
that one-sounds like dem-used at everything she wants
hotdog
Night night
Bye-While waving
Hi-while waving
baby-sounds like bebe
Barney-sounds like benee- she LOVES barney
No no-always says it three times in a row like nonono
yes-sounds like da- and she nods her head
-I'm sure there are more, but I can't think of them all right now

Things she knows how to do that are not so fun!
Open Doors- NOT fun
Open Cupboards- NOT FUN
Open DVD player and Wii- uses this when she wants to watch Barney she goes and pushes the buttons to let me know what she wants, removed the dvd and puts it back in.
Climb ladders- This was discovered while we were playing in the yard she was trying to get into the Pool- SCARY on 8/10 she learned how to climb a ladder and go down a slide!
Get in the toilet-and flush it
Hit- we have told her not to hit people enough that now she just hits herself!
Once again there are so many more, but these are the ones we don't love!

Things Brookie loves to do:
Dance! she dances in place, twirls, and one day told me that I couldn't dance with her because that was for NANA- I asked her to dance dance and she looked at me and said NANA, like No mom I only dance for nana!
Read-she has this book that has a "ball" in it and instead of pointing to the ball she KICKS it, SO cute
Play with Dad-Whenever he walks in the door she greets him with a dadddeee and then makes him play with her
Eat- this is a great thing, she will eat so well for us, unless we're in public then she is TOO busy to eat
Get horse rides-she will come up to me pick up my leg and climb on and then jump like I'm ready mom
Be outside! her favorite thing to do is to SWING
Play with her baby- I started babysitting and she loves the baby
Put shoes on- anyones who get laid down get tried on
Squeal at nana- This is the cutest thing!
Be chased- if someone walks in the door she runs from them because she thinks they'll chase her
Blankies-she grabs them all day and cuddles with them
Teddy bears/Stuffed animals-these get kisses and cuddles throughout the day
Give kisses- mostly to other kids, and ONLY on the mouth, it's funny
Play with her cousin-she loves her Stella, and whenever she sees her they give big kisses, they also have this little game they have when sitting in the car seat next to each other- if one touches the others car seat they scream and swat their hand away. Seems like a mean thing but it's their game.
Swimming- she didn't at first but now she loves to swim
Papa-She love both of her Papa's and I get to hear how much everyday. She says papa all day long!
Nana- She loves Nana and knows that she is for playing and dancing! When she is reminded of nana, like by dancing she starts squealing and says Nana.
mama- she's very attached to Mama right now, only mama can calm her down if she's hurt or sad, I don't always love it, but mostly I do, because that's the only time she cuddles with me.
Aunts and Uncles- She LOVES when they come play with her, she gets so excited, loves her Uncle Cody and teases him tons, Loves aunt Cyndi because she brings Stella over, and Loves aunt laura because she plays with her, and gives her food! She loves all of her family, and knows who they all are even if we haven't seen them in a while.
Storms- we learned this the other day during a terrible storm we had, she ran through the rain and screamed when we brought her inside!
Balls-kicks and tosses around balls, surprisingly she doesn't throw other things, she knows that's what balls are for, and she doesn't really throw them that often just pushes them around
Tomatoes-Would eat them like apples if we would let her!

She is such a fun girl, I love to see how much she is growing, and see her little personality come out, she's going to keep us on our toes because she's a VERY adventurous child. She takes off if you let her and doesn't even look back. She's a very sweet baby and pretends to be shy at first, and some days is shy toward people but after a minute she warms up to everyone. Brooklyn We love you!!!!!