Brooke Loves her Baby Dolls!

Oh my gosh! She got a baby doll set for Christmas and LOVES it! She likes to feed her baby milk and push her around in the stroller. She gets so into it and wants to make sure her baby is comfortable and warm in her stroller and baby seat.

We have to laugh at her new "smile" too. Every time we say smile when we are about to take a picture she does this adorable (well at least to us) smile.

Christmas Time

We had a wonderful (but very busy) Christmas time. Since I am so behind on my postings, I am not going to put a ton of pictures but here are some highlights...

Birthday at Christmas in the Park

November 29th was my Mom's birthday so we had our 2nd annual birthday event, Brunch at the Fairmont followed by Christmas in the Park. Christmas in the Park is a San Jose event where groups "buy" a tree that they decorate. We found it a little hard to "believe" we are in the Christmas Season though since it was 70 degree's outside!

Thanksgiving 2008

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! It was quiet but that was to be expected with everything that has recently gone on in my family. We celebrate this Thanksgiving in Honor of my Grandma who passed away a few days before Thanksgiving.

Brooke had so much fun playing with my Mom's dog Gemma. She and Brooke love to run around and by the end of the day they are both completely worn out! Brooke held the leash during most of the after dinner walk.

Trip to the Zoo

We have a Season Pass to the Oakland Zoo so we decided to take a quick afternoon trip there a couple of weeks ago. Last time we went Brooke had little interest in the animals but oh my gosh, there was a new story this time! She was going crazy pointing at the animals, especially the ones she recognizes from her books and puzzels. She was so excited that it made it nearly impossible to get a picture of her looking at the camera, she did not want to take her eyes off the animals for even a minute. It was so much fun!

By the way, did you notice that we offically have enough hair for a top of the head pony tail. Very exciting!

Halloween 2008

We had so much fun this Halloween! We went trick or treating with cousin Emma (we only made it to 4 houses before the rain started). Brooke kept trying to walk into the houses after we rang the door bell. It was so funny! She also had so much fun handing out candy to the kids that came to the door. By the way, just in case you were wondering...I had to dress up for work so I just decided to keep wearing my costume through the night. It was a great Halloween!

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Our trip to the Pumpkin Farm

We went to the Pumpkin Farm with Cousin Emma, Auntie Amy & Uncle Craig. We had so much fun shopping for the perfect pumpkin. Brooke kept walking around to the HUGE pumpkins trying lift them up. She had so much fun playing with Emma and riding around in the wagon. We can't wait until Halloween!