Welcome Jacob

A few weeks ago we welcomed the newest member of the Holliday clan to the family by celebrating his first birthday. My cousin and her husband, Tracy and Webb, happily introduced another son, Jacob and are in the process of finalizing his adoption. Jacob joins them and their oldest son, Kurtis. He is adorable and was not shy about enjoying his birthday cake. Brooke fell asleep on the way there and missed much of the party, she did make an appearance in time for cake even though she was still in a bit of a fog.

Easter Bunny Visit

Today we ventured to the Mall to meet the Easter Bunny - Paul and I were curious to see how it would go since our attempt at Santa was not successful. We were pleasantly surprised, she said she did not want to see him, but when we gave her a sparkly pink egg to take with her she was fine.

You are my Sunshine.....

You are my Sunshine is one of Brooke's favorite songs, here she is singing while enjoying her tubby.

A Visit with Gramma and Carrie

Brooke was happy to have an unexpected visit from her cousin, Carrie last night. Carrie is at the end of her Spring Break from Eastern and stopped in to see Gramma. I'm glad that we were here when they called - Carrie and Brooke has great fun playing with her butteryfly net and her princess Mega Blocks.

Brooke LOVES Painting

In Feb, Miss Carol introduced fingerpainting to the over 2 crowd at school. Brooke was really not to impressed with all that paint on her hands, if you missed the early post with the picture - take a look. The next time they painted Miss Carol introduced the concept of mixing primary colors to make a secondary color. First they used a matchbox car to drive through the blue and yellow piles of paint to make green. The following paint day they used the feet of little plastic animals to mix the red and yellow paint to make orange. Brooke is still talking about how she painted with an elephant. You can see by this picture, that she is much happier when something other than her hand acts as the brush.

Brooke enjoys dinner at Friendly's

A few weeks ago Paul and I went on a date to a surprise birthday party without Brooke. She stayed with our friend Heather and was treated to dinner out at Friendly's. They met Heather's mom, Miss Jan, and Brooke was thrilled to receive some new crayons and a drawing pad from her. She also thought it was a big treat to drive with Heather. Brooke had "the usual" Mac & Cheese with Applesauce and an M&M sundae for dessert and yes, she picks all the M&Ms out and eats them first.

The Last Few Weeks

We've made a lot of progress around the house over the last month. The Living Room and Family Rooms have been combined. We ditched our old sleeper sofa (after removing the front door from its hinges and cutting off the back with bolt cutters and a sawzall) and replaced it with a newer, lighter sofa which we are all enjoying. The dining room moved from the back of the house to our front room with a big window and sliding glass door - we love the way the room looks. We moved the office the weekend of March 7th and everything worked perfectly when we flipped the power switch. Man, there was a lot of stuff in that room - I am still working my way through some boxes. If you are ever looking for pens or paper, just let us know - we have PLENTY. Paul has primed the walls in the Baby's room and painted the ceiling. He is getting ready to paint the baseboard heaters and found a few spots on the walls that he has to work on. Storm has had the hardest time adjusting to all the chaos but seems to have finally recovered. All this has really worn Brooke out, as evidenced by the picture below.