Standing Up

Hello everyone! I hope all are having a great week!  We sure are out here.  Brooke has started trying to stand and drinking out of Monica's water bottle.  I also had to head back to work, but that's not so bad.

I had Monday off, and we had gotten to the point where we basically had to find something to do whenever Brooke was awake.  With being sick we just spent far too much time at home at the start of the past week, so at the end we were always looking for places to go to entertain both Brooke and ourselves.  The same board book is only interesting for so many reads...  We decided to head out to Target cause... I don't know, it's surprisingly fun to just walk around Target. (we also needed some shelves) They've got a little of everything too so everyone can be entertained.  For example, Brooke found a little kitty toy that was on clearance because some other kid had opened the package some, and we even got it for her.  We also got super discount christmas lights.  They were 90% off, so I think we spent...$1 for 6 strands of lights.  Not too shabby.  Brooke also got to meet the Target dog-she was pretty unhappy when we made her let go of his ear.

This week Brooke has also started to take to standing.  She prefers standing on the couch, and I think mostly just likes falling over.  When she stands up if she stands too well (and doesn't just fall over backward) she'll sit down after a second or two to force the fall.  It's pretty fun to watch.

We also undecorated the tree.  It's been looking a bit sad... It even had water the whole time.  When we took it out of the base it had mold or something growing all over the bottom, so it hadn't been absorbing water very well for some time.  We'll have to try putting in a little bleach or something next year.  Also, being dried out it got a LOT of pine needles in a lot of places!

During the week this little beggar would come over while Monica and I were eating if she didn't eat at the same time.  Some meals she would eat her food really fast and finish before we even started.  Since she was refusing to take more food from us, we'd put her on the floor to go play.  As soon as we'd eat though, she'd be back for more!

And more!

One of my resolutions for this year was to design 2 new games.  I took a real jump start and I'm almost done with one.  It needs a few more modifications, but it's coming along nicely.  I'll post more about it when it's closer.

I think that's about it for this week.  Hopefully Brooke will be standing and walking soon!  We'll keep you posted!  Have a great week everyone!