Last week we were getting our house ready for Santa to come, so of course we made cookies! We even snuck a few to make sure they were good (they were!!). Brooke had fun and was super excited for Santa to stop by.
On Christmas morning Brooke was very excited to come down the stairs. Just look at the curiosity on her face!
She was very excited for her presents, and loves that double stroller. If she had it her way that would be the stroller we took everywhere....soon enough! I have taken her on a few walks around the block with it and a stuffed animal in the seat next to her. She really likes that.
As Brooke unpacked her stocking she made sure she lined up everything one at a time. Don't want anything to get lost!
Jelly got some new fish toys, and also loved the stroller. She spent much of the morning laying in the basket under it, and a little time in the seats.
I was lucky enough to get this awesome sweater from Brooke. She picked it out herself! If you can't tell, yes that is cats pulling Santa's sleigh. She was so excited for me to open it, and I wore it all day. It was funny when I opened it, but to be honest, the more I see it the more I like it.
As mentioned above, Brooke loves to be in the stroller with her animals! If this had been all we had done this past week it probably would have been the perfect week for her.
I also got a really good video of Brooke opening presents. When she got really excited she'd yell out "Oh Honey!!" It was really cute and it was a lot of fun to watch her open her presents! She has just been the cutest little girl lately!
After we opened presents at home on Christmas morning we headed over to Tyson and Tina's house for the rest of the day. It was so much fun to be with family and celebrate Christmas together. We had a lot of fun catching up, and playing games. It's great to have family close by!
In our many park visits this past week Brooke made a come back to the swing. She hasn't really gone on normal swings before, but we gave them a try this week and she loves them! She's very good about holding on to the chains tight and has started to let me push her higher and higher. She also kicks her legs to help her keeps swinging! She also loves when I swing next to her, which is great because the swings are probably my favorite thing to do at the park.
Brooke also decided to start experimenting and climbed up the front of these bouncy things. She also went down the small slides at the park and came off the end right onto her feet! She's finally starting to grow into the park!
Yesterday morning (Saturday) we asked her what she wanted to do and she said she wanted to go to the zoo! We checked the weather, and while it was about 20 degrees at the time the high was 59, so we thought it was a great plan! When we got there the parking lot was empty! And so was the zoo! It was pretty nice to not have any crowds anywhere. I guess we got a bad weather report though, because it was COLD!! When we got home and I looked at the weather again the high for the day had dropped to 40! It's a good thing we packed the warm clothing we did because it was just enough for us to hop between indoor exhibits. The zoo had just enough for use to work our way all the way around, and by the time we got to the end it was getting warmer too.
Brooke loves to push her own shopping cart now when we go to the store. We always have to get her a little card and she chases Monica everywhere! She also backs up against the shelves from time to time to let people by and sometimes grabs things from the shelves. She a lot of times grabs things from the shelves when those things are macaroni and cheese, her current favorite food!
We also bought some shoe laces for Jelly to play with this past week. She always loves to play with mine when I untie my shoes, so I figured we should get her some as we don't have many things we can use to play with her. She loves them, and so does Brooke!
Today I taught the lesson in gospel principles and while I was bearing testimony about the Atonement of Christ I received a witness of the truth of the the things I was teaching. I am so grateful for the Atonement, and that Christ suffered not only for our sins, but all of our pains, sickness, discomforts and trials. He always understands how we are feeling, and always wants to help us when we are struggling. I know this is true and I know Christ loves us all. I love Him too. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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