Hello all! I hope everyone is having a grand week! Things are going great for us. Winry is growing well, and Brooke continues to love her little sister. This past week Monica's sister, Michelle, came out to visit for a few days. It's always nice to have another adult to help tire out Brooke! While she was here we even had a chance to get some pictures together as a family! Also, this doesn't really fit in anywhere else, but I think we read Brooke too much Dr. Seuss...
Despite being as large as ever, Jelly discovered this past week she could "fit" under the pantry. That's as far as she goes in, but she can reach the back wall like that and was going under to get out a ball she had hit in there! The good news is she shouldn't run out of toys as fast, the bad news is I won't know where to find them anymore...
Brooke continues to love dressing up her stuffed animals. She wanted to try to cram this bear into all sorts of Winry sized clothing. I came home to find bear fully dressed for bed, so it looks like Brooke had a good day. Also, Brooke really likes to dance with bear!
Secret valentine continued this week as well. Brooke woke up Monday and Tuesday morning to find bead necklace kits! She was so excited and had so much fun making necklaces! She must have had a really great secret valentine!!!
On Valentine'd Day at breakfast we all revealed who our secret valentines were and did a final gift swap thing. Brooke had Monica, and I helped her make a book! I asked Brooke for a list of things she loved about mommy and I wrote them all down. I had her draw pictures of all of them, and then I cut them out in heart shapes and made a little book! I almost got Monica to cry, so it was pretty good. Brooke did try to spoil the surprise several times by telling Monica about the "book" or the "hearts", but fortunately that wasn't enough to quite give it all away.
For lunch Monica and Brooke had heart shaped quesadillas! And for breakfast Brooke and I made pink waffles for everyone!
Michelle came out Wednesday night to stay with us through Saturday. We all had a lot of fun together and she and Brooke bonded instantly! They even got to go to the park together one day!
As we all know the park can be very tiring!
Winry is doing great! She's pretty good at holding her head up and will never lay against you if you hold her facing you on your shoulder. I let her practice sitting in the boppy this past week... well, until I got in trouble. I think she liked it.
On Saturday we went to the park after we took some pictures together. Brooke and I had a lot of fun playing on everything. We even found time for the cave.
Brooke also crawled through a tunnel for the first time. She wanted to go on the twisty slide on the other side, and I told her the only way was to crawl through, so she made me go first! But she did it too, and we did it several times. A girl does what a girl's gotta do for a twisty slide!
Tsagaan Sar started on Friday, so on Saturday we made buuz for lunch and got out my Mongolian clothes. Brooke thought they were really fun and was excited to wear them! We had a lot of fun.
Today we took some pictures of Brooke holding Winry. She really liked it and wanted to hold her for a long time. I eventually had to pick Winry up because she was getting sad, but Brooke loved having her sister with her. That's a pretty big improvement from "put it back!"
We're all doing well out here. I hope things are going great for everyone else! Today in Gospel Principles we had a lesson about the Holy Ghost. There was a lot of really great conversation and we talked about His role and all the gifts we receive through the Holy Ghost. I know that the Holy Ghost can comfort us in our trials, and I know that He testifies of the truth. I have felt the Holy Ghost confirm the truth of the gospel to me. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, and I know that Joseph Smith restored lost truths to the earth. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and he desires all men to come unto Him and be saved. I share this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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