I have been taking several weeks to work on this project for Brooke.  For those who know me and know I am not very crafty at all, this is a feat.  I wanted to make her a custom board because most of them top off at 5’8”.  Since that is shorter than me, and I am the 2nd shortest woman in the collective family, I don’t think 5’8” would cut it.  AJ and I will be surprised is Brooke is less than 6 feet tall.  So I made this custom board for her out of a nice pine plank to look like a ruler with her name on it, something not too baby-centric.  I sanded it, stained it, hand wrote the marks and numbers with a paint pen, and then painted, glued and clamped the letters on.  I wanted to make her something that she will stand next to and measure herself at eight and eighteen.