Today at the doctor Brooke got measured and she weighs 31lbs and is 35.6 inches tall. She is also passing all the developmental markers with flying colors on top of being an early potty trainer. She has successfully pees in the potty serval times a day, and routinely holds her bladder up to three hours and has dry diapers during the day. Good job Brooke!! Dr. Mink says everything is looking great!
Brooke’s language skills are ever evolving. The day I picked Oma up at the airport Brooke said ‘Oma’ right before I picked up my Mom. Brooke had said ‘Opa’ for some time now, saying it during skype. All week long it was ‘Oma’ and the last three days I would get Brooke ready she’d ask for Oma and we’d go downstairs and she’d be so excited to see her. Today I had to explain Oma is at home, when she asked ‘Oma, Oma, Oma?’
Brooke is in a phase of mimicking Mommy and Daddy. Things she loves to do lately are: wear her scarf like Mommy or better yet wear Mommy’s or Jen’s or whoever is over at our house, scrub the floor with the brush Daddy uses to clean the carpet after she throws food, sweep the garage, help push the vacuum, help pump Mommy’s bike tires or BOB tires, help Mommy make the bed, help Mommy with the laundry, etc. Yesterday after dinner we were going to go on a wagon ride around the neighborhood which Brooke had requested prior to dinner. After dinner, however, Brooke did not want to do it without her broom. So after she had fun sweeping the sidewalk, she swept the streets of our neighborhood. I pulled her in that wagon for a half mile as she watched the broom sweep the street. If I attempted to take the broom from her (at the house or in the wagon) I got a resounding ‘NO!’ and she would put both arms on the broom. We got some chuckles from the neighbors but Brooke decided she wanted to CLEAN UP THESE STREETS!
Today Brooke and I had a typical day day. We ran 3 miles at the park before SS then went to stroller strides where she had a wonderful time and I finished out 4.5 miles and had a total body workout, then she ran around with her friends. Then after her nap, during which I made 3 days worth of meals (yes I have been on a cooking streak- yesterday was 2 days worth), it became sunny for 1 hour so we decided to take advantage of it and finally go to the park. For those of you not in Virginia it has been raining for a week and half straight. Brooke was so cute playing around in her room with me until the sun broke I had to take pictures of her adorable face! She is eating her 2nd lunch during the photos and we were laughing it up (yes Brooke eats breakfast, snack, lunch 1, lunch 2, snack, dinner). We had just enough time at the playground before it started to storm again. Enjoy!
Using the yarn I had left from the first scarf I ever made, I decided to make one for Brooke. I knit her baby blanket and thought she might like a scarf since she was fond of mine. She actually loved to wear her scarf- I think she is in a mimic mommy phase. I had to veto her taking into rain puddles, on her food table with saucy fingers, and in the bath. Other than that she wore it when at home. I wish I had some shots of her wearing just the diaper and the scarf today- that was hilarious.
