While I was pregnant I made a Brooke-sized Ergo carrier for her to carry her favorite toy- her baby doll. I assumed when I was carrying Alex in his, she would want to copy Mommy and carry her doll as well. I was right. Since Alex is getting older and therefore more fussy I put him in the carrier to calm him last night. Brooke got to wear her’s and we took our babies for a short walk. Brooke kept saying ‘Brooke Carry Baby!’ and giving her baby kisses on the top of its head and holding its back.
Today I was able to resume short amounts of driving and I wanted to take Brooke on a Mommy/Daughter date just the two of us. AJ watched Alex between nursings and I asked Brooke where she wanted to eat. She picked ‘soup and yoyo!(yogurt)’ and we had a lovely lunch with cookie dessert. After I took her to pick out any toy she wanted and she got this fun bouncy stretchy ball that lights up when you bounce it. Of course we had to head home to ‘show Dadda!’ her new toy and to feed Alex (here’s a picture of him smiling after nursing- 2 weeks old).
We had one of the hottest days all summer yesterday, the unofficial last day of summer – – labor day. We all went for a walk after dinner and didn’t make it very far because of the heat and humidity. Laura graciously volunteered to watch Alex at home to keep him out of the heat while Brooke and I went to the pool, the last day it’s open for the summer. We had fun splashing around and Brooke got very courageous and swam without her swim noodle. She did a great job with just her arm floaties and really enjoyed it. The video is about the fourth time she swam on her own yesterday. Each time if I tried to help her while she was doing fine, she would say “No Dadda, Brooke try.”
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Brooke has been quite the helper since Alex came home. She is very interested in everything involving Alex, including his feedings. She loves to help and keep Alex awake during his feedings by showing him toys. Brooke also likes to rock in her chair next to her Mommy while Mommy rocks with Alex. It’s all incredibly cute.
Brooke has been a fantastic big sister to Alex. She has made this transition to having another person in our house so much easier by helping Laura and me out. She loves to give Alex kisses, play next to him, rock him gently, and help us by getting things from other rooms and changing him. It’s been a great weekend.
