Christmas 2007

This is Brandon writing for this entry. Christmas for the Brown family is always a three part event. We begin by going to Grandma Doris and Grandpa Jim's house on Christmas Eve. We spend the day over there by eating Grandma's delicious food, opening stockings, going to church, and then opening presents in the evening. Grandma Doris put a new twist on her patented meat balls this year, and I was very impressed. Brooklyn had a lot of fun seeing her uncles and cousins, as well as opening her presents. Like every year, we awoke on Christmas morning to find presents scattered across the living room floor. Brooklyn's favorite presents were her Elmo chair and her candy (skittles, licorice, and chocolate!). For some reason, Brooklyn loves chairs. She even sat in the boxes that her presents came in!

We left for Grandma Alice and Grandpa Howard's after we were finished at our house. Grandma's sausage balls were fantastic as always. It was great to see Carla, Dan, Matthew, and Dani in from Georgia, as well as everyone else. The weather was unusually warm, so Brooklyn played basketball with her older brothers and cousins. A ball came smashing down on her head, and she didn't even think about crying. She's pretty tough. Anyway, Grandma did an awesome job of picking out presents. To carry on our family tradition, we saw a movie on Christmas night while Brooklyn stayed with Grandma and Darla. While everyone was gone, she said "Maa'ma" -- as you can guess, this made Grandma Alice very happy.

Speaking of Brooklyn talking, she is saying more and more every day. She baby-talks constantly, and I think her vocabulary will begin to explode very shortly. I'm looking forward to spending the next two weeks with her before I have to go back to school. I'm not too excited on leaving her again, so hopefully Mom, Dad, and the rest can come to several track meets this winter and spring. Bryce has two basketball games tonight at Martinsville, and Brooklyn can't wait to see her brother play!

It was a great Christmas. A happy New Year to all!

New pictures

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to send out a few pictures. As you all know, it is a hectic time of year. We are enjoying every minute with Brooklyn and I thought I would share a few misc. pictures of her. I will update later and let you all know how Christmas went. Everyone enjoy your family, I know I will! Merry Christmas and God Bless!!

6 Ladies and a Baby

Well, Brooklyn and I just got back from the Cayman Islands with my 6-pack girlfriends. They so graciously included Brooklyn is our girl trip this year. Thank you friends, you don't know what that meant to me. We had a wonderful time and Brooklyn could not have been any better. She did great on the airplane and took all her naps on the beach. We would lay her between two chairs on the sand and she would be in heaven. I could never have done it without all the help from Patricia, Sara, Pam, Alicia and Beth. I love you girls!

Brooklyn loved the beach and the sand. She played in it a lot. She liked for me to take her in the ocean and loved getting wet. When we were in the condo. she just toodled around and as you can see in the picture Pam put her in the washer one day. Now, she couldn't be perfect all the time, she threw one fit(see picture in colts outfit). But I think it was because the colts lost and she couldn't hide her disappointment. But then again, we couldn't watch the entire game. That is another story,(I hate the cable company).

Sara's condo was absolutely beautiful and I thank her for allowing us to enjoy it for a week. Overall, the weather was great, but the company could not have been any better. Guess thats all for now. Like Brooklyn's pink shirt says "what happens with the girlfriends stays with the girlfriends"

Halloween

OK, I must say Brooklyn is the cutest cat I have ever seen. I had to hurry up and post pictures, because Brandon was very anxious to see his little sister. Brooklyn had a wonderful time trick or treating!!!! She enjoyed every minute of it and really liked all the candy. What a great evening!!!!! Her first Halloween was a success!

St. Louis

We went to visit Brandon at college in St. Louis last weekend. I took Brady, Bryce and Brooklyn for the weekend. Brittany stayed home with grandma Doris because she had to work. Scott had to work also. We had a wonderful time. It was parents weekend and there were all kinds of activities going on. We had a great dinner downtown with Brandon on Friday night and then went back to the hotel to swim. Brooklyn wasn't too sure about swimming, she got a little cold. On Saturday we spent the morning and early afternoon at Washington University in St Louis, which is where Brandon goes to college. We walked all around campus and had a great time. I can't believe he is a senior. Time just flies by. He has had an amazing college experience and has made us so proud. Later Sat. afternoon we took Brooklyn to the St. Louis zoo. She absolutely loved seeing all the animals, but she was not too sure about the merry-go-round. Needless to say, we had a fantastic time with Brandon in St. Louis and Brooklyn loves her big brother Brandon!!!