Well, this week has been GREAT! Spending every day with Brooke has been so fun and she is learning more and more every day (she is a genius you know). She has started saying da-da again...not sure exactly how that happened, but we can fix that...lol. She smiles all the time, showing us her two teeth on the bottom. Big News...she is now getting her top four teeth all at once! Needless to say, we haven't had much sleep this week, but that is fine. Enter 5 shots on Monday and sleep was not in the cards for Brooke. Although, selfishly it has been great for me because she has been extra clingy, which means lots of big hugs and kisses.
Last Friday, Brooke had her school Christmas Party. Jeff fed her an oatmeal cookie...yum, yum, yum. She played with all of her friends and we all had a great time. I took her home afterwards and she was WORN OUT! Party Girl!
We spent some of the weekend finishing up last minute Christmas shopping and spending time together. This week we ran a few errands, but mostly stayed close to home, baking cookies, wrapping presents and watching Blue's Clues and Kai Lan. Her personality is really starting to show and she is definitely a people person. She loves to be out in public and interact with everyone walking past. At first she acts really shy, smiling and turning her head, but then she quickly turns into a social butterfly, smiling, waving and talking.
Jeff, Brooke and I went to Opryland last night to show Brooke the Christmas lights. She pointed at everything. She especially liked all of the trees lit up outside the hotel. It was a long night and she passed out on the way home. Although she woke up at 1am and was up until 3am. Needless to say, we were all tired this morning.
Every Christmas Eve everyone gathers at my parents house to open a couple of presents. This year, everyone received one from PaPa and Karrothead and one from Secret Santa. Unfortunately, the kids won't be able to make it due to the winter storm making its way across the midwest...I think my dad has been out smowblowing at least three times already. Of course I have called several times to let them know it is 65 here in Nashville. I am pretty sure my dad is packed and ready to move to either TN or AZ...LOL. I wish we would have had at least a dusting so Brooklynn could have had a white Christmas. Oh well, maybe next year.
Tonight, for Christmas Eve, we are all opening one present and drinking the traditional frozen orange drink my dad has made every Christmas Eve (orange sherbert and ginger ale)...this will be Brooklynn's first tradition. We will end the night reading T'was the Night Before Christmas" narrated by Mimi and Pa, another new tradition. Tomorrow we will open presents and then go to mass. The rest of the day we will play with all of her new toys, or the boxes, whichever she likes best.
We are so thankful for all of our family and friends and wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Also, we will soon be welcoming a new addition to the Harrahill Family - Jenn and Tim, we can't wait to meet your precious new baby girl in January (unless Baby H has other plans and decides she wants to give you a break on taxes in 2009...lol).
Love: Jeff, Christy and Brooklynn XOXOXOXO
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