Wow...this week has gone by so fast. Brooke had a great week at school. Miss Christina and Miss Amy say she has been doing so well with her sign language. This week she is learning how to say thank you. We are also teaching her some new animal sounds, dog and cat. I walked in to pick her up on Tuesday, and she was sitting behind Andrew (10 months old), he was crawling, and she was smacking his butt. It was so cute and funny at the same time. She was just smiling and smacking and as he would crawl further away, she would scoot along side him. Kissing and now smacking buns...dare I ask what is next.

She is walking around great with her shopping cart. She walks all around the kitchen and hallway until her little legs get tired. She is still giving out kisses all over the place and loves to go out so she can people watch (she loves having people talk to her and actually gets upset if they aren't looking at her or talking to her...uh-oh, I know who she gets that from, and it isn't me)!

Jeff and I have been trying to think of what to get her for Christmas, even though we know she will be more excited to play with the boxes and bows. I can't wait to spend Christmas week with her, we have all kinds of fun things planned. Brooke and I still need to shop for daddy too. She is already fascinated by all of the lights and decorations. Surprisingly, she hasn't touched most of the decorations, but she does like to open and shut the doors to the 25 days of Christmas house.

This evening we tried table food for the first time. I bought a few toddler and Stage 3 foods. We tried mac and cheese with veggies and apple pieces for dessert. I'm not sure if she actually had much to eat, but she had a great time playing with her food. We listened to Christmas music, danced and then took a nice long bath.

I know she is getting sick of me kissing her face non-stop, but I can't help it. She is so happy and so loving, sometimes it still amazes me that she is actually ours. We waited such a long time and prayed so hard and finally our prayers were answered.

This weekend will be busy...we are Christmas shopping on Saturday and watching the Big 12 Championship Game. Sunday, after church, we are hanging out with our friend Amanda, shopping, lunch and perhaps a trip to the cupcake shop.
We miss our families so much and hope to see everyone soon. Love, Christy, Jeff and Brooke