Georgia again?

Brooklyn and I were lucky enough to be able to go to Georgia AGAIN! Thanks to Grandpa Heaton for using his frequent flyer miles to get us there. Actually, it was a whirlwind of a trip, and very unexpected. Tim was going to Phoenix for some job interviews/testing for a week, and my mom and I had thrown around the idea of Brooklyn and I going to Georgia for the week because there was a great deal on tickets out of Phoenix. I was too slow making a decision and the deal disappeared, but my mom and dad decided to fly us out using the frequent flyer miles anways.
For those of you who don't know, I am a planner-- a serious planner, and I like to know my "plan" for weeks in advance. So when my parents asked if I wanted to come visit, less than a week before I would be visiting, it threw me off a little bit. I knew I had nothing to do, but oh the anxiety of knowing I would be traveling in less than a week!
Well, obviously I got over that, and we bought the tickets! Yay! Tim, Brooklyn, and I drove to Phoenix on Sunday (a very long car ride) and Brooklyn and I stayed with Tim until Tuesday when we flew out.
We had another great trip to Georgia and loved seeing so much family and so many friends. Brooklyn got used to her Heaton grandparents much faster than last time and especially loved playing ball with Grandma, being thrown in the air by Grandpa, eating oreos for the first time, playing with her silly Aunt Anna, and having her Uncle Matthew put her to sleep. I learned that she is terrified of cats, likes to play in a dirty dishwasher, and can in fact, make it through 3 hours of church without being taken out.
We are so grateful that we were able to visit (even though I believe Brooklyn is going through Grandma and Grandpa withdrawals now). The weather was perfect and we left just in time (just as it was getting hot and humid again), but we hope we get to visit again later this summer or fall.

P.S. In case you were wondering-- Tim did amazing at his interviews and was called back for all of the required testing, and was then given a conditional job offer. We are hopeful that he will be accepted for the position, but don't want to get our hopes up just yet. We will find out for sure if he gets the job by the beginning of April, and I will let you know!

My best friend is in the kitchen TOO!

I love it when I get to play on the bathroom counter because I get to play with my friend. She's pretty much the cutest little girl I've ever met. She's always so nice to me and smiles and laughs with me. Sometimes we try to throw things off of the counter, but our favorite thing to do is grab Daddy's colognes and knock them all over.



But guess what?! The other day, I found my friend in the kitchen too! This whole time I thought she only wanted to play in the bathroom... but now I know. She's in the oven! She was so happy to find me and know that I play in the kitchen now. When we're in the kitchen playing we like to give each other high fives and bang our wooden spoons. She laughs and smiles at me when I see her because she's so excited to play with me. We're pretty much the best friends ever.

8 months old- It's hard to believe

Every month it's hard to believe that Brooklyn is one month older. Here she is, 8 months old.

Here are a few things about her
-she still LOVES bathtime
-the vaccum is the most terrifying thing in our house
-she loves the hand massager on her head
-she is crawling all over the place
-no teeth yet, but I think they're on their way
-she loves her rubber ducky and wooden spoon the best out of all of her toys
-she is the biggest smiler ever
-bedtime is still a rough time, but she loves having a story read to her, and singing a song
-she loves singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
-she has spent one night away from mom and dad so far
-she loves live music, any instrument
-she loves looking at herself in the mirror
-she is very happy most of the time
-she loves bananas

Valentine's Cookies

Like I said on a post in December, I just can't get enough of sugar cookies.... so once again, when a holiday rolled around, I thought it was as good of an excuse as any to make cookies to decorate. Thanks to Tim for putting up with this sugar-cookie-making-fetish.




Brooklyn of course was there for moral support as well (and to make sure I didn't have to frost as many cookies)


I've decided that I'm going to take a cake decorating class. Yup, I think I would love it. Now I just have to find somewhere that is offering classes.

It's time for baby-proofing

Last Monday Brooklyn made a few attempts at crawling at lunch group, but when I came home later and told Tim, he wasn't sure he wanted to believe me without some hard proof.

The next night the Bishop and his wife babysat Brooklyn for us, and they also reported that she had crawled. Still, Tim was not a believer.

But the next day, February 11, 2009 is a day that will go down in history as the day Brooklyn showed us she could crawl. We had been waiting for this moment for so long, and it was very exciting to finally see her move more than just her typical rolling around on the floor.

Today, six days later, I'm not sure why I wanted her to learn to crawl. It seems that with crawling, she also learned how to whine and cry (to be picked up especially). I tried filling out some paperwork on the floor a few days ago, but no matter where I went, she was there, trying to help me fill it out. The floor is no longer sacred. Now, if I stop moving around a room and give her enough time to get over to me, she begins pulling at my pants and trying to get me to pick her up-- which, after enough whining, of course I do. Don't get me wrong, we're very excited to have her crawling, but thank goodness it didn't happen sooner!

Here is the first video of Brooklyn crawling-- taken the first day she crawled for both Tim and I at home. Since, she has increased her speed, accuracy (in direction), and endurance x25 (atleast). ...well, the first video will be attached sometime, just not tonight. something's going crazy with this... soon to be attached!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Brooklyn is still not sure what to think about snow. She just knew that it was cold, and late, and dark, and that was enough reason for everyone to be inside. Luckily, we managed to snap this picture of her smiling first.


The next day we all went in the backyard to try to build a snowman. There was PLENTY of snow, but it was definitely not wet enough. Oh well... we managed to create our own Bryce Canyon formation. That's all that we managed to do though, before Brooklyn let us know that she was DONE with being outside in the snow. Truth be told, she wasn't even in the snow-- she was sitting on a blanket on the back porch. But, it was pretty bright, and she was hungry-- thus the cracker in her mouth.



The last weekend in February Grandpa Heaton came out to visit for Great Grandpa Heaton's birthday party. We loved having him here, and so appreciated him reading "Terry Toots" to Brooklyn (her favorite book). We went over the mountain to help family celebrate Great Grandpa's birthday, and after the celebration, a few of us went tubing! It was fun, but Brooklyn preferred trying to scoop up the snow with her spoon.

Cute, cuter, cutest...

Nothing much to say about these pictures-- they're just cute! Cute outfits, cute hair, cute smile, and especially a cute girl!