I've been seriously slacking...

After my last blog entry and re-commitment to start being better about posting I have totally let the ball drop again. It's not that I have been overly busy lately I have just been putting it off every day a little more, and all of a sudden a month went by! So in a new commitment to start documenting our life again, I am indeed ready to post again. 

In my lack of motivation I totally missed Brooke's 16 month post so since she is almost 17 months I will just let this one count for both! 

First off let me just start by saying that I have the cutest baby ever! Now that we got that out of the way, let me just say that I have the smartest baby ever! No seriously!! :)

Brooke has really started to show us all that she knows lately. She can say just about any word. She can count to 6 (with a little help). She is very obedient and listens and does what we ask her too (most of the time).  She can identify just about every body part. She can tell you if you are a boy or girl (although she sometimes gets confused and calls daddy a "Gurl"). She lets us know if she has gone poo poo and needs to be changed. She loves to read books and can identify and do the sounds of most animals in them. Some of the animals have no name though and are just a sound such as "moo' she never will say cow. She is starting to understand and identify shapes and can tell you if it's a circle, oval, or star. She folds her arms for prayers (something that we have been working on for a really long time!) She is communicating much better now and for the most part can tell us or help us to understand what she wants. She is at such a fun age right now and she is such a sweet baby. All I can do everyday is thank my Heavenly Father for allowing me to have such a sweet blessing in my life. 

In addition to all this new learning, Brooke is also turing into a little girl. 

She loves shoes and has started to walk in mommies shoes. She is actually quite a pro at this!

She loves to walk around in mommies "purls" and shoes. She also loves to carry around her baby doll while doing this.

I didn't want to paint her toes until she was old enough to enjoy it. My niece came and stayed with us for a week, and while I was painting her toes Brooke seemed so interested in it that I decided we could give it a try. She did great holding still, and loves the color on her toes.  All three of us did the same color!!

Here she is doing her favorite thing. She loves to read and point out all the animals, balloons, etc..

What can I say other than I love her to pieces and think she is so awesome! I just wish she wouldn't grow up so quick all the time:(!!