Brooke's first swim lesson

Brooke had her first swim lesson tonight. I'm not sure she enjoyed it as much as she normally likes to go swimming. We tried to get her to blow bubbles and kick her feet with her legs straight and paddle with her arms and stuff. Plus the water was colder! She was a trooper though! She got to finish the class with a ride down the water slide with her daddy.



We hung out in the family hot tub afterwards to warm up. She liked that much better!

Closer to crawling..

Here is another video of Brooke progressing in her crawling. She actually gets up on her hands and knees alot and rocks back and forth. In the video she is up on her toes and walking forward and then flops forward. Also a very cute part of her rolling and trying to steal the camera! She is getting more and more mobile everyday!


Brooke Crawling 2 from Julie Sturtz on Vimeo.

Crawling?

Here is a video of Brooke in the beginning stages of crawling. She can roll anywhere fast.. but the scootching forward takes a lot more work..

If you are wondering why she is talking and is so happy.. It's because her best friend is in the mirror she is crawling towards. Duh! :)


Brooke scootching forward from Julie Sturtz on Vimeo.

P.S. this is my first attempt at posting a video.. hopefully it works this time!

Spring is here!

Today was a beautiful day so we went for a walk. Check out Brooke in her cute hat and just lounging in her stroller. Too cute!




And of course we had to visit the swing too! Brooke loves it!

I'm a big girl!

Matt and I decided it was finally time for Brooke to get a new carseat. She looks so tiny in the new one!


However, we had to buy neck support for when she falls a sleep as you can see!

7 Months!

Well.. Brooke is now 7 months old. She turned 7 months on Monday, and Monday night she slept through the night! She slept from 8pm until 9am when Matt and I woke her up. Yes, that's right.. we had to wake her up! There was no feeding.. or crying for 13 straight hours!

Last night I got up and fed her at 1am.. but I'm not sure she really needed it.. I think she would have gone back to sleep. But again she then slept until 8:45 this morning!

I think our little baby has grown up! Afterall, she is 7 months old now!

In other news, Brooke can now sit up and play forever. She is also able to scoot herself in a circle on her stomach and she is rolling EVERYWHERE! She's not crawling yet, but I think she is close. She lays on her tummy with her arms outstretched and kicks her feet as hard as she can. Not very effective, but VERY cute!

Here is a picture for those of you going through withdrawal..

Brooke at Happy Hour last week.


Blue eyed girl waking up from her nap.


In the jumperoo.. although she would rather be rolling around on the floor these days.

6 Month Check Up.. or is it 7?

Well again Brooke was late for her 6 month well baby check. I actually had this one scheduled on time, but then had to reschedule it because we ended up being out of town on the date. Everything looked goood! She's starting solids. She got some shots (ouch!). Here are the stats..

Weight: 16lbs 9oz - 45th percentile
Length: 28 inches - 95th percentile
Head Circumference: 18 inches - 76th percentile

Brooke continues to grow like a sprout.. but she's skinny! The doctor said he wasn't worried, and that her weight only dropped 5 percent. She's just growing so tall!

We see the doctor again in a couple of months (at 9 months), and Brooke is lucky that time because there are no shots! Poor little girl has been running a fever today because of them!