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| We were so happy that we were able to bring our families to Zoolights this year. We have always talked about it and now we got to share this experience with them. Even though it was PACKED, we had lots of fun! |
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| Swinging monkey's! |
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| The gang... minus Papa and me! |
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| The musical light show on the water - beautiful! |
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| Brynn and Auntie Col |
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| Brynn was so excited to go on the carousel and she did actually like it this time! |
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| Zoolights 2012 |
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| Brooklyn had fun too! |
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| It's a Winter ONEderland!! I can't believe a year has past and our baby girl is going to be ONE! She had such a great party and was so lucky because so many people came from far away to come and help her celebrate!! Nana & Papa and Grammy & Auntie Col were all here to party with us - THANK YOU for making her day so special!!! XOXO |
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| I wanted to get a cute picture of her sitting outside with her balloons but what was I thinking?! She doesn't sit still! |
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| I had Brynn try to hold her down but there she goes! |
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| Our family |
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| Brynn was such a helper - setting the appetizer table with a bunch of paper plates AND we learned that she is a huge fan of port wine cheese!! She was spreading that cheese on everything! |
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| Col brought her a hat that says "Party Animal" - perfect for her. She didn't think so though! |
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| Some of her decorations |
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| Brooklyn Jean! |
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| Dessert table - YUM! |
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| What's on the menu for lunch? One of Brooklyn's favorites - Macaroni & Cheese, baked bread and salad. It was a hit! |
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| Enough with lunch - time for CAKE!!! Brynn wanted to help with the candle. |
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| She didn't waste any time. We weren't sure what to expect with her so we planned ahead and set her up outside. Good thinking on our part since, as you'll see in another picture, her cake landed on the ground! |
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| Happy Birthday crazy girl - we love you!! |
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| Yup, there's the cake! |
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| She was a MESS!!! |
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| Relaxing on her party day |
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| After cake it was time for presents. She got a roller coaster and that gave the kids hours of fun. She loved it! |
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| Inside she liked her presents but was way more interested in climbing in the bags! |
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| Such a happy birthday girl. Thank you all for a GREAT day!! |
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| The girls went to see Santa last Friday and it was a success... Brynn LOVED Santa - Brooklyn put up with him for a good while and then... |
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| She couldn't hold back her tears any longer - she had enough! |
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| Santa said they're both on the nice list again this year so Brynn was happy about that and Brooklyn was very relieved to hear that Santa has had his eyes closed during her "moments"! |
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| After Santa, Brooklyn was very content sitting in the stroller and once I saw her - I knew why. She got a hold of Brynn's fish for the first time and was enjoying every bite! |
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| Brynn was happy going up and down the escalator... again and again and again! |
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| So Brynn started climbing out of her crib, grabbing her changing pad and setting it up in her crib to sleep. I decided to take the mattress out of her crib so she would have a better night sleep and we set the tent up around it. She loves it! We're planning on converting her room to a big girls room after Christmas! |
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| Brooklyn checking out the camping experience... |
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| She's a happy camper! |
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| We started the tree decorating project on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and today we finished! It only took 10 days - and that's not bad since the tree is massive! Bryce and I put the tree up while the girls were napping so this is Brooklyn's first reaction when she woke up! |
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| The girls untangling the lights... |
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| Our audience cheering us on! |
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| Brynn LOVED the garland beads... she's doing a great job, isn't she?! |
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| Then of course she had to move to the ladder |
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| She looks pretty proud here! |
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| I think she's explaining how the ornaments should be hung. Very serious conversation... |
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| Brooklyn decorating for the first time! |
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| In addition to the garland, she was very interested in the clothespins. They were originally out to clip our Christmas cards to the ribbons, but hey - she was having fun! |
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| Our best gifts ever! |
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| We're finished! |
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| So pretty! |