6 Months old

Can you believe it? She is already 6 months old? The time has definitely flown. I have enjoyed every minute of being home with her; especially once we figured out her tummy issues. She has become such an animated and loud girl. We are entertained by her every day. On Friday night Keith and I were trying to watch a movie. She "talked" and made tooting noises for a good 30 minutes. Keith and I tried to take some 6 month pictures of her yesterday but she was more interested in playing with the dogs. She is not very gentle with them so they try to keep a safe distance. Sometimes Jackson will venture closer for some licking.
Here are some fun facts about Brooke at 6 months:
*She is finally in a size 2 diaper
*She is wearing 6 month clothes
*She is wearing a size 2 shoe
*She is eating baby oatmeal every day
*She sleeps 12-13 hours every night and takes 3 naps during the day
*She LOVEs people. She will go to anyone that wants to hold her.
*She can hold her own bottle
*The jumparoo is her favorite place to play
*She did her first couple crawls this week
*She can take her paci out and put it back in (sideways)
*She has been on 3 round trip airline flights
*She still loves bath time
*She drools so much that we go through 3-4 bibs a day
*She likes to be in the bumbo seat and watch people cook in the kitchen
*She loves the dogs
*She is almost able to sit up on her own

Cinnamon Pecans

One of the great things about being a McSpadden is the tradition of making Cinnamon Pecans at Christmas. Keith's grandparents have a pecan farm in Oklahoma and they put out a big crop every year. Keith's mom was nice enough to pass on the recipe. I made my first batch of pecans about a week ago. I gave some to the neighbors, mailman and friends. People are going nuts, ha, over this sweet treat. I made another batch this weekend and Brooke decided she wanted to help.
**Disclaimer - I realize that she appears to be too close to the knives on the counter. She cannot reach the knives and I was watching her the whole time.
Anyway, we had a great time making cinnamon pecans. We saved a pretty good size bowl for ourselves. Hopefully they will last until my family comes in town to visit.
I also put a couple pictures of Brooke on here after we "winterized" her car seat. SHe is much warmer now. Our temps are not supposed to be over 25 degrees for the next 10 days. Brrrrrr.......

Thanksgiving

I can't believe that Thanksgiving was a whole week ago. I am so late in posting this blog. We flew to Dallas on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. When we arrived in Dallas we were met with only one of our suitcases. Luckily it was the suitcase with all of Brooke's clothes. We reported our other bag missing. The bag clerk said the bag was still in Pittsburgh and would be on the next flight to Dallas. Hmmm...... One week later and still no bag.
Even though the trip started out kind of rough we had a great time. Mark and Shevawn were so nice to let us use their car for the drive down to Waco. They had the new baby's carseat for Brooke to use too. We drove from their house to pick up Twyla in Sunnyvale.
On our way to camping we stopped to attend the graveside service of my dear friend Rodney. He died suddenly after suffering a heart attack. He was my coworker at Encompass for the past 7 years. It was a very touching service. He was loved by everyone who knew him. I will miss him so much. I am glad to have so many great memories with him.
We got to the campsite in Waco on Wednesday night. Mark and Shevawn had already setup and organized our popup. It was the perfect size; 2 beds, a potty/shower, and a small kitchen. It definitely beats sleeping in a tent. Twyla had found a roaster box for Brooke to sleep in. It was the perfect size for her.
Our Thanksgiving meal was delicious as usual. The boys fried up 5 turkeys! The only bummer was the rain started falling right as everyone started eating. It also got really cold on Thanksgiving. Sadly, we all spent the rest of the day/night in our campers trying to stay warm. Keith went to the A&M game with Mike Rasmussen. Even though it was cold he was excited to watch the Aggies beat Texas.
The rest of the time camping was spent playing games, relaxing, eating and catching up with family and friends.
We were excited to get home and back to our beds, but sad to leave everyone in Texas. I love camping because we are away from all the hustle and hurried pace of the city. There is no schedule, you can dress comfy and good food is always around.