Brooks and Gator!

Gator visited Brooks' school! He runs a KC "Harlem Globetrotter" like club. Brooks LOVED it! One of the moms at school took these pics. She said Gator asked for someone to go next and Brooks sprinted up there. He didn't even raise his hand, hesitate, etc. She said he was very proud of himself!!!!! How cute! You can see how proud of himself he is in the third picture!

Christmas Decorations!

The manger. My Dad made the stable a long time ago and the figurines were my Grandma and Grandpa Tibbetts's set!


Our Wildcat tree!


Sweet Pea's ornament!


Brooks insisted on writing the names on the gift tags. He did a heck of a job!


The finished project!!

Decorating the tree!

Daddy is a softie!

Yes, the clock is right. Brooks came in at 12:57AM and was quite proud of himself!

Thanksgiving Feast at School!

Cutie Patootie!!

Brooks has said some of the cutest things lately.

B: Mommy, how much longer are you going to be in the bathroom?
Me: Probably about 2 minutes.
B: How long have you been in there?
Me: About ten minutes.
B: UNBELIEVABLE!

Brooks has been sneaking into our bed lately, which he has never done. He tries to tell us it is because he wants to cuddle, but anyone that knows Brooks, knows he hates to cuddle. Well, he hadn't come in for a few nights until last night. When I got up this morning to go the bathroom, he followed me in (as always) and said with a huge grin, "I cuddled last night". I said, "I know." He said, "Mommy, I hadn't cuddled for a really long time." (meaning he hadn't come into our bed lately)

We also had a sweet conversation about death. Checkout Sweet Pea's blog to read about it. www.babyjahnke.blogspot.com

I am sure I will think of more. . .

Build A Bear Trip!

The Mommy group that sent me the necklace for Sweet Pea also sent a spa gift certificate for me, a Build a Bear gift card and book called "We Were Going to Have a Baby, But We Had an Angel Instead" for Brooks. They are so incredibly thoughtful!

Tonight we went to Build A Bear. Brooks was very excited and the trip combined his two favorite things; dinosaurs and football. He named his T-Rex Oscar because he wanted it to have a name that started with O. He also bought a mini footbal and field goal so Oscar could practice his kicks. :-)

Those of you that have been to BAB know this, but before they stitch the bear shut you put in a little stuffed heart. Well, I told Brooks while he was waiting that the mommies and kids that sent him this special gift did so because we were going to miss the baby. I told him it would be neat to put in two hearts, one for him and one for the baby. He LOVED that idea and was excited to do it. Bless the BAB worker's heart. She said, "Oh, you want to put in two." And Brooks told her one for him and one for his baby. She said, "Oh, do you have a baby at home?" I immediately froze. Crap! And Brooks calmly said, "No our baby is in heaven with Jesus." I was so proud of him, but I did feel really bad for the girl because she of course didn't know what to say.

Here are some pics of Brooks at BAB

Brooks is reading!!

We are so proud of how hard Brooks has worked at school this year. Miss Sherrie his teacher has been wonderful for him! He is doing so well with reading. He can read most three letter words and his high frequency words. Can you tell his parents are teachers? LOL!

Our good friends Mike and Tami came over tonight. Mike was Josh's best man in our wedding. They have three beautiful children; Brooklyn (4), Aaron and Asher (2). Brooks has a blast with all those kids around. I just couldn't believe we had a successful dinner out with 2 four year olds and 2 two year olds! :-) Here is a picture of the four kiddos. (No, Aaron and Asher are not identical, but you could have fooled me. I told Tami they had to wear the same clothes next time because AsheR had on Red, so r and r.) So between Josh and his two best friends we have a Brooks, Brooklyn, and Brooke! LOL!

Daddy's new (and last) truck!!!!!!

Brooks is famous!

The Kansas City Star came and videoed some of the festivities at Brooks' school on Halloween. Here is the link for the video. You can see him at the very beginning and the very end.

http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=2342785

Getting ready to go trick or treating and checking out the loot after a long night!