The Zoo

Last Monday we took Brooke to the Sacramento Zoo for the first time. We had such a fun time at the zoo with her. Brooke really liked the mokeys, the giraffe and the flamingos. The Sacramento Zoo is small which is perfect for a 17 month old. We were able to get through the whole zoo in an hour and a half. After we walked through the zoo, we had a picnic in the park. It was such a fun, family day.

my little cool girl

Brooke and Daddy

She liked the fish too!

Brooke's new game

We have a new game in the Brown household and Brooke loves it:

We say, "Brooke where is the baby?"

Then Brooke lifts up my shirt and points at my tummy and says, "baby"

As soon as she gets my shirt up she will give the baby a kiss!

Brooke is going to be a big sister!!

I will be 10 weeks tomorrow and am due September 11th...we are hoping that the baby will actually join us on a less memorable day for our country, but we will be excited whenever our new little "brownie" comes!

We are so excited that God has blessed us with another baby that is growing inside of me. I loved being pregnant with Brooke and am really looking forward to this one as well! I haven't had any morning sickness and I already look like I did when I was 18 weeks with Brooke. I am excited to break out my citizen maternity jeans, probably the only maternity thing that I am excited to get back into. ;)

I am excited, nervous, anxious, and overjoyed at the thought of having 2. If the new baby comes on time then they will be 12 days shy of being 2 years apart. I already imagine what type of relationship they will have, and I can already picture them playing together.

I am so thankful for this new blessing!

*Sorry the pictures are so blurry, they are from my phone

Bye Bye Birdie

So I realize that it has been well over a month since I have posted anything and I wanted to let you know why...I was in a musical!! Our local community college has a really great theater program and last September, my sister Leah and I, auditioned for Bye Bye Birdie. We both got in (as teen girls!) and we rehearsed from Nov 9th until the show opened Jan 14th. It was SOOO much fun and is something I definitely want to do again! Here are some pictures of our adventure!

Pictures of dress rehearsal

"We love you Conrad, oh yes we do..."

Seesters
(ok for those of you that know me really well...10 points for the first person to tell me what drove me crazy about my costume!)


We met some really great people!


We were definitely not supposed to be eating in our costumes


We had so much fun in the locker room

If you know Bye Bye Birdie, you know that the "Ice House" is a place where the teens go to....well, get in trouble. Right around the corner from the college is this place that is actually called the Ice House! So fun! (Leah and I are in the crazy poses on the left) :)

no camera blues...

So our camera started acting up a while back...we took it in to get fixed and they sent it off to somewhere else. Well it is 5 weeks later and still no camera...I have been using my mom's off and on but I really am so bummed that it is taking that long. The silver lining in it all is that, thankfully, Tim and I bought new phones that have an ok camera phone, so I have been taking a lot of pictures on that. It's a good thing because yesterday I noticed Brooke's hair looked like it had grown quickly. I got out the little rubberbands I bought so long ago (hoping she would have some hair when she was born) but almost 15 months later I finally got this...

It's the little things in life...

4 years!

November 19th, Tim and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary! Somehow the time has flown by...We dated for 2 1/2 yrs and were engaged for 6 months, so we have been together for over 7 years and I have loved this adventure that we are on together! I love my husband more today than ever and it's crazy to think I will love him more on our 5 year anniversary than I do today! God has truly blessed me with a husband that is more wonderful than I could have ever imagined!

For our anniversary we were able to go to Napa, which has become one of my favorite places! We left Brooke overnight for the first time with my family, and headed to downtown Napa. We stayed at the AVIA hotel, and went to dinner at Cole's Chop House (AMAZING!). It was so great to have quality time to ourselves.

Our hotel

Our dinner was SOOO good! (even worth the cheesy pictures!)

Family Pictures

A couple of weeks ago, our good friends from college, The Wyatt's, came up to Napa and we were able to schedule a day to take some family pictures. I love how they turned out! To see more click here. Thank you Max and Sarah!

I heart her!