My Brooke - 19 months

Brooke is such a little spunky gal! She is at such an amazing age, and I keep forgetting to put her little updates in so I can remember what she is like. First of all, she is talking all the time now. One of Adilyn and Kacy's favorite things to do these days is to say, "Brooke say...." Then she says her version of the word and they laugh hysterically and say, "Awww, Brookie, that's so cute!" Brooke's favorite words: apple juice, no, Mama, Barbie (yes, my 19 month old knows and loves all things Barbie), bookie, and Wowee (both dogs). When she is finished with her food she always says, "Done, mama, mommy, mama, done." It's very elaborate. She can tell me if she wants a waffle or pancakes for breakfast or milk or apple juice to drink. I just always think this period of time where they truly understand 99% of what you are saying is so amazing. They may not be able to communicate everything they want to you, but they can surely understand almost everything you tell them to do.
She is still a crazy wall artist. I am pretty sure that she has written on the walls at least 20 times. You would think that I would get rid of all the marker, pens, etc that she could reach. Well, I have, but somehow the little stinker still finds any and every writing utensil that falls on the ground or gets left out and she just goes to town.
Thank goodness, she finally got the sleeping thing down! She is a pretty good sleeper, although now, she seems to be fighting her naps for some reason. I put her down in her crib, and she usually cries for a while. Sometimes she gets really mad and then for some reason she tries to take her clothes off. Sometimes she is successful, and then she just falls asleep with no shirt or no pants on. It's pretty funny to see her all "naked on top" asleep in her crib.
She is still very brave, and she definitely lives by the mantra, "anything my sisters can do, I can do better"! No matter what they are doing, she is always right there with them doing her own style of whatever they are doing. She loves jumping on beds and climbing on things, little adventurer!
She is also starting to have her own sibling rivalry. Everything that Kacy has, she tries to steal. Everything that Adilyn is doing, she wants to ruin. She pulls handfuls of hair out of both of their heads, and she loves messing up their games. She screams when she doesn't get what she wants. Really loud screams... :)
She has also gotten very nervous in big crowds and very clingy to me. Anytime someone talks to her, she snuggles in super close to me or Cory. I haven't tried to take her to the YMCA in a while, but I can bet that she would go nuts if I did!
Other random thoughts about my sweet little youngest cutie -
*Her hair is ridiculous! It's always in her face, and it's usually caked in yogurt or some other sticky goo. I usually put it up out of her face, but it ends up in her face at some point.
*She doesn't always want to be in my lap, but she definitely doesn't want either of her sisters to be in my lap either!
*Her shoes never stay on her feet. I swear I can put them on when I stop the car, then by the time I walk around to get her out of the car, they are off!
*She loves pushing around the little doll stroller that we have had since Adilyn was her age. She will put anything in it and drive it around (including Kacy).
*One of her talents is stacking things on top of other things. She loves to play around in the pantry, and her favorite thing is stacking up the cans.
*She loves all the girls little, tiny animals. She gets so proud of herself when she balances it somewhere fun.
I love being her mom! She brightens my day, every day.