You may have noticed that I have not mentioned Brooklyn's hip braces.....that is because we have been slacker parents and put that on hold when Boston had to be delivered so early. Well, we have put it off long enough and last night she slept with them on ALL NIGHT!! She is a little trooper; I have to say, I do not think I would have done as well as she did. This picture is her with the brace on as we got ready for bed tonight. She is sleeping soundly as I type this post :)

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Spent the morning in the NICU cuddling Boston and the afternoon at home snuggling Brooklyn....pretty good day!

I had so much fun going to school with Brooklyn on Friday for her Halloween party! She wore her chef's hat and apron!

Grammy helped her make spooky pudding - mommy liked it better than Brookie did!

We got Brooklyn's Preschool pictures back - not exactly a smile but still....what a cutie!!

Dynavox

Thank you Miss MiMi for bringing Brooklyn's Dynavox to school yesterday! We are SO excited to get working with it. She has put so much work into it, loading things of for Brooklyn. Now mommy just needs to "get with it" and learn how to work it!
We are starting her on it with the two switch scanning since that is what she is used to using on her laptop - although it is the eyemax so I hope that eventually she will use her eyes to control it! What an amazing thing....to give my daughter a voice! (Thank you everyone who works daily with Brooklyn - you all ROCK!!)

She's With Me

I know that I have mentioned this song before but the video is now out and I want the WORLD to see it and hear these amazing words. It is like he has reached into Charlie's and my heart and soul and spoke our words for us.

She's With Me

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Unfortunately, Brookie Bean home sick again today from school with a sinus infection. Don't worry, Grammy is home with her spoiling her rotten!!

Our evening walks sure are beautiful here in Northern Indiana this fall! I loved the warm temps we saw today!

(Thanks Charlie for taking so many great pictures!)

Hokey Pokey

Doing the Hokey Pokey in the KidWalk.....well....sort of! ;)

I apologize for the lack of blogging this week! I promise to post new pictures of Brooklyn soon.....Unfortunately I am exhausted today so the post will have to wait. Boston is having a tough day today you can read more about him on his blog here.

YUMMY!!

Daddy had Dairy Queen ice cream cake for his birthday this weekend and Brooklyn helped him finish it up last night :) She really liked that the icing turned her teeth blue!

More Kid Walk pictures

Brooklyn is doing well in her KidWalk at school. She is in it about 25 minutes while she is there - we will be working up to an hour. Still no forward motion but is making strides backwards!

Brooklyn and Boston

Brooklyn was able to hold Boston for the first time yesterday, It was so sweet! I loved seeing both my kids together.....simply amazing! I think she kind of likes him!

Here are a couple of pictures of Brooklyn in her Kid Walk at preschool - with her buddy Jessica of course.