The blogging has taken a back seat to something called LIFE.  Wow, things are busy around here.  Between school, speech, swimming lessons, Community Bible Study, staying in shape and trying to be a working mom, I've found little time for blogging.  Since I write this blog as my children's baby book/scrapbook, I will do my best to back up and report to you (and them someday) what we've been up to.

Chloe is still 100% diva and is just about the most adorable little girl we know.  Lately, she's been insisting she's a boy.  So when we tell her that she's such a pretty girl she gets  upset with us and screams that she's actually a boy.  

She doesn't say "actually" though. She "actually" doesn't say much and until a couple of weeks ago I was starting to worry a little bit.  I worried mostly because Brooks was a genius child and was reciting chapters of books at this age (well, not really but pretty close). 

This week though, she's begun to speak much more clearly.  Yeah! Her favorite sentence is "NO WAY".  She replies "NO WAY" to almost everything.  She says it so much that Brooks told me the other day that he is "so sick of hearing Chloe say NO WAY."  And to that comment from her brother Chloe would most definitely say "NO WAY!"  We think it's darling and will proclaim that as her first real sentence.  She had one other sentence much earlier on, but it's not appropriate to talk about on the blog (no swearing or anything like that, just something that might make you think we are goofy and we wouldn't want that! wink, wink.)

 We had a fabulous birthday party in November for an even more fabulous sister.  We were thrilled to honor my sister Stephanie at our house for a super fun night of games, food and stories about our favorite girl.  Brooks had a secret date with his Ti-Ti in the bathroom and came out with some tattoos on his back.  Yes, this is the whole package.  This kind of stuff is why he loves his Ti-Ti, I'm sure.

Do you want to know what true love looks like?  See below.  Steph is such a good mom.

 During the party Brooks had tons of fun playing Wii with the boys.  He fit right in with the older kids.  They were so nice to him.  It's neat to watch him learn social skills and master the art of taking turns and getting along.  Lakeview Christian Academy is worth every penny to us.  He's learned so much about loving Jesus and so much about becoming a polite young man who kids want to be around.  It's such a blessing to watch him make friends.

 And my little girl boy Chloe loves her guns.  What a doll cowboy.