Junior Photographer

I've been really bad at posting, or even looking at the pictures on my camera for that matter.  As I was going through them this evening I noticed a lot of pictures that Brooklyn took.  I just wanted to share some of her pics with the world.

5 Years Old…Almost

Here is our almost 5 year old.

Happy News

We found out some happy news for our family on Memorial Day. 

We are having a baby, due in January.

Every since we found out about baby, Brooklyn has been saying that she already has a little brother and she needs a little sister.  Well we took a new test called a cell free DNA test which will tell you the sex of the baby after your first trimester. 

Here is how I told Daddy and Brooklyn  what we were having.

Pink balloons and a baby girl outfit at the bottom.

Nature

We have had fun experiencing a bit of nature this year.  Aunt Karen sent Brooklyn some caterpillars to watch as they become butterflies, and we have some crazy birds who think building a nest in a sprinkler under a deck in a house with a dog is a smart thing to do and a giant dragonfly.

Our caterpillars decided to grow at their own rate and in their own time.  We had one that went through the entire cycle before the others. 

We missed pictures as it flew away.Butterfly #2 flying away about a week later.

Butterfly #3, flying away the same day as #2.

Our last two slow growers were as different as could be.  The first one to make his chrysalis was the smallest caterpillar we had in the bunch, and our final one was a rather large caterpillar that turned into our largest butterfly in the end.

Butterfly #4, about a week after #2 & #3.And our monster butterfly that didn’t want a lot of pictures as it flew away, same day as #4.

Here is our mama or papa robin.And here is the next in our sprinkler, under our deck with four beautiful robin eggs.

The day we let some of our butterflies fly free we encountered a HUGE dragon fly on the screen door at the back of our house.  Brooklyn wasn’t sure what to think of a bug as big as her head, we thought it was pretty darn cool.

Happy New Year!

We rang in the new year with funny movies, a house without Brooklyn (she spend the night at Josie’s house), and a yummy drink and fireworks (even if they were a bit after midnight since we wanted to finish our movie).

Piña colada to drink in a super fancy cup and straw.

Fireworks in the snow.

Happy 2013!