Brooklyn Grace-"Water or Stream" born Nov.5 2007

We have waited so long
for this child of choice.
Bless us
with an abundance of your love
that we may be good parents,
that we may create a home of blessing,
that we may encourage this child
to the fulness of her potential,
Bless our child, O God.
Give her security in our family,
the joy of laughter in our home,
and the courage to face
the challenges ahead.
Let our child know the love
we feel so deeply for her,
and let this love be a strength
to confront the opportunities of life.
Amen
V.C. Anderson


(the poem in her announcement card)

Oh how we LOVE our Brooklyn! She's our handful. She was born with a mind of her own. She came to us already with an attitude and a strong personality at (almost) nine months of age. She cracks us up and makes us laugh all the time. She is so independent and yet at the same time she SO wants to be like her big brother and do everything he does. She has such a sweet side too. The other day I hit my head and as a goose egg was developing on my forehead and I was sitting on the floor recovering, she kept saying "Happened mom? happened?" and kept kissing my head over and over saying, "s'okay, s'okay mom!" I couldn't imagine my life without her. I keep reminding myself that a strong will, will be a good thing, probably even an asset as she gets older as she won't be a follower and will stick to her guns. In the meantime we keep praying for wisdom as to how to raise her, and harness that spirit without breaking her will. So often we find that if we are creative and find a way to let her think something is her idea she's all for it, otherwise forget it! She is in two weddings next year, and even to measure her for the dress was a night mare. So much so, I put it off for weeks. Then all of a sudden, I thought, "Hey! what if I pretend to measure Jesse first!" Sure enough, then she demanded I measure her too! Anyways I've warned both brides not to expect too much, she is just too unpredictable. Either way we'll just have fun with it.




It was so much fun to celebrate her on her birthday and to be reminded what a precious gift she is.




Brooklyn insisting on wearing my earplugs!

Her favorite song is "twinkle twinkle little star" and loves to do the actions and sing at the top of her lungs over and over and over again. She just can't get enough. "gain mom? gain?" I have to get it on video soon, before she moves on to something else.
"gain mom? gain?"






Believe it or not, this is her camera smile! What a clown!!



It takes us a lot longer to get down the stairs these days... if she sees you, she insists on kissing you between every spindle! Sometimes if I'm in a hurry I find myself distracting her so I can run down for a minute!


To the tune of "Oh how I love Jesus"
(I sing this to her at least once a day)

Oh how I love Brooklyn
Oh how I love Brooklyn
Oh how I love Brooklyn
She is God's gift to me!!!!!!

AMEN!