July 24th

Carter holding his new sister Brooke. He has been so excited to help me take care of her. He is a great big brother.

July 24th in Scipio. Carter, Brooke and my cute niece Seely ready to go to the Rodeo.

It's Mutton Busting time and Carter is in line to ride the sheep.

Devin helping Carter get onto his sheep.

Devin was holding onto Carter's pants which was a good thing since Carter's sheep bolted out of the gate.

Brooke Is Finally Here

Brooke Monroe is here. She was born on Monday July 20th at 3:48 pm. She weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and is 18 inches long. Brooke is a tiny bundle of joy and we are very excited she is here.

Still Waiting

So we can't wait to see Baby Brooke. But of course she is going to be stubborn like her brother and we will probably not have her until the end of July. What do you do......they have a mind of their own that's for sure. Carter wonders everyday when he will see her. We will keep you posted when she finally makes her appearance.

Finally

So I think Devin and I finally decided on a name for this little bundle. We are going to call her Brooke..... well unless she comes out and looks entirely un-Brooke-ish. Even Carter has started calling her baby Brooke instead of Green or Blue. We are really making progress at our house.

Devin and I made a list of the girl names the we both like for the bundle in my belly. We each made a list then vetoed the ones we least liked until we came up with 10 names. then we each ranked the names 1-10 and Devin averaged the rankings to come up with our top ten and here they are first to 10th. Brooke, Lindsie, Sadie, Alex, Janey, Natalie, Kaelyn, Whitney, Hayden, and Jade. I am sure the list will change before the end of Julybut this is where we are at the moment.

Amanda got a new puppy and carter just loved it. You can't beat a boy and a little dog.

Funny Stories

Carter has discovered those little 25 cent machines at the stores. He is always asking Devin and me for a quarter whenever he spots one. The other night Carter came running into our room around 2 in the morning like he does every morning. He always runs in halfway through the night and spends the rest of the night sleeping on our floor. Anyway he had come in and fallen back asleep when he started just crying in his sleep. He started staying no momma, no thats my quarter. He was just screaming. Apparently I was trying to take a quarter away from him and he was doing everything he could do to keep it. I didn't think that I have been a mean enough mom to warrant a nightmare for him but I guess I will have to try extra hard to be nice from now on.