Halloween activities

Our trip to Fresno to see Daddy (Eric)

MY hcg levels are down to 39!!!

"Trick or treat candy please"

We went to Eric's parents trunk or treat last Saturday, Alaura had a ton of fun. She really liked the fact that people were giving her free candy. All she had to do was say "Trick or treat" and they would put it in her bag. She also really loved eating the chili that Dad made...The first place chili!!! Congrats Dad!!! She also really enjoyed eating Moms pie...The pie that should have been first place. (She got third place) We love your Apple pie Mom!!! Unluckily I don't have any pictures because I broke our camera the other day. I'll explain later. Well, we think we found the house that we're going to move into. We're going to look at it today, Eric hasn't seen it yet. If you want to see some quick snapshots check out www.alveys.com/foxrun Well, I'll post pictures of the last week later today during alaura's nap.

I stole this from my cuz Lis's blog. it's kinda funny...

1. My rock star name (first pet and current car): Echo Aireo
2. My gangsta name (fave ice cream flave and favorite cookie): Mint peanut butter
3. My “fly guy/girl” name (first initial of first name and first three letters of last name):B Ols
4. My detective name (favorite color and favorite animal): Green dolphin
5. My soap opera name (middle name and city where you were born): Lyn Caleen
6. My Star Wars name (first three letters of your last name and first two letters of your first name): Olsbr
7. My superhero name (2nd fave color and favorite drink with “The” in front): The Pink Ice Water
8. My Nascar name (first names of your grandfathers): Slade LaMar
9. My stripper name (name of your fave perfume/cologne and your favorite candy): Tommy girl snickers
10. My witness-protection name (mother’s and father’s middle names): Lyn David (Hey, that's my dad's name too)

Ten interesting facts

I got "tagged" by amberly so here goes nothing

10 random facts, tidbits, talents, or goals I have that others may not know:

1) I made my sisters wedding cake when i was 7 months pregnant. You try decorating a cake with a belly and not hitting it. LOL
2) I want to learn how to paint with Oils and Acrylics
3) Eric and I looked at engagement rings one month after we started dating.
4) I was majoring in American Sign Language (but never finished.)
5) I make wedding veils. I made my sister's sister in laws and cousins wife's Veils
6) I was saving to go to Utah and go to Massage therapy School when I met Eric and got in engaged. I think made the best decision there. Maybe I'll do it someday
7) I LOVE cooking and I always change recipes, if I follow one at all. Eric calls it "brookeifying"
8) I was extremely sick on my wedding day and honeymoon
9)I made Alaura's Halloween costume last year, my costume this year, curtains, aprons for Amberly's wedding servers...I've never ever had someone teach me how to sew.
10)I'm going to learn how to play the piano and guitar, don't know when, but I will.
Bonus: I have the best husband and daughter in the world (but you might have already known that)

Well there you have it, 10 things about me. I tag Brenda, RandySue and Liz

Yaya and Dint

Man, i haven't written in a while. which means I get to write a lot now. Boy, i had a rather rough week. I'm not sure why, but I really fell into a depression these last few days. I think getting poked by needles, the miscarriage, seeing other pregnant women, managing apartments and having Eric work so much over time finally overwhelmed me. But, I'm feeling much better today. I've had the opportunity to have my sister Camie in town the last week and a half, I know she misses her hubby, but it's been so fun having her around. We went and played at the park last week, and Alaura decided that Camie is the coolest person in the world. When she gets upset she cries for Camie and talks about Camie and her white car. In fact that's how alaura learned what white is. She saw camies car and I told her it was white, and it stuck. Now she can point out white stuff all over the place. Thanks for having such a cool white car Camie. On Saturday Eric took the day off and we went up to the mountains and had a picnic. It was cold, but it was fun taking his super cool 4 wheel drive truck up. Eric and I got to go to a Japanese restaurant where they prepare the food in front or you and light stuff on fire... Fires sooo cool. It was great to have time with just the two of us because Camie watched her. Thanks again.

I want to thank my family for all their help this past month. I really wouldn't have been able to do it without you. I have the best family. And great friends and extended family too. i got so much support from you thanks.

I don't know if it's something in the water or what, but Alaura has really been a little out of control lately. For example, a few days ago she opened up the fridge and pulled out the ketchup (currently her favorite food group) and she squirted it all over my kitchen rug and sat down and dipped her fingers in it and licked them... a couple days ago, she climbed onto the computer desk and got ahold of a highlighter and colored all over the dishwasher, and at some point she got ahold of of a stamp i use for work, and stamped all over the kitchen her desk and a wall in the hall...the day before yesterday she was drinking a bottle of water, and decided that it'd be funny to dump the whole thing out all over the kitchen and dump almonds (her other favorite food group along with cheese) all over the water...yesterday she found a pen and colored on the toilet, and dumped water on the carpet and tried licking it up like a dog. so, I've locked the fridge (finally) and I'm trying to keep anything with ink up really high. I'll be really nice when we move into a house with a yard so she has somewhere to play. She's too funny. But seriously I'm not sure what to do about it. we've started timeouts and I tell her no when she does something she shouldn't do, but I'm not sure it's working.

She's soo funny. She recently learned the word coming, she uses it both as I'm coming or he she or it's coming, but she also uses it in place of come here. When she was taking her bath the other night Eric walked in and started dancing around and being silly then he left to change, she immediately started yelling "daddy coming" until he came in, then she demanded "dance" she definitely knows what she wants. she loves slides and has been trying to turn things into slides, like the bathtub (scary) and pillows (funny) to know avail. SO we're going to get her a slide for Christmas.

She's soooo her Daddy's daughter, I've been teaching her that her back end is her tush, and yesterday she called it her bum (thank you daddy) when i told her it was her tush she looked at me, smiled and and said "bum!!!" All day after that she'd randomly walk up to me and say bum and wait for my reaction then she'll laugh and do it over again....

For those of you who don't know yet, we're putting in our 30 day notice for the apartment managing job on November 1 and Moving (renting) into a house by December 1!!!!! I'm SOOOOOOO excited.

Hmmm what else has been going on. Eric's first day as an employee of ATT starts on Monday, and he'll be in Fresno for two weeks of training mon- fri. But he's coning home foe Halloween. So we can dress up as a family of pirates. We're going to Eric's parents ward Trunk or treat on Saturday I'm excited to show off Alaura's costume. So is mimi.

I got my HCG Levels back this week, it's 57. Going down.

I'll go ahead and end with one more "story" about alaura and a few pictures. Yesterday we went shopping with Mamma and Caiden and for some reason she was calling him "Dint" I couldn't get her to say caiden...so later after her nap she started talking about "Dint" and playing with him. She started talking about "Ya-ya and Dint" it took me a while before I realised that she was saying Alaura and Caiden. I'm thinking about writing a book about the adventures of Yaya and Dint, what do you think? LOL

Here we are up in the mountains. Brrrr

This is the shirt my parents got Alaura on their trip to Catalina. It says "If you think I'm a spoiled Princess you should meet my Mom" Thanks you guys

This is how I found Alaura this morning in her bed yelling for "June" her little Einsteins shirt

We had Some fun with stickers, I had them all over my face (that's her June shirt)

Alaura says

This is more for my records than anything else, I've been working on this list for a little while, I plan on printing this and keeping it in her baby book. I divided Her words into categories to help me remember all of them. She still talks like a baby, so a lot of the words aren't clear as day. I'm only including word of things that she says without being told to. She says a lot of these words in her books. Well, here you go:

Bath time
bubbles
swim
water
splash
kick
towel
wash
Bath
Shower

Food
noodles
cheese
milk
juice
apple
chips
cracker
cereal
banana
oatmeal (memeal)
lemon
rice
beans
quesidia (dia)
taco
Ice
bread
jam
chicken
grapes
Strawberries
Pizza
Vitamin (bitabint)
Candy
orange
ice cream
peas
corn
Cake
Broccoli(wont eat it)
Tomato(matoe)
Eggs
Fruit
water melon
spoon
fork
highchair
cup
food
more
bib
all done

Play time
Baby
Doll
ball
play
climb
jump
run
book
chair
crayon
Color
Paper
Pen
Pencil
Stroller
Teddy bear
Katie bear
Care bear
Boy
Girl
Slide
Toy
Mine
Balloon(boon)
Tickle
Getcha
Computer(puter)
TV
Phone
Push

Colors
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow
White
Pink
Purple
Black
Brown
Orange

Bed Time
Prayer(some
times she repeats after me)
Twinkle
Shhh
Jesus (we say goodnight to a pic)
Bed
blankie

Animals
Doggy
Kitty
Bird
Giraffe
Elephant
Koala
Wallaby
Cow
Sheep
Fish
Goat
Horse
Duck
Pig
Chicken
Mouse
Penguin
Flamingo
Zebra
Monkey
Gorilla
Giraffe
Dolphin
Shark
Rhino
Bear
Snake
Panda
Lion
Hippo
Kangaroo
Frog
Bug
Sea horse

Outside
Go
Tree
Flower
Grass
Leaf
Moon
star
Sun
bright

Movies and TV shows (Characters)
Little Einsteins (Einsteins)
June
Rocket
Handy Manny (Manny)
Manny
Tools
Mickey
Minnie
Donald
Shrek
Fionna
Donkey
Puss
Nemo
Dory
Monsters Ink (Boo)
Boo(little girl)
Sully/kitty
Mike
I’ll stop making myself look like a bad mom there

Getting ready
make up
deodorant (dent)
brush
rubber band
tooth brush
tooth paste (paste)
necklace
bracelet
Earrings
piggy tails (piggy's)
Bow (NO)
shoes
socks
Shirt
Pants
Jacket
dress
tights

Body parts
Eyes
ears
nose
cheeks
chin
mouth
teeth
tongue
hair
neck
Arms
Hands
fingers
thumb
Boo boo
tummy
button
legs
knee
foot
toes
bum
tush
(diaper
medicine
poo poo
pee pee)

Sentiments
Kiss
Hug
Bye
I love you(wub you)
Friend

Autos
Car
Truck
Train
Bike
Boat
Motorcycle
Airplane
Helicopter (copter)
ride

Names
Mommy
Daddy
Alaura (Alala)
Mamma
Baba
Camie (damie)
Juan
Jami
Lyndsey
Courtney
Caiden (daiden)
Mimi
Papa
Amberly (be-ly)
John
Daphne (Danny)
Stacy
Brittany(bitney)
Kimberly(dimby)
Michael

I know I forgot some, so I'll add them later. Specifically animals, she has a book and she knows all of the animals in it, I'll pull it out and add them later.
I knew that she knew alot of words, but I didn't really realize how many. I'm such a proud mommy. Everything she does is the greatest thing in the world. LOL.

Check out my Slide Show!

Brooke's parents trip to Catalina

My parents went to Catalina for their 25th Anniversary. Caiden tagged along which is funny because I tagged along on their fist anniversary. 25 years and they have another baby with them. Go Mom and Dad!!! They had a great time. I want to go now. Here are a few pictures from their trip.

I got my hcg levels back...It's down to 83!!!! Yay!!! Getting there. Hopefully it wont be much longer than a month before it's down to zero. I'm tired of needles. (And I want a baby)

So, yesterday I went to Sequoia National park with my family and Alaura. Unluckily Eric had to work, and he wanted to try to go coyote hunting. When we got to my parents house before we left, Alaura ran over to the van and proclaimed that she wanted to go with them not me. I told her that if she wanted to ride with me to tell them, and she told me no, gave me a kiss and sent me on my way...PEACE AT LAST!!! Alaura rode the first hour and forty five min. with my parents. When we arrived to the park entrance my mom ran her to my car because she was getting upset. She then fell asleep for another 45 minutes of peace. During this time we saw a bear on the side of the road, literally on the side of the road just eating and lounging. It was really cool. As we drove up the mountain I was periodically watching my outside temp. setting it started at 69 degrees then dropped to 65, then 59, 55, 48, 44, and then 39 degrees!!!! We came expecting the weather to be around 60 degrees so I wore a short sleeved shirt and brought a sweatshirt. But that wasn't all, I also saw a little bit of snow on the side of the road, and then a little bet more, and still more... And as we went all the way up it got a little worse. And keep in mind that all I brought was a sweat shirt. (and I'm not used to this kind of weather) Luckily I brought warmer clothes for alaura. We got there and bundled up as best as we could and went on a trail down to General Sherman, a huge tree. Here are a few pictures of us walking down to the tree.

Alaura all bundled up in Aunt courtneys Arms

Caiden was a little bit tougher

But Alaura came around and had a blast!!!

In front of General Sherman. The largest tree in volume in the world...I think.

Alaura's first time touching snow!!! And Daddy missed it :(

We had a really good time even though it was soooooo cold

On our way home we saw another Bear and a deer, but I took the pictures with my parents camera so I'll get them later.

This just in...

Underage drinking

Relax it just sparkling cider. But i thought that it looked funny

Last night Alaura pushed my Laundy hamper out of my room and into the living room. Then she sat in it to watch Finding Nemo. She was just lounging, it was great.



Bathtime. Do you think she has enough toys?

Brushing her teeth in the bath. She's so clean

I decided to let alaura drive today. We do that when we're to tired to drive ourselves. :)

Don't you love her boots!!!! I do.

monkey'n around

Well, i haven't really had a whole lot (interesting) going on Lately, but I did found out my hcg levels....164 yay!!!!!!!!! They're going down. It should be a month or so and they'll be near zero.
Alaura's been a little grumpy lately. She really doesn't like me at all. She'll get mad at me when she wakes up in the morning and it's me getting her and not Daddy. She's tell me "no mommy I want my Daddy" But Eric's at work by then, so I pull her out of bed and try to keep her busy. She throws daily tantrums, and gives the meanest looks sometimes. But I know she still loves me and that she hasn't been feeling good lately. So I'm trying to get through this phase. I tell myself that it'll pass. She's still a crack up though. I can tell that Eric loves that she's such a Daddy's Girl lately. I took her to see him at work the other day because i couldn't think of anything else to do to calm her down. She cried the whole way, the second we pulled up and I told her that Daddy was coming she calmed down and was sooo cute. Eric was trying to talk to her telling her to be a good girl, but I could see the twinkle in his eye, his little girl wants him over mommy. I just wish he was home more. She's an angel when he's home. Sometimes I think he wonders what I'm complaining about when i say that I'm tired after a day of taking care of her (and managing the apartments, cleaning, shopping...) :)
I turn into a one man circus when I take her shopping. I probably look so funny playing peekaboo with boxes and jumping around making her laugh. She just likes stuff going on around her.
So, I have this harness that I use for Alaura when we go out shopping, because I know that she wont stay in the cart. ( she's a Houdini with the seat belts) It's a little monkey that clips over her shoulders and around her chest and she thinks it great because i tell her that the monkey's hugging her, and she trys feeding it stuff. Well, I've had mixed responses from people who see me with it. (Actually before I had her I thought it was horrible too) I've heard people say things like "she's not a dog" or "I hate those things"...On the other hand I've had a few parents ask where I got it because they want one too. (Walmart for $10) So, here's my stance on it. If you are able to keep your kids in the cart or if they follow you well, great then you don't need one. However if you have a child that hates riding in carts and you don't have the energy to turn every outing into a circus...then i see nothing wrong with using a harness. i never yank her or drag her, and she's able to walk and get some energy out and I know that she's not going to run off and get kidnapped (that's the world we live in) So I think its a win win situation. If she wants down from the cart she asks for her monkey. She'll even hand me her "tail" except today at Costco, she pulled it out of my hand and handed to Mamma (Grandma Alvey) She really doesn't like me right now. (chuckle chuckle) I'm not sure why, but I think it something to do with the D & C and not being able to hold her for a while. I think she's a little upset at me still. She still goes to me, but if someone else is there she prefers them.
One last funny story about her, Her new favorite game is throwing things down the stairs. Now, the stairs are outside, and she runs out the second i open the door to help a tenant etc. She'll through a ball down and yell "ball" When our maintenance guys comes over we'll talk on the stairs sometimes and she thinks it's great to through everything she can down the stairs and make him get it. Balls, shoes, Containers of wipes, anything she can get her hands on. it's pretty funny to watch her yell "book" as she lobs a large book down the stairs and runs as fast as she can to get the next thing she can find. I love that girl so much. Here are some pics from this week.