Brookelyn's Ballet Recital

Last night was Brookelyn's FIRST ballet recital. The girls performed at Scottish Rite Hospital, a Children's Hospital in downtown Dallas. Keep in mind that I am filming her using the little camera (so I can post the video), the regular video camera, and holding Braedyn in the Hotsling (while also trying to wrestle the camera away from him) all at once. So, no commments about the poor videography! She did pretty well for her first try--at least she didn't cry or run off the stage!

DADA

Braedyn is getting TOO big!

Dance Party!

Here are Brookelyn and Braedyn dancing to Brookelyn's favorite singer, Beyonce!

Jenna's Visit!

Auntie Jenna came to visit (sorry this post is a little belated, but worth the wait)! On the way to pick her up, Brookelyn decided she HAD to potty immediately--and we knew she was serious as she had an accident at the photo place the day before (much to Uncle David's amazement) right on their entryway carpet. So, Daddy pulled over off the highway and Uncle David was the watchman while Brookelyn "took care of business". She couldn't beieve Daddy let her potty in the grass. Wow, we have come a long way--David didn't know the kind of crazy fun he was going to have with an old married couple and two young kids! But all was well as we drove away to pick up Auntie J.

Brookelyn and Braedyn had a great time with Jenna! Brookelyn is still talking about playing with all of Jenna's fun make-up and purse goodies, and Braedyn misses her snuggly shoulder (he apologizes for the slobber)! We hope she can come back again soon. Maybe we will have mastered the art of caring for two kids a little better by then!

Too Cute!

So maybe only Honey and Aunt Barby Gayle will truly appreciate this, but here is Brookelyn saying a little poem that my mom taught me when I was about Brookelyn's age.

And, not to be outdone, here is Braedyn just loving the fact that he is not wearing that stinky helmet anymore (actually, he could probably care less, but I sure am glad)!

As you can see, he has recently found his tounge and just LOVES sticking it out. Actually, it has been a good thing--tonight he said, DADA a couple of times. We aren't counting it just yet, but Allen is proud nonetheless!

The Helmet is OFF!

Today Braedyn got his helmet OFF! Here he is at the doctor in his LAST helmet photo:

And here is big sis watching over her "spikey" before the doctor came in.We went to see the doctor this morning at 9:30 and got to see our technition, Lisa, pretty quickly. After stripping Braedyn down, they did another set of the 3-D photos. Braedyn put the cute little panty hose back on-Brookelyn could not stop laughing at how funny he looked-and posed on the podium. Here are the before and after pictures:

In the picture above you can see how flat the back of his head was before, and how much more filled out he is now. Look especially from his neck up the back. You can also see how much more head he has straight back from his ear in the second picture.In this picture you can see how much more he has filled out on the back right side. He is much more symmetrical back there. Also look how much more oval his head is on the right, where on the left he is much more round. This helps show how much his forehead has filled out too.

Then, we waited a little longer before going in for the "mug shot" pictures. The doctor will be emailing those to me in the next two weeks, so once I have them I will post them. But, she did share Braedyn's "numbers" with me. The short story is that they measure the ratio of three different places on his head. A normal measurement is between 1-2. Braedyn's first measurement was initially 11, but now is 1. That is an incredible change! His second measurement was initially 8, but now is 1. And, his final measurement was initially 3, but now is 1. So, bottom line, the helmet did what is was supposed to and he is even more perfect than before! Here is Braedyn's first helmet free picture--he wanted to rock the hoodie!