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I don't do well with being housebound, and since Brooklyn has had a cough for nearly a month and a half (just sick enough to not want to put her into the YMCA daycare), I have not had my hour or two of exercise time in my days and with the colder weather, we haven't been outside as much as we usually are. So, I started a few new hobbies! Amy Butler is officially my favorite pattern-go-to-girl. I love her patterns and now have 3 of her purse patterns and her book. This is the best purse I've ever had though! Tons of space and a pocket for everything! I'm working on making a few more for my sisters... I experimented making Tutus - they seem so easy to make and are expensive to buy, so I made 3. Still don't know what to do with them. Hopefully Brooklyn will want to wear it one day. For now she has no interest. I also came up with a few ways to snazzy up my Baby wraps. I made cute bags for them to go in and added little "Binky Holders" on the front p...

Here's a litte catch up blog to make up for my slacking in the past few weeks! Trey had his 26th Birthday! Officially close to 30(; Also the torturous 2.5 months of Trey being 3 years younger than me officially ended, so definitely a time to celebrate! Brooklyn liked the balloons and candles! We got out Apple picking again! Love this time of year. Lots of great fresh food at the farmers markets and yummy foods like Apples and Pumpkins to pick. I baught a bushel (apx 40 lbs) of apples so I've got to make more Apple pies! We went up to Michigan with one of my friends and her adorable little girl. Brooklyn had fun practicing being a big sister (Though her 1 year old friend weighs more than her!) Brooklyn is All about Animals right now. She exclaimes "Yang!" and "Zhu!" as often as Lamb and Pig - which makes me feel like at least she has learned some Chinese for all we've done. At Home, Brooklyn finds many things to entertain her... Wearing Mommy and ...

I LOVE Halloween! Especially now that I have a child! Seeing Brooklyn's face when she realized that all she had to do was hold out her bag and people would put candy in her bag was the funniest thing I've seen in a while! Absolute Joy! Also, just taking her around and letting people see how cute she is was a total thrill (; We bundled up for the big night. She was pretty excited since she had learned what it was all about the night before at the Trunk or Treat/Chili Cookoff at the church last night. For the Ward Activity, we did a bit of a theme - Trey was Bambi, I was Thumper and Brooklyn was the Skunk, 'Flower'. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera - so frustrating because the only reason I go to so much work for costumes like that is so I can Blog! Actually, the only reason I do anything is to blog (; j/k My friend got a few photos of the kids though... Brooklyn and her buddies at church got together to share. Here's a preview of one of the dozens of crafty ...