It takes a SNOW DAY...

It takes a SNOW DAY (or 2!) to find the time to tell you...

...that Brookie has been sleeping in her BIG GIRL BED for almost a month now!

Although I must use the term 'sleeping' carefully, as she actually isn't doing much sleeping these days!

Mommy and Daddy take turns every other night staying up with this precious angel. She's up anywhere from 1am to 4am... The latest method of survival is to 'camp out' on her floor so that she lays down in her bed alone and falls back to sleep. This has been working for the last few weeks...
Having her in a BIG GIRL bed that she can actually escape from, has forced us to put a door knob lock on her side of the door to avoid her lurking in the hallway outside of our room at night.

Maybe it was the freedom of being able to get out of bed on her own, or the newness of the BIG GIRL BED, or maybe something is still startling her at night... She doesn't sleep well, but she's our BIG GROWING GIRL just the same!

And speaking of GROWING, our big girl has taken a big interest in the potty lately too!
Just last week, she peed in the potty 11 times! I barely had time to make her sticker chart between trips to the princess potty!

11 stickers in one night and lots of pink marker...THE PERFECT BIG GIRL POTTY STICKER CHART!

The princess' throne! (A permanent fixture in our living room.)

Good Girl, Beam!

Sunday mornings and snow days... Brooke. Loves. Mickey Mouse. Pancakes!

After devouring this pancake, she announced to everyone she saw that Mommy made her a 'mouse clubhouse pannycake!' It's the simple things in life...

It takes a SNOW DAY to be able to share with you the recent love affair that has taken place between Brooke and Freda!

We've spent some wonderful time with Nana, Pap, Pappy Fred and Freda lately -in church, and at a variety of family gatherings!

Freda is simply WONDERFUL with the kids in this family! Brooke adores her! She takes time to play, pretend, and READ with Brooke...and we are so thankful that God has blessed us with her in our lives!

LOVE this picture! Pap, Zig, and Freddy making homemade ice cream before the Steelers game last week! (Our family is NOT an NFL family, but any excuse we can find to get together and EAT - we'll take it!)

And most recently, we got to share in baby Noah's first birthday party!

I'm ashamed of myself for not catching any pictures of the big birthday boy, but Zig took LOTS of these angels playing during the party!

CHEESE!

Jenn and Mike threw a great party for their precious miracle boy, and we were so happy to share the snowy day with them!!

I'm truly sorry that it has taken a SNOW DAY for me to find time to upload pictures and update the blog -

Life is passing us by at an incredible speed and we truly are enjoying every second with our angel!

A few things to look forward to in the Wray family...

1. Aunt Meggie and the crew are coming this weekend! (Brooke is already excited about taking tubs with the kids at Nan's!)

2. Stacie will be taking some model pictures of Brooke on Saturday! We are so excited to be Dee-Dee's guinea pigs in her new career as a photog!! JUST WAIT til you see the back drops that Stacie picked! Oh. My. Word.

3. Mommy's Birthday month has arrived! 16 days and counting til the big 2-8!

Praying that all of our loved ones are safe in the snow today!

Maybe we'll head out to play this afternoon - that would make for some great pictures!

More soon!