P&D Recital 2011

 

P&D Recital 2011!  This recital was special not only because it was Camryn's first dance recital, but her cousin Vincie was also in it with her!  She did an awesome job to "Hey, Good  Lookin'!"

PROUD MAMA!

Camryn's KC Gymnastics Showcase 2011-4 years old!

 Camryn was so excited to perform at her first gymnastics show!  She did great...

 ...jumped REALLY high...

 and got her first TROPHY!

My First Blog

Meet the Nelsons!  I am Brooke, a 30-year-old mommy of two who enjoys love, life, family, work and friends.  I have a wonderful husband, Bruce, who I do have to say is the best daddy my kids could ask for.  That leads me to the kids...Camryn Reese, my little blue-eyed 4-year-old angel with blond curls and my strong-willed beautiful little boy Brady Rommel who is 18 months old.

I am starting this blog for myself to keep a journal of our family life which is so hard to find time to do.  I know this phase of my life is going to go fast and I know I will appreciate this in the future years when the kids are grown.

Here is a typical day in the Nelson house:  6:30 a.m...Wake up to Camryn nudging us saying that the remote won't work so she can't watch her Disney Jr. show...followed by Brady screaming, "Momma, Dadda" because she has woken him up from his sweet deep baby sleep.  Oh, how our days start!  I usually stumble into the kitchen and throw some coffee in the Keurig hoping it will pep me up for the day. 

Bruce gets them settled as I get ready for work and rush out the door by 7:30.  He has the kids all day as he is running real estate errands, making phone calls, working with contractors, etc.  By 5:00 p.m. I am on my way home and we do the daily trade-off.  Bruce goes straight to work and I have the kids all night.  I throw something together for dinner and we do baths and bedtime.  Brady is an awesome sleeper.  All I have to do is read him his 3 favorite books:  Dinosaur Roar, Kisses, and Goodnight Moon and the kid just goes right in his crib and goes to bed.  It is my favorite time of the day, reading books to him while he loves on me, laughs and asks me to sing to him.  After my Brady time, then comes (what Cam calls) "girl time."  We sometimes make popcorn for our "girl time" and other times we color, watch Disney, paint our nails or fix each other's hair.  But I always know at the end of the night I am going to get time with my sweet little angels.

It is easy to focus on the hardships of life when you are always in a rush, stressing about your job, trying to keep up with your kids' needs and never having time for yourself.  BUT those little eyes that look up at you at the end of the night makes your entire being worth every bit of it.  Somehow you can always squeeze a little more love and energy out of yourself that you didn't think you had.

Well, that was therapeutic!