Cruise 2007!!

Rob and I are VERY excited....we are going on a cruise this coming weekend, Oct. 26-29!!My parents are taking us on the cruise for a Christmas present, wahoo! The awesome thing is that it's out of Seattle, so we don't even have to take a flight, we just have to drive an hour to the port! We are going to Vancouver, B.C. and Naninamo, B.C. and maybe Victoria, B.C. (I'm not sure about that last one!!)

So we are thrilled and can't wait to go! I've been doing alot of online research to prepare for bringing an infant on a cruise, it should be interesting, but very fun. I'm really excited also b/c we have her grandparents with us to let us go out one night and do the tag team babysitting.

We're going to bring her pack-n-play to sleep in and hang a sheet around it b/c when we stayed with some friends, we were in the same room as her and she would wake up and start screaming when she saw us and then wanted to play, multiple times throughout the night.

Also, we are going to be very flexible at dinner and see how long she can last in the dining room and once she's had it we'll take turns bringing her out where she can crawl around, while the other person can finish their dinner.

We'll see how it goes, but I'm very excited!

Rob's brother Rodney took this picture at the top of the continental divide in Colorado. I was pregnant with Breanna at the time....I love this picture because of the amazing background and how he captured the beautiful scene.
We went to Capitol Hill in Olympia on Sunday and it was BEAUTIFUL outside, talk about a perfect fall day. We ended up spending almost 3 hours walking around the capitol, lake and and beautiful historic homes.
Breanna did very well chilling in her stroller, she was a happy girl. This is at the end when she was tired, it was 7pm and she needed to get home so she could go to bed...I love her face, it makes me crack up!

This is at the lake near the capitol, we go there to see the ducks and seagulls and it has a great walking trail. Breanna laughs at the ducks...she just loves animals.

At home eating, which she loves to do....she's starting to be able to do finger foods now, so that's really fun and exciting (especially for her) but very messy!

My Girl

Fun Family Facts

(Fun Fall pictures of Breanna)

Okay, so I'm finally gonna do the fun family facts!

ROB DOUGLAS:

-Born March 14 1979 in Coshocton, Ohio.
-His dad was in the army, so they moved around alot: Ohio, Alabama, Texas, Germany, Utah.
-Served a mission in the Eugene, Oregon mission '98-'00
-One of 4 boys (#3)
-Lived in Hawaii for 4 years, surfed for 2 of the 4 :)
-Graduated from Brigham Young University - Hawaii in April 2007 in International Business
-His favorite meal is Enchiladas
-He loves outdoor activities and computer games
-He doesn't like:
-His favorite color is blue
-He is passionate about learning, especially about investing, real estate and owning businesses.
-His favorite holiday is Christmas

BROOKE DOUGLAS

-Born September 19, 1983 in Fairfield, CA
-My dad was in the air force, so we moved around alot: California, Oklahoma, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado (where I was mostly raised)
-One of 4 girls (#2)
-Lived in Hawaii for 4 years
-Graduated from Brigham Young University - Hawaii in June 2005 in Psychology
-I love walking, hiking, skiing, waterskiing, going to the beach, snorkeling, scrapbooking (but not really, i like scrapbooking on the computer the easy way b/c i'm lazy).
-This is our first "winter" in 4 years - kinda scared
-I really don't like: cockroaches, being cold, calling people on the phone, when breanna cries, taking her to the doctor to get shots :(
-We were only married for 13 months when breanna was born
-I was a career advisor at BYUH for 2 years until I had Breanna
-My favorite color is purple
-My favorite food is ??? anything good
-My favorite holiday is Christmas

BREANNA DOUGLAS

-Born January 28, 2007.
-The doctor and nurse predicted she was 6-6 1/2 pounds, she was 8 lbs. 4 oz.
-She started crawling at 7 months and has been loving life ever since
-She tries to hang on to my legs all the time while I'm trying to get something done
-Her favorite book is "Five Little Ducks," she pushes away other books and her face just lights up when I get it out to read to her
-She rejects all "baby food" and wants people food that is soft enough to eat or crumble
-Her favorite color is purple, just like her mom. (I can decide this for awhile longer :)
-Her favorite food is a banana
-She is a whopping 17 lbs. 8 oz. at the young age of 8 months!
-Her nickname is "chunks", but we recently decided we can't call her this or else it's gonna stick, so her new nickname is "pebbles".
-We think her favorite holiday will be Christmas

Happy Halloween

I know it's not Halloween yet, but I thought this was a really cool background! (Marci, I got to the site after looking at your great new template on your blog, I love it!)

Anyways, I'll be back in a bit with a few "FUN FAMILY FACTS!" Wahoo! Sorry for taking so long Natalie, and thanks for inspiring me to actually sit down and take the time to do it!

Some Pics

(This is Breanna's cousin Brendan. When we went to Colorado he wanted to hold, feed, play with "Baby Breanna". He also kept telling his mom that he wanted a little sister like Breanna :)(This is just at the house one day, she always wants to climb on me)
(Successfully managed to take one picture while we were out and about....they look so much alike, it's crazy!)

Here are some pics just to post some! I need to do a better job and take more pictures OUTSIDE of our apartment :) I take lots of pictures when we're here and I bring the camera with us when we go places on Rob's day off, but I don't remember to actually take pics!