47 Weeks

 12.31.2012- Hey Fala! Whatcha doin' out there? Is it cold? Do you want in? I love you.... 

12.31.2012- Our little family welcoming in the year 2013! The year 2012 brought us a ton of joy and we are truly blessed! Let's hope that 2013 is just as good.... or better! Love you all! 

46 weeks

12.22.2012 - MERRY CHRISTMAS! Brecken and her cousin Addison... this was our first try at the Christmas photo shoot... don't worry, we did it many times after until we got the pic we wanted! 

LOVE THEM!

 12.22.2012- Okay, this is a little better! SO CUTE! 

 12.22.2012- Brecken in front of the Christmas tree at our Wichita Christmas! 

 12.24.2012- Our first Christmas Eve...

 12.25.2012- Although she didn't quite understand the present opening, she was super excited about her gifts! She LOVED EVERYTHING she got from her family and Santa and played in her jammies all day!

12.25.2012- Georgia Leigh helping Brecken with her new cell phone.... I can see their future now....what else is Georgia going to help her with or "teach" her about?? LOVE THEM! 

45 Weeks

12.14.2012- TODAY, Brecken got tubes in her ears! The Dr. said it was the WORST she has seen in a long time in regards to the severity of the infections in both ears. Poor baby girl couldn't hear and was in a lot of pain, but the afternoon of the surgery, she was already SO MUCH BETTER!!

 12.15.2012- The day after surgery, we went to visit Santa. Let's just say, she DID not like this man with the big white beard. Maybe next year?? 

 12.16.2012- We went to visit the trains at Union Station. This is a annual event for the Vader family and now so much more fun with a Vader of our own! 

12.16.2012- Little Miss Brecken in front of the BIG Union Station tree! So sweet! 

 12.20.2012- SNOW DAY! Mommy  had a snow day and daddy already had the day off... SO MUCH FUN! Brecken found the tupperware drawer and was having a blast spending time with her parents. 

12.20.2012- I SEE SNOW! Brecken thought the snow was so cool... she made her way to the window several times that day! 

Week 44

 12.13.2012- 11 MONTHS OLD! I cannot believe that in just one short month our baby girl will be 

1 YEAR OLD!!! This year went WAY TOO FAST! 

And of course.... I had to do a photo shoot for her birthday party invites! Some of the pictures are below. 

I only added three of over 700 that I took! Yes, I am obsessed! HA! 

Week 43

11.26.2012- Polly's mom says she used to sleep like this too! HA!

This is literally the ONLY picture from the week. Brecken was sick with yet another respiratory infection and ear infection. We didn't sleep much all week and poor baby girl just felt so awful! 

Lack of sleep = non-motivated mommy 

Week 42

11.21.2012- Brecken pulled herself up and was standing for a while! What a BIG girl!

11.21.2012- PIE MAKING DAY! We had some fun making pies for Thanksgiving Day!

11.21.2012- Georgia also got to roll out some dough for cookies! YUMMY!

11.22.2012- Brecken and her cousin Brock! They had a lot of people talking to them, so they weren't sure where to look when saying "cheese"! HA!

11.22.2012- I am SO THANKFUL for the cutest, sweetest, most adorable baby girl in the world! 

I am one lucky momma! 

11.22.2012- Brecken and her Daddy on Turkey Day! Thankful for my perfect little family! 

11.22.2012-Brecken crawled for the VERY FIRST time on Thanksgiving night!

Week 41

 11.15.2012- Visiting our new niece, Ella Jay Lightfoot! She was born on 11.13.2012, which was Brecken's 10 month birthday! She is absolutely beautiful! 

OUR LITTLE TURKEYS

11.17.2012- Addison REALLY wanted her flower off, but everyone kept putting it back on. 

 11.17.2012- Since she wanted it off so bad, Brecken decided to help out! 

11.17.2012- Huh? Who do I look at? When are we done? Why do you keep making fools of yourselves to try and get us to smile? I know we're cute, but can we eat some mashed potatoes now? 

 11.17.2012- We love playing together!

 11.17.2012- look at this beautiful baby girl! Love You Addison Riley Howard! 

 11.18.2012- Brecken and her Great Grandpa Jerry

11.18.2012- Brecken and her Grandpa Baber at breakfast