Well it's been a few more days than I expected but here's the latest family update. Brooke is getting bigger (19 pounds now) and getting a few more teeth which makes her a bit fussier than usual if she gets bored and realizes they hurt and also when she lies down to sleep at night. They wake her up every once in a while but now she can chew up wheat toast. I tricked her into drinking chocolate soy milk too by putting it in a soda can and letting her drink it from a straw. As long as she thought she was drinking out drink she didn't seem to mind it.

We also got her a nice Kelty kid carrying backpack so we can start hiking as soon as my blisters heal. We've taken her out for walks around town and over to Jen's parent's house a few times and she seems to enjoy it. As for hiking I'm thinking we'll probably do a combination of Pawtuckaway, Mt Major, Welch & Dickey, the Moats and Mt. Chocorua as warm up hikes, gradually getting bigger as the snow melts and we get into hiking shape. If anyone wants to go let me know and I'll tell you when we're going or check here and I'll put up an invite if I know when it'll be in advance.

Grammy Patty just had a birthday yesterday and she got to play over there with some new toys, a farm and a house. We're going up to Vermont this weekend to visit Chris & Co. and for Maple Weekend so she might get to see a real farm with real animals. She should love that and I'm sure there will be pictures so check back soon. Oh, I almost forgot, for pictures of the rest of this stuff click here and there's a video below of her chicken dancing with a giant duck, she loves to dance. Definitely got that from her Mom. Okay, Bye for now.