The North Pole

We had so much fun on our trip to the North Pole!  We took a ton of pictures so I am going to try to recap that way....

we arrived at Kiitala airport after a miserable 28 hours of travel...and it was cold!

we had to get brooks some better winter gear when we arrived so we got him this pair of gloves which he was not really a huge fan of in the beginning

we stayed with todds dad and his aunt beth and uncle peter and their kids which was really fun.

B in his festive reindeer jams

Lunch on the first day

Snowmobiling

Almost everywhere we went to eat they had special little areas like this for the kids-so cool!

Mushing!

Brooks feeding the reindeer

and checking out the huskies

Warming up after our ride!

The cutest ring bearer ever

Aunt Maria left a special little activity for him at the table during the reception

The day after the wedding went on a tour of an ice hotel...it was so cool

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place but I am trying to get caught up from a couple of months of backlog stuff.  With moving and everything it has been crazy.  But we had such a great time and Finland is really amazing.  I will try to come back and add some of Todd's pics later!

So if you use google + to store your photos and videos it just creates these for you sometimes...

14 Months!

At 14 months Brooks...

-is walking EVERYWHERE.  It is now definitely the preferred mode of transportation and he can go from sitting to standing on his own without pulling up.
-knows what a lion says "roar"
-is ready for this cold weather to be over so he can ride his new bike!
-is moving to a new house!!
-has been sick basically the entire month :(
-had his first aquarium trip and loved it!
-is going to FINLAND!
-went to DISNEY WORLD!
-is still working on feeding himself and is obsessed with "dip dip"
-went to his first easter egg hunt
-went to the ENT and they said his ears/hearing is now totally fine.  He is communicating a lot and is saying "more" and shaking his head NO when he doesn't like something.

(tried to get a passport photo...but due to the aforementioned walking it was a little tough!)

Sick baby...

First aquarium trip was a big hit!

egg hunt at Alhambra

I had already packed all his spring clothes so we had no Easter outfit :( but he had so much fun!

Disney!!!! Went to Epcot and swam in the pool a lot...made me less nervous for our trip to the NP because he is such a good little traveler!

"dipping" his chips into some guacamole...notice the moving boxes in the background :(

13 Months!

At 13 months Brooks....

-is a Rastafarian...seriously dances overtime he hears reggae music

-says bye bye, all done, shh to the dogs when they bark, chchch and points to teeth when we talk about teeth brushing

-loves fruit and cookies

-still loves electronics

-can put coins into a sorter and also stack rings

-is walking, though still not preferred mode of transportation

-has had 3 ear infections in the last 3 months

-has gone up to size 5 diapers

-is ALL over the house, in every room, playing with anything he can find that is not technically a baby toy

-is working on eating with utensils

-loves the children's museum

Brooks is ONE!

I was working on this video of B's first year of life and was planning to show it at his party but due to technical difficulties I am just now getting it uploaded.  Enjoy!  Disclaimer it is about 11 mins long so if you are not obsessed with us you may not want to watch it ;)  Also sorry it is kind of grainy when you make it big but I can't use Youtube to host it or it mutes the songs and I had to compress it to upload through blogger.  I have a much nicer HD one if you want a copy I can send it to you!