Brooklyn

In the first few years of life, people would always ask me what the twins' personalities were like and how they were different. It was always hard for me to explain because honestly, they would switch off every couple months. I'd have an angel and a stinker. A whiner and a non-whiner. Now that they're a little older, I think their personalities are pretty established...and it's not really what I would have predicted.

Brooklyn: Everything in her life needs planned out. The most important thing to her is picking her outfit. After too many feuds with mom and dad, she established a system where we take turns picking the outfit every other day. She'll remind me all day, "Mom, tommorow is my day to pick and I've got a GREAT idea!" It's hilarious. She also likes to know the schedule for everything we're doing. She is always aware of the upcoming holiday and needs something to occupy her time each day until that holiday arrives. Puts alot of pressure on her parents to make these holidays special.

Brooklyn has a sensitive little heart...unfortunately. Her parents probably aren't the best at dealing with something so foreign to them. She's the one who often times shows up at our bedsides in the middle of the night alerting us of a problem in her slumber, or that she's not tired anymore. I never appreciate these alerts and promptly send her back to bed. This never works, it only makes her cry in the hallway at full decibels. Nic is better at dealing with it (he's learned from experience) and gets out of bed to console her, no matter how irrational she's being.

Brooklyn will be our little lawyer. She argues her point until she's blue in the face. She's a bit stubborn and hates to lose a battle. I don't give in when she's being unreasonable and she goes crazy. Alot of the time it's actually pretty funny. She has a sassy little way of correcting us on the silliest little issues.

She's still a very playful little thing and always needs a toy in her hands. She loves to snuggle with Mom and Dad on the couch and watch a movie. She's GREAT at drawing pictures and her attention to detail is amazing. She's still pretty shy around adults. She can identify all the prophets and apostles and knows all their names by heart. Her favorite book is the giant fairytale book by her bed and she wants us to read her one every night. She always wants to wear her purple sweat suit to bed. She'd rather be at preschool than anywhere else...except maybe Grandma's. And she's got the memory of an elephant.

We love our little B and her adorable smile. She's a pretty easy child and can entertain herself all day long if she needs to. She has alot of love in her heart; her sisters, cousins and friends are really important to her. We're greatful to have this little sweetheart in our home.