Brooke Rinehimer

A beautiful fall day in Richmond

2006-11-12T07:21:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was a reallybeautiful day - 75 degrees and sunny - and we all spent the afternoon outside. Brooke is such a big girl now that she wants to help with everything, so we put her to work! She helped wash the car and rake the leaves in the yard - here's a couple of shots of her "doing her chores".

After we finished raking the leaves into a pile, Brooke had a great time jumping into the pile!

Happy Halloween!

2006-11-04T08:36:00.000-05:00

Brooke really enjoyed the Halloween season this year. Some of the highlights of her Halloween are:

* Picking out pumpkins and helping carve them. Brooke liked scooping out the guts and helping her Mom design the faces.

* A trip to Nona and Grandpa's house where she got to go to a pumpkin patch and go on a hay ride - and get spoiled by her grandparents!

* Dressing up and Trick or Treating. Brooke was a kitty cat this year, and loved walking around and saying "MEOW!" She went trick-or-treating to about 10 houses this year, and really had a fun time. After each house, Leslie would ask her if she was ready to go home and help me hand out the candy, and Brooke would say "No Mommy, I need more chocolate."

Apple Picking

2006-11-04T08:28:00.000-05:00

A couple of weekends ago, we took Brooke to Carter Mt. Orchard just outside of Charlottesville. She really liked hiking around the orchard and picking apples. We had a lot of fun watching Brooke explore and really enjoyed seeing the beautiful fall scenery.

2006-10-01T19:17:00.000-05:00

10/1 - It is fall here now, and the mums in front of our house are blooming. They grew huge this year and are taller than Brooke!

Daddy's Birthday

2006-10-01T19:11:00.000-05:00

Brooke and Leslie surprised me with a trip to Charlottesville for my Birthday to visit UVA. They took me to lunch at Michie Tavern, which is right next to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Brooke loved drinking from the pewter cups and thought all of the ladies dressed up in colonial dresses were pretty neat.

Brooke in her pajamas

2006-10-01T19:07:00.000-05:00

Lately Brooke has been really loving her pajamas that she has. This picture is one of her favorite pairs - her "cars jammies". We also liked this picture of her since it shows Brooke with her hair down - it is getting really long even though Leslie has cut it a couple of times.

Brooke's new raincoat

2006-10-01T19:05:00.000-05:00

This is just a random shot of Brooke. She was really excited to go to school in her new raincoat.

Seattle Summer Trip!

2006-10-01T18:48:00.000-05:00

We made our annual summer trip out to Seattle again this August. We had beautiful weather and Brooke enjoyed seeing everyone. She was able to go to the zoo, Edmonds Beach, Pike Place Market, swimming, for a boat ride, to Great Grandma's Birthday party, and had a great time doing it all.

2006-07-02T08:34:00.000-05:00

We had great rocking chairs on the front deck of our place in the Outerbanks and Brooke loved to "rocka-rocka" in them.

2006-07-02T08:27:00.000-05:00

Here we are at Jockey's Ridge - a huge sand dune in the Kitty Hawk, NC (on the Outer Banks). The dunes were incredible and we had a fun time hiking around.

2006-07-02T08:26:00.000-05:00

Brooke loved looking for shells on the beach and splashing around in the tide pools.

Beach Vacation!

2006-07-02T08:22:00.000-05:00

Brooke loved the Outer Banks and had a great time playing in the sand and water. Here are several pictures of our trip.

2006-07-01T11:32:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooke with her cool shades!

summertime!

2006-07-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

Summer is here and Brooke is enjoying her pool on the back deck. She also helps me water the plants with her lady bug watering can. She is quite the helper!

Easter 2006

2006-04-17T20:20:00.000-05:00

Hunting for eggs!!

Easter 2006

2006-04-17T20:15:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooke in her Easter dress.

Easter 2006

2006-04-17T20:11:00.000-05:00

Brooke had lots of fun helping Nona in the kitchen. She helped decorate a bunny cake.

Wheelbarrow!!!

2006-04-17T20:09:00.000-05:00

Corey likes to give Brooke rides in the wheelbarrow and she has a ball!

Helping in the yard

2006-04-17T20:06:00.000-05:00

Brooke loves to play outside and help out with the yard work!

Husky Fever!

2006-04-17T19:58:00.000-05:00

Brooke wore this Husky outfit (compliments of Auntie Angie and Auntie Kristi) while rooting for the Dawgs during March madness. Too cute!

2006-02-25T12:20:00.000-05:00

We got Brooke a tricycle and she is anxious to learn how to ride it. Her legs are *almost* long enough to make pedaling a reality. Until then, she likes to be pushed around on it.

2006-02-25T12:17:00.000-05:00

Here Brooke is with her UVA shirt on, sitting on the couch reading a book.

2006-02-25T12:13:00.000-05:00

Brooke likes to try on her pink cowboy boots (they almost fit!), but gets frustrated when they won't stay on.

2006-02-22T21:44:00.000-05:00

Brooke has a lot more teeth now, as you can see from this big toothy grin.

2006-02-22T21:18:00.000-05:00

Brooke is sure enjoying her golf clubs from Christmas!

2006-02-22T21:10:00.000-05:00

Sorry it has been so long since our last post. I will add more this weekend, but wanted to get a few out there now to appease Brooke's fans.... Here she is strollin the walkway in her sweet velour sweatsuit (compliments of grandma & grandpa).

2005-12-26T20:12:00.000-05:00

Brooke and Lulu sharing a happy Christmas moment.

2005-12-26T20:05:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooke enjoying the peacefulness and beauty of our first snowfall of the year.

2005-12-26T19:57:00.000-05:00

Santa brought Brooke a doll for Christmas. You can see here that Brooke thought the doll should share her bottle with her too!

2005-12-26T16:52:00.000-05:00

It is chilly here, but Brooke still loves to play outside and go for walks!

Brooke's Second Christmas

2005-12-26T16:47:00.000-05:00

Brooke *LOVED* her new kitchen from Uncle Steve. Thanks, Uncle Steve! Merry Christmas!

2005-10-31T19:38:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween! Brooke went trick or treating to a few houses and helped us hand out candy to all of the other trick or treaters. Leslie made a really cute ladybug costume for her to wear.

2005-10-30T19:28:00.000-05:00

Brooke enjoyed herself at the pumpkin patch.

2005-10-30T19:25:00.000-05:00

Fall is here and Brooke has been enjoying the outdoors now that it has cooled down. Of course, Douglas is with her as always. She likes to look at the mums and say "Flower" as she walks up and down our front walk.

2005-10-27T20:19:00.000-05:00

Brooke likes books a lot. She'll often toddle over to the bookcase, pick out a book and sit on Lulu and read it. When she's done, she'll go pick a new book and do it again.

2005-10-27T20:17:00.000-05:00

We also went to the 67th annual National Folk Festival. Brooke enjoyed dancing to all the bluegrass and gospel music.

2005-10-27T20:15:00.000-05:00

Brooke is gearing up for Halloween. She doesn't like costumes though (we've tried 3 and she screamed with them all). Maybe she'll go as a little girl.
One of her favorite things to do is stick her head in the plastic pumpkin and make funny noises.

2005-10-27T20:12:00.000-05:00

Brooke started walking in early October. She took her first steps at home walking between Mommy and Daddy and by the weekend of the 8th, we were struggling to keep up.
Now she can walk over to the stereo, turn it on, and dance away. We have some hilarious videos of her dancing.

2005-10-27T20:04:00.000-05:00

In September, we went to a really neat festival called the Chicahominy Pow-Wow. We saw a lot of Native Americans in their regalia performing tribal dances. It was a lot of fun.

2005-10-27T20:01:00.000-05:00

Here's the sweet ride that Kyle and Courtney gave me. Brooke loves racing up and down our driveway.

2005-10-27T19:57:00.000-05:00

On September 3rd I took Daddy to Charlotesville for his birthday. He said something about "Class of 2025". I'm not sure what he meant, but I have a feeling I'll be seeing a lot more of this place in the future.

2005-10-27T19:32:00.000-05:00

So, it's been a while since I posted. Please forgive us - We've been too busy to work on the blog!

This series of pictures is from our summer trip to Seattle. We went for ten days and had a great time. We saw tons of family and friends, got to go to the lake, went swimming at Grandpa's pool, and had fun at the Public Market. I was a little (ok, a lot) naughty on the plane, but Mommy and Daddy are still taking me back for Thanksgiving.

2005-08-03T19:33:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooke playing with her Mega Blocks that she got from Mommy and Daddy for her birthday. Once she got them out of her mouth, she started putting them together!

2005-08-03T19:21:00.000-05:00

Well, it's official. Brooke is no longer zero. Today, August 3rd is Brooke's first birthday. She celebrated with Mom and Dad and had a party with pizza, balloons, special birthday cake, and presents!

2005-07-25T19:09:00.000-05:00

Brooke had her first (early) birthday party at Nona and Grandpa's this weekend. As you can see, she liked the cake!

2005-07-21T05:54:00.000-05:00

Last weekend, Brooke went swimming in the big pool for the first time. She loved it.

2005-07-21T05:52:00.000-05:00

Brooke has been standing up and cruising a lot lately. Soon she'll be walking!

2005-06-12T18:51:00.000-05:00

Ok - I couldn't resist this one. Cracks me up everytime I see it. Enjoy!

2005-06-12T18:41:00.000-05:00

For those of you who have visited us, this will be a very familiar site. Brooke *loves* Lulu (the huge lamb).

2005-06-12T18:34:00.000-05:00

Summer is here and Brooke is enjoying her new pool!

2005-05-15T19:08:00.000-05:00

Here I am with Mommy in Colonial Williamsburg this past weekend. We had a lot of fun and saw them shoot off the cannons!

2005-05-15T19:05:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone. This si a picture of Brooke in her cute summer hat.

2005-05-09T20:22:00.000-05:00

Spring is finally here and it is warming up! I love to be outside!!

2005-04-09T08:11:00.000-05:00

Brooke's cousins Kyle and Courtney gave her a firetruck so she can practice pulling up. Right now, she isn't standing, but she likes to sit on it and rev the engine. I think she's going to like cars like her Daddy.

2005-04-09T08:07:00.000-05:00

Here's another picture of Brooke in her Easter Dress. With the hat off, you can see how long her hair is getting. Her hair is also getting lighter in color.

2005-04-09T08:04:00.000-05:00

Here's Brooke with her Easter Dress and Easter Basket.

2005-02-26T16:37:00.000-05:00

Here is a picture of Brooke taking a nap...her dad cannot resist taking her picture while she is sleeping.

2005-02-26T16:35:00.000-05:00

Aloha! I wish I was in Hawaii! We had some warm weather so Brooke got in her island girl outfit.

2005-02-26T16:32:00.000-05:00

Hey - how did that thing get on my head?

2005-02-26T16:30:00.000-05:00

Howdy friends!

2005-01-30T17:53:00.000-05:00

Brooke and Lulu are becoming fast friends.

2005-01-30T17:49:00.000-05:00

Timber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-01-30T17:46:00.000-05:00

Hello from the bath! Brooke's hair looks crazy after a long day in a ponytail.

2005-01-14T16:13:00.000-05:00

Brookie loves her monkey!

2005-01-14T16:12:00.000-05:00

Brooke is starting to sit up with the help of her boppy.

2005-01-14T16:11:00.000-05:00

Sorry it has been so long since our last post....You will see that Brooke has changed so much! Here she is in her Step and Play sporting her new hairdo! She is about 5 months old in this picture.

2004-11-18T17:05:00.000-05:00

Seattle here I come!

2004-11-18T17:03:00.000-05:00

Corey got Brooke all geared up for game day last weekend. Go Hoos!

2004-11-18T16:59:00.000-05:00

Ok...here is another halloween picture. Uncle Steve complained that the other one was too dark and you couldn't see the costume.

2004-11-10T17:49:00.000-05:00

Good Morning! This is what Brooke looks like when I go to wake her up in the morning...all smiles.

2004-11-07T19:48:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween! Here is little Brookie in her monkey costume. As you can see, she did not like her costume too much. I think she may want to be involved in picking out her own costume next year...

2004-10-28T16:05:00.000-05:00

Brooke can hold her head up pretty well now. Last week, she rolled over for the first time!

2004-10-25T16:53:00.000-05:00

The leaves are turning and the weather is getting chilly. Brooke is enjoying fall and getting excited for Halloween!

2004-10-07T10:05:00.000-05:00

Brooke is smiling more and more everyday!

2004-10-07T09:57:00.000-05:00

Here is my (Leslie) baby picture. See any resemblance to Brooke?

2004-09-23T16:29:00.000-05:00

Her favorite friends are, of course, her lambies. :)

2004-09-23T16:28:00.000-05:00

At seven weeks old, Brooke now enjoys entertaining friends in her room.

2004-09-23T16:21:00.000-05:00

Here is Brooke hanging out on her lamb rug...it is sooo soft!

Brooke Kristine Rinehimer

2004-09-23T16:15:00.000-05:00

Introducing Brooke Kristine Rinehimer! Our beautiful little girl was born on August 3rd 2004 at 10:11pm. She weighed in at 6 pounds 5 1/2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long.