This was one of my senior pictures...and you're only suppose to look at the cute little girl in this picture...not me! hahaha! Oh my...how time flies! Brooke was my first real babysitting job and I was 13 at the time...she was 8 weeks old and her mom was going back to work...and it happened to land in the summer so it was perfect...I had so much fun that summer (and all the summers that I got to babysit her) with her...I couldn't wait to get to their house and hold her...in fact when I would get there I would pick her up right away and her dad would tease me that I couldn't leave her sit...I probably did spoil her...and now having a little one of my own I know how important it is for them to be content by themselves and not be held constantly...oops...sorry about that Robbie and Chris :) When it was time for my graduation pictures I knew that I wanted Brooke to be in them...and she did great that day...she was just the cutest little thing you had ever seen. I was also the one to go and sit with her when her mom went into labor in the middle of the night...they had told me that if she did go in the middle of the night that I would be the one that they would call to come and stay with Brooke...and so I secretly hoped and prayed that it would happen at night...and it did...I still remember it well...it was about 3:30 in the morning and they didn't live too far from us so I walked (or maybe ran) over there...I still remember how calm Chris was and thought to myself "well she makes this look easy"...she was tying her shoes and then got real still for a moment...let the contraction pass and went back to tying her shoes...funny what will stick in a persons mind...but she is the only person (besides myself now of course) that I have ever seen in active labor...and I think I learned a lot from her...to just stay calm and that it will pass. Anyway they left pretty quickly after I arrived and I camped out on the couch...they called around 6 to say that they had had the baby already...another little girl (Taylor!)...I couldn't wait for Brooke to wake up to tell her that she had a sister! Ahhh...the memories...and now that little Brooke is 16! A few weeks ago we were able to spend some time with the Vieaux family when they were in the cities...we met at the Mall of America for a little lunch and did some much needed catching up!
Here's Natalee with Brooke...isn't she just as cute today as she was 12 years ago! And I just can't believe that she is holding my little girl...I told her that I wished she lived closer 'cause I'd make her come and babysit for me :) Unfortunately Natee didn't have a nap that morning and so she isn't as smiley as she could have been! :)
And here's the whole gang of kids: Brooke's boyfriend Clint, Brooke, Natee and Taylor
Natalee did NOT like the mechanical bull...and it wasn't even on but she screamed from the moment she got on til the moment she was safe back in my arms! :)
One of the best parts of babysitting (or at least I thought) was getting to pick out Brooke's clothes for the day...and her mom made these cute little socks with beads all around the edge...well when we found out that Natee was a girl Chris sent Natee some socks of her own...and then Natee grew out of them...so Chris made her a ton more (thanks again Chris!)...now Natee has a pair (and then some) to wear everyday and she has so many color choices that she'll always have a pair to match what she is wearing! :)
Here's my socks!
Tay Tay and Natee...I did babysit Taylor too but I was also involved in more activities in school at that time and then I went off to college so I didn't get to watch her as much...bummer!
The whole Vieaux clan
Me and ALL my girls!
Chris and I
Brooke...you have turned into a beautiful young woman and I hope you have the best birthday ever! Happy Sweet 16 and good luck on that driving test...then you can come up and visit me! Love you!
Ali
3 comments:
Hey what's her maiden name again?? Man that is a great name, I share it with as many people as I can. She rocks!
Wow, how time flies! I can't believe it when my mom tells me about the kids that I used to babysit for - some are graduating from high school already! When I saw the picture in your blog, it brought back memories of high school! I even remember that vest that you are wearing!
Ali, this made my day. I have that picture of us when I was little up in my room :) thanks so much for this post. I did pass my test.. I was very nervous. But it's pretty fun to drive by yourself, I can sing without anyone yelling at me to be quiet;) once my parents let me, I'll drive up there. I'm glad we got to meet up a few weeks ago, it was so fun! Love you, tell everyone hi from me!
Brooke <3
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