kamber: Another Birthday!!!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Another Birthday!!!

We have a Birthday today! Brookie turns 3 today and I can't believe it. Actually I can, to me she is growing us so slowly; which I am loving by the way. With Kamber gone it makes a huge gap between Kylie and Brookie, 5 1/2 years to be exact. Maybe that is why it feels like she should be older than she is, to fill that huge hole left there by Kamber's passing.

Anyways I am so grateful to have my Brookie bear. She has the sweetest heart and quite the fiery personality. Brookie probably tells me 20 times a day that she loves me, no joke! I love those words, I cherish those words. Really, Really I do. So Happy Birthday my lovable not so much a baby anymore, baby girl. I Love You!

Here is Dora today at our house. AKA Brookie Larsen:) She loves Dora!

Trying to hold up 3 fingers, smile and look at the camera at the same time is hard for a 3 year old.

7 comments:

momof72nheaven said...: She is sooooo very cute!; April 4, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Kelli said...: What cute pictures.

The hundreds of "I love you's" out of our 3-year olds are priceless aren't they. I love hearing it from all our kiddos, but there is something special about the littlest one.; April 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Jeni Lyn said...: I <3 HER! Give her a big squeeze for us!; April 4, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Kathryn said...: Jen! She has gotten so big! Look at all that hair! She is passing Addi on that one! Some day we will get together, right?; April 4, 2011 at 8:00 PM
The McNeil Family said...: She is such a sweetheart!! I live when i see her and she comes over and gives me a hug! Brynlee loves to play with Dora Aka Brookie!! Happy birthday to her!; April 4, 2011 at 9:05 PM
Amy said...: Happy Birthday, Brookie! Such a precious girl!

I know how you feel, Jen. Everyone keeps saying how fast this year is going by. But since Ella's passing, I felt like my life screeched to a halt and is now limping along like a slug.

I am so glad you treasure these sweet moments!!; April 5, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Jenny said...: Wow! She is growing up fast!! She sure does have a beautiful smile!; April 7, 2011 at 9:10 AM

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It was July 25th 2008 and it was a great day. All the kids were getting along with eachother. Ethan and I were going on vacation with a few friends and we were to leave at 5:00p.m. that evening. At about 11:00 a.m. I started packing for the trip. I caught Kamber out back playing with the hose with her cousin a couple of times. The last time Ethan and I went out back to get after the girls for playing in the hose. Ethan sprayed the girls and we chased them all back inside. Ethan went into his office and I went back into our room to pack. It was a short time after this that Kamber some how made it into the pool area. We can't figure out how it happened, we have a gate around our pool shut and locked. Nobody had been in the pool area in days. We lost site of Kamber for a few minutes but this was enough time for her to fall in the spa part of our pool and drowned. I had gone into Ethans office and said something to him and turned around to find my niece crying. I knew. I ran straight to the pool and didn't see her and then caught a glimps of her leg in the spa. It took forever to get the pool fence open , but I ran as fast as I could and pulled her out. Ethan ran in and started CPR, I called 911. The Fire Depatment came fast. They worked on her and then headed to the hospital. We already knew she was gone. I could feel her comforting arms around me. We raced to the hospital where we watched them work on her for about 10 more minutes. She was gone. They let me hold her for about 2 hrs till the medical examiner came to get her. I felt a small amount of peace and I thank my Heavenly Father for that. It was her time to return home. We are grateful for the 2 1/2 years Heavenly Father let us enjoy the beautiful person she is. We will be with her again as a family and I can't wait to raise her again. Her sisters miss her dearly, but they know she not far away and she is safe. We love our valiant angel!