Hello everyone, Again thanks for all the best wishes and support. I was able to sit at home with Brooklyn and Chris last week and watch the World Championships for track and field. They were in Berlin, Germany and man was it exciting. This was the place that Jesse Owens conquered and won 4 Gold Olympic Medals. Looking at the Jamaicans I would have to agree with lots of others that they did it again and walked away with so many victories. Yes the USA did well too but I was most amazed with Usain Bolt and his two world records. This guy is fast!!!!! I really liked when the mascot for the World Championships attempted to race him.....that was so funny. Speaking of the mascot did anyone check out his fall with the winner in the women's 400 hurdles? ha ha...check it out on you tube (type in Melanie walker-Berlin) So hopefully you all were able to watch and if not feel free to check out www.iaaf.org for the results. As we watched there were many ups and downs of the meet. I was glad that the women's 4x400 team won gold and they all did a great job. I hoped that I was missed by my teammates. We are now in week 3 and it has been an amazing, interesting journey. Brooklyn has been an active little baby. She loves to look at us in our eyes and we have even seen a smile while she sleeps. She isn't always a little angel though ha ha but we have been saved by the best DVD in the world, which is called Happiest Baby on the Block. So for now our little nick name for Brooklyn is Pikachu. How did we come up with that.....good question. But Chris gets the credit for this one. He always would look at her and say, "Look at you!", so it sort of came out as a rhyme. Look at you, look at you Pikachu!!!! I almost forgot....Brooklyn got her first scholarship offer and also made the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Springfield News Sun. She already is becoming a star. I want to thank Coach Bill Schnier for writing her such a lovely letter and we will be sure to include it in her scrapbook. So...see you all soon.
