PLAY TIME

One of Brynlee's favorite places in the whole house - odd as it sounds - is her changing table. Thanks Gramma Kit for the fun mobile. It keeps us ALL entertained! Brynlee will laugh at the animals on this mobile and dance for as long as we're willing to stand there and watch her. Okay, it's more just wiggling than dancing. But take a look at her moves and tell me she won't be dancing as soon as she's on her feet. Thanks for keeping us so entertained little one!

BABIES ARE A BLESSING

Here are a few photos from Brynlee's bless day (May 3rd, 2009). Thanks for taking these great pictures Grampa John :)

TEMPLE IN OUR MIDST

The open house celebration for the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple is under way. We are so blessed to have this temple only a couple of miles from our home. We have a nice view from our back deck and I love to sit by the window and see it all lit up at night. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to usher visitors through the building during the open house. It is so amazingly beautiful and peaceful there. I encourage anyone and everyone to visit. The open house is free to the public and runs through the 1st of August. Make your reservation today so you won't have to wait in a long line. Visit www.lds.org for reservations and details.

WATCH HER GROW

Here are some pictures as promised. Sorry for the long string of photos but I have heard from several people that the slide shows aren't coming through. I'll work on getting that figured out. Until then we hope you enjoy these snapshots of our little angel.

Saba is such a great, um, "Helper"???
April 1, 2009

She's not too sure how she feels about her carrier.
April 1, 2009

What color are your eyes going to be baby?
May 1, 2009

She's such a happy girl when she wakes up.
May 2, 2009

Using her tongue to smack now. Hint, hint mom - I'm hungry.
May 1, 2009

Her least favorite part of bath time is getting out of the water.
May 23, 2009


Tummy time is a great part of the day.
May 24, 2009

She's found that her thumb makes a good "soothie".
June 1, 2009


She sleeps with her fist like this . . . on the hand she's not sucking anyway.
June 7, 2009

CALLING ALL PHOTOS

I know, I know, it's been forever since I posted! Life has been a little crazy since I've gone back to work after birth. I have been waiting until I have pictures of Brynlee to post. However, I am finding that I have not been very good at taking them. So I would like to ask anyone who has any photos if they could send them my way. Chris and I both have the bad habit of taking photos on our phones which I haven't figured how to upload to the computer. So until I get that sorted out here's a quick update.

Brynlee is 11 weeks old now and growing so amazingly fast. Not just physically but mentally as well. She has made two very important discoveries lately: her voice and her thumb. She used to suck on her whole fist when she was tired or hungry but she has now figured out how to get just her thumb in her mouth. It makes such a cute slurpy noise. I just hope that we will be able to break her of the thumb-sucking habit as she gets older.

Brynlee also likes to carry on long conversations. She'll gurgle and coo and use her very expressive eyebrows to communicate. It seems she knows exactly what she's saying and we just talk back like we totally understand. This can go on for quite some time. We had a good chat in the middle of her feeding yesterday morning that went on for 10 minutes or so. I guess she was telling me all about her dreams that night.

I will work on getting pictures and maybe some video posted soon. Please, again, if you have any photos of Brynlee I would LOVE to have them. I am also compiling pictures for her memory book so I'd love to get other people's shots as another perspective on her precious moments.

Thanks to all!