Sitting up and First Carrots!

Brooklyn is starting to sit up all by herself now!! We have been trying off and on the last couple of weeks to see if she will sit up without wabbling and falling over, and last night she finally got the hang of it! She sat up for almost 5 minutes without falling over! She would just sit there and hold on to her feet and grab for her toys. I can't believe how much she is growing and learning! She's such a smart little baby!!! As you can tell by her face in the pictures, she gets pretty excited about this!

Last night we gave Brooklyn her first carrots and she loved them!!! At first she wasn't sure about the taste, but she never spit them out and after a few bites she was crazy about them!!! Brooklyn definitely loves to eat!

Hooray for Giving Presents!

Well I seem to have missed doing everyone's Pay It Forward, and then today I saw this on Brittney's blog, and I got really excited and wanted to do it to!

Okay so the first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me to you. My choice. Made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what i make!

2. What i create will be just for you.

3. It will be done sometime this year.

4. You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. it may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. who knows? not you, that's for sure.

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? oh the catch is that you must re post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog.The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!! Oh and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!

Where did the time go?!?!

Brooklyn is already 5 months old! I can't believe how fast the time is going and how much she is growing!!! She is sooo much fun and learning new things everyday!

On her 5 month birthday she finally found her little feet!!! Once she did she wouldn't let go! I can't believe how flexible little kids are, it's crazy!

This red dress was mine when I was a baby and I wanted to take pictures of Brooklyn in it before she grew out of it! This little girl loves the camera and will sit there and smile as long as you make funny noises! I love our little photo shoots!

We love her to death!!!

One more thing to add, Greg was accepted into Mississippi School of Law this week, so we have one more school to add to our list of decisions. I'm so glad that we are going to have several different options to choose from!! We can't wait to move and start the next chapter of our life!

ExCiTiNg!!!!

We have some more GREAT news!!!!! Greg has been accepted to Florida Coastal Law School in Jacksonville Florida!! Not only was he accepted, but he was awarded a $7,000 dollar scholarship for each of the 3 years!!! We are really excited about this!!! Although we still have several more schools left to hear from before we make a decision, it's soooo hard not to fantasize about the warm weather, beaches, and the ocean while we're sitting here freezing in Rexburg!!!!
Congratulations Greg I love you!!!

just a little update

I finally have a day off of homework since school has started and Brooklyn is down for a nap, so I have a few minutes to put some new pics up! She is always soooo bright eyed and happy!!! I love it!

This is a new hobby/addiction i just learned how to do! I have wanted to get Brooklyn some cute headbands and bows, but I didn't want to pay the $5-$6 a piece for each one, when I knew I could probably figure it out myself! So after some massive internet searching Ifinally found some great instructions, and here is what we have so far!
It's a tad bit too big for her, but oh well she'll grow into them!

Brooklyn loves just chillin in her diaper! She goes crazy kicking and gurgling once her clothes are off, its kinda funny!

Her feet finally hit the ground in her jumper and holy cow she goes nuts in it! We have a few videos of it but for some reason our computer won't play them or let me upload them...but trust me it's amusing to watch! Sometimes I swear she is going to jump right out of it!

For some exciting news, Greg has gotten accepted to Ohio Northern Law School, so we for sure have a place to go, but now we are just waiting to hear back from the other 7 or 8 schools he applied to! We are really excited to hear back from the other schools and have the opportunity to move in the next few months! I am so proud of Greg for all the hard work he has done this last year getting prepared for law school!!!

Also the night I did my last post about having problems getting Brooklyn to sleep early, she was asleep by 10:15 that night!! Ever since then she has been asleep anywhere from 9 to 10:30 which is sooo amazing!! Not only is she asleep early but she sleeps until 9 or 10 a.m. We are loving it! The last few nights I have just laid her in her crib after she finished eating and she just puts herself asleep, no crying whatsoever! She's such a GREAT baby!

Cute Pictures and First Cereal

I can't believe how fast time is going by! Brooklyn is already 4 months old and she is growing up and developing sooooo fast!!!! She loves playing on her tummy and looking up at everything! She has almost mastered the back to belly roll, and is close to finding her feet!!!! I can't believe how smart and how funny she is! Her new thing is to constantly blow bubbles and gurgle and let out occasional high pitched squeals! Brooklyn finally opened her fists up and now she grabs anything she can reach, which then goes straight to her mouth! She is always happy and has a huge smile on her face, it makes my day when i just look at her and she gives me a huge grin! The last couple of months all she has wanted to do is stand up and sit up, she gets mad if you try to hold her like a baby! Some of her new things lately is to smile a huge grin with her mouth closed..it makes me laugh so much because she looks sooo goofy but i love it! Another thing she loves is kicking herself back over your lap to look upside down, for some reason it fascinates her.

This week we started to give her rice cereal and....she absolutely loves it!!!! I don't think she can get enough! At first she wasn't sure about the texture but after a few bites she was making all sorts of noises and diving for the spoon! She eats about two little bowls of it before she acts like she doesn't want anymore

These are just a few random pictures that i threw in just for fun! She is getting so big and starting to get a few little rolls! We took her to the doc. last week and she is 25 3/4 inches long and 13 lbs 14 oz, so she is gaining about a pound and growing 1 1/2-2 inches a month!

This girl loves the bathtub! I think she'd stay in it for hours if the water would stay warm for her! She goes crazy the minute she hits the water, constantly kicking and splashing her arms! If we don't leave her in long enough she gets really mad when we take her out!

That is pretty much all that is new in our lives. I just started my last semester at BYU Idaho and Greg has submitted all of his law school applications, so now he just has to wait to get accepted!

One more thing that I forgot to mention, We need some serious help getting Brooklyn on a decent schedule so that I am not exhausted for my early morning classes! I have tried what seems like everything to get Brooklyn asleep at least before 11 and nothing has worked! She barely takes naps during the day, if we are lucky she will take maybe one or two 2 hr (at the most) naps a day, and then she is up smiling and talking until at least 12:30 at night or later!!! Once she is asleep though she sleeps throught the night, the problem is her staying up so late! I have tried starting to get her ready for bed as early as 9 and we are still up until almost one, so if any of you have any great tricks or tips let us know!!! (sorry for the huge post!)

Brooklyn's First Christmas

This was Brooklyn's first Christmas and she had sooo much fun getting spoiled to death by all of her grandparents, aunt, uncles, and of course us! She really hit the jackpot this year! Brooklyn was one of the last ones awake Christmas morning, but she loved it all! When we would put a present in front of her, her eyes would get huge and she'd get soooo excited! She got so many books and clothes and fun toys to play with! I guess the excitement was too much for her to handle because shortly after we started opening presents she conked out! It was a really fun day and we just hung out and lounged around all day!