Christmas!

Christmas was so awesome this year! We had such a great time with our families and brinklee!! Christmas Eve we had a little get together with the Palmer family and opened some presents. That night we went to ligori's for pizza and came back to open pajamas from Santa. Christmas morning brink and I got up around 6:30 and waited for Jared to wake up. Once he got up we opened presents and got ready for the day. Brink got tons of clothes, toys, books and movies. Jared and I got clothes and other fun things. We all got ready and went over to grandma stokes. We had breakfast over there and opened gifts. That night we went out to my parents for a yummy prime rib dinner and more presents. It was a great day spent with people we love!!

Big changes in our family!

We have had some big changes in the past month! It has probably been the craziest most stressful month of our lives and I'm glad it's over! First off brinklee is getting so big!! She is rolling and scooting everywhere! She is eating baby food and she loves it!! Next Jared was offered a full time job with lithotripsy. He's been working part time since February and they recently bought a new machine and took him on full time! He works for 9 urologists from Layton to west valley and does whatever cases they have for him. He is loving it! Next I graduated again. I finished up my bachelors in nursing at weber! It feels so good to be done!! And last and probably biggest of all we sold our house and bought a brand new home! It was sad to leave our cute little house but I love our new house! Life has been crazy but we love it!!

Gardners Village

Every year we go to Gardners Village to see the witches. I was so excited this year to be able to bring Brinklee. I dressed her in her cute Halloween outfit and we went down with my parents and sisters. Brink was spoiled by her Papa who got her some lace leggings and her Nana who got her some cute Halloween socks. We walked around the village and went to the quilt store for some cute new projects. We had so much fun and are looking forward to it next year!!

Brinklee at 3 months

My sweet girl is now three months old (well a couple weeks ago)!! She is getting way too big too fast! She is such a sweetheart and we love her so much!! At 3 months she is:
*Eating 4-6 ounces of formula every 3 hours
*Wearing size 1/2 diapers and size 3-6 month clothes
* Rolls over from her back to her belly but then is pissed that she is on her belly
*Coos and talks all the time!
*Sleeps from about 9pm until 7 or 8am in the morning! (LOVE that!!) 
*Takes little half hour cap naps during the day and once in awhile takes a couple hour nap but not often
*Spends Wednesdays with Nana Thornley, any other day during the week with Aunt Darcie and the weekends with dad.
*Is super happy during the morning and gets more upset at night.
*Loves watching Dora the explorer and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
*Is losing her hair and it is getting lighter
She is the best baby and we love having her!!

Brinklee's blessing day

Yesterday October 14 brinklee was blessed in our church by her dad! There were four other babies blessed that day but brink was the only girl! Jared gave her an amazing blessing! She was supported by so much family and friends!! My uncle Eric said he sneaked a peek at her during the blessing and he said he felt that she was looking at each and everyone in the circle. She's such an observant baby that I wouldn't doubt it!! My mom made her blessing dress and it turned out so gorgeous!! She brought back Italian lace from Italy this summer and that's what it was made out of! We had lunch after at grandma and grandpa stokes. It was such a beautiful day and we are so blessed to have beautiful brinklee in our lives!!

2 months!

Another month has come and gone and my baby is now two months old!! Where does the time go? She is so fun and we just love her to death!! At two months she:
-weighs 11 lbs 5 oz which was 68%tile
-drinks 5-6 ounces of formula every 3 hours
-goes to bed around 9 wakes up at 5 or 6 to sleep and then goes back to bed for three or four hours
-smiles and coos all the time! We love it!
-hangs out with my mom on Wednesday's and her aunt Darcie or dad the other two days that I am at work!
-is such a daddy's girl! All he has to say is "daddy's home." and she gets a huge grin on her face!
-got her two month shots and hardly cried or fussed! Even the next day!
-naps a couple times a day for a couple hours.
We love her so much and can't imagine life without our brinky baby!!

1 month old!

Brinklee is 1 month old! So hard to believe!! It has gone by so fast and I'm sad I have to go back to work in a month!

At one month brinklee is:
Wearing size one diapers
Wearing 0-3 month clothes
Was back to her birth weight a week ago!
Wakes up once during the night
Eats breast milk and 3 oz of formula with each feeding
Smiles a lot but not when I want her to!
Sleeps 18-20 hours per day
Is the sweetest baby who loves to be held!!