Updated Pics...

Just a few recent pictures...

Gerber Baby....

Tessa is eating food! Mostly just rice cereal but we have been adding a little bit of banana and some prunes. She isn't a huge fan of the prunes but given her genetics if we only give her banana's she will plug up. She loves eating after the first couple bites. The first few times she would spit it back out and make funny faces, it was hilarious. I would feed her just to see her little face.

It is hard to believe but our little Tj will be 6 months this next week! Half a year old and still spoiled as ever!

My Girls...

This cute little 3 year old is so fun! She is starting to become even more opinionated and it's hilarious. I love hearing her view on things. Its amazing how much she knows and how much she picks up on, actually kind of scary sometimes. She recently has changed her favorite color to purple. She also had her first dentist appointments and did quite well. She is such a girly girl. She LOVES her lip gloss and will plaster it on anyone that she can get to sit still.

I can hardly believe my baby is already 4 months. She is so fun, and keeps us busy. She is really starting to "talk" and loves to be talked to. She smiles everytime you look at her or talk to her. She is reaching for things and loves to suck on whatever she can get in her mouth. Her schedule is still all over the place but for the most part she sleeps well. She currently enjoys t=sitting in the bumbo, sleeping in the swing, and splashing away in the tub.

Things...

Just some random things that have happened lately...

*We learned that Gunner LOVES sprinklers. We have been taking him down to the river to run and he will swim and retrieve sticks from the water, but we were shocked when we figured out that he was "playing" in the sprinklers in the back yard. He is going to be quite the hunting dog!

*I am officially 37 weeks. I have my doctor appointment on Friday, but maybe I'll go into labor before then? :O) She has definitely dropped and the waddle walk is on! I am progressivley getting more grouchy. I got into an argument with the lady at the UPS store yesterday and feel like giving out my opinion on everything, even if it doesn't involve me. SO I apologize in advance if I hurt your feelings, I can't help it right now.

*Brooklyn is spending this week up in Idaho with Grandma Tammy and Grandpa Mark. We took her up on Sunday and they will bring her home Friday. It's been hard for me to be away from her so much, but I know she is being well taken care of and is having fun. It's weird to go home at night after work and no one is there, but on the other hand I have gotten a lot done and I can go to bed when I want to.

*We had our first ripe tomato and Brookyln got to eat it. We have a lot of little green ones on the plants (they are cherry tomatoes) but we'll see if we get to eat them. Gunner like to pluck them off and eat them green. He is the worst garden bug ever! The only that is truely surviving is the carrots, and I think it's because they are under ground and he can't eat them.

*Zach's birthday was this last weekend, he is 23! I feel bad because his present still hasn't come, but he is "patiently" waiting. He didn't want a cake this birthday so we did an apple pie with icecream, I think we might do that again next year.

*I am addicted to Mt. Dew. I seriously can't get enough of it.

January Catch Up...

SO I have been one slacker of a blogger lately and decided I need to start catching up, so here is a little bit about what all happened in January.

Most of you know we announced that we are having another baby that is due in August. It was so exciting but scary to find out we were pregnant. I had a miscarriage this last year and I was so scared that it was going to happen again. The more nauseated I was the more sure I was that this baby was for real. I think after having had the miscarriage I was still really nervous until we were able to go to the doctor and find out that everything really was ok. We have decided to go down to Ogden to Dr. Housel and we will most likely be delivering at McKay Dee. I love his office but the wait times could become a problem. It was so cool to have an ultrasound done on our first visit and to be able to hear the babies heart beat (168 bpm). His office even gives you a DVD that you take each visit and they put the ultrasounds on it! Cool, huh?

I started a new shift at work this month. I'm still working 12 hour shifts but instead of being gone until midnight each night, I leave work at 9pm. It's been good to be able to get to bed a little bit earlier but Brooklyn is still having a hard time adjusting. She wants to wait up for her daddy (which has been anywhere from midnight to 3am, 7 days a week!) and then she wants to sleep in until noon. Oh well I guess, at least for now. I love watching her sleep, especially when she has crazy hair and is drooling everywhere :O)

Brooklyn has also started to love dressing up. That's the first thing she wants to do when she gets up and says, "mom can I get all dressed up?" It's so cute. She has particularly enjoyed her tutu that she got from her Aunt Jamie for her birthday, and weirdly her bike helmet! At least she is being safe?

Up until recently Brooklyn has been such a good eater. She would try anything at any time. This month it seems as if she has started to pick and choose what she thinks looks good. She will still eat any kind of pasta (sans the sauce). She loves fruit, except pears, "mommy I don't want pears, I want apple." She has also become quite fond of oreos, but mostly just the insides.

Well she has been saying this for a while but I'm just getting around to sharing it...

"TIWI is my best frend"

She loves that dog more than anyone else and lets us know on a daily basis. This partiular night she was hiding under the bed with Kiwi. It was a little scary becasue there isn't much room under our bed but she made it work. Kiwi doesn't alsways love Brooklyn but she tolerates her well these days. (you can see Kiwi in the right of the pic)


Our house is slowly coming together. This month our project has been getting the front room put together. We started painting and that's about as far as we've gotten...I'll get pictures on here when it's finished.

Over all January has been a good month...let's hope that it continues through the year!!!

Back in August (I know I'm a slacker) Brooklyn got her very first HAIRCUT!!! We are so lucky that Sarah was able to do it, it made me way less stressed. It went pretty well, she didn't like it at first so Sarah let me hold her while she made the finishing touches. Thanks Sarah!!!

08.31.09

Update...Journal Format

Wow it's been forever since I have updated this! So sorry to all of you who follow and are waiting for an update. I plan to get a 'real' update on here on Wednesday, but until then this journal type entry will have to do...

WARNING: This will be somewhat boring!!

Brooklyn...
She is getting her molars!! She is really congested and that doesn't help. She has been talking up a storm lately. I'm loving that I can actually communicate with her with words rather than jsut screaming and pointing. She will try to repeat everything that we say around her and it's a good way to help us clean up our language. She is loving the warm weather and everything that comes with it. She especially loves side walk chalk, bubbles, the trampoline, and just running in the grass. Her favorite food right now I would say is apples (I think because it feels good on her teeth). She is starting to recognize her bodily functions (she telss us "I poop") more and more and I think she'll be ready to potty train this summer. Her hair is getting to be knotty and we've had to start using detangler and she is starting to hate her hair being done.

Zachary...
Still working hard!! He is working anywhere from 5 to 7 days a week and is often so tired he woiuld like to just fall into bed. He accepted a 'managment' type job and is doing well thus far. This job has been great for building up his muscles :) He has pushed for us to reach some of our goals this last month and for that I am really thankful. He is still an awesome Dad and an even greater husband. This morning he even got up and did the dishes and made breakfast :) He has been working on his truck a lot lately trying to get it sanded so he can repaint it.

Brittany...
Still working at BRVH as a clerk and I'm loving it. I am still wanting to go back to school, the timing just isn't right right now. I'm loving being a mom it's so fun to take Brooklyn outside and watch her explore. I am also loving beign a wife, Zach makes it easy for me. I am hating my housework (especially the laundry). I am NOT pregnant. I had a good mother's day. I am BORING!! :O)

Family...
We are all very happy right now.

Brooklyn is 15 months old now and here are a few things she has been doing lately...

1- She finally got one of her top front teeth. It's the one on the right and she has been so drooley and so miserable trying to get the other one in. I think that it's starting affect her appetite. She hasn't been eating much, but she is downing the fluids.

2- She has figured out how to run away from us after tub time so she can stay naked, and I don't mind. I love seeing her little butt running down the hall. Today (picture to the left) I was getting ready to put her diaper on and she ran away and came back with her purse and her bracelets. She loves being in the nude!

3- She had a routine check up and we found that she has an ear infection in her right ear. So now we get to start another round of antibiotics. I hate it. She is very good at taking medicine but I hate remembering it 3 times a day for 10 days. Poor kid!!

4- She graduated to a big car seat. After her appointment today I feel a lot better about it because she really does weigh over 20 pounds (20.34). She is 31 inches tall and her head (I think) was about 42 centimeters around. She's getting big!!

5- She has been jumping out of her crib!! She has only done it like 2 or 3 times but it's a heart stopper. The first time she did it we had laid her down for bed after she was so tired she would scream about everything and we heard a bug thump... I credited it to our new noisy neighbors but decided that I should check on her because it had been 15 minutes of crying. I walked in and there she sat on her bedroom floor just staring at me! I picked her up and almost started to cry, knowing that the crib will be going away soon.

6- Her hair has grown long enough to pull it all up into two piggy tails. A few strands fall out, but it looks very cute, and very grown up on her.

Update!

Wow I haven't posted in forever so I thought I would do an update on what has happened the last few weeks.

Brooklyn has "graduated" to an upright, forward facing car seat. I have been hanging on and hanging on to her little car seat and Zach finally pushed me and gave me a reality check that she's not a baby anymore. She is a toddler. It's so hard to believe that my baby is already 15 months old. Another wonderful thing that actually just happened today was she peed on the potty chair!! Can you believe it?!? We bought it just to get her familiar with it and she loves sitting on it, whether she has a diaper on or not. Today we were running her a bath so we let her be naked and she sat on it and peed!! I was SO proud even though she has no idea what she did, it's a step in the right direction. Oh, and don't worry we aren't seriously potty training, I just heard that the more familiar they are with the potty chair the better they do when they are ready.

Zach got laid off from Autoliv, his official termination date was February 2nd. I was a little stressed about it but confident that he would get another job. Guess what? He went in for an interview on February 4th and got hired on the spot at Western Liberty Foods. It's going to be a bit of a change for him but it's a decent paying job for right now. I'd like for him to decide what he wants to be when he "grows up" so that he could go back to school, but so far he can't decide. I am happy though that he is such a good husband and father and is so eager to support us. He was officially unemployed for only two and a half days...what a man!

As many of you know Bear River Valley Hospital is going to be moving into a new building, and since it's my place of employment I am way excited!! I still have a hard time finding my way around the new building but it's SO nice and has a ton more space than what we have now. I think it will serve it's purpose well. The official move date is this Wednesday February 11th. It will be interesting to see how many people will use our new facility instead of taking their medical needs outside the valley. I have always had confidence in our doctors and nurses but this new building may be a way to open the eyes of the community and let them see how wonderful our staff really is. (If you can't tell by now I am REALLY happy about it.)

Another exciting thing that is going on is that my dad has started his own business, well sort of. He is still working for Autoliv, but at minimal hours, so he has started doing chainsaw bears. He is so talented. He only practiced like twice before he got it. If you'de like to take a look or even order/buy one here is his page: http://www.mychainsawbearnecessities.blogspot.com I think that my mom is still trying to help him get it up and running but check it out!

I can't really think of anything else exciting lately but if I do I'll be sure to post about it ;o)

PRIVATE!!!

Ok so I have been hearing some crazy things about blogs not being private and anyone being able to see them. All in all I would prefer to leave it open to anyone who would like to look but with all the weirdo's out there I guess it's time to go private. I will need your email addresses in order to let you view my blog, I think! I haven't ever set it to private so this will be new. Please add your email address to the comments of this post and I will hopefully get it up and working this next week! Thanks!!!

P.S. I won't publish your email address, don't worry :)
P.S.S. I think that if I make it private you have to have an account, so if you don't have a blog get one started!!!!

Brooklyn

Here are just a few fun pictures from the last few weeks. There aren't very many because some got deleted (Refer to my last post).

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