Boise Trip/ Melissa & Dallin's Wedding

Sunni, Tucker, Dallin, Melissa, Katie, Tiffany

I was so excited to be able to make it back to Boise to my baby sisters wedding.  I wouldn't have missed it for the world.  It was nice to be able to see family and for Brooklyn to meet her aunts, uncles, and cousins for the first time.  I was also able to meet Tiff and Llyr's little boy LJ for the first time.  It was fun for the 3 baby cousins to be together.  The week went a little like this: We flew in late Tuesday night. Wednesday we hung out in the pool and went to a bridal shower for Missy.

Sunni, Xander, Brooklyn and me hanging out in Grandma and Grandpa's pool

LJ (7 months), Xander(11 months)  and Brooklyn(5 months)

Thursday we swam again and started some setup for the reception which was held at my parent's home.  Friday was the sealing at the Boise temple.  We spent the morning helping Melissa get ready, went to the temple in the afternoon and that evening there was a dinner.

Brooklyn and I after the temple, waiting to go to the dinner

The sisters at the dinner
 

Saturday was the reception.  We spent the day setting up and decorating.  The place looked beautiful.  We took a bunch of pictures before the reception.  Here are a few:

Isn't she just the most beautiful Bride? Love her!

(sorry Sunni I didn't have one with your eyes open)

 

First Airplane

Brooklyn and I went to Boise this past week to celebrate my little sister Melissa's wedding.  Craig was unable to come with us because of school, so Brooklyn and I made the trip alone.  I was kind of nervous to fly with her by myself, but Craig continued to assure me that she is a good baby and it would be just fine, but little did he know the adventure we would have.  We flew out on Tuesday July 23 and had an 8:30 am flight.  We had to wake the poor little thing up at 6:00am so that Craig could drop us off at the airport before class started that day.  Once we got to the terminal she fell asleep in my arms for a little while.  It worked out that her next feeding would be right at take off time.  So we boarded the plane but we couldn't take off because of a thunderstorm.  We hung out on the airplane for an hour and a half before we finally were able to take off.  So, of course Brooklyn needed to eat before then and it wasn't time to eat again when we finally did take off, but the pressure change didn't seem to bother her.  We flew into Minneapolis where we were supposed to have only an hour layover, but since we took off from Memphis an hour and a half late we of course missed our connecting flight.  After fighting with the airline a little bit to get us onto the next flight directly into Boise, we had about 6 hours to kill before our next flight.  Luckily I did pack a few extra diapers and a couple of extra bottles worth of formula. I found us an empty terminal where we could hang out.  It is very hard to entertain a 5 month old for 6 hours with the 2 toys that you could fit into the diaper bag.  She did fall asleep a few times for me, thank goodness.

Once finally on the flight to Boise she was a complete angel.  When we got off the flight I had multiple people come up to me and say they didn't even know there was a baby on the flight.  We finally made it into Boise 6 hours late.  Both of us exhausted, but I couldn't have asked for a better baby.  She was a little trooper.  Needless to say we both went straight to bed.

Luckily the flight back was uneventful.  We made our flights and got back to Memphis even a few minutes early.  She did cry for about 10 minutes on each flight, but I blame her stuffy nose and pressure changes on that.  All in all I would call her first airplane trip a success.

5 Months Old

July 22, 2013
14 lbs 6 oz
Size 3 month clothing
Just made switch to size 2 diapers
 

This months has been really fun to watch Brooklyn take in the world around her.  She has gotten to the point where she reaches for toys and can pass them pack and forth between her hands. She will grab anything that is close to her hands, including my hair. She loves to smile at anyone who will smile at her. She likes to see how loud her voice can get, whether she is happy or sad.  She is finally starting to figure out the whole rolling over thing.  She rolled over for the first time on accident from her tummy to her back on July 15th and I couldn't get her to do it again.  She then rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time on July 20th and then did it again the next day. So I am starting to think that it is no longer by accident and hopefully she will start to roll for real soon, which means I can no longer leave her just hanging on the couch by herself.

Because her head is still flat we were going to purchase a few things that would allow her to stay upright without our help like a saucer and Bumbo seat.  I had mentioned this to some friends of ours and they so graciously let us barrow a few things, which is awesome because it saves us a few bucks especially since we just had to get a new water heater.  She has really enjoyed her new toys. The other night we played volleyball at the church with some friends from the ward and she pushed herself backwards in the walker for over an hour.

She continues to lose her hair, which is so sad.  I thought that since she didn't lose any the first few months that we would be good to go, but this last month she has been shedding almost as much as I have.  But of course  she still has the tuft of hair in the back, I guess she is going for the mullet look. The last few weeks she has been sleeping really well (knock on wood).  We lay her down between 8 and 8:30 and she will wake up around 7:45.  There was even one morning I had to wake her up at 9.  She also eats a little bit faster now with the bottle, which is nice. We have spent even more time this month doing tummy time trying to get her to roll over.  We thought that since she is not the biggest fan of her tummy that it might motivate her to roll over, but that didn't seem to help.  As you can see there are times that she is more willing than others.

Here are a few more random pictures from throughout the month:

Still loves her fingers

We have to do a lot more laundry now that she is completely on formula. She spits up way more. 

 Out for a walk. She loves to kick up her feet.

Happy 4th of July!

We had a wonderful 4th of July together.  Craig got the day off school and Brooklyn was in a great mood.  After hitting the gym in the morning we headed down to Mississippi for a BBQ and swim party.  Brooklyn and I swam while Craig played volleyball. After swimming I changed Brooklyn out of her swimsuit and laid her down on the ground in the shade of a hammock and we looked over after a few minutes and she was out and slept for 30 minutes (which is as long as she would have slept in her crib, so we were happy).

After eating all the yummy food they passed out popsicles to the kids and had some left over so Lauren and I decided we couldn't pass them up.  Who can beat a red, white, and blue popsicle, I mean really.  That evening we then went over to a friends house from the ward and ate some more delicious food for dinner.  We didn't watch any fireworks because we didn't know how Brooklyn would do with them (she is not a huge fan of loud noises) and we were all just tired.  Maybe next year we will actually watch some.  So overall we had a great 4th of July and can't express how grateful we are to live in this beautifully free country and for the amazing men and women who keep it that way for us.