Jeff's Graduation

Last month Jeff finally hit a milestone in his life, he graduated from college. He has been going since I met him. It has taken many years and way too much of our money, but he is finally done. It was a wonderful day with great speakers and lots of support from his family. I am so proud of him and all his hard work. I have seen some of the books he read this last few years and I know I couldn't do it. Brynnlee is also pretty happy about daddy's graduation because now he can be home to play with her before she goes to bed. Yea! Daddy!

Random pictures from the last 3 months

I haven't posted for a really long time so I thought I better post some pictures that we have taken lately.

Brynnlee loves her food. Sometimes a little too much.

It looks like she is doing a good job with the sippy cup, she is very good at tricking you. She really is just good at biting the end.

She loves this book. It's so cute. She will sit on her tummy and turn the pages all by herself. It plays music and she just loves it.

When Brynnlee was 5 months old I entered her in a Baby Beauty contest. It was crazy. Have you seen Toddlers and Tiaras, well that was exactly how it was. It was really crazy. Brynnlee did win the most photogenic though, which was pretty neat. Her picture was in the program and everything.

Brynnlee just chillin' with her daddy.

I am not very creative, but had to make an attempt this last month for my friend Bre. We had a baby shower for her at work and it was my job to make a diaper cake. This is what I was able to do all on my own. I was pretty happy with it. It's not the best ever, but Bre seemed to like it.

Picture above just the cake. Picture below has the cake along with presents attached.

I also made this diaper wipe bag for her. Actually my mom sewed the bag. I was in charge of making the flower that attached to it. Thanks mom.

Finally Jeff has been working for a whole year on a team project for school. They have entered a Mini Baja competition and had to build this go-cart looking machine. I think it looks pretty cool. They are really excited about the competition which is at the end of this month in Kansas. Go Utes!!!! Another thing I love about this project is that it is almost all ready to go which means Jeff is at the end of his senior year of school!!! He graduates on Friday. I don't even know how it is going to be to have a husband that comes home from work at a normal time, who doesn't have homework each night, who isn't paying for school each semester, and who isn't always trying to balance school, work, and a family. Yea!!! Brynnlee and I get our daddy!

Where have we been, Easter, and New Things

So where have we been. I really haven't forgotten about my blogs, I just can't believe how fast time flies when you have a sweet little one to take care of. Jeff and I have been so busy with work and school lately and feel like we only get a few minutes each day to spend with Brynnlee. I really try to cherish those moments. I wanted to post though and write all the fun new things Brynnlee has been learning before I forget all about them. We had a wonderful Easter this year. Brynnlee is finally to the age where she can at least have a little fun with the holidays. We bought her this fun new outfit and she looked so cute in it I had to take a ton of pictures. She was totally spoiled by all her family, and loved it all.

Her little nose smirk. She learned this from her aunt Bitty.

Searching for eggs with Daddy.

Brynnlee with fun uncle Drew Bug.

We loved sitting with Aunt Brittany.

I also wanted to take this time to write down all the things Brynnlee has been accomplishing the last few months so that I have these as a record. At around 6 months she learned DaDa, baba, gaga, nienie (we think that means no-she only says it when she is mad), and pretty much any other sound but mama. She still doesn't say that. She did start doing her dinosaur call though, which everyone loves. It pretty much is just a grunt. She loves to say dada all day long. It must be because she loves her dada soooooooo much. You should see her when she sees him. She gets all excited and kicks her legs. She also started sitting up really well around the 7 month mark. She almost never falls over anymore unless she is trying to get onto her tummy. The newest accomplishment just started on Saturday. She started to CRAWL!!! It is of course very rough and most of the time she gets her arm stuck under her but she is moving forward. I am so excited about all the fun things she learns each day. She is so happy, and loves to explore. She is always looking around and finding new things to get into. It is so fun right now, and every time I play with her I feel so blessed for having such a beautiful fun baby girl.

Brynnlee's Spring Pictures

My mom and sister convinced me to enter Brynnlee in a Baby Beauty Contest that is being held in March. We needed some new pictures of Brynnlee to send in so Megan was super sweet and took some spring pictures of her. Here are some of my favorites. Megan did an awesome job (like always) and Brynnlee looked so cute, even though she was being pretty moody the whole time we were taking pictures.

Harnesses and Hip Displatia

About a month ago at Brynnlee's 4 month appointment our doctor became concerned about her hips. She has been watching them since Brynnlee was born because she was breech, but never thought we needed to do something about them until now. She told us that we should probably head over to Scriner's Hospital and get them looked at. Last Friday we took Brynnlee over to the hospital and they did an X-ray and decided that Brynnlee has Hip Displatia. Her hips are in the socket but there is a space between the socket and her bone and so she is at a risk of them dislocating. I guess because of the space her hip socket is not growing around the bone. The options she gave us were to first put her in a harness for a month to see if that pushes her bone into the socket better so that the socket can grow around it, and then if that doesn't work to go to some more drastic measures such as surgery or having a body cast for a few months. We were really worried about it all but are willing to try anything to avoid the more drastic measures so our doctor strapped her in. I feel terrible because Brynnlee can't stretch her legs at all in the harness and so every time we take her out of it to change her diaper she pushes her legs as straight as she can, but luckily Brynnlee is a trooper and has adjusted really well. We only have to have her in it for a month and we are already a week down. Yea! We're just praying that this works and her little hips will be fixed!

Here is what it looks like completely strapped on.

It wraps around her shoulders and chest and hooks onto her legs.

Even through it all she still smiles!

Eating Solids!

Brynnlee has just started eating some solid foods. She has done so great with them. We started her about a week ago with some rice cereal and every time I feed it to her she just gobbles it right up. I am waiting for her to be difficult with new things, but we were definitely blessed with an easy child (so far). What a cutie!

Valentine's Cutie

Megan took some really cute Valentine pictures of our little cutie. We have just loved all the pictures she has taken. If you like these and the others of Brynnlee you should head over to her blog http://meganhauzephotography.blogspot.com/. She has some wonderful pictures of babies, teens, and families.