Beautiful Blessing

Brynnlee was blessed last Sunday. It was a beautiful day. Her daddy did a wonderful job on her blessing and she looked beautiful. I was worried she would cry during the blessing since it was Daylight Savings so her blessing fell right during the time she normally eats, but she did just wonderful. It was a great day and I was so glad to have everyone over after for lunch. I am so grateful to have a wonderful family that was all there to celebrate this great day.

Grandma and Grandpa Stephens with Brynnlee!

Our happy family.
4 Generations of Family

Aunt Britty with her favorite niece

Our beautiful angel happy as can be.

I love my little angel. She is such a blessing to our family.

Hanging out, Hats, Halloween, and Heads Up

Jeff and I have been taking some random pictures of our adorable Brynnlee. It seems like we just can't get enough of her. She has been such a wonderful addition to our family. The last two months have flown by and she is growing up so fast. Here are some fun things we have done lately with her.

Brynnlee hanging out at the Stephens' house. She loves to kick and punch on her back. She is awake most of the day just smiling and playing around. Luckily she sleeps through most of the night, so I will take her being awake during the day.

Brynnlee loves her doggy friend Ben. He is amazed by her and she just loves to stare at him. We don't have a dog at home, and Ben has never seen a baby before so they are both just in awe of each other.

Our adorable neice and Brynnlee's cousin Madi made this cute hat for Brynnlee. She is such a sweetie. We love her and miss her and her sisters so much. We can't wait to see them again. Thanks Madi. Brynnlee loves the hat, and I think she looks so cute in it.

Brynnlee has been working on Tummy Time lately. For the longest time we would put her on her stomach and she would just lay with her head on the blanket. Well the other day we put her there and she decided to surprise us with this. She stayed up like this for about 3 minutes before we even thought to get the camera and snap tons of pictures of her. We are amazed at what she will surprise us and do.

For Halloween we dressed Brynnlee up as a pumpkin. Luckily Jeff had a Halloween party at his work and we were able to get these pictures of her because on Halloween day Brynnlee had a melt down and we weren't able to dress her up again. I guess 2 months old may be too young to appreciate Halloween. I guess we will try again next year. At least we got these cute pictures of her.

Houdini

Brynnlee has turned into Houdini at night. Jeff and I always swaddle her pretty tight for the night since our house gets a little cold. She has always been able to kick out of my swaddling but Jeff gets her really tight. Tonight though, she finally accomplished the task of breaking free from her dad's best attempts at swaddling, not even once but multiple times. Here is what she looks like when we put her to bed.

And her is what we have been waking up to.

I guess I should have known though. In the womb she was always kicking as soon as I wore something tight around my waist. Brynnlee was also very busy in the night because not only did she manage to break free from her blanket but she also broke free from her hand covers. We put her to bed looking like this:

And we woke up to this:

What an efficient little pill she has become. Good thing she is so cute.

I also wanted to show my latest purchase at Walmart. It's much too big for her now, but will be perfect for next year's football season.

1 month old!!!

I can't believe that Brynnlee is already a month old. It really does seem like we were just in the hospital getting ready to have her and here she is already growing up so fast. We have had so many fun experiences already with her including smiles, laughs, crying (for good and sad reasons-mostly good from Jeff and I), peeing on family, cuddling with mommy, throwing up on mommy, blowouts in outfits, staring at the mobile for long periods of time, late night feedings, playing with daddy, no sleep, reading books with mom, walks, spending time with grandparents and aunts and uncles, and most recently peeing and pooping all over mom and dad's bed at 4:00 in the morning!!! See I wouldn't ever change any of the last month for any thing in the world. Brynnlee is the greatest blessing in our lives. We wanted to have some fun pictures of her for her 1 month birthday so on Saturday we found this cute coat that Megan and John let us borrow and dressed her up in it. She fell asleep right away (if we only knew that before all those late night cryings). We then took way too many pictures of her in it because she is just way too cute. She is still a little small for it, but it will fit great all winter long. I can't wait to put her in it again, my little Brynnlee bear!!!!

Grandpa's 89th Birthday

Last week was Jeff's Grandpa Bonner's 89th birthday. We went over and had a great time eating cake and ice cream and seeing Jeff's family. Here are some pictures of the Great-grandkids with Grandpa.

Our Precious Angel

Jeff's sister Megan came over last Saturday to take some pictures of Brynnlee. Of course our little angel didn't want to cooperate, and after multiple peeing and pooping incidents, along with crying and refusing to fall asleep or stay in any poses that Megan tried to put her in, we finally got these cute pictures. Megan did a wonderful job, and I am so grateful for her patience with our angel. Thanks Meg!!!

11 days old

Wow!!! I can't believe how fast time flys and my little girl is getting bigger each moment. It has been a huge change for me, but I wouldn't trade any minute of it. I love her so much. She can make me so frustrated, in love, and laughing all at the same time. Here are some of our cute pictures from the first week home.