I am such a proud little Mom. I swear Brynlee gets cuter and cuter every day!
Taking a Sunday afternoon nap with my Dad. She always sleeps with her arms raised if they aren't swaddled tight against her body.
Boy do we love our happy little girl!!! This is at 10:00 pm a few nights ago, as we were putting Brynlee down for bed. She tried to charm us with her smile, so we would stay up and play with her. It is hard to say goodnight to this sweet, little bundle...
Brynlee hit her one month mark on Friday. I can't believe it's already been a month. Brynlee seems like so much more of a little person compared to when she was born. She's becoming more and more alert, which is so fun. She loves to look around the room and stare at things. She particularly loves staring at my art that is hanging on the walls. I'd like to think it's because she's artistic or she's a fan of my work, but I think it's just because the paintings stand out against the white walls! Brynlee is so expressive with her little arms and hands. She moves them around into the funniest positions, even when she sleeps. It cracks us up. She continues to eat and sleep well, and we are crossing our fingers it will stay like this. We feel soo blessed to be her parents!
She loves hanging out with her Dad. I LOVE watching the two of them together. So cute!
She loves hanging out with me, too. In fact, she loves it so much that she often gets a little too excited. And this is what happens with all the excitement.
And lately, she has also loved hanging out with her swing....which is awesome because I can get things done! 
(1) We finally got our housing set for California! What a relief. We are moving in a month and we just got a call that there will be an opening for us at the apartment complex we were crossing our fingers for. We've been on the waiting list since July and I didn't know if it would work out for us. We had found a few other places as back up on Craig's List, but they were more expensive and we hadn't actually seen any of them in person. As it got closer and closer to our moving date I was getting a little worried that we still didn't have housing worked out. But now it's all taken care of! We'll be in Huntington Beach, about a 15-20 commute from Josh's work...and about a 10 minute walk from the Pacific coast. It's over three times the rent that we're paying here in Provo, but it's actually a lot cheaper than the other places we were looking at so we feel really lucky. I am so grateful we have this all set!
(2) We have the cutest daughter in the world. We went to a Tueller gathering last night and Brynlee showed off her new outfit. You gotta love the shrug sweater! Ninety nine percent of the time she's in a sleeper, so it's so fun to dress her up in a little outfit! I love this little girl so much. I have never been happier! Josh and I are soo lucky to have such a sweet little daughter!!!
I love this little girl! She loves to be held upright or propped up so she can look around the room.
Bryn hasn't been to church yet, but she's got a cute little Sunday dress ready for her when she makes her big debut! This is the first time she tried it on and I was dying! She looks so much more girly and feminine when she's in a dress!
Brynlee loves her baths now. We cover her with warm washcloths and she just lays back and relaxes. It's a nice change from the little sponge baths we had to give her until her umbillical cord fell off. She hated those baths and would get so sad.
I love watching her face when she sleeps! She makes so many sweet/silly/strange facial expressions.
Brynlee's three week mark fell on my 22nd birthday. It was a wonderful day! My best birthday by far! I am so grateful to be a mom and to have such a sweet little daughter!
Twelve of the larger paintings from my BFA Final Exhibit are on display at
This was one of the first nights being home at about 3:00 am. Josh was helping me to burp Brynlee after she ate and this is what resulted! We were both so tired and worn out that when this little accident happened we just started laughing so hard! Welcome to parenthood!
We don't have room in our little apartment for Brynlee's full size crib, so we're borrowing a cute little crib from my Aunt Margaret. It is just the perfect size!
She loves sleeping with her arms up! It is so funny. We have to swaddle her really tight to keep them down.
Baby Brynlee was born on December 30th at 7:37 pm. Her delivery went smoothly and she is perfectly healthy. She was 7 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Josh and I couldn't be happier!!! She is just beautiful! We love her so much!
My first time holding cute little Bryn!
The proud Father! Josh has been so amazing these last few days! I absolutely love watching him hold her. He is the best husband... and father!
