Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Oh so much to tell!
I really don't know how almost an entire month slipped by without me writing. It's not like I have much to do ;). So here's the latest. We blessed Brooklynn on the 3rd. That was an awesome experience. Jeff gave her a beautiful blessing, and we both pictured her growing up and entering the different stages of her life as he blessed her. It was so neat. And that event made so proud and happy to be her mother. I felt so blessed to be raising such a sweet girl.
The funny parts of that day were that she absolutely hated her dress. We put it on when we got to church and had to take it off as soon as Jeff came back to sit down with her. Luckily I had put a onesie underneath it. I was sad tho because her dress is so cute! Then we had a big picnic in the park with our families, and that was really nice until she got a little overstimulated and screamed bloody murder for about half an hour til she fell asleep. It was too much excitement for her. I was so excited to have my family here from St George as well. We spent the weekend with them. My sister Rachel did not want to stop holding Brookie. It was cute.
Unfortunately, my dad had to have a major neck surgery the day before the blessing up here in Provo, so he wasn't able to participate in the blessing, but at least we got to visit with him in the hospital. He was pretty bummed about missing his first granddaughter's blessing, as was I. But he had been in a lot of pain before the surgery, so he was lucky to get in so soon. He is still recovering but doing much better.
We celebrated my grandma's 80th birthday this past weekend, which was fun because my dad has such a big family it is very rare I get to see everyone. It was so neat to hear all of my aunts and uncles talk about how much they love my grandma and the incredible sacrifices she made to raise 12 children. It really motivated me to try to be a super mom like that. She is so fortunate cause I know she can look back on her life and have no regrets about how she has lived her life.
Life in general has been great. Brooklynn is such a good, happy baby. She is so fun to play with. She coo's so much and smiles. We are falling more in love with her everyday. Sorry to cram so much into one post, but that's what happens when I get lazy:)
The funny parts of that day were that she absolutely hated her dress. We put it on when we got to church and had to take it off as soon as Jeff came back to sit down with her. Luckily I had put a onesie underneath it. I was sad tho because her dress is so cute! Then we had a big picnic in the park with our families, and that was really nice until she got a little overstimulated and screamed bloody murder for about half an hour til she fell asleep. It was too much excitement for her. I was so excited to have my family here from St George as well. We spent the weekend with them. My sister Rachel did not want to stop holding Brookie. It was cute.
Unfortunately, my dad had to have a major neck surgery the day before the blessing up here in Provo, so he wasn't able to participate in the blessing, but at least we got to visit with him in the hospital. He was pretty bummed about missing his first granddaughter's blessing, as was I. But he had been in a lot of pain before the surgery, so he was lucky to get in so soon. He is still recovering but doing much better.
We celebrated my grandma's 80th birthday this past weekend, which was fun because my dad has such a big family it is very rare I get to see everyone. It was so neat to hear all of my aunts and uncles talk about how much they love my grandma and the incredible sacrifices she made to raise 12 children. It really motivated me to try to be a super mom like that. She is so fortunate cause I know she can look back on her life and have no regrets about how she has lived her life.
Life in general has been great. Brooklynn is such a good, happy baby. She is so fun to play with. She coo's so much and smiles. We are falling more in love with her everyday. Sorry to cram so much into one post, but that's what happens when I get lazy:)
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