2 months ALREADY!

These pictures were taken at 7 weeks. How fast time is going! She has changed so much in the past two weeks. She is full of smiles and personality...we love to just talk. read, and sing to her and watch the reaction we get. She went to the dr's for her 2 month check up on Tuesday. She is 12 pounds and 24.25 inches long. A very healthy baby!

3 weeks 3 days

3 weeks and 3 days ago our lives changed forever. We welcomed a perfectly healthy, happy, (and because I am her mother I can say) a beautiful little girl into our lives! I appologize for everyone out there that keeps checking to see if I have updated this blog, I can't lie...the first 2 weeks were a challenge. I had never had less sleep, cried more tears (sometimes for reasons I couldn't explain)and loved anything more than this. Even at times when I had a moment to possibly blog I found myself just staring at her! Below are some pictures from the past 3 weeks. I can't even believe how much she has grown already. I will make a better effort to post pictures more frequently.

Just minutes after she was born. 11-5-09 8:43pm 8lbs 9oz 21.5"
My favorite pictures of Brookelyn and Ben. (Day2)

I love this picture of her and I. This is how we spend our days!

Fish Lips! I'm in love :)

First real bath 11-20-09

She always has those arms flying. Favorite bath photo so far.

Daddy likes playing around with her. We thought she looked like a chef with her shirt around her head.

This is what she does best...SLEEP!

still waiting....

This picture was taken last Friday at 39 weeks.

And I thought I was ready to pop then!

Well, today has been the day we have been counting down to for the last 40 weeks...but still no Brookelyn. I am starting to feel like this could last forever! But thanks to my dr. he will not let me go past 41 weeks which means she has to arrive by next Friday (unless she decides to come on her own this weekend). My next appointment is Monday and we will find out on what day we can expect this little one to arrive.

Since I do not have cute baby girl pictures to show yet, the following pictures are of her bedroom. It is finally complete (for now, i think). I am in love with the way it turned out! Just can't wait for her to be here to make it complete.

I will post again on Monday to give the dr's update. Until then, Happy Halloween Friends!!!

lovin this

I plan on spending the weekend getting the rest of Brookelyn's room ready...laundry, organizing, and decorating. I can not wait to hang this on her wall! My friend heidi from work made this for me and I am in LOVE with it! It matches the room perfectly! Could the frame get any cuter? Thanks heid for such a wonderful gift, you are amazingly talented.

If you are interested in having a custom frame made contact Heidi at:

http://blog.totallyheidilynn.com/ or Scrapbooks, Etc. @ 480-854-2303

7 weeks left

With only 7 weeks (hopefully less) to go, I am feeling great! For friends and family out there that don't see me often..this is what 33 weeks pregnant looks like for me. :)

Brookelyn's room is about 95% complete. The following pictures are of her crib and the wall painting that I am absolutley in LOVE with (thanks Jennifer for such a beautiful job). I will keep everyone posted as I start my 2 week dr appts tomorrow.

47 days!

3D Pictures

Yesterday we went for our 3D/4D ultrasound! Such an amazing experience. Although her hand and foot were in the way the majority of the time we still got some good shots of her! I really think she is going to look like her daddy! 28 weeks down, hopefully less than 12 to go!

(alittle smile showing here)

(foot and hand infront of face)

(hopefully she has her dads long feet) :)

(her cute little face!)

getting ready...

So ever since we found out we are having a little girl...I have not been able to focus on anything but all the fun clothes, hair bows, and room decorations she is going to have. I have decided to get a head start on decorating her room. As the AZ heat continues to get hotter and more exhausting every day I want to be ready before I am to miserable to move. The first purchase I made came just hours after we found out she was a girl and that was her bedding. I had had my eyes on this for weeks and didn't want it to be discontinued by the time I was ready....so why wait! Secondly, I received a coupon for Carter's....HUGE mistake. I am banned from that store until further notice! Everything was adorable and cheap how could I not???

Third, we purchased her crib on Sunday and came home and put it together. It looks wonderful with the bedroom funiture that was already in that room. Well you know me...can't leave an empty crib when you have bedding to go on it.

I know it will have to come off and be rewashed before she arrives, but it looks so darn cute! The next thing on our list is to have Ben and my brother paint the room. Once that is finished, I have a friend from work who is going to paint a tree up the side of the wall so I can continue to decorate as the picture below shows.

Can't hardly stand it...121 more days! I just love looking into her room and thinking she will be here before we know it.