A Bunch of 'Firsts'

So Brooklyn has recently has a bunch of 'firsts'! Here are some pictures and videos of these firsts!

First BYU Basketball Game!
On Friday we went the the first BYU basketball game of the season, which was also Brooklyn's very first time attending a BYU game (unless you count when she was still inside of me...)

This was the final score. 70 to 60! yeah we won!! and as you can see the BYU fight song is scrolling down the screen below the score as everyone sang out joyfully!! GO COUGS!

First Pony Tail!

It's a little hard to see but there is a tiny little hair tie holding in Brooklyn's first ponytail!

Here's a close up of the little ponytail.

And then I put a little flower on the ponytail and she just looked so adorable!

And last but not least.....

Brooklyn's First Crawl!!!!!!!!!!

We were at a friends' house who have an 11 month old son. We were telling them how Brooklyn was just barely starting to scoot around. And then they put her on the ground and were like "wow! she is doing really good at crawling!" and we were like "well, she doesn't quit offically crawl yet, she just kinda scoots" but then we looked down and sure enough they were right, she was crawling! I grabbed my camera as fast as I could and managed to get a few seconds of her very first crawling experience!

HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween!! Ok, I know what your gonna say... wow thats a lot of pictures of Brooklyn as a ladybug, we only needed to see one picture of her costume to see how cute she looked.... but these few are only about 1/100th of all the pictures I took of her that day! haha Every day i just can't get over how cute she is! So getting to dress her up as a ladybug was so fun for me! We didn't take her trick-or-treating this year, since everyone would know that the candy is just for me and Brian, but next year we will for sure. Instead, we went up to Bountiful and spent the day with family. It was a lot of fun and a great way to spend our Halloween. Enjoy the pictures!


Oh and in case you couldn't tell, Brooklyn sits now!!

Brooklyn with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson

Jeanne dressed up as a witch and the kids loved it, well Brooklyn was scared at first, but then she got used to it and didn't mind

Matt playing Wii, he was a Cowboy Scott the scary skeleton!

Tristan the Giraffe Tyson was a dead skateboarder

Birthday/Football Bash

Every month is a birthday for Brooklyn! haha This month was her 6 month birthday, her very first half birthday! It's crazy how fast these 6 months have gone by, I still feel like Brooklyn should be a new born, but she is growing so fast and constantly impressing us with new things that she does. We are so grateful to have her in our family and feel blessed to have the opportunity to raise her and enjoy her sweet spirit in our home. I personally have felt very, very blessed to be able to be a mother and stay home to care for Brooklyn. For that I must thank Brian for working so hard so that I can stay home. I am so blessed to have Brian and Brooklyn in my life!
So, last Saturday was the actual half birthday, and it was also a game day for BYU. So we had some friends over to watch the game... unfortunately we lost....bad. But we still had a good time! Here are some pictures of the day.



Here is a picture of the group we had over. We had our neighbors Dustin, Rochelle and their two boys Aiden and Matty. We also had over our friends Natalie and Jeremy, and they brought their niece and nephew. And we had our friends Davey and Tracy over also. It was a lot of fun!

I made cupcakes for everyone to eat during the game and in celebration of Brooklyn's half birthday! Brooklyn thought she was gonna get a taste of one too... too bad all she gets to eat these days is rice cereal!

Brooklyn and me during the game.

The rest of these pictures are just cute pictures I've taken during the last week.

Brian and Brooklyn on their way off to church.

Aren't they so cute!?

Brooklyn loves playing on the ground. She rolls all around exploring anything around her, and putting everything in her mouth!

What a cute smile!

5 Monthes Old!

Yes, it's true! Today Brooklyn is 5 months old! Crazy, right? And it seems as though she is getting cuter and cuter every day! Here I've posted a few videos of her making cute sounds and doing cute things. And the pictures I've posted are from Brooklyn's first golfing trip! Last Saturday we decided to take Brooklyn out to the golf course so she could learn where her daddy spends much of his time haha. She was so good the whole time and she enjoyed being out on the course.

But first we'll start with a few random pictures :)



This is a picture from one night when Brooklyn was so tired when I was feeding her that she conked out while I was trying to burp her!

These two are just cute pictures Brian took of Brooklyn freshly out of the tub.

OUR DAY OF GOLF

BROOKLYN THE DINOSAUR

Watch the whole thing 'cause the growling is especially good the second half.

BROOKLYN THE SPIT MACHINE

BROOKLYN ROLLING OVER

PLAYING WITH TOY

Finally I am posting about my trip to California! My mom came up to Utah to bring Ben to EFY, so Brooklyn and I decided to drive back with them and spend some time with the fam! A week and a half was a long time for us to be away from Brian, I was definitely excited to get back by the end, but it was a much needed family trip. Its crazy how much I miss my family when I don't see them... I guess that must mean I love them, right? So anyways, we had a blast hanging out in California. We spent lots of time swimming, playing and just visiting. We went to the beach and to In-n-Out. Brooklyn especially loved playing with her cousins! They were all so cute together. Anyways, here are a few pics of the trip!



Tawny and I at lunch holding eachother's The three moms with the three little babes!
babies.

The three little girl cousins! All within about Little Alex swimmin' in the pool.

two months of eachother! That's gonna be fun!

I was hoping Brooklyn would love the pool, but Good lookin' group of kids huh? Here are

actually she seemed pretty indifferent. No smile, the five grandkids on the Alexander side.

no cry. Hopefully next summer she enjoys it

more.

Brooklyn and Clara played together alot! Well,

if you can count lying on the floor and making

cute little sounds while occasionally looking at each

other as playing.

Sam is getting so big! and so handsome! Brooklyn liked Clara's little jumping seat.

We took this picture on the boardwalk at the Kristie with Steph's kids and Brooklyn.

beach. It was a little cold, but Sam and I had

fun running away from the waves and digging

holes in the sand.

This last picture is actually in Utah, before we

went to California. Its of my mom holding Brooklyn

and Jaydn, who is Jordan and Erika's little boy, at

SevenPeaks while us parents went on the waterslides.

Thanks mom!