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!

Random cuteness

Brooklyn looks so small and cute when we put her on the giant lovesack!

We thought Brooklyn still was so teeny, until we put her next to baby Jaydn (Erika and Jordan's little boy) just a few days after he was born. Jadyn was born almost the axact same weight and length as Brooklyn, so we were able to see that she has grown quit a bit! Good job Brooklyn!

A few more cute pics of what I get to look at every day!

Here are two videos. They are probably not as exciting to you all as they are to us, but I thought I'd post them anyways. The first one is of the first time we put Brooklyn in her little bouncer seat. She was absolutely fixated on the little toy attachments! It cracked us up! And the second one is of Brooklyn talking to me. It's a video of over a month ago! So she talks even more now, I'll try to post a more current talking video soon, but for now, this'll do.

Fourth of July

I know, she's the cutest little thing you've ever seen, right? At least that's what i think! So, we found this little shirt at Old Navy a few weeks before the 4th and we thought it would be the perfect outfit for her very first Fourth of July! I know I should've taken alot more picture of what we actually did that day, cause we did lots of fun things, but I didn't. I did, however, get some super cute pics of Brooklyn. So, for her fist Fourth of July, we went to the Freedom Parade that takes place every year here in Provo. We walked to Brian's old office where they give out pancakes and hotdogs to the parade watchers around every year. Brian helped make the food, and I enjoyed eating it! haha, and Brooklyn enjoed all the passerbys that were admiring her cuteness!


Then, we had a fun BBQ with some friends at our house. Brian can make a pretty tasty hamburger. And then that night we went up to BYU campus and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks. We were a little worried that Brooklyn might freak out when they started going off, but she loved it! She jumped at the loud BOOM of the first few, but then she just sat still, fixated on the bright lights in the sky for the whole rest of the show. She must take after me, I absolutely LOVE fireworks!

Isn't she getting so long?!?! Is it possible that Brian and I might have a tall child....?

Brian with his little sparkler. He adores her!

Mommy/Daughter shots :)

Baby blessing

We were very lucky to have so much family with us for Brooklyn's baby blessing. We had a big family event that same weekend, so my parents and siblings (except for Matt and Tawny who were expecting a baby any day) were all here for the blessing and it was a wonderful weekend! Brian's Grandma had made a blessing dress for Brooklyn that was absolutely adorable, we are thinking of using it for all of our little girls' (assuming we have more little girls) blessings.

Brooklyn's dress was very long! and very beautiful!

Grandma Nelson made these adorable

little booties, and a white blanket for the blessing day! Thanks Grandma Nelson! After everyone was gone I laid Brooklyn down and within minutes she was out! It was an eventful day and she was exhausted.

Me, Brian and Brooklyn after the blessing.

Us with Brian's parents.

Brooklyn with her mom and two Grandmas!

Sam and Alex are the cutest little boys ever!! They took bathes at my house and came out in their little towels. They looked so cute, I just had to get a picture!

Lindsie stayed a few extra days in Utah and we got so spent some fun time together. Brooklyn loved snuggling with Lindsie and Lindsie loved holding and playing with Brooklyn. It was a nice little break for me :)

So lots of fun things have happened since my last post. First, Brooklyn had her one month birthday! She's already 6 weeks now, but we were so excited when she turned one month old! We tried to have a birthday party for her, we invited a few friends and I made a tasty fruit pizza... but Brian and I must really be losers cause none of our friends came...haha. But it was still and exciting day for our little girl to be one month old. I really can't believe how quick it passed. I still feel like we just barely brought her home from the hospital. She is finally starting to grow. She has outgrown most of her Newborn clothes, and pretty much all of her 0-3 month stuff fits pretty well now, even though some of it still looks a little big. She is now in what I like to call her "awkward phase," because she has baby acne and she's loosing her hair. A little farther down I have posted some pictures of the stages of her balding haha. She is growing well and getting cuter and more lively each day.
We also had a fun Memorial Day on May 25th. We went out to Brian's parents' in Bountiful and spent the day with family. We had a BBQ and played outside and just had fun chillin'. Brooklyn is such a good baby, it's nice that we can go out places and know that she will be just fine and happy.
Then on May 26th I went to the Taylor Swift concert! Brian bought me 2 tickets so that I could bring a friend and he would stay home with the baby. So I brought my friend Dawn, it was her very first concert! We had a blast. I love Taylor Swift's music and the concert was really good. I was so grateful to Brian for thinking of me and getting me tickets. He is always watching out for me and wants to make sure that I get the chance to go out sometimes so I don't go crazy being cooped up in a house with an infant all day long ever day. He's such a great husband.
This weekend is youth conference for our stake, and since me and Brian are both in Young Men's and Young Women's, we have gotten to participate a little. Brian went with the youth to Salt Lake City yesterday for a few different activities, and to do baptisms at the temple this morning, and last night I went to chaperone the dance! I think the reason that I was put into Young Women's was so that I could go to the dances and get my groove on! I had a blast! I love the young women! We have so much fun together, this is by far the best calling I have had so far!
Well anyways, that's what we've been up to these days :)

Here are the pictures of Brooklyn's stages of balding...

STAGE ONE

I was so sad to see her start balding. It has started in the fron of her head and is working it's way back... so she looks like an old man haha. She's still adorable though.

Side View. Still lots of hair, but definitly a big bald spot there!

View from the back. As you can see, she still has tons of hair in the back at this point. To date she hasn't started loosing any hair in the back, but it is getting shorter as the rubs it off by moving her head around as she sleeps on her back.

STAGE TWO

And it keeps moving its way back...

View from the top of her head.

STAGE THREE

By now she is very bald and very old manish!

Front/Side view, still balding.... still adorable!

I love this last one. A front on picture. You cans see she still has lots of hair sticking up in the back, but absolutely nothing in the front! Hilarious!

Some randomly cute picture of Brooklyn

Doesn't she look so pretty in white?

How did we get such a cutie??

Got Milk?

So reverent

Our very first family photos!

And here are some pictures I took out in Bountiful with the family.

Tysen, Brooke, Emily and Alyssa playing with the bubble sword.

Scott throwing the frisbee around

Jeanne in the new chair we all got her for mother's day. She ended up exchanging it for one she like better though haha.