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!

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 :)