Gross :P

Sunday morning around 6 am Brynlee woke up so I went in to give her back her binky. Right after she fell back asleep, I felt something wet on her blanket. I picked it up an threw it in her dirty laundry thinking, "dang it! She peed through her diaper again". Not the case! All of a sudden I get a HUGE whiff of poop. That's right folks. This girl had her first, full fledged, need-to-to-change-the-sheets-and-probably-throw-out-the-jammies blowout. It was so gross. I had to wake her up, roll her over, undress her, clean her up, and give her a bath. She was not the happiest camper, but once she got in the bath she was happy. I fed her and decided we both needed more sleep. I am ashamed to say that I left the mess in her bed so I could take pictures of it later. We slept on the couch for another 2 and a half hours. Her room smelled ALL DAY. Her jammies (my absolute favorite WHITE ones? Ruined. Oh well. One of many I'm sure!!

Sorry for the yucky pictures! Have to document these things! :)

Mmmm Mmmm

We gave Brynlee her first rice cereal yesterday morning! It was cute :). She started off liking it but that quickly faded to "not-quite-sure-how-I-feel-about-this-but-you-keep-shoving-it-in-my-mouth". Oh well, hopefully she starts eating it a little better. I want to start her on food since I have a feeling we are going to go through formula like crazy...

Brynlee is learning new things!

Brynlee finally rolled over from her back to her belly Saturday night and now she never stops doing it!!

Post roll! Doesn't she look thrilled??

She has also found her toes! She doesn't play with them a lot, but it's really cute when she does!

It's been cute watching her learn to hold her bottle. She go the hang of it really quickly and she actually wants to do it all the time. Even if I'm holding it for her, her hand is always on her bottle.

The bottle is almost bigger than her head! :) My little tiny girl.

Frozen

If any of you have not seen Frozen yet, you need to. It is probably one of my all time favorite movies.

Saturday my whole family went and saw it in the afternoon. Spencer had homework and since I didn't go the day before, they told me I could go with them. We got awesome seats and Brynlee was really good for the whole movie. She was actually doing her funny sounds through the whole short film and beginning of the movie; guess she was enjoying it!! I LOVED IT SO MUCH!! The music was beautiful, the story was amazing, and it was so funny!! After the movie I went to hang out with Grandma and Spencer went to the ASU game...they won!!

A Couple of funny things from Frozen:

Go see it.

Black Thursday Night/Friday

Our Black Friday was actually mainly on Friday this year! We decided we didn't want to support the stores that opened at 6 pm during dinner so we only went to two stores and didn't even leave the house until after 7:30. I left the Hon's house at about 6:30 and headed out to my mom's to make final plans. I had left my wallet there anyways so we decided to go to Kohl's and Wal Mart out by her. Kohl's was crazy and not at the same time. It was weirdly quiet but PACKED with people. Wal Mart was barely crazy anymore. I mean, there was still a crazy line and we were in it for almost an hour just to check out, but it was normal Black Friday Madness. The next morning was when the fun began. Me, Mom, Grandma, Tracie, Jenny, Whitley, and Melanie (I think that's everyone...) met up for breakfast at Village Inn. Whitley and I went to Target with all of them and then split off because we had some time restraints (work and a baby who needed food!). Whitley and I went to Game Stop and Kohl's. Kohl's was still NUTS!!!!! I can't even believe how long we waited in line for. It was nice though, we haven't had time to chat in a while. I got to hear some of her fun newly wed stories and we got to awkwardly hold everything in line because we couldn't find a cart. I ended up with everything that I wanted to get! We headed home and I dropped Whitley off. I was the first one to get to see their apartment....well kinda. I don't actually know who else has seen it but she told me that people keep yelling at her because she hasn't invited anybody to see it yet so she invited me in. It's cute. it's the perfect size for them.

We were going with the Hons to see Frozen at 2:00, but Brynlee fell asleep at like 1:30 and I was exhausted. I told Spencer to go without me and I stayed home and cleaned up, took a nap, and took care of Brynlee. I'm SO SO SO glad I did that. It was nuts at the movie theater from what I heard.

That night we had some friends over that were in town from Utah. Jackson and Celeste are one of our favorite couples to hang out with (of course, they live far far away). They came over after dinner and we decorated gingerbread houses. We still had two kits from LAST Christmas that have been sitting in our pantry and survived a move...we decided it was probably time to use them! It was so fun.

Afterwards we played some Boom Blocks (funnest wii game ever...get it, play it). We literally played from 9-11:30!! It was so fun. We had so many laughs and some yummy ice cream. I wish they lived here...we would totally hang out with them all the time. Spencer loved having one of his best friends come over and I love watching them together. It doesn't hurt that I get along with his wife either!

That day was crazy. So fun though! Spencer crashed. Like, laid down and was out in less than a minute crashed. Luckily, our Saturday would be a lot more chill!

Thanksgiving/Turkey Trot

Thanksgiving came and went faster than I could even enjoy it! 

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving we always do our extended family dinner at the Interstake center in Mesa. It's a huge dinner and always lots of fun. Brynlee made it not so fun that day but I'm pretty sure it was because she was still on that other formula. We got to chat with family and just hang out for a while. We couldn't make it a very late night for two reasons:

• We are parents now. That means that we don't do anything fun or stay out late or we suffer the consequences in the morning.
• We had the turkey trot really early the next morning so we needed our sleep

The next morning actually went really smoothly. Brynlee woke up earlier than she had in a while which made the schedule for the day almost perfect. We had to be at the turkey trot by like 7:45 so we got Brynlee all Bundled up in the car seat and got dressed.

I was starving and had a free Chic-fil-a breakfast thing so we went there first. Well, apparently Chic-fil-a doesn't care if you are hungry on Thanksgiving...they are closed. Bummer. We got to the park and it was freezing. I don't know whose idea it is to do that every year anyways *cough* MOM *cough*. Anyways. The one mile race started at 8:15 which is the one that Me, Spencer, Brynlee, and Katy were doing. Katy left us in the dust. Spencer can't really run because of his heart and I just absolutely hate running so we used the stroller for what the name implies and strolled. We finished in 20 minutes. (Katy finished in 12...way to go!)

The rest of the morning was really chill and fun. We got to watch everyone come in from their races at the finish line and watch the little ones at the park (they re-did the park so it kept them entertained for a while. Katy eventually got bored and Spencer took her and Brynlee to the other park for a while). We were there until about 11. One of my favorite parts? Some orthodontist company came around and handed out little bags of kettle corn! I WAS STARVING. It was so good.

After everyone was through, we all got up and climbed on the playground equipment.

Dad was telling me that I was in more danger of hurting myself than Bo was and I decided to prove him wrong.

 We headed home, took showers, and got ready for the day. We headed out to my parent's house to hang out for the afternoon. I helped a little bit in the kitchen and we looked through black Friday ads. Spencer went in and started playing the piano so I followed him (Spencer playing the piano is one of my weaknesses). Brynlee was ready for a nap so I took her in with me and she fell asleep listening to Daddy play...aaaaaaand so did I! haha. When I woke up, Spencer was asleep on the couch behind me, Brynlee was asleep next to me, and the entire rest of the family was eating at the table. They didn't even wait for us!! :) Oh well. We were eating at the Hons at 4 so we told them not to wait. I went in and had a whole plate though...what is Thanksgiving without way too much to eat?! Spencer eventually did too and then we headed to our second meal of the day! We hung out with all of the Greers and it was fun like always. The boys played football, we hung out outside watching, and people were inside watching Harry Potter (apparently there was a marathon on). It was a blast. I left early to go black Friday shopping with my mom and Spencer kept Brynlee! I know that doesn't seem like a big deal, but it was the first time that I had really left her with him for a long period of time. I don't know why I was so nervous...he did GREAT!

All in all, it was a fun Thanksgiving day. I am so grateful for my extended family, my in-law family, and my own little family! I am surrounded by so much love and support and I wouldn't trade it for the world!! We are now officially through November and I can start my excitement and uncontrollable joy of the Christmas season!!!

Brynlee's 4 month checkup

4 MONTHS!!

WEIGHT: 9 lbs 9 oz

HEIGHT: 24 in

     This checkup didn't go as planned. It was on November 26th at 10:00 am. We took her in and right off the bat she was cranky. I had planned her feeding and nap right around then so that she could get her shots, I could nurse her and she would go right to sleep. Well, the doctor took FOREVER to come in so by the time she did I had given up and she was asleep. He came in and told me that she hadn't been growing like she should have. He told me all of this stuff about how if it was because of anything but not enough food, she would have to in to see a GI specialist and have all of these tests. He scared me. He told me that I need to start supplementing with something; whether it's breast milk or formula...she needed more. He told me to nurse and then give her a 2 oz bottle after every feeding. He told me to wait on feeding her rice cereal because if she was clogged up, the cereal would only make it worse. The rest of the appointment went well and even the shots were pretty smooth. I talked the nurse into giving her the actual shots first and then giving her the drink at the end to calm her down. It worked perfect. She cried during the shots and then quieted right down with the drink and never made another fuss. I fed her, gave her tylenol, and she fell right to sleep. I gave her tylenol two more times that day and she never had a hard time (mental note). She has a weight check in two weeks (on the 10th) and she should have gained a pound!!
    We started her on formula that afternoon. I don't have enough breast milk to supplement with it. She drank it just fine and had a huge blowout that next morning (she hadn't pooped for 12+ days). The next day was kinda weird, I think she was feeling under the weather because of the shots, but she just wanted to be held. Thanksgiving afternoon we went and got her a different kind of formula (one without milk as the main ingredient) and she is a lot happier now. It is a bit frustrating because it only took about 4 days for her to almost stop nursing. I don't know exactly how this is all going to turn out but I can at least say that I have done my best with nursing for the past 4 months and that it just wasn't enough. I am not giving up, but I have decided that it's not worth feeling bad about it because my baby is getting what she needs.

Brynlee on her 4 month birthday. What a little princess :)

I think she felt good...what do you think??

Pictures: Month 4 :)

This month:
Brynlee has found her thumb. She doesn't suck on it, she just chews on it like crazy!!
Brynlee has been able to see her friends Jayne and Brigham.
She loves to play on the floor and has been working really hard at rolling from her back to her tummy.
She has been sleeping really good still: 10-12 hours a night!
She loves Strawberry Shortcake and loves falling asleep to it (I know, I'm a terrible mom!)
She got new shoes!! Seriously...so cute! Little pink boots!
She loves her baths every morning and loves looking in the mirror.
She loves daddy :)
Brynlee is our sweet little princess and I can't believe she has already been in our family for 4 months!!