crawling!

Brooklyn is finally crawling!!! yay! she started like 2 weeks ago but was kind of akward at it and now she's becoming a pro. its so fun and she is so proud and i'm lucky she's still kind of slow cuz i can catch her before she gets too far. :) she's doing so good and i am loving every min of it! She's now eating pretty much everything. well, all of the baby foods and stuff she LOVES oatmeal! and green peans, sweet potatoes, squash, applesauce and lots of other stuff. we've started giving her mashed potatoes and some bread and pancakes and stuff and she loves it! But her favorites are those little yogurt meltables and the little puff things that melt in your mouth! she can grab them with her fingers and feed her self and she loves it! its nice cuz i can sit her in her high chair while i do dishes and she'll just eat. its so cute! she's saying da da CONSTANTLY and when she's in a bad mood she says mama.. she is clapping her hands and it is so dang cute!!!!

I am super busy with work, and school, and being a mom. It's hard and stressful but i'm hangin in there.. Ammon just got offered a new job and he only works three days a week and they are graveyard shifts but it actually works out best because he has the whole week to focus on school and then works friday sat and sunday and he gets patient exposure hours for PA school. He has the hours guaranteed rather then the car wash-if it snows or weather is bad-he doesn't work. it sucks. So hopefully he'll enjoy this.

I hope this video works.. this was the 2nd day she started and she does this weird little hop thing but its so cute! she LOVES keys, phones, and remotes... if she sees one she goes after it and doesn't even care about her toys.

6 months

Brooklyn had her six month checkup today. Stats are
height 27 1/2 inches she's in the 94 percentile
weight 18 pounds 10 ounces 88th percentile
She got 4 shots and an oral medication. HATED IT
such a big girl. She's teething majorly, saying ma ma, trying to pull herself up to a standing position and eating like crazy. she is such a good sweet heart but can be so stubborn sometimes. I love how excited she gets when i go get her in the morning from her crib.
She can go from sitting position to hands and knees back to sitting position, she loves beeing on her knees and goes directly to pulling herslef on her knees in the crib, or bath. If she can get ahold of your leg or anything she tries to pull herself up. She is talking like crazy all the time and is such a joy! i love her! :)

update

It has been a long time since I blogged...even though i dont think anyone reads it but thats ok. Well a few weeks ago I went up to Orem with Brooklyn just me and her for a few days to take some presents up and to bring a ton back to cedar. I loved going to up to orem. I love seeing family! The Conrad's had the Christmas party at the ranch this year so Brooklyn got to sit on Santa's Lap! (if anyone has those pics please send them to me). The party was fun and of course i loved seeing everyone.

For Christmas we went down to Vegas. It was different but very fun. It was my first Christmas away from home and Brooklyns first Christmas. I dont know if it was just me but this year didn't really feel like Christmas... I missed going up to temple square and listening to the Mormon Tab sing and going and looking at christmas lights and singing songs by the piano, reading chirstmas stories, caroling and everything else. I definitly need to start doing traditions in our home.

Vegas was really fun. We did a white elephant game christmas eve and read the book A christmas Dress for Ellen. One of my favorites. We just hung out with the family and played lots of games. Ammon's brother and his wife took us out for Ammon's birthday and we went to dinner and had a blast with them. Ammon's other brother Seth and his wife blessed there little baby while we were there. SHE IS TINY! i think she's 5 pounds now. Crazy.

When we got back we had all our presents to open here. It was fun and we got spoiled rotton. Ammon got a nice electric razor and aqcua di gio cologne, snow boots, a few games, shirts, the bean game, and fruit snake. i got a gingerbread house, a glider FINALLY!! i've been wanting once since i was pregnant and I LOVE IT!, lots of clothes, the book The Hunger games which i already read and LOVED! and my favorite present of all was what my dad gave me. He gave us DVD's of all our families home videos. I love watching our family home videos and the memories are so special to me. The present meant alot to me and I watch them all the time.

So ammon turned 26 and Brooklyn is now 6 months old. She is growing and growing and can now sit up then get to her tummy and almost get back to sitting up again. She is no where near crawling but if i put her on her knees she starts rocking :) she is such a sweetheart but is getting a little attitude. She is very demanding. But i love her :)

Well our new years sucked... like i have said before we have no life or friends in cedar so we watched a movie and went to bed at like 11. i know we are super lame. oh well.

Oh we also took family pictures so here are some of those! Oh and i know this is kinda lame but can you post a comment on this one if I dont have you already on my friends and family contact list.. thanks!

big week

So lots has happened since i last blogged... I am back at work at the daycare. It sucks i'm not going to lie but we need the money and Brooklyn doesn't leave my site so its ok. BUT i do have to pay to bring her there.. which is super lame since i'm the one watching her.. So its a love hate thing but she really enjoys interacting with other kids and it gives me something to do so its not too bad.
Last week my cousin Brandon came home from his mission!! yay! i wasn't able to go to the airport but i did get to go to his homecoming yesterday and he looks so good! it was like he never left! he gave an amazing talk and seems to have adjusted back to life just fine. It was so great to see family since I never do anymore it seems like because i live so freakin far away from everyone. It was really fu

The sad part is that Brooklyn went with my mom back to Orem last night and is staying with her for three days!!!!! I CANT BELIEVE I LET HER GO! 3 days is a long time! we'll be in orem late wed night but what am i going to do with myself!! i dont even remember what its like to have free time.. maybe i'll take a nap :) but i didn't cry saying goodbye surprisingly. it just kind of happened so fast and now i miss her like crazy! but... i got to sleep in, ammon and i are going to the temple tomorrow, we actually have alone time and i can actually get stuff done. So i guess thats a good thing. I keep calling my mom like every hour asking how she is doing and if she is happy and to send me a picture. She seems to be doing great and is happy and slept 8 hours so that makes me happy.

I can't wait for this weekend. I get to get my daughter back, spend MORE time with family, see friends, and its THANKSGIVING! i love it! and then when we get back i will put the christmas tree up! Hopefully we will be able to go to Temple Square to see the lights and see everyone :) we really just need to move up there!

So brooklyn is now four months old! she finally is rolling over from her back to her tummy-but then she gets stuck. She is sitting like a pro. Eating Cereal. Laughing. Holding her bottle and just being amazing. Tomorrow she has to get shots and i'm not excited about that. I hate being there and hearing her scream.

She looked so cute in her halloween costume. Everyone kept saying she was the cutest pumpkin they had seen :) except some people were like oh he's so cute.. Really guys? MY KID DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BOY!! kind of made me upset. But for halloween we went to the trunk or treat at the institute it was really fun. We went to wingers where whitney works with her husband kurt. We absolutely love hanging out with them. They are hilarious and we always have a blast. If it wasn't for them I would hate Cedar more then I already do now.

I need to get out of cedar soon! all i do is sit at home all day by myself. it SUCKS. its too cold to take brooklyn outside for a walk and all the girls i like to hang out with work and go to school so i dont do anything. I know i shouldn't complain but i feel like a loser sometimes.

Anyways I'm trying to decide if i should go back to schol next semester. That was the plan but i kind of like not going... haha i guess we'll see if ammon and i can arrange our schedules so we dont have to take her to a day care. but its going to be hard because ammon is going to school full tme and working and getting hours at the hospital too so maybe i'll just do a few online classes.

I'm really excited for this coming up month. My cousin Brandon comes home from his mission and its Thanksgiving! which means we get to go up to Orem! I love going up and seeing my friends and family!! Alot of my family still hasn't seen Brooklyn so it will be fun. I love my family. They are the best. We are going to the ranch this year and spending the holiday with my dad's side of the family. I cant wait to see all of them!

Amazing Dessert

So one night at institute our teacher made us this delicious dessert and gave us the recipe and I loved it so I finally made it last night and can i say AMAZING. :) its now one of my favorites so I want to share it with everyone! its so easy and so delicious i promise!

Sour Cream Banana Bars
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
1/2 cup butter softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 large)
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

heat oven to 375-butter your jelly roll pan or cake pan or whatever you want to use
mix sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs in one bowl
beat in bananas and vanilla
beat in flour, salt, and bakng soda.
spread in pan until light brown (about 20 min)

Frosting for top (A MUST!)
heat 1/4 c butter over med heat until delicate brown
remove from heat
mix in 2 c powdered sugar
beat in 1 tsp vanilla and 3 Tbs milk until smooth
pour over top.

This is So easy to make and is so delicious and I want all of you to make it and tell me what you think! ENJOY!

Update

This weekend was pretty fun. We went down to Vegas to visit Ammon's Family. It was a quick trip. We left sat night and came back monday morning but Brooklyn got to play with her cousins and it was nice to have other people there to watch her so ammon and i could just relax. We were able to get away for the 2nd time since she's been born and we went to a haunted house.. I LOVE HAUNTED HOUSES. I love amusement parks and roller coasters and anything that gets your heart pumping and adrenelin running. I havn't been to a haunted house in 3 years so we went and it was so disappointing. Way overpriced and not scary at all. It was just really small and not that great; but it was good to get out for a little. Next year tho he promised we're going to a better one in salt lake or something.

Our sister in law took some pictures of us on sunday which was nice because we have practically no pictures of us as a family.

Brooklyn is getting huge! I want to put her on a diet. She drinks 5 ounces every 2 1/2 hours.. She weighs 15 pounds is 24 inches long and is size two diapers. WOW. That puts her in the 90% for her weight adn 75%for her length. But she's cute so its ok. haha here are some pics from the weekend. :)