Ready or not...here we come!

I wrapped Jeff's Christmas present and Braelyn loves it! She keeps picking at it and trying to eat it. Christmas should be fun this year with all the boxes, tissue paper and wrapping paper.

We have been trying new things with her hair...this is the remains of a side ponytail :)

This little girl is getting more and more wild. So family, ready or not, here she comes!

More Brae...

This is a post for our families...preparing them for the little girl coming to visit. She is trying to reach her Christmas presents. She gets up on her tippie toes and grunts.
I do not remember if it was Brandy or Great Grandma who gave Brae her hat, regardless it finally fits and it is adorable.

She is starting to balance but she does not understand to fall to her butt, she just free falls to anyone in front of her.

She is our little screamer. Jeff's mom told us that Jeff was always screaming with a high pitch and I think Braelyn is a MINI Jeff.

She has started to laugh hard! She is also cruising around getting into everything. Jeff said the other day, "she is a real person."

Her new tricks are walking around and around this chest until she falls down. Every once in a while she gets adventurous and goes over to the couch and back. She is getting very daring! We are excited to come home and show everybody this fun "real person."

Thanksgiving Day!

We are so grateful this Thanksgiving for all of things we have been blessed with. Our beautiful baby, a peaceful home, good friends and family. We are also grateful that this is the last Thanksgiving away from home!

Crawling

Braelyn worked and worked all day long to learn to crawl. For the past few days she has been getting up on her feet like this... She did not like the leaves very much.
Except for when there was only a few :)

Then tonight she started to really move. Mom and Dad are very excited and proud. Brae does not seem to care. We cannot believe how fast she is growing!

Videos

These may take a while, but they demonstrate most of the things she is doing right now. We miss everyone!

Fall and Halloween

Here are a few new pictures and a new video of Brae eating. She LOVED prunes and they seem to be helping to manage her problem.

She is going to be a strawberry on Halloween! We went to the ward chili cook off / trunk or treat and they had a place to take pictures. I love some of the pictures we took.

Last but not least the video of her eating the lasts bites of prunes...

Update

HOME: our home is leak and maggot free thanks to my wonderful husband!


SCHOOL: I am so close to being done...one more day of night shift, 3 more tests and a 30 page paper!


BABY: She is growing up so fast. Just this weekend she started shaking her head. She does it so dramatically that when she is sitting she knocks herself over. The funny part is, I did it when I was a baby too! She wants to crawl, but is not quite there. She is finally enjoying baby food, but her body is not..constipation :( Any suggestions???


Here are a few pictures and videos for the family. We love you all!

By the time I made it home Sunday morning I was exhausted! Brae and I would sleep in..Jeff caught us both sleeping with our arms above our heads :)

My aunt made Brae these shoes, they are so adorable.

She loves to be with her daddy. When he gets home from school she is very excited.

Six months old!