Here is an update on our little family this month.
Our sweet little Brynlee Kate has surpassed 2 months! In the last month she has learned to smile quite frequently, sleep through the night (for the most part), squirm a ton, went to church for the first time, gone shopping with me quite a bit in preparation for Easter, had a few dr. appointments (including a slight panic of what we thought was thrush) and she was blessed.
Although she still is not as big at 2 months as her cousin Wyatt was when he was born, she is growing like a weed and is officially up to 8 pounds 10 ounces. She makes me laugh everyday and I have begun to notice her mood patterns. Mornings are my favorite with her because she generally super happy and will smile and laugh at me, in the afternoon she is pretty calm until 5 PM rolls around and she starts to fuss a little...that is about the time we wake Cody up for daddy daughter time. Smart planning on my part I must say.
Brynlee was blessed on March 28th and Cody did a great job of blessing her! Although afterwards there was rumor that she almost got dropped in the circle... : / We were lucky to have most our family and friends in attendance. She looked so beautiful all dressed in white! I was worried that with my luck she would spit up or mess all over her pretty dress but she did good all day. She was happy until it was time for pictures...we have noticed that generally when the cameras come out she tends to put on her pouty face and cry so unfortunately alot of the blessing day pictures are with red eyes and a pouty lip, but she is still adorable so it works.
In other Marchant news, we have had some craze with the recent snow days. Cody and I got to go snowboarding (my second time ever). Cody does a pretty good job of teaching me but I still get frustrated...which I have determined is pretty easy when your tumbling down a mountain at a rapid speed and biff your head on ice or when small children are passing you and giving a look that says "you SUCK!". Although I am a slow learner we still had fun and it was nice to spend time together without the baby.
Also with the recent snow, there was a slight incident with my car, black ice and a curb that sadly costed about $700. Although I am a little disappointed that the incident didn't occur while doing something fun like donuts, I am very grateful that no one was hurt and that no other cars were involved. I have determined when dumb things like that happen you have no other choice but to laugh it off and realize that God does indeed have a sense of humor...Blast those crazy snow days!
I have been lucky enough to still be on maternity leave until the end of April and I have enjoyed relaxing at home and doing things at my leisure. I have also been lucky to have a mother-in-law and a husband who are always willing to watch Brynlee when I need a little time to myself. I was able to spend a saturday with some friends and go to the scrapbook expo, lunch, and shopping and this last week I had a blast with some old drill friends at dinner and bowling.
We have loved watching Brynlee grow this month and been so blessed that she is so healthy and happy. We are excited for her first Easter and can't wait for all the things she will learn to do in the month to come!
Our sweet little Brynlee Kate has surpassed 2 months! In the last month she has learned to smile quite frequently, sleep through the night (for the most part), squirm a ton, went to church for the first time, gone shopping with me quite a bit in preparation for Easter, had a few dr. appointments (including a slight panic of what we thought was thrush) and she was blessed.
Although she still is not as big at 2 months as her cousin Wyatt was when he was born, she is growing like a weed and is officially up to 8 pounds 10 ounces. She makes me laugh everyday and I have begun to notice her mood patterns. Mornings are my favorite with her because she generally super happy and will smile and laugh at me, in the afternoon she is pretty calm until 5 PM rolls around and she starts to fuss a little...that is about the time we wake Cody up for daddy daughter time. Smart planning on my part I must say.
Brynlee was blessed on March 28th and Cody did a great job of blessing her! Although afterwards there was rumor that she almost got dropped in the circle... : / We were lucky to have most our family and friends in attendance. She looked so beautiful all dressed in white! I was worried that with my luck she would spit up or mess all over her pretty dress but she did good all day. She was happy until it was time for pictures...we have noticed that generally when the cameras come out she tends to put on her pouty face and cry so unfortunately alot of the blessing day pictures are with red eyes and a pouty lip, but she is still adorable so it works.
In other Marchant news, we have had some craze with the recent snow days. Cody and I got to go snowboarding (my second time ever). Cody does a pretty good job of teaching me but I still get frustrated...which I have determined is pretty easy when your tumbling down a mountain at a rapid speed and biff your head on ice or when small children are passing you and giving a look that says "you SUCK!". Although I am a slow learner we still had fun and it was nice to spend time together without the baby.
Also with the recent snow, there was a slight incident with my car, black ice and a curb that sadly costed about $700. Although I am a little disappointed that the incident didn't occur while doing something fun like donuts, I am very grateful that no one was hurt and that no other cars were involved. I have determined when dumb things like that happen you have no other choice but to laugh it off and realize that God does indeed have a sense of humor...Blast those crazy snow days!
I have been lucky enough to still be on maternity leave until the end of April and I have enjoyed relaxing at home and doing things at my leisure. I have also been lucky to have a mother-in-law and a husband who are always willing to watch Brynlee when I need a little time to myself. I was able to spend a saturday with some friends and go to the scrapbook expo, lunch, and shopping and this last week I had a blast with some old drill friends at dinner and bowling.
We have loved watching Brynlee grow this month and been so blessed that she is so healthy and happy. We are excited for her first Easter and can't wait for all the things she will learn to do in the month to come!
