1/4 of a year old...

3 months old...Brinlie that is. She is really starting to show her personality. It is starting to get more fun, each day seems to bring a new expression, a new sound, or a new outfit! She is laughing all the time now, which is the coolest thing. It really makes my heart melt to see her face light up with a big smile. My most favorite time is when I get her out of her crib in the morning...she always has a huge smile, like she is thinking..."Mom, I have been in here way to long, get me out and feed me, change my diaper, and then make silly little faces at me, so I can laugh at you." Her sounds are getting louder too, could she have her mothers loud volume, help us if she does!

Looking back on the past 3 months, our lives have changed forever. We have come from not getting much sleep at all to sleeping all night. Brinlie went from eating 8-10 times a day to now eating 5 (Awesome for a breast feeding mom!). We have gone from way too many diapers to count in one day, to being able to count them on 2 hands. We have gone from size 0-3 months to 3-6 and some 6-9 month clothes (she is so long). The best thing is...we have gone from a newborn baby to a 3 month old, healthy child...which we grow to love more everyday.

My Perfect Dress Up Doll

A topic of conversation was sparked with my great friend Corey, the topic was: Brinlie is
"My Perfect Dress Up Doll"- Corey noted that Brinlie is wearing a different outfit in every picutre. She said "you must dress her up and snap a picture of her... then change her outfit and snap again...and keep going..." My response was, do you expect anything less? Of course I snap lots of pics when she is dressed cute, which is daily!! Brinlie is a real, live dress up doll, that I am having so much fun clothing. She will probally turn out to be a tom boy (because that is so opposite of me)...so I figure, I need to get the girly dressing up while she is young, just in case! The only problem with this dress up doll is she cries, eats a lot, and poops way too much. But we love our dress up doll...

Lots to be Thankful for...

The setting...Thanksgiving week, very cold and windy outside...Christmas lights starting to go up...Black Friday fast approaching...and well...on the home front there is so much to be thankful for. I am so thankful for my health and my families health, we are truly blessed each day we wake again...another day to live! What a blessing it is to be healthy. Health is something that I take for granted on a regular basis, like I expect to stay this way my whole life (don't I only hope). I just want to challenge myself to be more thankful that I am healthy and that my family is also. Another blessing in my life is my fantastic family, who never seem to amaze me. Matt is just a GREAT father, I am so thankful for him, we make a good team. My friends are such gems in my life, I really have the best friends in the world. Lots to be Thankful for...

First "Real" Laughs

What a fantastic feeling it is to hear your child actually "laugh" at you...are we really that funny? Well maybe we are...or maybe she likes to make us feel good inside! What a treasure it was to hear her first giggle (with a facial laugh) responding to her dad tickling her! She is starting to interact with us more...it is starting to get fun! I know everyone says things go by fast and I am not disagreeing that they do, but why? Why do they have to...we look forward to such neat things and events in our lives and then they arrive (hopefully we capture them on camera or video) and then they become a memory. I guess that is what life if all about. Capturing the memories!

Going back to work......

Well, the new mom is preparing to go back to work next week. Wow, I just can't believe my time is up at home, wow it has flown by. I have gotten to do so much while I was off work. I must say that I have enjoyed my time with my precious first born! I am actually looking forward to getting back to my normal life, well on some sort of schedule life. I have loved being off, but it would be hard for me not to work. If I had a full time nanny and could play tennis all week or volunteer, then I could stay at home. I admire people who do stay at home, but it's just not for me. (maybe part time one day:)

My biggest reason for not wanting to go back to work is missing some of the small things. Since I am with her all day, I get to see everything...all the small details, which I LOVE! I will only have a few hours with her at night...so that will be tough to miss some of her details. That is life though, the grass is not always greener!! I am sure that I will cry the first day I leave and it will be hard...I need the strength to get through!

1st Halloween

Can you say cute...imagine walking up to trick or treat at a house and seeing a Goldendoodle and a Pink Poodle. Well if you came to our house on Halloween then this is what you would have seen on our front porch. Brinlie was dressed as a "sleeping" pink poodle, just adorable. She slept through her entire 1st halloween, but it was still fun to dress her up! She was so worn out from all the trick or treaters, she actually slept 8 hours at night, for 2 nights in a row...this was a first for her! Yeah, let's only hope it continues!