So this is happening...

Yep, baby number 3 is on his/her way in late April. We're pretty stoked about it.

Baby Girl: 12 Months

One year! It goes by so fast! Brynn still continues to be so happy but has decided that she has opinions and lets us know when she's not happy. She also is starting to give a "but Moooooom!"type pouty face. It's equal parts adorable and a glimpse into my not so distant future. She is a screamer but at least it's a happy scream. She is very talkative but doesn't have any real words yet. She loves her brother and likes to comfort him by patting his back when he's upset. She refuses to sleep anywhere that is not her crib. She also started to not nap as well/as often. She eats anything and everything and often out eats Tate...and sometimes me.

Brynn loves watermelon and can't get it into her mouth fast enough when I give it to her.

This is the day Brynn refused to nap. Luckily it was only one day but it was still a rough one.

Brynn stands really well but she refuses to walk on her own. She loves walking while holding someone's hands or following along a wall but unassisted steps are something she doesn't do...yet.

While at Leatherby's, Brynn was so grumpy but once I gave her a cup with some water in it she was all smiles...and super wet.

Brynn was very grumpy on the way home from the grocery store but then she found the bag of grapes and helped herself. She was a happy camper after that.

Likes
Screaming
Walking with assistance
Tate
Food she can feed herself
Putting things inside of other things (mostly opening dresser drawers and dropping anything and everything she can get inside it)

Hates
Getting her teeth brushed
When Tate is overly affectionate
Diaper changes

Happy 12 Months, Baby Girl!

Weight:

Height:

Clothing Size: Mostly 12 months but still in some 9 months

Diaper Size: Still in cloth diapers but would be a size 3

Milestones: Taken a few unassisted (but very coaxed) steps, able to balance for a long time

Eating:Eats anything and everything. Really loves bagels with cream cheese, always eats broccoli well and takes more from my plate.

Sleeping: Sleeps a pretty constant 12 hours, usually about 7:30-7:30. She is a wonderful sleeper and I hope all future kids are just like her! Naps are hit and miss. I think she needs to transition to one nape but she doesn't sleep long enough for that to work. Hopefully she will get the hang of it soon.

Communication: Da-da, ma-ma (though it doesn't happen nearly as often as da-da), na-na, ba-ba, always jabbering, screams

Nicknames: Baby girl, Brynnie, Brynners

Baby Girl: 11 Months

Goodness! Girlfriend is getting opinionated. She's still sweet as ever but likes to throw a little tantrum when she deems it necessary. She really loves throwing herself backwards onto hard surfaces, that is everyone's favorite.  She still loves her brother like no one's business and still takes great naps. She is just a bundle of joy.

We attended my family reunion. Brynn loved being outside and crawling around in the grass and dirt.

She's getting braver and climbing up on everything.

She chewed on her first stadium chair while watching the Bee's game.

She was introduced to the bouncer and loved it as long as someone was playing with her.

She's really great at feeding herself.

And she's quite insistent that she feeds herself. First snowcone at a stake activity.

She loves watermelon.

We moved into our house and she loved playing with all the long-lost toys.

Sweet shades!

She discovered her tongue.

Likes

baby wipes
her family
baths
tickles

Hates

diaper changes
being put in her sleep sack before naps
getting dressed

Happy 11 Months, Baby Girl!

Weight: about 20 pounds

Height: about 27.5 inches

Clothing Size: 9-12 months, some 12-18 months

Diaper Size: Still in cloth diapers but pretty sure she'd be in a size 3.

Milestones: Moved to big girl car seat, 1 new tooth (right lateral incisor), stands/balances on own for about 10 seconds at a time, sleeping through the night(!!!)

Eating: Nurses when she wakes up and wants breakfast almost immediately afterwards, eats lunch and dinner with the family, loves to feed herself (most food makes it to the floor a few times before she actually gets it to her mouth), nurses right before bed.

Sleeping: Still naps twice a day for about 2 hours each time, sleeping through the night mostly (7:30pm-7am, sometimes wakes up between 3am & 5am to nurse then goes back down). Blackout curtains and her own room did the trick.

Communication: Lots of "dada", yells, gets really excited and yells even louder, talkative when tired, blows raspberries, sometimes says "bu bu" while waving.

Nicknames: Brynnie, Brynners, Baby Girl, baby

*Tate's 11 month update

Baby Girl: 10 Months

This month Brynn has started crawling much better and with a lot more purpose. She has 3 teeth on top and is getting one more. She went in for her first dentist appointment today and the dentist was impressed with how happy and sweet she was despite his fingers being in her mouth and having a tooth that is almost coming in. Brynn recently started tantruming. The tantrums are nothing horrible but that's the best word I have for what she does. She has started to throw her head and body backward if she is upset while being held. If she's upset and on the floor, she puts her forehead on the floor and has one good sob then either decides she's over it and sits back up or isn't over it and continues to cry while scooting her forehead along the ground. At this point it's quite funny and cute but we'll see how I feel about her tantrums in a few months.

Brynn tried her first PB&J sandwich and loved it.

She loved being bounced on the trampoline.

Naked swimming and waving practice.

Getting bounced on the trampoline with Mom

Sleeping so adorably.

Her normal sleep position: on her belly with her arms underneath her body.

Trying on Logan's motorcycle helmet.

Crawling through a box tunnel.

Babies that sleep with their bums in the air are one of my very favorite things.

Celebrating Pioneer Day with her baby best friend, Eleanor.

Likes 
Eating

Standing

Watching Tate

Being with mommy 
Being tickled

Hates  
Holding still
Being left where she can't see mommy 
Not being allowed to play with cell phones and computers

Happy 10 Months, Baby Girl!

Weight: About 19 pounds  

Height: About 27 inches
Clothing Size: 9-12 months, some 6-9 month still fit
Diaper Size: In cloth diapers but would be in size 3   
Milestones: Crawling everywhere, waving bye-bye, 3 new teeth (right central incisor--June 30, Left central incisor--July10, left lateral incisor--July 11), starting to balance while standing for a few seconds.
Eating: Nursing around 6am, eats breakfast about an hour later. Mostly just wants real food and doesn't nurse well during the day but still nurses right before bed.
Sleeping: She usually naps 2 times a day (sometimes 3 if she wakes up really early in the morning). These naps are generally 2 hours, unless interrupted by a screaming brother, she will sometimes sleep even longer than that. Her night-time sleeping has been horrible. She sleeps in about 2-3 hour spurts at night then wakes up crying and cannot get herself back to sleep. Nothing soothes her except nursing. I've tried to get her to take a binki but she won't take it, it just turns into a chew toy. This 2-3 hour spurt goes on throughout the night. She is usually sleeping by 7:30pm and wakes up for real between 6:30 and 7:30.
Communication: Lots of dada, yelling, gets really talkative when she's tired, blowing raspberries, lots of jabbering, says "bu-bu" while waving goodbye
Nicknames: Brynners, Baby Brynn, Brynnie 

*Tate 10 month update

Baby Girl: 9 Months

Holy cow. Brynn is a mover now. She wants to be crawling and climbing all over everything. She's still very happy and rarely cries unless provoked. She's a great eater and wants to try all our food. She's starting to feed herself finger foods but it's still quite difficult for her.

Most of the pictures looked like this during this month's photos:

 

Family pictures...this is about all we got out of Brynn.

Brynn started the month climing on the slide like this...

...and ended the month climbing the slide like this.

She played with Augi the Doggie.

Showed Great Grandma what a great climber she is becoming.

Learned to climb stairs.

She is thrilled with herself any time she learns to pull herself up on something.

First time swimming in the little pool.

Likes 
Eating real food

Standing

Watching Tate be silly

Playing with Tate's toys  Splashing in the tub

Hates  
Holding still for diaper changes 
Being put in the bouncer 
Not being allowed to play with cell phones and computers

Happy 9 Months, Baby Girl!

--> Weight: 18 pounds 8 ounces   Height: 27 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 months, some 9-12 months  
Diaper Size: In cloth diapers but would be in size 3   
Milestones: Real crawling when it's not easy or is uncomfortable to drag herself across the ground. Pulling herself to standing on EVERYTHING. Going up stairs. Clapping.  
Eating: Brynn usually wakes up around 6 or 7am and nurses then will eat breakfast about an hour later. I want her to continue to want to nurse but she seems less and less interested. When she sees food she bounces around and grunts and reaches for it. Starting to feed herself. Eating everything.
Sleeping: She usually naps 2 times a day (sometimes 3 if she wakes up really early in the morning). These naps are generally 2 hours, unless interrupted by a screaming brother, she will sometimes sleep even longer than that. Her night-time sleeping has been even worse the last week or so. She's getting her top two teeth (which is what is obviously to blame for this horrible sleep she's getting at night) and they are so close to coming in so hopefully she'll be sleeping better soon. She sleeps in about 2-3 hour spurts at night then wakes up crying and cannot get herself back to sleep. Nothing soothes her except nursing. I really want to try a binki but I'm pretty sure she won't take one. This 2-3 hour spurt goes on throughout the night. She is usually sleeping by 7:30pm and wakes up for real between 6:30 and 7:30.
Communication: Lots of dada, yelling, gets really talkative when she's tired, blowing raspberries, lots of jabbering,
Nicknames: Brynners, Baby Brynn, Brynnie

*Tate's 9 month update

Baby Girl: 8 Months

Oh, Baby Brynn! Seriously, this stage of babyhood is just the shiz. Brynn is generally happy, eats like she hasn't eaten in days (when in reality she ate 4 hours--or less--ago), takes great naps, goes to sleep easily and is just the coolest.

Playing at the park with Grammy and Tate while Mom and Dad are in Mexico.

Brynn got sick (Side note: Projectile baby vomit is the weirdest thing you'll see) a few days after we got back from Mexico. All she wanted to do was sleep and be close to me, poor baby!

We went to the park and she loved swinging.

She also loved digging in the sand.

We went to her baby best friend's first birthday party.

She's started pulling herself up, though she's not very good at it and she forgets she needs to hold on to something and falls.

Loved getting to play with Courtney.

More standing

First bird show at the zoo.

We hiked Timpanogos and she was a trooper. She's asleep in this picture. Which is  the first time she's ever fallen asleep in the ergo.

There were lots of outtakes for this month's picture.

Likes 
Eating real food...no more baby food :(

Standing

Watching Tate be silly

Playing with Tate's toys 
Splashing in the tub

Hates
Baby food
Being left alone
Not being allowed to play with cell phones and computers

 
Happy 8 Months, Baby Girl!

Weight: About19 pounds
Height: About 26 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 months, some 9-12 months 
Diaper Size: In cloth diapers but would be in size 3 
Milestones: Getting up on her knees and bouncing back and forth. Inch-worming (on her knees, reaches out hands and pulls her self forward). Trying to pull herself up to standing. She can occasionally do it by herself but usually needs some help.
Eating: Brynn usually wakes up around 6 or 7am and nurses then will eat baby food for breakfast around 8/8:30. At lunch she'll eat baby food again and kind of nurse, same for dinner then right before bed I try to nurse her again but she is often not very interested.
Sleeping: Usually naps 2 times a day for about 1.5-2 hours each, occasionally longer. Since we returned from our trip to Mexico, Brynn has been sleeping horribly. She wakes up at least 2 times a night and having her in the same room as us makes it really difficult for me to ignore her long enough that she'll go back to sleep. I really need to get her back on her sleeping schedule!
Communication: Still yells just to hear herself yell, tries to mimick Tate which usually turns into a screaming contest, blowing raspberries, lots of jabbering, makes "ha ha" noises and sounds a lot like Nelson from The Simpsons.
Nicknames: Baby Girl, Brynners, Baby Brynn, Brynnie, Pumpkin Butt (no reason on that one, it just comes out sometimes)

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