Carving First Pumpkin

Last night we decided to have a little fun with the babies and carve pumpkins for their first Halloween. Memrie, Josh, Kate, Kale, Granna, and Poppa joined us for a little cook-out and Halloween fun. Memrie acted as our paparazzi for the night. She took tons of great pictures. Here is one of all the adults concentrating hard on the designs. (I think we enjoyed it more than the babies did.)

Emilee carved a small pumpkin for Brooklee and I carved the "scary" ghost pumpkin because that is the one Emilee wanted me to carve.

 

Brooklee and mommy with her first pumpkin.

Mommy, Daddy, and Brooklee...Enjoying our pre-Halloween night.

Kate, Josh, and Kale posing with the pumpkins. 

The whole Taylor Clan...

Brooklee, our little pumpkin.

Future So Bright

So the other day when I went for my follow up doctors appointment Britt stayed at home with Brooklee. When I was done with the doctor I looked at my phone to call and check on them, and this is what I saw...Britt had dressed her and while they were playing he decided to put her sunglasses on. They are so big on her but how cute is she?! He said that she hated them so maybe that is why she has her fist ready to hit him. Who knows!! But what a better way to end a doctors appointment?!

Our baby is one month old today!!!

Today Brooklee is one month old.  Every morning we play on the activity mat and try a few new things.  Today was the first time to try out the Bumbo.  She seemed to like it and was holding herself up pretty easily. 

She is starting to recognize things a little better and was actually laughing at her daddy today.  Of course I was not able to get the laugh on camera but hopefully I will get better soon.

This is just a little smile for everyone that follows Brooklee as she grows.  Maybe over the next few weeks she will allow me to catch one of her big grins to share to all of you.

Our first smile!!

So I know that they say that when babies smile it is just because they have gas but I swear today I got a geniune smile from my beautiful baby girl! The last few mornings she has had the sweetest little grins after she gets a full belly in the morning and I finally was able to catch one on camera. (Sorry the picture isn't the best quality but I was only able to catch it on my phone.)

So this sweet little partially awake grin already made my day but what I didn't realize was after the next feeding, I was going to get a full smile with what sounded like a little giggle!!

Of course as soon as the camera is ready the smile was fading but I think you can tell that she just looks so sweet and happy in this picture. She was just looking at me and trying to talk and giggle. I just love seeing the changes in her personality everyday and being able to enjoy them with her. I still can't believe that we were blessed with such a little angel 4 weeks ago! This has truly been an amazing month and we couldn't be any happier!

Trying out a few new things...

Today we decided to lay Brooklee down in her crib for the very first time.  Britt tucked her in and turned on her mobile just for fun.  She was no were near going to sleep.  We just did it for a photo opp.  She just stared at the mobile, she was so interested in it.  She did not make a peep. (I guess they make those things for a reason)

Then we got the Baby Einstein activity mat out to see how she would do.  She just laid her head on the whale and stared at all the fun entertaining objects.  She was having so much fun just looking around holding on to the rings. I don't think she grabbed it on purpose of course but she did not want to let it go after she finally caught it. She has a strong grip for a 3 week old. 

So after laying on her back for a while playing with all the rings, we tried a little tummy time.  It did not work out too well since she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the mat.  I guess all the stimulation wore her out.  Maybe we will try the mat again if she gets a little fussy to see if it will calm her down like it did today.

So just a few cute pictures that we took yesterday. Britt was dressing her and when I turned around he had put the hood on and she was standing up. (With his help of course) He called it her gangster outfit with her hood pulled up.

We had our first bath in the bathtub last night and she did really good. She kept trying to scoot down in the tub and we had to keep pulling her up. She didn't mind the bath at all until it was time to wash her hair. She really can't stand having her hair washed for some reason. She always sleeps really good after her bath!

Today we went out to Aunt Kate and Uncle Josh's house to visit and had our on mini photo shoot. Aunt Kate is really good with her new camera and took some really good shots! I'm going to add them to the gallery but will put a few of our favorites up on this post. She didn't really have that good of a time during the photo shoot. She was pretty fussy for the most part because she kept fighting sleep. As soon as we were done taking pictures she fell asleep in my arms and slept for a while afterwards. I hope you like the pictures of my sweet little girl!!