Growing Up!

I haven't posted in a long time! So much has happened in the last few weeks that I don't even know where to start. I went back to teaching 5th grade on January 5th and boy has that been an adjustment! In some ways good, and in other ways not so good. It is nice to have a schedule again, but it is really hard leaving my little girl. I am so thankful that I have my mom to watch her. I know my mom is definitely loving it! She doesn't live too far from the school, so I go over and see my baby on my lunch breaks, which really helps. I cannot believe how fast Brooklee is growing up. She changes so much every day and we are loving every minute of it! She is such a content and smiley little baby. She talks and laughs all the time and has brought so much happiness into our home! I didn't post any pictures of her blessing day because my sister Sarah took the pictures on her camera and I have yet to go over and add them to my CD. So maybe later! But here are just a few pictures of my sweet baby...
Here she is with daddy! Doesn't she look so cuddley?!

She's looking at me like "what're you looking at!" But I had to take the picture because it shows her holding her blanky. She loves her blankeys. It doesn't really matter which one..yet. We'll have to wait and see which one she really becomes attached to. She grabs them and holds them up to her face to go to sleep. It is so darn cute!

Brooklee's Baby Blessing

Just a quick (late) notice to let everyone know that Brooklee's baby blessing is going to be this Sunday at 2:30 P.M. in the Thatcher Stake Center on Reay Ln. Anyone who can make it is very welcome to come and share in this blessed event with our family. We will be having a LINNER (we couldn't decide if it was a lunch or a dinner) at 4:00 at the Valley Furniture rec room.

My Cute Baby

This is just a really cute picture of Brooklee that I thought I would post real quick. Julie took this picture when she was here last. Hopefully I will post pictures of Brooklee's first Christmas in the next couple of days!

Brooklee Meets Santa!!!

So here is Booklee's first time to meet Santa! Okay, so maybe she has no idea who is holding her, but at least we have a picture of it! This is just a short little post, but everything is going great! I am taking Brooklee to see my kids at school this week, so hopefully I will have some cute pictures of that! They absolutely cannot wait to see her, so it will be fun!

Getting Ready for Christmas!!!

So we are slowly getting our home ready for the holidays. Sam put our lights up outsid the other night. Here is a picture of what it looks like...

Here is a picture of Brooklee all ready for the light parade in her cute little fleece sweater
Doesn't she just look too dang cute!?

We got her to smile! You can't see it very well, but it's there!

This is just another cute picture of her smiling. She smiles and talks so much! It is fun to talk to her and get her going. Sometimes she will get real excited and giggle! She is way too cute! If her are wondering what the white stuff is on her tongue...so am I!! We thought it was thrush at first, but the doctor said it wasn't thrush, but that it was pretty common for their tongues to turn white. It is just pretty weird lookin!

The first few weeks...

okay, so it has been quite a while, again, since I have updated my blog. We have real problems with our internet. It has been down again for the last few weeks. Anyway, just a little update on what we have been up to. It can all be summed up pretty much in one word ... BROOKLEE. Our lives pretty much revolve around her little schedule. It's nuts!!!! But a whole lot of fun at the same time. She is pretty much the cutest baby on the planet :o) or at least we think so. Here are a few pictures:I just love taking pictures of her sleeping. She always looks so cute!
Here is a picture of Brooklee and Grandpa-Great. He absolutely loves her! He always wants my Grandma to sit with him and talk about the baby!

Here is a picture of "unkie" (my brother Brian - that is just what the kids call him) and Brooklee. I don't think she knows what to think of him...he is a little nutty sometimes! :o)

Here is a picture of Brooklee and I. I think people think I never hold my baby because if other people are around, I don't get to! So here is proof that I do hold my baby!

I love this picture! I made this little shirt for Brooklee on the day of Valley Furniture's big sale. For those of you who don't know, Sam's sister and Brother-in-law own the store and Sam is the manager there. Anyway, she was the little mascot for the day!

Anyway, everything is going really good! She is a good baby (when she's not gassy...she gets that from her daddy :o) we are still getting used to everything revolving around her little biological clock! It really is a lot fun. Well, hopefully my internet will stay running and I will post again soon!

INTRODUCING....

BROOKLEE PAIGE CURTIS!!!

This is her first ride in a car seat on the way home from the hospital. She is pretty much the cutest thing on earth! (I wouldn't be a REAL mom unless I thought so :o)Doesn't she look so peaceful?


Here is the proud daddy holding Brooklee in the hospital the day after she was born

The proud Grandma-Great (that is what all of the great-grandchildren call her)

So it has taken me quite a while to finally post, but what can I say, babies are a heck of a lot of work! Who Knew!!! :o) I definitely wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! It has been crazy getting used to having another little person around. It had been just Sam and I for so long! We are both really loving it. Sam is such a good little daddy. He comes home from work and wants to hold her and change her diapers! (I am wondering how long that one is going to last :o) He is so good with her. It also helps that she is a pretty good little baby. She will actually sleep about 6 hours straight at night! It freaked me out the first couple of nights because I figured she would wake me up to eat or something. But she will wake up, I will feed her and she will go back to sleep for another couple hours until she wants to eat again! I do love it when she is awake and content and just looks around and responds to me. It is the cutest thing ever. It is funny how EVERY little thing they do is soooo cute when they are your own! Anyway, it has been so much fun and I will definitely be posting all of her progress...so keep checking in!

BROOKLEE PAIGE CURTIS!!!!!