Brynn's 1st Birthday

I am feeling rather emotional today. Everything has me thinking back to the day our sweet girl was born. It blows my mind that a year has already come and gone. It has been such a joy to watch our tiny babe grow into a darling toddler.

Brynn's birthday fell on a Monday which kind of bummed me out because I wanted Brad to be able to be home and celebrate our girl with us but hey, life happens. I tried to make the day as special as I could for our little girl.

I started the day off by throwing a ton of balloons into her crib as soon as she woke up. At first she wasn't so sure about that but once she woke up a little more she enjoyed wading through them and throwing them up into the air.

Because Brad had to see patients in clinic that day I wanted to wait until he got home to open presents. It's the first thing we did as soon as he walked in the door. From us she got a play kitchen and a baby doll, from Honey and Dude she got ALL the kitchen accessories that are so stinkin cute I always want to play with them, and from Grammi and Grandpa she got a 4 in 1 tricycle that she absolutely loves!

After opening presents we did a cupcake smash. I knew she was going to have cake at least 2 more times that week and I didn't want to have so much sugar and cake go to waste. At first she was really cautious with her cupcake but eventually she destroyed it.

We loved celebrating our girl and can't believe how fast the first year flew by. She has filled our hearts with so much joy and our home with so much laughter. Thank you for choosing us baby girl. You are everything we ever dreamed of and more.

Brynn's First Easter

I know, I know. Just now blogging about Easter?! I'm trying to play catch up and I'm way behind. But I want to make sure I get things documented. Who even knows if any of my kids will look back and read these posts but I love knowing they are there if they want to.

We had a weekend full of Easter activities. On Saturday a few families from our ward got together for a little Easter potluck lunch followed by an egg hunt. We divided the kids into age groups that way the little ones wouldn't get trampled. Brynn was so cute picking up the eggs we pointed out to her. She didn't care how many she collected but instead focused on each one and opening them up to see what candy was inside. It was really cute.

When we were gathering our things so we could go home I placed Brynn down on the gym floor. Well she totally fell forward and ended up tearing her frenulum. I was freaking out because blood was gushing out of her mouth. It was so so sad. Thankfully her dad is a dentist to be and knew just what to do and could check it out to make sure it was okay.

On Easter Sunday we started our morning off with checking out what the Easter Bunny left for Brynn. The bubbles were her favorite thing along with all the plastic eggs. At church we enjoyed a beautiful sacrament program put on by our choir. We are so blessed to know that because Christ died and was resurrected that we can all return to be with our Heavenly Father one day.

After church we went over to our good friends, the Holmes', house for dinner. Melissa made an incredible spread and it was extra yummy because I didn't have to cook it. Anyways, after dinner we were just talking and Brynn just took off walking all over the place. So, she became an official walker on Easter and just one day before her first birthday. She also discovered the stairs and loved to climb up them.

We had a beautiful Easter weekend! Brynn has made each holiday more fun and it will be fun to see what traditions we will have as our family grows.