Dress Up

Brynn would wear a dress or a skirt every single day if I'd let her. She loves dressing up! (We will definitely have to take that into consideration when writing Santa this next Christmas.) So it isn't surprising that her new Easter dress was a big hit. We had to go right outside and take some pictures before church and she posed away.

When walking into church she holds the bottom of her dress up with one hand "like a princess" and goes down the back row shaking all of the elderly people's hands. hahaha. They just light up seeing her come in. She asks them, "What's your name?" and tells them that her baby Gavin is coming in such & such weeks.




We wish that we could go through these years with Brynn in slow motion. It is going WAY too fast. She is so darn funny and comes up with THE MOST AMAZING things. She surprises us every single day with the things she remembers. She has most of her books memorized and recites them word for word. She is very independent (to the point where she definitely gets into some trouble), she has an incredibly tender heart and tells us each day that she loves us, and she is so smart that it shocks us sometimes. I'm sure I know where she got that (J)! Words will never be able to describe how much we love this daughter of ours. :)

Spring has Sprung

I want to catch up on a few happenings from the past several months before our lives get more fun-filled with the new addition! :)

We started out the year with a pretty scary ordeal. Brynn had strep throat in January and either that or the antibiotics she took caused an autoimmune reaction called HSP. It was very scary and her doctor didn't handle it like we would have liked (treated her more like a test subject and wouldn't listen to my concerns with his treatment.) Brynn took a turn for the worse and we ended up getting an appointment with a specialist at Primary Children's. She had great treatment down there and healed completely after 6 weeks. They said there is a 50 % chance that she gets it over and over again and we are hoping that just won't be the case.
Her immune system attacked the blood vessels in her legs, arms, and in the lining of her stomach. She was in a lot of pain and it was very difficult for us to watch.


She was supposed to take it "easy" at first but the steroids had her bouncing off the walls (more than usual) so we had "movie" time with popcorn in the living room. She loved it and didn't realize she was hooked into her car seat. hahaha.


Even though she wasn't feeling well, she still enjoyed making Valentine's cookies with me & did an awesome job decorating them this year ;).


After she started feeling better, she & I took a trip with friends to a cabin in St. George and spent a very relaxing & enjoyable week in the mountains. It was tons of fun and to this day Brynn calls all big rocks "grandpa rocks". She had a blast exploring with her friends on our adventures each day. (highlight of the trip - watching Con & kids take "toilet seat" rides down the snow drift. hahaha)

We love Easter! It was such a relaxing weekend and Brynn had a blast with the Easter egg hunts, playing with her cousins, and helping the bunny stuff all of the eggs with candy and helping hide her daddy's basket. She promised she wouldn't tell but that lasted about one second. (She was definitely coerced).



My mom and sisters came up for baby animal days and so did Gavin's birthmommy and my brother Chris's wife Eli and her daughter Sophi. We really enjoyed ourselves as always; it is the highlight of our spring to go see all of the baby animals. Now I catch Brynn with "baby chicks" in her hand when we play outside. They are really dandelions but she sure takes good care of them.





The past few weeks we have been getting the baby room ready and feel as ready as we can be for our sweet son to join our family. We couldn't be more excited! Brynn tells EVERYBODY! Just yesterday we were in the store and she said, "Honey, go over there so I can tell that lady that I'm a big sister now." So I wheeled her over and she proceeded to tell the sweet lady all about it. That was just one of the 4 people she told in that store. She sure is excited. We can't wait to love on baby Gavin all day and night. :) Can't believe we will get to meet him in the next 3 weeks!

Special Note - - Birthmom Day is coming up this next Saturday and I just wanted to say that our birthmoms and their families are the best! We celebrate these amazing, selfless women who have made it possible for us to be parents and for us all to enjoy eternity with these very special children. They truly light up our lives and give us purpose and we will forever be thankful.