Diapers!

Yeah! The cloth diapers I ordered finally came in today. I didn't realize that they would be coming from Canada! But I am so excited to start cloth diapering with Mary-Brenna. I have been inspired by other moms to give cloth diapering a try, and I love the burden it takes off of my pocket book.

12 diapers and 24 liners

The whole cloth diapering set up that I have, a basket, a dirty diaper bag, disposable liners, special cloth diaper soap and of course the diapers themselves!

Mary-Brenna checking out her new diapers.

A sweet little girl full of smiles!

More posts on cloth diapering to come.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day everyone! This is Mary-Brenna's first Valentines Day, but no chocolate for her. We have been trying to read to Mary-Brenna as much as possible, so for this Valentines Day, I got Mary-Brenna a Valentines Day book. Slowly but surely I am building up her book collection.


On a another note, here is an update on my sweet Mary-Brenna. She had her first overnight alone with Grandma and Papa. Since Mary-Brenna and I live with my parents, it is odd for me to be out of the house at night. However since I started house sitting for a friend, I wanted to test out the house without Mary-Brenna for one night, so my parents looked after her for me. My dear friend Chrysa came over and we spent a fun night catching up and watching girly movies.


The next morning, Mary-Brenna tried out her new toy, a hand-me-down from her cousins Aiden and Nathan. She is so strong she was able to stand in her new bouncy and have a lot of fun. She is growing up so fast, it is mind blowing!

Please No Teeth Yet!

My sweet dear Mary-Brenna is going to be 3 months this Sunday. She is growing up way too fast for my liking. One thing that has developed recently is that she is drooling a whole lot. She loves to chew on her fingers and her toys and her favorite would have to be either her Grandparents or my knuckles. I just hope that this doesn't mean that she is going to be sprouting teeth any time soon.

In Love with Her Grandparents

Mary-Brenna is totally in love with her Grandparents. She loves to talk to and make faces at both Grandma and Papa. Here are some sweet pictures of her enjoying time with her Grandparents.

2 months old and growing strong

Mary-Brenna is now 2 months old! She is getting so big and is learning to do so much. She is very strong, and can hold her head up. She has found her fingers, and loves to chew on them. This results in a very drooly baby. She is so sweet.

Mary-Brenna had her two month doctors appointment, which meant shots (no fun). She did so well. I was so proud of her little self. She also was weighed and measured during that visit. She is now 11 lbs 10 oz. and 23 inches long. These numbers are around the 70th percentile, which her doctor is really happy about.

My sweet little girl is also a very talkative little girl. She loves to tell Grandma, Papa and I various stories, ranging from very happy to very mad. She is getting better at focusing on different things like faces and toys. She now has a play mat with toys that hang above her. She loves to lay there for a while and check out the different toys we hang above her.

Mary-Brenna wearing Uncle Michael's hat

Mary-Brenna has finally developed a fussy time. She really doesn't like the hours between 9 and 11 at night. My mom has been awesome in wanting to help get Mary-Brenna to sleep at night, but these past few nights Mary-Brenna is having none of it. I feel honored that she wants me, but it is still hard when I am so very tired and she won't settle down for Grandma. The only upside is that when she finally does fall asleep, she stays asleep for at lease 6 hours.

She likes to show us her attitude and we love her even more for it. I am excited to see what this next month brings us! Love you my dear sweet girl!

A Girl of Many Faces

Mary-Brenna shows me many different faces throughout the day. Here are just a few.

Mary-Brenna's First Christmas

Mary-Brenna celebrated her first Christmas this year! It was wonderful to spend the day with family! Mary-Brenna was a spoiled little girl, she received some great gifts that I know she will love when she is a bit bigger. Here are some pictures that I took of her with my new flip camera. It is so great to catch some cute footage of her, which means adorable videos are soon to come.