BROOKE, JAKE, BAYLA & EVAN

Bayla Karen Brown

Thursday, February 26, 2009

She's here! She was born at 1:16am on February 24th. She weighed 8lbs 5oz and was almost 21 inches long. She has a ton of hair and seriously she is so cute ... and I am not just saying that because she's my baby ... she really is PERFECT. I am so happy to be her mother and Jake is such a good daddy to her. She loves when he holds her and talks to her. I had to have a C-section so that kind of was a bummer after being in labor for 14+ hours ... but we are just glad she's here and healthy. I am sore and swollen right now - but in due time I'll get back to normal ... at least that is what they are telling me :) Here are some pictures of her from Day 1 ... I'll get some more uploaded soon. I am off to SLEEP before the next feeding.

BABY SHOWER - JAN 24th

Sunday, February 08, 2009

My mother-in-law Michele and my sister-in-laws Becky and Hayley threw me a fabulous baby shower on Saturday January 24th up in Logan. I have had 2 other baby showers also - my work and my ward threw one for me too. Let's just say this baby girl is already SPOILED ROTTEN. My friend Courtney flew in from Ft. Collins and my sister came from Vernal and my friend Amy came up from Spanish Fork. We all drove up together to Logan that afternoon for the party.

They had the place decorated so cute and had some yummy lunch and desserts.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE that was able to make this a special occasion for me. I feel so blessed to have such a great family and such wonderful friends.

Here are some photos from the baby shower:

Baby Shower decorations - so cute!

Decorated the mantle with ribbon like a clothes line and hung lots of baby goodies from it!

Delicious Desserts!!!

Cheesy shot of me -

really happy about these adorable burp clothes!

My sister Stephee!
She is pregnant too! Yeah for babies!

My best friend Amy!

So glad you live in Utah :)

My best friend Courtney!

Thanks for coming all the way out for the shower!

She is pregnant too! More babies!

Friends from Logan - Jennie, Lindy, and Brit

I didn't get pictures of all the girls from Logan darn it!
You guys are all awesome though! Thanks for being there!

Baby Room

BABY ROOM ... getting closer, but still so much to do ...

Here are some pictures of the baby room. It's slowly coming together, but I still have to add some more decor to the walls and move the rocker recliner chair in the room (jake won't give it up quite yet ... enjoying it in the living room too much while playing Xbox).

THE CRIB

(will probably add her name above it later on)

THE DRESSER/CHANGING TABLE

THE LAMP

THE ROCKER/RECLINER CHAIR

I am 38 weeks this next week and am hoping to go anytime, but knowing me I'll be late just because I don't want to be pregnant anymore. I have a DR appt on Wednesday so hopefully there will be some progress :) Hope everyone is doing great!

Enjoy your week and Happy Valentine's Day on Saturday!!!

Painting Baby's Room

Sunday, January 18, 2009

So we finished painting the baby's room this weekend. Jake's parents came down the weekend before and helped us with the pink and white paint and then Jake and I took on the green stripes challenge this weekend. Painting is a big process - so thanks to Michele, Dan, and Jake for helping me out with it otherwise I'd probably be working on it for quite a few more weeks. I am happy with the end results. I know it kind of looks a little like a circus but I think once we get all the furniture and some stuff on the walls it will be really cute. I'll post some pictures once we get the rest of the room put together.

Pregnancy has been rough these past couple weeks and I am sure it will be until she is born. I am retaining lots of water and my feet and ankles are so swollen. I feel like my thighs and rearend have gotten a lot bigger lately too - we'll just say they are swollen as well. Helps me not be so depressed.

Anyways, just wanted to share some pictures of painting the baby's room. We are one step closer to getting this baby girl here.

Prep work

First Coat

And we're done!

And another one of the finished room!

Did 2 months already go by??

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

I have been quite the slacker these days when it comes to blogging. These past 2 months have flown by and I can't believe it's almost 2009. So I am going to do a quick run down of events that have happened and include some pictures.

November 5th was Jake's 31st b-day. We enjoyed a nice STEAK dinner together that night and I got him some really cool NIKE shoes that he loves wearing around.

November 9th-17th we took a trip to Hawaii with my sister Stephanie and her hubby Enoch. I haven't been there since 2002 so it was nice to go back and experience the island life again. Stephanie and Jake had never been so it was fun showing them around. We stayed in a vacation rental that Enoch's brother manages right on the beach - so that was really awesome. We did all the touristy things and then just relaxed most of the time. See my sisters blog to see more of that vacation. She was the designated picture taker and was good about updating our trip there.

On Sat, November 22nd we moved into a house that we are now renting. The night before Jake got the flu and was up all night throwing up. It was awful. But thanks to his dad, mom, brother-in-law, and some wonderful friends we were able to get it all moved over. If you are reading this - THANK YOU so much for helping.

TURKEY DAY we headed up to my dad's house in Idaho and enjoyed way too much good food and the company of my siblings and their families. My dad is an awesome cook. We had prime rib, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, salads, cheese balls, on and on ... plus all the yummy desserts. Too bad I had a dr. appt that next Monday and gained like 8lbs in a month. Totally worth it though. We also stopped in Logan to spend Sat afternoon and Sunday with Jake's family. Always good times up there.

I am not sure where the month of December went, but it went FAST. I can't believe tomorrow is the last day of the month. I guess I have just been working a lot and unpacking the house and getting ready for the baby.

CHRISTMAS we spent up in Logan with Jake's family. We drove up Christmas Eve and went out to dinner with Jake's parents and just hung out with family that night. Christmas morning was so much fun. We enjoyed watching Jake's nieces open their presents and then had Jake's Cakes aka pancakes and bacon that morning. Later that night - Michele (Jake's mom) set up the fondue sets and we had way too much to eat. It was seriously so YUMMY and I wished I could have eaten more that night but the baby won't let me stuff as much down in my tummy these days as I'd like.

PREGNANCY is going good. I can't wait until she is born though. I am getting rather LARGE and uncomfortable. She is a very active child - especially at night when I am ready to call it a day. It's so amazing to feel this little person inside of me moving around. We are so excited for her arrival. The dr. said I am measuring further along so hopefully she'll come a little earlier :)

Anyways - I hope everyone has been doing well and enjoyed their Christmas Holiday and has the best New Years ever. I'll try to update again soon!!

Here are some pictures from the last couple months:

HAWAII - NOV 2008

NORTH SHORE-HALEIWA NOV 2008

OUR NEW RENTAL - OLD BUT LOVING IT!

TURKEY DAY 2008

TURKEY DAY B-BALL

31 WEEKS PREGNANT

(not a great pic ... it was a long week ... but there is the belly)

Happy Halloween!

Friday, October 31, 2008

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!

Jake and I are trying to figure out something to do right now so I thought I'd post these pictures while he comes up with a great idea. I thought we could stay home and watch scary movies all night - but if you know Jake he can't even watch a scary movie preview on TV. Haha! He won't even take me to a Haunted House either. Oh well - you can't have it all Ü

Just teasing honey ... you are all that and lots more!!

Just me getting ready this morning ~ look at that BELLY!

These are some of the peeps from work in the IT department.

I am thinking I might want to dye my hair orange in the future ... NOT!!

Brooke at 22 weeks

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Here is a picture of me today after church. My BELLY is getting nice and BIG and so are other parts of my body. So FUN!! I'll try to take some more in the weeks to come. I am feeling much better - no more morning sickness so that is AWESOME!

Dinner at PF Changs

Jodee was in town the first weekend in October so we met up with Amy and went to PF Chang's for some dinner. Jodee got to meet Gavin for the 1st time. It was fun to get together and catch up like old times. Jodee is also pregnant and she is due in December and she is having a girl too! The funny thing is that my belly is just about as big as hers and I am 2 months behind her. It will be fun (or depressing) to see how BIG I get by February.

Work Party - 70's

Every year my company has an annual meeting and they always have a Themed Party Night. This year it was 70's. Here are a few shots from that night. Me trying to be a 70's Diva and Jake being a hippie and then me with a couple girls I work with. We had a good time!!

Meeting Gavin

I am trying to catch up on some blogging because I have been lazy lately.

Here are a couple pictures of when I went down to see Amy and her new baby boy Gavin. He's so stinking cute, but so are all of Amy's kids. If you want to see more pictures of the cutie you can go to Amy's blog (you'll see it under my Family and Friends link). I look horrible in this picture, but I blame it on the morning sickness.

I just went out with Amy and Gavin yesterday and we had some yummy Cafe Rio and did some shopping. I am so glad Amy lives in Utah because I don't have any close friends here so it's nice to have one around. Thanks Amy for being you and being such a great friend. I just LOVE you to death!

Let's go out for your birthday Saturday!!!

IT'S A ....

Thursday, October 02, 2008

GIRL!

We just found out today that we are having a baby girl. We are so excited. It was amazing to go to the Ultrasound appt and see how she is developing. They said everything looks normal and good so that makes us happy. Jake is a little nervous because he knows with my shopping habits and with all the girl stuff out there - WE are in TROUBLE :) Anyways, just wanted to spread the good news.

Oregon Vacation Pictures

Monday, September 29, 2008

This is going to be a random post.

I just wanted to post some pictures from our summer vacation to Oregon.

The first set of pictures were from our visit to the REDWOODS (great big trees for those who don't know what the Redwoods are). We drove down to Northern California where the National Redwood Forest is and enjoyed hiking around and checking out these HUGE trees!!

We went to our family reunion in Grants Pass on June 21st - I didn't take many pictures there except for when everyone started really enjoying the CUPCAKES leftover from Britt's wedding. Sorry - kind of gross - but I thought it was funny Ü

Here are a couple pictures from our White Water Jetboat trip with Hellgate Excursions. I wanted to show Jake the Rogue River in Grants Pass so we took this fun little trip and then the next day we rented a raft and floated the river with my sister Steph and her friend Nancee. Fun times!!

Here are a couple shots from the resort in Depoe Bay that we stayed at on the Oregon Coast. It was absolutely gorgeous there.

Here is a picture of me with and one of my best friends KRISTIN. Jake and I went up to Portland and did some sight seeing and then had dinner with Kristin and stayed at her place that night. Thanks Kristin for your hospitality - it was very much appreciated.

The rest of the pictures are from 4th of July - we went over to Bandon beach to watch the firework show there. I was so sick that night - with pregnancy issues and a sinus infection - but it was still a lot of fun being with my CRAZY family.

Me and Stephee (it was her B-day on the 4th too!!)