Norma meeting Chloe for the first time

Norma (Doug's mom) finally got to come to Snowflake for Chloe's blessing and these are the pictures of them meeting for the first time. I think they are really cute.

Chloe's Blessing Day

Sunday was a good day. My baby's blessing days are always a little stressful (becuase of the luncheon), but worth it. Doug gave Chloe a beautiful blessing. A lot of family and friends were able to come and support our family, to which we are grateful! We know with gas prices so high that it was a sacrifice and we appreciate your support! Here are a few pictures we got. I wish I wouldn't have been so tired and take better ones of Chloe by herself. I'm sad we didn't get any pictures of Chloe with Doug's parent either. Oh well...live and learn.




I'm short!


Grandma & Grandpa Smith


My parents with my mom's parents with Chloe


Grandma's with Chloe

Blog Invites

For those of you with private blogs...could you re-invite me. I'm new to changing the format of my blog (which a lot of you seem to do with ease!?!) and deleted all your addresses. :( I was really bummed. A lot of work down the drain!

Chloe

I've had a couple of people from out of town ask for updated pictures of Chloe, so here they are. She is 6 weeks old now and weighs 9 pounds. We joke around that she is a little fatty because she is gaining weight so fast!



First smile caught on camera


Crazy eyes


Daddy's girl


Here's Chloe's gang sign


Deep in thought


Already thinking her parents are weird


Very relaxed


Such a cute outfit...look at the shoes

Brynn came in with Alise the other day and proudly annouces she dressed Alise. Alise states very proudly that she is beautiful! I had to post how cute she looked. They are both so precious!

Brynn's Preschool Graduation May 7th, 2008

Brynn had a lot of fun going to "school" at mine and four different mom's homes this year (Lyndsay Lyman, Amy Johnson, Becki Hulse, & Natalie Lundberg). We had a little graduation for the kids - Brynn, Colby, Caleb, Dekon & Ellie at Becki's house. It was really cute and the kids loved it. At one point during the graduation they had the kids say what they wanted to be when they grew up and Brynn said she wanted to be a singer. lol I had never heard that one. She's been in Bonnie Popovich's chior for a year and she just loves it...so maybe thats where. We are proud of Brynn and excited for her to go to kidergarten!



All of us teachers with our kids...



Thank you to Grandpa Smith for coming and supporting Brynn!



So Cute!



Brynn dragging Alise with her when we call her name. lol They do everything together.



Pretty Brynn



Dekon and Brynn



Brynn's nervous nail biting habit. A habit she's had since she was one.



Brynn saying she wants to be a singer



Brynn with her cousin Colby and friend Ellie

Brynn's trip to the hospital 4/23/08

Wednesday morning Brynn woke up with hives all over her body and she said it hurt when she walked. I gave her benadryl and called the doctor. She goes to Dr. Bailey in Pinetop so we took her there at noon. By then the benadryl had helped the hives start to fade a little and she wasn't concerned by her not wanting to walk...she just said if the benadryl was working she couldn't do anything and just to watch her. So, we went to wal-mart after the appt and Brynn started with a fever and the hives started in full force again. I gave her more benadryl then at 4:00 pm we noticed her feet were swollen. Then by seven her feet, hands and then lips started to swell. I took Alise and Chloe to my mom's and we headed to the hospital. Brynn had had 5 shots eight days earlier and we had read on the mumps measles shot that hives and joint pain "could" be a bad allergic reaction and to seek help immediately. So Doug and I were really scared that something really bad was happening. Poor Brynn was so scared to be going to the hospital, by the time we got to the light in Show Low she was saying she was going to throw up...I think because she was so scared. They gave her an iv when we got there (which was hell!) She was crying she was scared, I want to go home...please don't poke me. It was too much for me! Doug held her down and I held her legs. It was so sad. Thank goodness they only had to poke her once! They gave her some steroids, more benadryl and ib profen. It took about 6 hours for the swelling to start to come down. I had to leave the hospital and midnight so I could go home and feed Chloe...she is such a good baby, she waited 6 hours to feed. My Dad came and picked me up and helped Doug give her a blessing which gave us comfort. It was still very hard to leave because she was still so swollen and there was no improvement then.

She came home the next day with the swelling a lot better. She has to take steroids for 5 days and a perscription stronger than benadryl for a week. Today is Saturday and the swelling is gone but the hives have been bad. Today is the first little improvement of the hives. We believe that she will heal completely in a few days. We are so thankful that it was this and nothing permanent.



This picture was taken Thursday night.



These picture were taken Friday...the hives would move around her body but alway covered most of it.