2 Month Check Up

On the 22nd Brooklyn weighed 9lbs 10 oz and was 21 3/4 inches long. 25th percentile for both!
She got two shots and was miserable for the rest of the day-it was so sad! Sierra always did pretty good with her shots.
We've been sick a lot around here lately and Brooklyn's managed to get the worst of it. First she got the flu (complete with vomiting and getting dehydrated-so scary!) And now she has a horrible hacking cough and is really congested. She's been coughing so hard that it makes her throw everything up. Poor baby! I can't wait for her to get better and get back to her normal cheery self. (and for me and eric to be able to sleep at night)
Before the sicknesses she was smiling a lot and cooing-really cute. She rolled from her belly to her back last week and she's been a lot better with her schedule.
EVERYONE who sees her says she looks exactly like Eric. Including the manager at Buckle. haha

she loves to escape from the swaddle

you should see the other attempts of a picture of the two of them. disaster.

She is so freaking cute, I can hardly stand it!

Valentines Day

two cute girls on valentines morning
getting ready to bake some sugar cookies!

Sierra with her little valentines surprise

Homemade chocolate pretzels and 180 calorie pack pretzel m&ms for Eric

Sierra definitely ate more pretzels than Eric did haha

Decoarating cookies

mmmmm pretty

the little baker

Later that night for our romantic Valentines dinner, the four of us went to Chili's!

1 Month Check-up

8 lbs 6oz (13th percentile) 21 inches long (20th percentile)

Brooklyn has such a sweet personality, we have loved having her as an addition to our little family. Although I will say she never wants to be put down and definitely doesn't want to sleep at night so we've been pretty exhausted around here. Today I started babywise. I am determined to have her sleep through the night and not have to hold her every second of the day! I don't know why I didn't start earlier, because I used it with Sierra and it worked like a charm! Wish me luck with this little one.

Our little christmas baby

(this pic and the 1st one are a little sneak peak into a photoshoot my sister did. i can hardly wait to see the rest!)

the cute sisters (brooklyn looks a little stunned, it's basically impossible to get a good picture of the two of them together. actually brooklyn usually looks a little stunned when sierra's around. haha)

while my family was down for brooklyn's blessing...

we opened presents (sierra with her horsie from heather's family)

took turns holding Brooklyn



took lots of sibling pictures

wore matching pjs







ate popcorn

ate chinese food

played with cousins





held cousins

played outside

and went to church.

Thanks for coming family! Let's do it again soon!

Brooklyn's Blessing

Brooklyn's blessing day was perfect. My whole family came for it and a lot of Eric's family were already here.

The prayer circle included Eric, my dad, Eric's dad, Ryan and Kye (Eric's brothers) Brandon (my brother) Ken (brother in law) Shawn Atkinson (our good friend) and Bishop Brady.
Brooklyn was perfect during it and looked beautiful in a dress that mom made (also perfect).

the whole group
de Jong side
Stephenson side


My sister, Heather's, family
my cute siblings

Brandon, Heather & Amber
in the adorable little slip


with grandma, the dress maker
proud, happy grandparents

Thank you so much to everyone who came! It made the day so special-we love you all!