We went to Green River for Father's Day Weekend and did some hiking in the San Rafael Swell. It was Brooklyn's first hiking trip. She did great!! She slept most of the way and when she wasn't sleeping she was just looking around and cooing.
We also had some pictures taken of Brooklyn. Her 2 month old pictures. Here are a few that we liked.
Here are my two most favoritest people in the world caught snoozing. Guess the NBA Finals aren't that interesting for Lakers Haters. Kobe is so good, that you have to hate him.
Brooklyn was blessed on June 7th 2009. I was so worried that she would start fussing or passing gas during the middle of the blessing, but she just slept through the whole thing. :) I am so proud of her father, Brandon, for giving such an amazing blessing and testimony. She looked so cute in her little blessing dress. (My Grandma Smith made the blessing dress.) Brandon and I are both so grateful that we have made it to this point, considering Brooklyn's kind of rocky start.
So many people were able to come to Brooklyn's baby blessing. We were planning on having the luncheon outside in our yard, but due to uncooperative weather, aka down pour, we had to fit 60+ people into our apartment!! We set up tables and chairs in the garage, and all over the house. Let's just say that it was more than nice and cozy. :) I felt so bad that everyone was so cramed, but it was so good to see everyone. And I'm glad we all fit somehow.
A lot has happened since the last post Brandon and I just had our second anniversary on the 11th of May. We didn't do too much for our anniversary considering we only brought our baby home two days earlier. We ordered food from Olive Garden and Brandon went to pick it up. We had candle light dinner in our home and I made an ice cream dessert. On the 18th of May it was Brandon's 27th birthday. We had cake an ice cream the Saturday before and celebrated it with some friends. 
Brandon left for a week to Kansas City on a business trip. He is working as a research assistant for his professor doing transportation engineering. While he was gone I spent the week in Fountain Green with my family. It was Brooklyn's first trip to her grandma and grandpa aagard's house. It was so fun. My little sister Jessica and I were able to haul water to the sheep in the big water truck. It turned out to be quite the adventure since it's top speed is 40 mph, and maggie (our dog) jumped out to chase the cows. I seriously thought she was going to get trampled. My mom just took care of me and the baby the whole time. I also had a tooth pulled which was miserable. I guess the cavity just went a little to deep. Word of advice to everyone, brush and floss often. My sister Jenny is pregnant with twins again, and she will find out what she is having in a little while. My sister Jessica just moved into a new house and it looks so good. She's a really good decorator.
Brooklyn has been doing really well. She continues to gain weight and is trying so hard to hold her little head up. She makes so many cute little noises. She hates having baths, but she loves having her hair washed.
Here is Brooklyn's Nursery. I think it turned out pretty cute. Props to Shai and Debbie Rasmussen for making the bedding!! You guys are awesome!
After a month of being in the Neo-natal intensive care unit, Brooklyn was finally released!! She, or should I say we, were released on May 8th, 2009. I think that I am going to be an overly paranoid mom because of all of the things that I saw in the NICU. The hardest part about being in there was seeing your little baby in pain, and knowing there was nothing you could personally do. It is amazing though what doctors and nurses can do. We had to put all of our faith and trust in them and in the Lord. It all worked out for us, but some other families were not so lucky. That was so hard!! Watching these wonderful parents have to make decisions to let their babies go. Just thinking about it makes me cry. Brandon and I would just bawl. We will forever be changed by this experience. We will probably never understand why it happened, but will be eternally grateful that are little girl made it. We love her and are so glad she is now home!! This is the start of a brand new adventure.
Brooklyn has now been in the hospital for a little over 3 weeks. During this time we have had a lot of ups and downs, progression and set backs, but she is steadily improving. Brooklyn was finally able to have her first taste of milk which was a huge relief. She took it like a champ and couldn't get enough of it. The doctors are slowly increasing her feedings on a daily basis, so as not to overwhelm her intestines. It was extremely difficult to say the least, for our little family while Brandon was commuting back and forth for school. We are all hoping that he passed his finals considering the intense stress we have all been facing.
(Yes, this bow is way to big for her head, it made us laugh really hard.) Hopefully we will get Brooklyn home soon. We are praying for this coming weekend as it is Mother's Day. That would be the best present ever, just to get our baby home.
