Brooklyn Jamie Bell

Kim and Mark before the grand entrance of Baby Brooklyn

(I was able to catch Kim with a smile between contractions)

Grandma Connie and Grandma Jill giddy with excitement!

Baby Brooklyn Jamie Bell was born 11/21/11 at 4:04 pm

7 pounds 10 ounces, 21 inches long

Mother and daughter

The proud daddy!

She is a good combination of Jaxson and Wyatt

Jaxson through the eyes and nose and Wyatt's mouth and chin

Brooklyn had low blood sugar (35. . .should be 100) because Kim is diabetic and Brooklyn was receiving insulin from Kim.  Now, Brooklyn has to get her pancreas working to make her own insulin, so she is in the NICU for a few days.  Mark and Kelly were able to give Brooklyn a priesthood blessing in the NICU.  The nurse who was taking care of Brooklyn recognized Jill.  They finally realized they knew each other from another hospital 12 years previous!  This same nurse was Jamie's favorite nurse when Jamie was ill.  We had felt Jamie there all day with us.  Jamie is Kim's older sister who passed away 12 years ago from leukemia at the age of 21.  A 'Divine Signature' that there are always angels among us, helping those they love.

Grandma Jill

Grandma Connie

Auntie Cami

Uncle Brett

PA!

A beautiful, gorgeous little princess has come to bless our lives and to teach us!

Welcome, baby Brooklyn!

Nesting for Baby Brooklyn

Here are the happy parents to be. . .Kim and Mark

This is a little quilt I made for Brooklyn.  Kim loved the fabric from the 'Ruby' line by Moda.

A simple quilt with the fun gathered white strips.

This a a crib quilt that Kim bought with the rest of a crib set, bumpers, skirt and such.  I wanted to make her a pillow that could go in the rocker, so I used some fabric that we made the curtains from and some other scraps I had on hand.  I think it matches quite well!  (The curtains are the striped yellow with a 2 foot hem of the yellow dot fabric--the walls are the aqua blue--doesn't that sound peaceful and soft for a little girl?)

Hand stitching with some crewel cotton thread sets off the simple design!

I didn't want to fool around with piping, so I just used a binding to finish it off.

We had a surprise  baby shower for Kim!  And we pulled it off. . .Kim had no idea what she was walking into.  Kim's mom, Jill (to the right in this picture) did a great job getting her there.

Good food and good fun and wonderful, generous gifts!  

Big brother Wyatt will be almost 4 . . .

And Jaxson is 6 and they are both very excited for their new little sister!

Only a couple more weeks and Brooklyn will join our family!  Can't wait!