Happy Birthday Brynlee

I know her birthday isn't technically until tomorrow...but I was trying to get a head start on blogging.

I can't believe that she is already 1 year old. I remember this time last year as if it were yesterday. At this very moment a year ago....I was scared to death because I had no idea what to expect or what the experience would be like.

This little girl is a very special part of our family and we wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. Every time I start to get frustrated...I remember how lucky we are to have a happy, healthy little girl to hold and love. I am reminded of this all the time when I hear stories of other people's trials/difficulties.

Happy Birthday Bryn! We love you!

Family Pictures 2010

We had our first official family photos taken on November 27, 2010. I am really happy with the pictures.

Happy Halloween 2010

A lot has happened since my last post. Brynlee is growing up so fast. She has started walking as long as she can push or hold onto something. She has taken a step or two on her own..but needs to gain some balance and a little more confidence.

I am substitute teaching now...mostly in Soda Springs. I really enjoy it. The variety of students makes it fun because you get to meet a lot of new people.

Shane still works at Agrium as an electrician/instrument tech. He is also a great daddy. Bryn sure does love her daddy!! It is so cute to see how excited she gets when he comes home.

Brynlee got to go Trick or Treating for the first time this year. She was a cute little butterfly. Her cousin Hannah came up and they went together. I don't know that she cared too much about the outfit or the trick or treating for that matter...but Mom loved it!! Plus she got a couple of suckers which are her favorite.

Brynlee's first birthday and Christmas are fast approaching. Where did the time go???? My baby can't possibly be turning 1 in a month!!

Update/Texas/and everything else!

Well....where to start....

I finally figured out the blog background thing....not exactly the background I wanted....but at least it doesn't look like a five year old did it.

Rollie and Julie got married in June so mom and I went to San Antonio for the wedding. It was a lot of fun!! The trip got off to a rocky start...we get to the airport and Gillaire is meeting us there to help me get luggage and mom into the airport and to keep the car while we are gone...fast forward 5...I repeat 5 minutes....Gillaire walks out and the car is getting towed!!!! Not the best way to start off a trip...but hey...we are the Gleed family and if anything weird can happen....we'll find a way to make it happen.

We got to Texas and the heat was crazy!!!! I'll take below zero and snow compared to 100+ humidity any day! But it was cool to see such a big city. It was so great to get to see Rollie, Julie, Bailey, Ally, and meet Julie's family and friends. It is even better to get to call Julie and her girls my family now...I officially have an wonderful new sister in law and two very cute nieces! The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. Everything looked great with the exception of my lovely black nylons because somebody(who shall remain nameless because we all know who he is) forgot to tell me to wear tan/no nylons with silver shoes! Other than that it looked awesome!! I just felt bad because Julie did all this work to make things look perfect and here I am standing out like a sore thumb! Julie did an amazing job making bouquets and candles! And I must say...my brother looked pretty handsome in a tux!



Rollie was even brave enough to lend us his truck while he and Julie were on their honeymoon. Yep..you read right...my brother lent me his truck to drive in downtown San Antonio all by myself!!! Kinda scary isn't it! But I did great and the truck is in one piece...as long as you listen to the GPS life is good!

Rollie, Julie, and the girls came to Idaho for the 4th and their second reception. Julie and the girls finally got to meet Brynlee! It was kinda cute...Brynlee slept through her first 4th of July parade! We also had a BBQ at my house and light fireworks the next day. Terry, Gladys, and Scotty also came from Nevada! I will post a pic of Uncle Rollie with Brynlee. She was playing with his hat. She seems to think that he is pretty cool!




Brynlee will be 8 months old on the 1st of August! I don't know what happened but it seems like she is growing up way too fast!!! She finished up with her therapy a while ago..no helmet!!! She is now a crawling machine and loves her walker. She can go all over the house 100 miles an hour....which basically means that she's into everything! It is so fun to watch her learn new things. Her new favorite word is mumumuma. She is also learning how to wave bye bye. Brynlee is also getting her first tooth!

Well there have been some new things going on in our household lately.

I still can't figure out this blog background thing so....sorry if it looks a little nuts!

Brynlee has Torticollis/Plagiocephaly. Simply explained Torticollis occurs when the muscles in one side of the neck are too short. It causes the child to be unable to turn/rotate their head in that direction. More often than not...it causes Plagiocephaly which is a flat spot on the back of their head. See pic above.


We wondered if she was developing a flat spot so I asked her pediatrician at her 4 month appointment about it. He is an older guy a.k.a. "old school". He said she did have a flat spot but that it would correct itself on its own. Fast forward a couple of weeks...Brynlee gets the flu and I haul her into the doctor to see if he can help her. The regular doctor was not there so she saw another pediatrician that worked in the clinic. Thank goodness! This doctor was much more into modern medicine and intervention and told us that she had torticollis/plagiocephaly and that she needed physical therapy and SOON....When an infant has this condition...you only have until 6 months to begin therapy or it becomes very difficult to treat without a helmet.

So needless to say I was slightly upset (okay I'm being nice here) with her regular pediatrician..I had asked him that exact question at her last check up!!!! This left us with only 5 weeks to start treatment!!!

She had her first therapy session yesterday. All went well. Luckily she doesn't have a severe case so most likely no helmet!!!!! Yeah!!! All we have to do is be very diligent about doing her neck stretches and head turns to help her neck muscle and lay her on her left side to correct the flat spot. Hopefully it continues to go well and should only take a few months.

The Latest

Not too much has been going on, but I thought I would post a small update with a ton of pictures.

Rollie and Julie are getting married in June and I just bought my plane tickets. Texas here I come!!

Brynlee has been growing and changing every day. Where did my baby go?? Part of me is happy to see her grow up and the things that she will do...but a part of me is very sad to see my little baby change.

She has recently discovered that she has a voice and now loves to talk. You can't understand a word of it...but she sure loves it when you pretend that you do. She is starting to roll over from her tummy to her back but not the other way around. Brynlee was also starting to outgrow her bassinet so she now sleeps in her "big girl crib"...I thought the first night was going to be rough but she loved it!

I am also learning to make hair bows. They are so fun and cute.

Brynlee's Blessing Weekend

We blessed Brynlee on Sunday February 7, 2010 in Grace, Idaho. It was a very special weekend not only because of the blessing but also because Rollie got to come home for a visit. He pretty much looks the same...but I did catch him say y'all a couple times..hehehe. It was a lot of fun to play games and to just hang out together. The only thing that would have made it even more fun is if Rollie's family could've been here too. At least I'll get to see them in June for their wedding.

Brynlee is starting to smile a lot more and is so dang cute!!

This is the first time that Brynlee got to meet Uncle Rollie...She seems to think he's pretty cool.


My family bought the blessing dress as a gift for Brynlee. She looked so pretty in her fluffy white dress.