Three Months

Three months ago I met the prettiest girl in the world. And boy, time flies!

We couldn't be happier with our little angel. She is growing up too fast! Part of me is slightly sad that I am losing my newborn baby. But the more she grows, the more fun she gets. She is so curious about everything around her, and loves to be held up high to take in all the world.

My transition back to work and Brylee to "daycare" has been great. Although I wish I could stay home with Brylee AND still have enough time to work, I am so thankful for the childcare scenario we have. She is going to our friend's house just down the road from us who stays home with her 3 year old daughter. So Brylee gets great attention and some "big sister" lovin'. On Tuesdays & Thursdays she even gets to go up to our church preschool and play with two other baby girls in the nursery. We are very blessed by these people.

Every night we spend about an hour of "family time" on our bed. We started this about a month ago when we realized Brylee LOVED being naked during the time we changed her from day clothes to pajamas. So a little before her bedtime, we all go hang out on our bed, Brylee naked, and giggle & make faces at each other.

Here's some fun facts:

• She weighs about 13 lbs according to me holding her on our adult scale
• She fits into her 3 months clothes perfectly, and we've started trying some of our 3-6 month clothes as well
• She eats about 3-4 oz a feeding, about every 3 hours, and is doing better with the bottle during daycare time than when we initially started practicing with the bottle
• She goes to bed about 8:30 pm - I feed her right before I go to bed about 10-11pm without her really waking up - then she usually still wakes up once between 3-5 am for a quick feeding (the good thing is I'm back in bed within 30 min) - and sleeps until 7 am
• We have had about 4 nights where she has slept all the way from 10pm until 7am! We're hoping this gets more consistent
• I'm still nursing, and thankfully I have a really good eater (although she has gone through phases of not wanting to eat)
• She really has some lungs! When she's upset, she has a pretty good scream and lets us know she is NOT happy!
• She has found her hands and LOVES sticking them in her mouth
• She enjoys tummy time more and more (although only for short periods of time) and can roll from tummy to back if she gets mad enough
• She still sleeps in our room at night (mostly to make it easier on me to feed her), but takes naps during the day in her crib in her room
• She still has to be swaddled to sleep, and hopefully will grow out of that soon
• She likes sitting in her Bumbo seat already because it's easy for her to look around

Three Months - February 23, 2011

We look forward to watching her grow more and more...but don't do this too quickly, Baby girl!

"Hmmm....Frogs?

Today Tara took this great picture of Brylee reading...what a smart girl I have! Three months old today! Happy "One-month-older" Birthday, baby girl!

Daily Happenings

Here are some recent iphone pics...enjoy!

Enjoying sitting up and looking around so much these days

Brylee has become fond of Paisley...I'm not sure the feeling's mutual

First walk sitting in her stroller like a big girl

Bryan got her a Valentines day card. She loved it!

Brylee Rolls...

...OVER!

Brylee usually does not enjoy tummy time, so we haven't had a lot of practice pushing with our legs & arms. But tonight, 2/21/11, Brylee rolled over from front to back for the first time. We captured her second roll on video. Good job, sweet girl!

Daily Happenings

So I was called out by my brother that I am not posting enough pictures of growing Brylee. I haven't gotten into a good habit about posting random pictures throughout our days. So I've decided to start posting random pictures under the blog post "Daily Happenings." This will be a place for "non-event" picture posts, mostly for my out of town family. Nothing fancy about these posts, so don't expect it. In no specific order, either.

Every night when we get Brylee's pajama's on, she has her happiest time of the day. She LOVES being naked. She smiles, laughs, & kicks her legs and waves her arms. Its such a fun time of our night.

She's also discovered her hands

She loves her play mat

First time in her Bumbo. She's still not sure about it (and I think she might still be a tad young!)

Also...the quality of these pictures may not be the best, as most of them are taken on my phone. Just fyi. Hope you enjoy Daily Happenings

Two Months

We went to the pediatrician this morning for Brylee's two month wellness check, and here's what we look like:

She weighs 11 lbs 12.5 oz (75%) and is 23 1/4 inches long (75-90%). She looks great, with just a little skin issues. She has mild eczema on her face, belly, and back, and a good case of cradle cap. She got her first round of shots this morning, which made for a sad and cranky day.

She is such a happy baby, especially since we have become more regulated with nap time and play time. She slept for 8 hours through the night two days in a row last week, but then reverted back to our usually 4-6 hour stretches this week (which I still can't complain about). She holds her head up really well and looks around side to side, following objects and us as we come and go. I think she has started discovering her hands - she puts them in her mouth now, not to suck on them or when she's hungry, but when she's playing.

We had a hard time getting her to wake up for these pictures, as you can see by the big yawn, followed by closed eyes.

My sweet, pretty babe, growing so fast. I can't believe it has been over two months since she was born.

Two Months - January 23, 2011

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

We had such a great holiday season! It was so fun celebrating these holiday's with a new baby, and I can only imagine that next year will be even more fun. Obviously, Brylee had no idea what was going on, but Bryan and I sure enjoyed treating our little girl to some of our family traditions and holiday firsts. It is really fun to think how quickly things change in a year's time. Last Christmas we couldn't have predicted having a baby this Christmas, and next Christmas we will have a mobile 1 year old! Here's a quick picture recap of how we spent our week of Christmas & New Years!

We took our first plane ride with Brylee. I was very nervous of how we would get all of our "stuff" through security and how Brylee would do on the plane. Our doctor told us to feed her during take-off & landing to help her ears. We were easily able to feed her during take-off, but she fell asleep so hard I couldn't wake her up during landing. Luckily, she was not bothered at all by the plane and did great.

We woke up Christmas morning after our first night of 5 hours of consecutive sleep! She was 3 days shy of 5 weeks old, and I was so proud of her. That sleep patterned continued the entire week in Atlanta! What a great Christmas present to me!



She got several Christmas presents, and thoroughly enjoyed sleeping through the entire present opening process. Again...next year will be so different!

Bryan got a Kindle for Christmas...let the reading begin

Every child has to have some Christmas PJs (that they can only wear once because by next Christmas they've completely grown out of them!)

My sleeping angel

My dad, Gramps, loved having his time with Brylee

My Grandmama was with us for Christmas and always had the "perfect touch" when Brylee was fussy

My brother David and his girlfriend Emily

My youngest brother Andrew, who met Brylee for the first time because he was unable to make it out to Dallas during Thanksgiving when she was born

My Uncle Mike was very curious with Brylee's every move, but was willing to hold her even when she was crying

We had a white Christmas! It started snowing Christmas afternoon, and by Sunday morning, the ground was covered.

Again, as you can tell, Brylee was really impressed with her first snow day!

Mimi & Gramps with their baby girl.

Four generations of ladies: Grandmama (my mom's mom), Mimi (my mom), Me, & Brylee

Christmas Day family picture

New Years Eve...Brylee woke up for her 10pm feeding, and we kept her "up" (out of her pack-in-play, although asleep) until midnight so she could help us ring in the new year! I definitely am a mom who likes her child on a schedule, but I will also not be a stickler when it comes to fun holidays & events. So yes, my kids will be allowed to stay up to midnight if they want to on new years eve, even starting at 1 month old!

We had such a great holiday season, filled with lots of traveling. It's nice to be back home & solidify our routine & family time before I have to start back at work.