Here are a few pictures from our trip to New Orleans to meet sweet Taylor. On the Wednesday after Taylor's birth, Braylin, me, and Susan Austin headed to New Orleans to meet up with my mom. We had a wonderful "girls" trip and of course had a GREAT time with Jen, Ray, and little Taylor. My dad, Jay, and Dr. Austin made the drive on Friday, and we all enjoyed a fun weekend. It was so hard leaving on Sunday. I can hardly wait to get back down there and get my hands on my niece!!!
Yes, it's true.... little Taylor was born on Sunday and one day later little Bryce was born! Braylin has 2 newborn cousins now! I'm counting down the days (well, only 1 day now) 'til I get to meet my niece on Wednesday!!!! I can HARDLY wait to get there and see her. I get all excited just looking at pictures of her.
Meanwhile, I had the pleasure of being Matt & Kasey's nurse today and delivering my nephew. It was a wonderful experience, and I had a lot of fun being part of it all. Thanks so much Matt & Kasey for asking me to be your nurse. You both did GREAT today! Picture to come.... Poppi, email me a picture!
Well, Taylor decided she didn't want to wait until Monday morning...
Jen's "water broke" this morning a little before 4am and off to the hospital they went. Jen is still in the OR right now, so I don't have ALL of the details, but we do know that she weighs 8lb 5oz and is 21 inches long. I can hardly wait to see her little chunky self!
I posted this video so Aunt Jen and Uncle Ray can see how much Braylin's changed since last time we saw them. Have fun Jen! Everyone else...feel free NOT to watch :)
When Gram wrote me asking if I was waiting on Braylin to write her OWN post, I decided it must have been way too long since I've written anything! Where does the time go?!
Braylin has grown so much over the last month! She's decided to hold her bottle on her own, she loves sitting up, she gets around pretty good in her new walker, she waves bye-bye, and she has 2 teeth coming thru. It's been so much fun watching all of the changes she has made. Here's a few pictures...
I know it takes me FOREVER to post something new on here, but I'm trying... I promise! It's been an entire month since my last post, and I feel like so much has changed! Braylin had her six month appointment last week... She weighs in at 16lb 14oz, and she's 26.25inches long. Talk about a growing girl! Overall, the doctor said she looks great and would see us back at her 9 month appointment.
She's loving carrots, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, apple sauce, prunes, pears, and squash. Now that she's six months, Dr. Haynes said we could start on meats... however, after one try of the pureed 2nd stage Gerber chicken, Braylin's facial expression and the smell of dog food has officially marked chicken off of the list of foods she can eat. Daddy and I have decided it stinks too bad to feed to a cute little girl. :) We'll wait 'til she can eat shredded chicken.
I posted a few pictures below of some things she's been doing. LOVES to chew on her feet, LOVES bathtime, LOVES her new doorway-johnny-jump-up (but not as much as her Exersaucer), and is doing pretty well at sitting on her own.
Hopefully I'll be able to get back into the program of updating my blog. Work and Mommy-hood have kept me busy busy! Hopefully Jen will be much better at postings than I am.
Busy downloading pictures from our beach trip and getting ready for the week. Hoping to have updates posted Wednesday since I'm off that day. Can hardly wait to tell you everything Braylin's been up to!!!
Well, Braylin is now 4 months (and 3 days) old! We feel like she has changed so much just in the last week. Took her to her 4month appointment on Friday so she could get her shots...she did great thru the whole appointment, but the shots brought out some tears.
She decided she wanted to roll over for the first time right there on the exam table. I was totally in shock when she did it cause I had been trying and trying at home with no luck. Now she's discovered it's quite fun, so we get an occasional roll-over. :)
Weight: 14lb 14oz
Length: 25 1/4 inches
The big, fun news: We started on spoon feeding!!! Dr. Haynes wanted us to go ahead and start her on some rice cereal in the mornings and evenings along with her formula, and I was so excited! Especially when she said to spoon feed it to her instead of a bottle!!! It took a few times for Braylin to get the hang of a spoon, but now she seem to think it's fun -- fun to swallow just a little and spit the rest back out.
I cannot believe how horribly bad I've been slacking on the postings! It's almost been a month since I posted anything, and I feel like there's WAY too much to type about. So let's see where I should begin....
Braylin is growing way too fast for us! She's already passed her 3 month mark, and though we would love for her to stay the age and size she is now it's so exciting to watch how much she's changing so quickly. Reaching out and grabbing things, holding her paci to her mouth, sitting in her Bumbo, drinking out of the 3month bottle nipple, trying her best to attempt to roll over (not quite getting there yet), LOVING the NBA playoff games (she could sit with Jay and watch the games for hours -- turn the tv to a basketball game and she's hooked), continuing to be amazed by her Baby Einstein DVDs, outgrowing her 3month clothes, and the list could go on and on.
Here's a few pictures from some things we've done over the past month or so....
Bumbo chair -- I can hardly wait until she's able to enjoy sitting in this!
