Skyping with cousins in Indiana!!
Here are a few more pictures from the Florida trip. I have to say, I've never seen prouder Grandparents. You pretty much had to pry Brooke from their hands!!!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
8 Weeks Old Already!!!!!!
I can't believe how fast our little girl is growing up!!!!!She'll be 2 months old Thursday!! I have seen so many changes in her. She is getting so big!!! We've weighed her on our scale and got 12 lbs, but we'll get the final tally Friday at her two month Dr's. appt. She has many rolls (which are so cute!!!) and she's looking really long. She may be a tall girl, we'll see!!! Speaking of Dr.'s appts, her two month appt. means she has to get shots!!!! Daddy better be there!! Mommy needs moral support as they stick my baby girl. I hope she doesn't cry, but I'm sure she will. I would take her for ice cream afterwards, but she didn't want to breastfeed so she doesn't get any! She's sure missing out on a lot of yummy foods (mainly sweets!!) She's starting to smile a lot more now. It just melts my heart to see her eyes light up with a smile!!! I'm tearing up thinking about it now. Here are a few pictures of Brooke taken in Ft. Lauderdale last week!!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Home Sweet Home!!!
We were Skyping with Brooke's cousins and Aunt Kelly in Indy.
Another special visit with Great-Aunt Mary and Great-Grandma Gritz.
Brooke and Great-Grandma
Mommy and Brooke
Nina having a chat with Brooke.
Check out her rolls!!! I wish my rolls were this cute!!!
One of Nina and Brooke's chats. Brooke just loves her Nina!!!!
We left Nina and Poppi's around 9am this morning. We planned the exit around Brooke's feeding because we knew she would quickly pass out and she did!!! She slept until right past Orlando which is about a 3 hour drive from Ft. Lauderdale. We were debating on whether or not to stop at one of the rest areas on the turn pike to wake Brooke and feed her or continue on and try to make it to Ocala. We decided since she was still sound asleep, to continue on without stopping. Let me tell you, the MINUTE we passed the ramp for the rest stop, we heard noises coming from the back seat and we both looked at each other. We were thinking "oh crap" but at the same time we thought it was pretty funny. It was like she knew she was setting a trap for us. The next rest stop was 24 miles away. I quickly made a bottle and fed her while sitting in the front seat. We made it to the next rest area, burped her and changed her diaper in the car and continued on. From the rest stop, I just stayed in the back seat with her to keep her entertained (as much as you can do with a 7 week old baby). Jeff was going to try to make it to the Florida/Georgia border and let me drive because he was exhausted, as was I. I've never been much of a car sleeper, so I quizzed Jeff on his J-star knowledge for work instead of napping. I now know more about that airplane that I ever needed to know. Jeff decided he was too tired to make it to the border, so I took over about 50 miles south of the border. Poor Jeff was trying to nap in the back seat, but Brooke was not having it. She was getting tired of being in her seat. I had to pull off a ramp around exit 71 in Georgia. Jeff took her out of her seat and tried to calm her, but she was still being very fussy. We switched seats and I preceded to change her #1 diaper and she decided to begin a #2. Luckily I had a new diaper under her so it stayed in the diaper. We took off again and about 5-10 minutes later she was calm and quiet and remained that way the remainder of the trip. She surprised me at how well she tolerated the trip down there and back. I'm so proud of my little traveler!!! We got home around 6pm after a short visit at my parent's house to pick up Dutch. We came home, unloaded the car and I begin to get her things organized. I decided I wanted to take a bath. Finally, after 7 weeks, the reminisce of Brooke's delivery has left me !!! YEAH!!! I put Brooke in the tub with me to see how she would tolerate it. Our house stays pretty chilly in the winter so instead of baths in her tub with the cold air around her, we've been showering her with us and she likes it much better that way. Jeff handed her to me in the tub and she laid on my chest and didn't seem to mind the bath. After a few minutes, I guess she decided she didn't like it and started crying. Sorry, I didn't get any pictures of this bath. I didn't want to show off my post-delivery, stretched out, cellulite self for all to see...lol.. She did pass right out after the bath, so I guess it did some how relax her. We very much enjoyed our week long visit with Nina and Poppi. Brooke loved visiting with everyone and didn't mind everyone holding her, especially Nina and Poppi!!! She can't wait to see them in May when they come up for the air show. I have more pictures to post and more to say about our visit, but that will be another day (maybe tomorrow). We've had a long day!!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Brooke's first trip to the Atlantic Ocean!!
This is the first picture of Brooke at the beach/pier. She was sound asleep!!!
Our first trip to the Atlantic as a family.
It was a very windy, cool day at the pier.
Brooke was so excited, she slept right through it!!
Daddy being funny!!
Nina with Brooke...
Aren't we a cute family???
A picture of the family with Nina!!
This picture is for Dr. Jackson!!! She was in the sun no more than 10 mins, but she was covered in FRAGRANCE FREE SPF 60+ sunscreen.
Mommy and Brooke on a very windy day at the pier.
Daddy with his little girl.
Another picture of Daddy and Brooke.
Mommy and Brooke again!!!
Nina with her granddaughter on the Pier.
While we were in Ft. Lauderdale, we decided to take Brooke to the Pompano Beach Pier where Jeff and I were engaged on Dec 31st, 2006. It was in the 70's, but very, very windy!!! When we first got there, a young boy had caught a fish and was trying to intice this pelican to come off the roof and eat. The pelican wasn't coming down so the boy threw the fish onto the roof where the pelican tried to eat the whole thing in one piece. It was pretty interesting to watch. Of course the fish was way to big for the pelican to eat, so he eventually spit it out. Anyways, we had a great time at the pier and enjoyed Nina sharing Brooke's first time at the ocean. We can't wait for her to actually get on the beach and stick her feet in the ocean. It was too cold to even try to touch the water today so we will try again next time when she's a little older.
Breakouts....
Since Brooke has been born, she's had these three stubborn milia (baby milk bumps) that just won't go away!!!! However, yesterday was definitely a momentous occasion as we noticed her first zit!!! It may be time to start her on a strict proactive regime or schedule an appointment with our favorite Dermatologist, Dr. Jackson for some tazorac!!! Poor Baby!!!! lol
Silly Cat!!
Here are some videos of Nina and Poppi's Persian cat, Tweety. Jeff has a remote control airplane that he was testing out in the house after replacing the battery. Tweety was very interested in this airplane!! She did some weird shaking thing with her head when it was coming at her. It is hilarious!!!! She even managed to attack it twice!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
First Official Day in Ft. Lauderdale
Brooke after her poopy incident....
Two men and a little lady
Brooke and Poppi
Brooke with her great-aunt Barb.
Pretty in Pink..she looks so big!!!
Brooke with her Nina
She makes the funniest faces!!
My sleeping baby!!!
Brooke with her 2nd cousin, Celyn.
Brooke still passed out on Celyn.
Great Aunt Barb hogging the baby...JK..she was great with Brooke!!
Great Aunt Mary feeding Brooke.
Great-Grandma Gritz meeting her great-granddaughter for the first time.
Nina fascinating Brooke with her funny faces.
More funny faces!!
A kiss from daddy..not quite sure what Brooke was so focused on to make her look cross-eyed.
My red-eyed baby...lol
Chillin with daddy!!
Well we made our first official trip with Brooke on Friday. She did very well in the car. She slept most of the way, waking up for the occasional feeding, poop and to just check things out. She did not like turnpike through Orlando. They are doing construction on the roads through there so there were alot of bumps which woke her up every time we hit them. We got into town around 8:15 pm and met Jeff's parents at Chili's...YUMMY!!!! Saturday we ran some errands with his parents and then the family met at their house for snacks and a steak dinner. We had oreo ice cream cake from dairy queen for dessert. However, my dessert got interupted by a minor poop incident compliments of Miss Brooke and melted. Everyone just loved holding and admiring Brooke. It was great to see everyone with her and we especially enjoyed Brooke with her Great-Grandmother.
Our hands...
I took these pictures last week at home. It's amazing the size difference in her sweet, chubby little hands and my old ones!!!
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