It's a GIRL!!

No, not me! My sister gave birth to a beautiful, 8lb 5.90z baby girl this morning at 9:44am. She was a very long 21.5 inches! We are so happy for her and her family. As you may or may not know, this baby was conceived 2 years after my sister had her tubes clamped, so she's a little miracle baby!

Brooke and Grandma patiently waiting for the labor to progress.

Brooke playing with Angela's toes. Obviously from the smile on my sister's face, she wasn't hurting too much at this point!

Brooke checking to see how her Aunt Angela was doing.

And here she is!!!

The nurses were betting she was a 9 pounder. She fooled them all. Shelby still holds the record at almost 9lbs 2oz.

As soon as I showed Brooke the baby she was hooked! She wanted to watch her every second. She was even saying "hi" to her.

Mommy and daughter finally meet!

These are always the sweetest pictures!!

Brooke was trying to climb into the bed with my sister to get a closer look.

The proud Mommy and Daddy!

Big Sister Kalyn holding her (she hasn't been named yet).

The Yuhas clan

Big Sister Shelby holding the baby. She told us "she was never going to put her down." So I said "What about when she poops?" Then she said she would only put her down when she pooped. Too funny!

Proud Aunt Candy

The happy Mommy!

Brooke "holding" the baby.

I finally managed to get a picture of her with her eyes open. I even got to change her diaper (She did not like to be exposed!)

Brooke trying to "pet" the baby before we left this afternoon.

As my sister was in labor, the reality hit me...that will be me in a few weeks!!! I was so worried about how Brooke would handle a new baby, but she was so cute with her new baby cousin and didn't seem jealous when I was holding her at all. I think she will be a very loving and very gentle big sister. I guess we will find out soon enough! Congrats again to the Yuhas family!!!

My sick little girl!!

I knew it was just a matter of time before my little girl finally came down with her first real "sickness". She's only had a mild cold (with no fever, no meds) since she was born. On Thursday morning about 5am, I rolled over and noticed she felt extremely hot all over. I got her Tylenol out and gave her a dose which kicked in after what seemed like an eternity. When she finally woke up, she was definitely not her happy, sweet little self. I felt horrible!!! I gave her more Tylenol around 9am and she seemed to be keeping a normal temperature after that. At 2:45pm I had my OB appointment. I took Brooke with me and not long after getting there she was burning up again. I took her temperature and it was 102.5 under the arm. I immediately gave her more Tylenol and called the base pediatric office. They had no appointments available that day or on Friday. They took a message and had a nurse call me back. The nurse told me it was normal for kids to run a fever for about 24 hours and to call if it got worse. She told me to give her water and/or pedialyte to keep from getting dehydrated. After waiting to see my doctor for over an hour (I was about to reschedule since I had Brooke on me burning up) I ran to the store to get Pedialyte. My Mom had met me at the Doctor's office to hold Brooke while I saw the Dr. and sat with her in the car so I could run in the store. She slept most of the day and I continued the Tylenol every 3 1/2 hours to keep her fever down. Friday she woke up with a fever but she seemed to be feeling a little better. She was walking around the house and had a little bit of an appetite. We attended my Aunt's Mom's funeral Saturday morning since she seemed to be doing okay. After the funeral and lunch she went down for a nap and woke up with another fever!!! I decided that evening to try giving her Amoxicillin in case she had a touch of strep throat. She was prescribed Amox. in June before heading to Florida since I had come down with it. She never ended up needing it so I had it on hand. I gave her her first dose last night around 6pm and her 2nd dose at 6am this morning. During breakfast, I noticed she had a rash all the way around her scalp line and she was still not feeling well. She did have a fever again this morning. I decided to take Brooke to the med stop. The doctor thinks she has something viral and gave us Zithromax and said the rash was definitely an allergic reaction to the Amoxicillin. The rash had actually gotten worse by the time I got to the Med Stop. I had brought the Benadryl with me to give her a dose after the doctor saw her. He also gave me Claritin to use for the rash. My poor little girl did NOT like her visit to the Med Stop. I felt so bad that she was so upset and not feeling well. On a positive note, we did make it in time to celebrate Gavin's Birthday with him. We obviously didn't stay long since Brooke was sick. As of now, she hasn't had a fever since this morning but she still has the most pitiful, sick looking eyes and is sleeping a lot. I HOPE tomorrow my baby will be back to her sweet, happy little self and in to everything!!!

Brooke asleep on her blue pillow Thursday afternoon.

My sick little girl today at Gavin's party. She wanted so bad to play but was so exhausted. My sister and I thought she was going to fall asleep sitting there. She did perk up enough to eat pizza, ice cream and cake before passing out on the way home.

The rash behind her right ear at the Doctor's office.

I tried to take pictures this evening of the rash but the flash didn't want to cooperate. The rash is much better but still covering her chest and back.

Quick Pictures

Brooke playing with my water shoes.

Brooke and Daddy shortly after waking up.

Laying with Papa and of course, her blue pillow!

Spending a little quality time with Gavin.

House hunting adventure!

We stayed on base at the fabulous base hotel. Brooke loved the long hallways to practice perfecting her walking.

Here is the house we walked into that we really liked! This house was sold already (DARN) but there is another one on the next street over going up. We did sign a contract, hopefully nothing will fall through. We added a few stipulations on the contract that would negate the contract if not done. We shall see!

Breakfast at Cracker Barrel before we met to go over the contract on the house.

Brooke showing Daddy how to play the peg game.

Brooke liked the checkers better on the ground!

Brooke playing with an American Flag while we met with the Realtors.

Celebrating Daddy's 31st Birthday

Brooke being a little mischievous earlier in the day.

We all got together to celebrate Jeff's 31st Birthday when he got back from training. Of course, we did it Mexican style!

Brooke stealing some of Daddy's birthday cake while he was trying to cut it. (It was frozen solid!)