Bryan and Brooklyn's feet
Blessing Day
Daddy playing with iPhone
Beginning to smile
She is so strong!
4th of July
The Face!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
First Flight
Yesterday miss Brooklyn when on her first flight! She was fabulous! Didn't make a sound as she slept the whole way. Everyone gaga-ed over her which of course makes any parent shine with pride! This old man was the best though. I was in the isle of the plane looking for a seat and this old man that was sitting leaned over and asked me what her name was. I said, "Brooklyn." Then he clasped his hand together and looked toward the ceiling and said "Aaahhh! I was born there." He seemed so happy that her name was the same as his hometown. Its funny to be out in public with such a small baby (although she is actually growing like a weed) because you have several types of people:
1. The uninterested: these people don't care or notice you have a baby, they go about their business and act like the baby isn't there.
2. The "I don't want to look interested, but I secretly am": These people keep trying to peek at the baby without actually looking directly at the baby. The don't ask you any questions and try their hardest to not make eye contact. They wear no facial expression as to not give themselves away. Their movements seem a little awkward if you move around with the baby, as if they are afraid they will get caught for being interested in her. In some ways its kinda stalker-ish.
3. The distant interest: These people openly watch you and your baby and make comments to the person they are with but never directly to you, even though they must know that you can hear them. For instance: you walk by with the baby and then hear "oh what a small baby, and look at that face." or you are sitting and playing with the baby and then you hear from behind you, "oh she is so cute larry, look at that smile of hers."
4. The kind and subtle interest: These people are the ones (again mostly women) who sit near you or stop and begin to talk to you and ask all the usual questions, "how old is she? How big was she when she was born?" etc. Then go on to talk about whatever she is doing at the time and how cute it is, (even if she isn't doing anything) and then say "enjoy it because it goes fast." Then the conversation is over and each of you go about your business.
5. The very interested: These complete strangers are the ones who do the "kind interest" as a start but go farther by asking all sorts of questions about her sleep and eating and begin to give all sorts of unsolicited advice. They also begin to interact directly with the baby with baby talk and making her smile and coo.
People are so funny and it was fun to observe these things in the people at the airport and on the plane. None of these types of people do I find bad or anything, just funny. Anyway, it was fun to travel with her because she was so good! It is a lot more work than when I only had myself to get around but well worth it. We are excited to be here with my family and to get away from home for a bit. Bryan and I even got to sleep alone tonight while my parent took the baby and did the night routine with her. :) Although, I still can't sleep in!
1. The uninterested: these people don't care or notice you have a baby, they go about their business and act like the baby isn't there.
2. The "I don't want to look interested, but I secretly am": These people keep trying to peek at the baby without actually looking directly at the baby. The don't ask you any questions and try their hardest to not make eye contact. They wear no facial expression as to not give themselves away. Their movements seem a little awkward if you move around with the baby, as if they are afraid they will get caught for being interested in her. In some ways its kinda stalker-ish.
3. The distant interest: These people openly watch you and your baby and make comments to the person they are with but never directly to you, even though they must know that you can hear them. For instance: you walk by with the baby and then hear "oh what a small baby, and look at that face." or you are sitting and playing with the baby and then you hear from behind you, "oh she is so cute larry, look at that smile of hers."
4. The kind and subtle interest: These people are the ones (again mostly women) who sit near you or stop and begin to talk to you and ask all the usual questions, "how old is she? How big was she when she was born?" etc. Then go on to talk about whatever she is doing at the time and how cute it is, (even if she isn't doing anything) and then say "enjoy it because it goes fast." Then the conversation is over and each of you go about your business.
5. The very interested: These complete strangers are the ones who do the "kind interest" as a start but go farther by asking all sorts of questions about her sleep and eating and begin to give all sorts of unsolicited advice. They also begin to interact directly with the baby with baby talk and making her smile and coo.
People are so funny and it was fun to observe these things in the people at the airport and on the plane. None of these types of people do I find bad or anything, just funny. Anyway, it was fun to travel with her because she was so good! It is a lot more work than when I only had myself to get around but well worth it. We are excited to be here with my family and to get away from home for a bit. Bryan and I even got to sleep alone tonight while my parent took the baby and did the night routine with her. :) Although, I still can't sleep in!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Warthog sounds, and projectile poop
So, I have been around a lot of babies throughout my life, but I have never, never, never noticed how much they snort and grunt. Everyone talks about the "cooing" that is so cute and lovely from a baby. I think I've heard like 30% cooing and 70% grunting. At night, Brooklyn will start flailing her hands and legs and start grunting like a warthog, which is when I know she is waking up to eat. I sometimes laugh at how funny she sounds. You wouldn't think such a sound would come from such a cute little person.
On another note, there is something else that is absolutely hilarious that Brooklyn does! Bryan changes a lot of the diapers, it is kinda his bonding time with her. And for some reason, it seems like she knows he is the one changing her, because it seems like about half of the time he changes her she decides to poop and/or pee when he takes her diaper off. One day, while I was in the shower, he was changing her and all of a sudden comes running into the bathroom with the baby and she has poop all the way up her back to her neck! it was the funniest thing in the whole world. Then she got to shower with mamma and she loved that. She loves bath time!
On another note, there is something else that is absolutely hilarious that Brooklyn does! Bryan changes a lot of the diapers, it is kinda his bonding time with her. And for some reason, it seems like she knows he is the one changing her, because it seems like about half of the time he changes her she decides to poop and/or pee when he takes her diaper off. One day, while I was in the shower, he was changing her and all of a sudden comes running into the bathroom with the baby and she has poop all the way up her back to her neck! it was the funniest thing in the whole world. Then she got to shower with mamma and she loved that. She loves bath time!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The feeding monster
Well we've hit the first growth spurt! She has been eating non-stop! I don't know where the little piggy is putting it all! She is still so small! She had her second doctors appointment and she is 8lbs 10 oz now! Wow! Two pounds in almost three weeks. The doctor was very proud of her.
I might sound like the cheesy new mom...but I just want to eat her everyday! Which is weird because that would be totally gross! But she is just so precious and cute and sweet. I call her my little sweet pea. There is something about calling kids after food in my family. I was called pumpkin as were my siblings and now I'm calling Brooklyn a pea.
She is a well loved baby by all her family and family friends! I can't believe she is three weeks old!
I might sound like the cheesy new mom...but I just want to eat her everyday! Which is weird because that would be totally gross! But she is just so precious and cute and sweet. I call her my little sweet pea. There is something about calling kids after food in my family. I was called pumpkin as were my siblings and now I'm calling Brooklyn a pea.
She is a well loved baby by all her family and family friends! I can't believe she is three weeks old!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The first two weeks
I am sad she is growing already, I feel like I can't quite capture enough moments with her even though I'm never away from her.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
She is finally here!
Our family has been blessed with our first addition! Brooklyn Sophia joined us on Thursday morning! We love her so much and can't wait to take her home tomorrow! Getting her here was an adventure to say the least!
Wednesday morning about 3am with bad labor pains. I did everything I could to try and dull the pain and eventually about 8 am it started to ebb away. I got a little nap and then got up, got ready and bryan and I headed for out for lunch and to be with friends to try and make the day go by fast! Just as we were getting lunch going, my contractions started again and were averaging about 7 minutes or so and were not fun but weren't unbearable... We were by the pool for a while and then played some cards. After about 5 hours the contractions made there way to avg 2 min apart and were very very very painful for the most part. Since they want you to come when the contractions are about 3-5 min apart we decided to head for the hospital. After my initial exam I was between 3-4 cm dilated and got admitted! I was assigned my labor room and decided to walk around to try and get a little more dialted before I got my epidural because I wouldn't be able to get up again until after delivery and it epidural wore off. About 10pm I got my epidural, which really was no big deal and I was on my way to being pain free! Or so I thought!
The contraction pain eased until I couldn't feel them anymore which was a major relief! How people go through labor with that kind of pain is beyond me! The pioneer women were amazing! Eventually I lost feeling is my lower body but more so in my right side! I still had a fair amount of control and feeling in my left leg and side. You'd think being numb was great because you can't feel anything... in that way it is, but then you deal with the numbness and it is so hard to move and readjust your position etc. And laying on the same spot, numb or not can hurt. So sadly, Bryan, my mom and the nurse had to reposition me often throughout the the night because i would hurt after a while. I also had moments when I began to feel my contractions again in my left side beacuse it wasn't as numb as the right. Epidural medicine spreads by gravity... so I had to lay on my left in order to get the medicine to the left side. By the time of delivery 12 hours after initially getting my epidural my left side was finally as numb as my right side.
A few hours before delivery I got a fever that peaked at 103 degrees... not good! Kyle and Bryan gave me a blessing about an hour before I delievered and I was completely fine by the time by baby was here! Bryan's mom and my mom along with Bryan of course were in the delivery room with me helping out. The nurse had me start pushing about 10:15am to get me ready for the doctor. By 10:33 Brooklyn came flying out! What an odd and relieving sensation to have her out of me! I touched her head as she crowned...that was interesting, very squishy. She was nasty looking as all baby's are and was immediately taken to the cleaning station so they could suck stuff out of her lungs that had gotten in there in utero (poop basically). Eventually she gave a few wimpy little cries and was cleaned off a little and vitals checked etc and brought over to me. She was 6lbs 9 oz and 20 3/4 in long. She was just so beautiful. I couldn't believe I was holding my own daughter. It was love at first sight. Well actually before because I loved her when she was inside me too! Eventually she was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to be watched and put on antibiotics. We both had to be put on antibiotics for 24-48 hours. Bryan went with her and I was left alone with the doctor and nurse getting cleaned up. Eventually I was moved to my postpardum room upstairs. It was so funny to try and walk! The poor nurses had to get me on the really odd people mover thing and eventually to a wheelchair. After a couple hours I finally was able to go down and see my baby.
I finally got to hold her and kiss her and start to try to breastfeed. It was amazing. Since Thursday I have been going down there around every three hours or so and fed her and been with her, getting updates etc. We hoped to come home today but had to wait till they were sure she could maintain her own body heat. So hopefully in the morning we will be approved to go home! The doctor thinks she will be fine! I was discharged today and we were both taken off our antibiotic today.
It has been hard to have her away from me in the NICU but I am of course glad she is getting the care she needs. Eventhough I was allowed to go home and come back I couldn't bare the thought of leaving her here alone so I have stayed all day. We got a hospitality room we are staying in for the night until she is ready to be released. She is just an amazing little thing. She is very sweet and cute and we love her! I love seeing Bryan with her as she feeds her etc because he is so cute with her and she is a lot like him!
Pictures of my baby are coming!
Wednesday morning about 3am with bad labor pains. I did everything I could to try and dull the pain and eventually about 8 am it started to ebb away. I got a little nap and then got up, got ready and bryan and I headed for out for lunch and to be with friends to try and make the day go by fast! Just as we were getting lunch going, my contractions started again and were averaging about 7 minutes or so and were not fun but weren't unbearable... We were by the pool for a while and then played some cards. After about 5 hours the contractions made there way to avg 2 min apart and were very very very painful for the most part. Since they want you to come when the contractions are about 3-5 min apart we decided to head for the hospital. After my initial exam I was between 3-4 cm dilated and got admitted! I was assigned my labor room and decided to walk around to try and get a little more dialted before I got my epidural because I wouldn't be able to get up again until after delivery and it epidural wore off. About 10pm I got my epidural, which really was no big deal and I was on my way to being pain free! Or so I thought!
The contraction pain eased until I couldn't feel them anymore which was a major relief! How people go through labor with that kind of pain is beyond me! The pioneer women were amazing! Eventually I lost feeling is my lower body but more so in my right side! I still had a fair amount of control and feeling in my left leg and side. You'd think being numb was great because you can't feel anything... in that way it is, but then you deal with the numbness and it is so hard to move and readjust your position etc. And laying on the same spot, numb or not can hurt. So sadly, Bryan, my mom and the nurse had to reposition me often throughout the the night because i would hurt after a while. I also had moments when I began to feel my contractions again in my left side beacuse it wasn't as numb as the right. Epidural medicine spreads by gravity... so I had to lay on my left in order to get the medicine to the left side. By the time of delivery 12 hours after initially getting my epidural my left side was finally as numb as my right side.
A few hours before delivery I got a fever that peaked at 103 degrees... not good! Kyle and Bryan gave me a blessing about an hour before I delievered and I was completely fine by the time by baby was here! Bryan's mom and my mom along with Bryan of course were in the delivery room with me helping out. The nurse had me start pushing about 10:15am to get me ready for the doctor. By 10:33 Brooklyn came flying out! What an odd and relieving sensation to have her out of me! I touched her head as she crowned...that was interesting, very squishy. She was nasty looking as all baby's are and was immediately taken to the cleaning station so they could suck stuff out of her lungs that had gotten in there in utero (poop basically). Eventually she gave a few wimpy little cries and was cleaned off a little and vitals checked etc and brought over to me. She was 6lbs 9 oz and 20 3/4 in long. She was just so beautiful. I couldn't believe I was holding my own daughter. It was love at first sight. Well actually before because I loved her when she was inside me too! Eventually she was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to be watched and put on antibiotics. We both had to be put on antibiotics for 24-48 hours. Bryan went with her and I was left alone with the doctor and nurse getting cleaned up. Eventually I was moved to my postpardum room upstairs. It was so funny to try and walk! The poor nurses had to get me on the really odd people mover thing and eventually to a wheelchair. After a couple hours I finally was able to go down and see my baby.
I finally got to hold her and kiss her and start to try to breastfeed. It was amazing. Since Thursday I have been going down there around every three hours or so and fed her and been with her, getting updates etc. We hoped to come home today but had to wait till they were sure she could maintain her own body heat. So hopefully in the morning we will be approved to go home! The doctor thinks she will be fine! I was discharged today and we were both taken off our antibiotic today.
It has been hard to have her away from me in the NICU but I am of course glad she is getting the care she needs. Eventhough I was allowed to go home and come back I couldn't bare the thought of leaving her here alone so I have stayed all day. We got a hospitality room we are staying in for the night until she is ready to be released. She is just an amazing little thing. She is very sweet and cute and we love her! I love seeing Bryan with her as she feeds her etc because he is so cute with her and she is a lot like him!
Pictures of my baby are coming!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
So much for a due date!
Went to my doctors appointment since I haven't had the baby yet (big surprise) to find out that I haven't really made any progress since my last appointment two weeks ago, which is very disappointing! So, the induction is scheduled for next Thursday at 6:15am, if she doesn't come on her own before that...and seeing as my luck so far hasn't been good I have a feeling she won't feel the need to come before they finally evict her against her will.
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