Bringing up Brynley: March 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My beautiful girl

Photo taken 3/7/09

I really want to post some more recent photos, but most of the ones I've taken in the last few weeks are not very good. Rob bought me a digital camera a few years ago...a Kodak EasyShare...and I love it. Lately, however, some of the pictures I take with it turn out all wrong. I don't know how to describe it; they are kind of blurry and look like a painting. Not all the pictures are like this, but most. I've been taking pictures with my regular SLR camera so I hope when I get those developed that there are some gems in there. I've also been taking pictures (and videos) with Rob's camcorder, but I can't figure out how to transfer them so I'm waiting for his help!

Brynley will only be this small once and I don't want to miss these moments! I guess it's time to shop for a new digital camera! Any suggestions?

I told you so...

I've said it several times, but here is proof that my Brynley does not like bathtime. This is a very LOUD time in our house!

Photo taken March 7, 2009

Bryn & Daddy
(Cider in the background)
Taken March 6, 2009

Many thanks to Lisa for sending me your photos. Although this is an "old" picture, I love it and had to post it!

Photo taken February 13, 2009

Friends & Family

Just a few of Brynley's visitors over the past 5-1/2 weeks. If you visited her and your picture isn't here, it means I don't have any pictures of the two of you together! BOO!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Catching up...

Brynley stayed with "Grandma" deMariano today while I went and got my hair highlighted and cut. As you can see, I got it cut really short!

Grandma says Brynley was a really good girl. She took lots of pictures and videos (Grandma did, not Bryn!). One video is a montage of all of Brynley's perfected looks: anger, surprise, smiles. Yes, smiles!

Tonight I captured a great video of Brynley smiling. It was the first time that I was truly convinced that it was a smile and not just gas. Rob was tickling her and she would just break out into this huge open-mouthed grin. As soon as I find the camcorder cord, I will try posting it to the blog. It is a must-see!

Brynley's last week has been busy. We've been to Grandma's house twice. She met her great-grandmother and a few of Grandma's friends. Her Aunt Tina stayed up late teaching her all about biology and micro-organisms. She met her Auntie Heather and the triplets. Brynley has also been up to her old tricks: She peed on me this time...all down the front of my shirt and the entire right leg of my pajama pants. It was my fault...I took her diaper off before carrying her to the bathroom for her bath and I KNEW better!

Brynley:

Still screams throughout bathtime!
Occasionally lets Mom sleep for 3-1/2 hours (this is rare, but wonderful).
Takes a bottle of breastmilk every once in awhile.
Is no longer purple.
Loves to have Mommy sing to her even though I have a horrible singing voice.
Is infatuated with ceiling fans.
Got so mad at me tonight that she kicked her socks off!
Fell asleep listening to The Beatles the other night - maybe she remembers me listening to those CDs throughout the pregnancy.
Is the light of our lives.

Monday, March 16, 2009

"One-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater" Alternate title: "My daughter ate Barney!"

I am fully aware that one day my daughter will hate me for capturing these moments on camera. Hopefully she'll forgive me.

To make a long story short, I have had severe, excruciating pain during breastfeeding. It felt like I was producing and feeding shards of glass instead of milk. My doctor believes I have a thrush/yeast infection and I am on antifungals as of today. Another treatment my doctor prescribed is called Gentian Violet (for obvious reasons). My beautiful baby's face will be stained purple for the remainder of the week. If you have time to kill, "google" Gentian Violet and do an image search. I'm not the only cruel parent who has captured their child's picture like this! Apparantly, this is quite a popular photo-op!

Look at how big Brynley is getting!!!

Brynley's weekend

Brynley met her Granddaddy Hinkley this weekend! Here are some pictures from the visit:

Granddaddy Hinkley brought Bryn a huge stuffed lamb. This outfit was a gift from Erika and it one of my favorites! I want to copy the design on it and make a picture for the nursery. Just add that to my endless list of dream projects! :)

Picture taken 3/15/09

Brynley is one month old!

Picture taken 3/14/09 (a day late!)

Friday, March 13, 2009

One month old!

It is hard to believe that a month ago today, Brynley joined our family. The days go by very quickly! I spend my days (and nights) feeding, diapering, cleaning, cuddling, and playing with my daughter. My house is a disaster; it seems like I don't have time to clean and organize this mess! Still, I am very much in love and just looking at Brynley's precious face reminds me what is really important.

Some things Bryn has done in the past week or so:

She has started to track things across the room with her eyes. She especially likes to stare at the ceiling fan.
She has had visits from Jean Marie and her family, Lisa, and Grandma/Grandpa.
Brynley's first outing with Mom was to Target (well...except when we ran into Walgreens a few weeks ago for diapers!)
She peed on Dad...and Mom laughed for an hour!
She's had some nights with very little sleep and some nights with quite a few nice stretches of sleep. She averages two hours at a time, but occassionally blesses me with three hours of sleep.
She is growing out of her "newborn" sized clothes. I can't believe this!
The dogs enjoy licking her head and Bryn doesn't flinch.
She has started to enjoy her swing.
She holds her head up very well!

We love you, Brynley! You are getting so big so fast!

Monday, March 9, 2009

I need to take more pictures...

There just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to capture pictures of my precious daughter! Here are a few we managed to get in the past week.

Miss Bryn about a week ago

Now this was ridiculously adorable! After a marathon breastfeeding session, Brynley fell asleep on my lap with her mouth wide open and her butt up in the air. Rob & I stopped laughing long enough to snap a few photos. Then we resumed laughing until we woke her up!

Dancing in her sleep

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Gramma wants more pics!

Gramma wants more pics so here we go....

The skinny legs are starting to fill out

March 5, 2009

February 25, 2009

On Brynley's due date (2/25/09), Rob and I were running errands. We took the car through the carwash and I made a comment that I hoped there were no leaks in the car since Bryn was in the backseat. As soon as the carwash shut off, she made a funny little noise and Rob said, "Maybe there is a leak in the car!" The noise sounded just like someone spitting up a stream of water. She keeps up laughing every day!