Birthday girl..2 months!

Yes, my baby girl is two months old today..it is still so surreal to me that I have a child. The love I have for her is undescribeable and I thank God everyday for giving Bryson and I the opportunity to have a miracle that we have today.

Here are a few pics of my beautiful baby girl:

She loves her play set she got for Christmas! There is a smiling face that she is looking and it plays music and blinks different color lights..she loves it. She just smiles and coos at it..so cute!

We were loading up to go see Gma and watch the KU game with her.


This is what the car ride over does to her..

Keeping Momma Busy..

I know, I'm slipping on the posts. Braylea keeps me so busy in the evening that it is hard to find time to get on here. She barely ever takes a nap for me once I pick her up after work. I guess she just misses me so much that she doesn't want to miss one minute of our time together! :)

She is growing so fast it is unbelievable. She will be two months Saturday and that just seems crazy. The past month has been constant change from her..from growing; to filling out; to smiling; and now growing out of clothes! I'm real anxious to go the doctor next week (minus the shots) to find out what she weighs and her length.

Had a little scare a little bit ago..Braylea has been spitting up more than normal lately and excessively, but she never acts like she doesn't feel good and always has an interest in eating so we hadn't been too worried about it. Well, today it seemed to be worse and tonight she had diarrhea for the first time. She filled two diapers as I was trying to clean her up..I did get a little nervous because I didn't want her to get dehydrated since she has been spitting up as well. I called my mom to reassure myself everything was alright and not to be a crazy mom who thinks something is seriously wrong over a dirty diaper..the funny thing is that Braylea has never been so happy. Tonight I layed her on her changing table and we stayed there for probably close to 30 mins just smiling and cooing. So I know that she doesn't feel bad and she is probably eating more than normal today. I think we are good but I'm definitely going to keep track of everything just to make sure..there are too many viruses going on not to worry.

I will try to post some pics of her this weekend...Thank God it is Friday tomorrow!

Moving on up!

I waited out as long as a could and had to switch Braylea from Newborn diapers to 1's. They look huge on her! But hopefully we won't have as many accidents where she doesn't just dirty her diaper, but also her clothes..

Smiley

I finally got a good picture of her smiling..every time I would get the camera out she would never give me the smile I wanted...but here it is..the full blown smile of Miss Braylea.

Does it get better?

Well, I got through the first week of going back to work..but people say the first week is the worst but I'm still dreading the next week just as bad. I do admit that it was nice to get out of the house everyday and get back into a routine but if I could only bring Braylea with me!

Braylea did adjust very well with the new routine. She sleeps most of the morning for my aunt and then usually stays awake most of the afternoon. She is pretty consistent with eating 4 1/2 to 5 oz each feeding every 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I was nervous about how much she eats at first because I wasn't producing all of that in one session of pumping but that has definitely increased and I have no problem with the supply.

Not being around her 24/7 has made me see a lot of changes in her just in one week. She is focusing on people much better, cooing a lot more, smiling at you if you are smiling and talking to her and she is growing like a weed! I'm real curious as to how much she weighs and her length. We have her 2 month checkup at the end of this month..yes, she is almost 2 months old..insane.

We had a pretty good weekend but went way too fast! Friday night we went out to eat with Kari and Tricia; Saturday Kari, Braylea and I went to Joplin to shop(I bought my first pair of non-prego jeans!); and today we went to church and then I made dinner for Bryson's parents and sister. Now back to the normal routine..fun fun

Aunt-cousin Karebear and Braylea after a long day of shopping

Just got done eating..she's happy!

Getting ready to go to church..doesn't look too excited, huh?! lol

Sticking her tongue out at me..trying to tell me that enough is enough with the pics, Mom.

Back to Work

This is what I got to bring home..a happy baby ready to see her mommy!

Today was really hard leaving my baby girl that I've spent pretty much every waking moment with for 6 weeks, but I did it..with a few tears. I'm really glad she is close by though so I am able to go feed her on my lunch break. Work was very hectic so it kept me busy as well to keep my mind off things. I'm really glad she is taking to a bottle as well as she is..that makes me feel even better. I'm ready for the weekend already!

(I tried to download a cute video clip of Braylea but I guess I wasn't doing it right because it would never download fully) Any suggestions??

Happy New Year!

Last night was a pretty big deal for me..I left Braylea with her grandparents. Bryson and I decided that we wanted to go do something for New Years but didn't really want to go to any parties or bars, so we decided to go the Buffalo Run for a few hours. Grandma and Grandpa Nutter were real excited to get to babysit for the first time. I about cried..Bryson kept asking me if I really wanted to go once we left because he could tell that I was really bothered by the whole situation. Once we got there I was alright and it was nice to have alone time with Bryson again. We were gone for a few hours and then rushed home to see our baby girl. She did great for them which was a relief to hear and that she took a bottle without trouble. I haven't fed her bottles much but when I have we were just guessing at how much she would drink..well I normally had between 3 to 4 oz for her and she would always still want to breastfeed afterwards like she wasn't satisfied..sooo this time we had 5 oz and they said she drank it all and went to sleep afterwards. She is definitely a piglet! I am glad that we found out what she needs though since I am forced to go back to work on Monday and was worried that she would scream for my aunt because she wouldn't have enough milk for her. I pray everything goes good with that and that I can deal with it at the same time...this has got to be the worst thing that I have ever dreaded in my life...eight whole hours that I will miss out on 5 days a week. Why do bills have to be paid??
On a positive note..Wednesday the company that is building our shop came to start on it. They should be done next week sometime. Bryson is pretty excited; he has wanted his own shop for years and finally getting one. I'm just ready for extra storage! lol Not good that we are already out-growing our house. ha!