3 months old

Braylen is 3 months old...can you believe it! She is doing very well and we have a pretty set routine...which varys here and there. We have started putting Braylen in her crib early mornings so she gets a feel for that room. She has been in her pack n play since she came home and that pack n play is in our room. The reason we have chosen not to move it yet is b/c I am getting up once during the night to feed her....which is great compared to what it use to be. She wakes up to eat around 3:30, 4:00 and then she goes back down till the 7:00 hour. Grant and I are going to move upstairs with Braylen and start putting her in her crib at night but when she wakes up to feed...I will be in the next room instead of all the way downstairs...we will probably do this for a week or so and then I am going to try to ween her from that 4:00 feeding.....I will let you know how it goes. So Braylen got to meet Santa and she did really good. Those photographers have some good tricks so the kids don't freak out over the stranger. Braylen however did excellent. We are so excited about her first Christmas and honestly this is the best present we could have ever gotten. Braylen is changing everyday and has become more of a baby instead of a newborn that doesn't really interact.....she ahhhgoohs all the time....and plays by herself with her toys....she grabs things.....and she talks to me all the time...I LOVE IT. The one thing that she has been doing constantly for the last few weeks is SUCKING HER THUMB! She hasn't taken the passey and I thought she just liked her fingers but now it is truely the THUMB....I have caught her several times and I have to share some of those photos. Grant and I still can't believe that 3 months is here already....she has been life changing and we can't wait to see what else is in store.

Family means the world!

Before Thanksgiving....Elisabeth and Adam came home and we were all able to grab some family pictures together. We haven't had family pictures since we were kids so this was super important to us and we were so excited to have them done. Here are a few shots that were taken. Nothing has been edited yet, these are just shots pulled from the CD. Braylen looked like a boy in these shots but oh well......! It was super cold this day also. I have some Christmas pics of Braylen that I will post next.

Blink of the Eye

Braylen is always changing....it seems as if everytime I blink....she is doing something new....it is absolutely amazing.

Braylen has been a busy girl by spending lots of time with her family and friends. The week before Thanksgiving, Braylen and I had the opportunity to go to my dad's classroom and celebrate Thanksgiving with them. He loved having Braylen around and showing her off.

Braylen had her first Thanksgiving and it was a success. She really enjoyed traveling around to visit all of her family. For dessert at my mom's house...I was eating M & M's, of course, and she couldn't take her eyes off of them....it was hysterical. She got to play with Uncle Adam and her Uncle D and Aunt Jo came over to see her and Uncle D put Braylen to sleep.

Braylen has been more alert than ever and loves playing on her play gym, she is putting the toys in her hands and in her mouth....and she also loves to kick the rattle that hangs from the play gym. Braylen has also been doing lots of tummy time...and she loves to do it NAKED. She also loves her fingers.....we keep trying to work with her on her passy but she just likes her fingers better.

My last blog I bragged about Braylen giving her mom 5-6 hours of sleep...well...Grant and I are starting to see a pattern. She has been eating in the 6:30ish to 7:00 hour and then she stays awake for a little bit and then falls alseep...however...if we try to put her in her bed when she falls asleep...she wakes up immediately...so we either hold her or put her in her swing. THen I feed her in the 9:30ish -10:00 hour and then we put her to bed. Braylen doesn't wake up again until the 3:30ish-4:00 time frame....I feed her and then put her back down till the 7:00am hour. This has been a trend the last week and a half....and we are loving it...why...b/c it is somewhat of a schedule that she put herself on....it is awesome and yes....I am LOVING the extra hours of sleep.