4 Month Check Up

Miss Brynlee had her 4 month check up today! This Mommy does not like these appointments. 3 shots today...ugh. The nurse held her legs down this time (she did not do this last time). This in particular made her come unglued! Her poor little face turned Ariel's hair red. Poor babe. She calmed down pretty quick once Mommy picked her up; but she would relive the horror and whimper every once and a while.
She weighs 14 lbs so she is in the 44% for weight in her age group, 24.75 inches long 60% for age group, and a head circumference of 16 inches which is 49%. Overall our little punkin' is a growin' girl! No idea where she gets her height from- Lance is the shortest in his family and well I'm a munchkin :) BUT I was a super long baby too... maybe she'll get some height!

BREAKING NEWS!
Hers can roll over! That is when she is on her belly she can roll to her back. I posted a video on the Growin' Up Babe tab above.
Starting this week we are on to rice cereal! She will still be getting Momma's milk for her regular 3 hour feedings but twice a day we will try some cereal. After a few weeks of that we will be on to veggies. YUM. ;-P
Squeaks will also be moving to her crib for nighty night now. She has been taking a few naps in it during the day and is doing well. Momma tried to put her down in the crib for bed a few times and she woke rather quickly. Seeing as I just got to where I can sleep 5-6 hours straight I was in no mood to sleep train her in the crib. Buuuuuut Doc says do it now before she has attachment issues. So Daddy's getting a blow up mattress so Momma can sleep in the babe's room- as to avoid such long walks to replace a wubby. This will only last a few nights and will in no way be permanent :)

Bryn's first COLD WEATHER GAME DAY!

4 months!

Brynlee Kay is 4 months old today!

Favorite things: watching her moby (Ziggy is her favorite character), screeching, bath time, baby massages, dancin' before bedtime, cuddles with her Daddy and Mommy.

Hers is gettin' so big! She can put weight on her legs (which she has been able to do that for a while now). She is starting to say ba and ma. Daddy is ready for some da'das. She is getting so much better at riding in the car! Mommy got smart and bought a DVD player that attaches to the head rest. Her fav right now is Little Mermaid :) but what little girl doesn't love her some Ariel! When she gets bigger she'll be playing little mermaid in her pool...if your closer to my age you know what I'm talking about! Pushing out of the water and flippin' over that hair ;)
She WAS sleeping from 10-5 or 6am...well not anymore. She has gone back to a 2:30am feeding. Bummer for Momma. But it comes in waves we are told so fingers crossed for that feeding to be eliminated!
She is starting to grab more at things. She loves her ABC blocks and this crazy one eyed monster blanket that she likes to eat his antennas. Those are not the only antennas she loves to slobber on. She loves her some caterpillar wubby.

Today Bryn got her usual month photo shoot. It is October so she dressed up in her Halloween costume! :)

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Bryn's first pumpkin patch experience...

 You mostly see grass and sky here. Daddy is not such a good photographer...he was instructed on how to do better next time :)

Squeaks meets a babay cow

Considering doing the corn maze...ya no thanks.

There is a little Bryn located to the left of the diap bag- sleeping.

Picking out pumpkins is hard work.

Road Trippin' on a Long Weekend

Well anyone who has a new baby may be able to understand our decision to leave Norman for Houston at 7pm at night. If you know enough about Texas you know that means we did not arrive at our destination til 2am. Yeah crazy to some people- genius for 2 parents with a temper mental car rider. I do not use the word genius lightly. After an early bath and a feeding the babe went to sleep at 7pm and did not stir until 2am when taken out of her car seat upon arrival. Unfortunately we have not worked out the kink where she is wide eyed and bushy tailed from sleeping so long! After some laughs and a 2:15am bottle she was back down.

The next morning the babe and I went to her Nana's work to meet some more peeps. BUT Daddy and Papa went fishing in kayak's. Daddy was super excited about kayak fishing- Mommy not so much. Hello sharks, jelly fish, sting rays- need I say more!? Well after they got back and I was bored from sitting around I decided to try my hand at kayak fishing. They were super expensive Kobe Kayaks that my Dad rented for the day. The only way to do this is with these kayaks. They have pedals! Also there is a small handle you use to steer with which makes it so much easier. Well after a few Coors I figured it wasn't too scary and I decided I could make it to the Kemah bridge. I did make it but Lance failed to mention I had to go under the shortest bridge known to man. I'm claustrophobic and was about to just go back. I told him I was going to close my eyes and pedal for dear life til I reached the other side and he was to tell me if I was going to wreck. So I went for it and about half way thru he yelled and I heard the most awful noise. Well the DANG fishing pole was still up and scrappin along the bottom of the bridge. Scared the crap out of me. I did catch 2 fish! One hard head and one catfish. Neither of which we wanted to keep. Not important though the important part was I caught 2 and Lance caught none :)
He did catch this flounder with Dad... later he caught a much bigger one that we did keep and cook for dinner on Sunday. Yummy!

Lance and Dad

Lance's flounder caught in Clear Lake.

Bryn's first trip to Kemah, TX!

Daddy took Bryn to change her diapy in the family bathroom 

next to the bar area. He took a while and came back a little

shaken. Apparently poor babe screamed her head off in the

bathroom. Daddy was a little worried everyone heard and 

probably thought he was a horrible Dad. That's okay beb she just loves her Mommy changing her diaps ;)

Mommy won Bryn a finding Nemo stuffed animal at the "Guess My Age" booth. They guessed 19...ya Mom's still got it ;)

Saturday we made our way to Pearland to attend my cousin's baby's 1 year birthday party. It was so great to see everyone and Bryn got to meet all her Carouthers relatives.

Sunday before heading out we carved, well Daddy carved, a punkin for Bryn. It is staying at Papa's house but she looked super cute sitting next to it!