The last 10 days...

Everything has been going by so fast. I thought I would take a minute while Bre took a nap to update all of you with some new pictures.

"GET A LONG LITTLE DOGGIE"
Mark decided that he finally found a good use for Tippy !

Well after Bre's Horsie ride and the usual routine that we have around here I finally got a chance to make it over to see my friend Ashley's baby. Ashley and I found out that we were pregnant on the same day and our Due date was only days apart. Montie her son was born on the 7th of Dec and the day that I was planning on going over to see him is the day that we went into the hospital. Needless to say the visit was much over due. When we showed up Bre was snoozing in her carseat as usual so it gave me a chance to check out Montie with no interuptions. I'm so jealous of all his hair. I wish Bre had half of it. Finally they were both awake and we were able to take pictures of the two of them. There was 4 days and 4 oz between them when they were born and look how cute they are now.

I swear they are holding a secret conversation.



I had to get a shot with them actually looking at the camera.

We have been busy doing this and that. MOst of all I have been trying to get myself back on track. Breanna has made herself a schedule and seems to follow it really well which frees me up to do the laundry and dishes and that fun stuff. It is nice to be finally feeling normal again that I can take advantage of her naps to run around the house. The next picture is my favorite of the week.


Mark and Breanna were catching a nap Friday before he ran of to work.
This happens alot he will snuggleher for a minute and of they both doze.

PRICELESS

CUSTOM BLANKET

Bre got this Blanket from My Dad and Jackie for Christmas. I meant to post it before,but you know how it is.

Bre's 1 month checkup

Today we had Breanna's 1 month check up. Mark took a vacation day so he could come with us. Mark was able run her in out of the cold faster then I can. I'm moving much better but still not 100 %. (Heck I don't think I ever will be at this rate.)We had her bundled good in a snow suit (she hates them) and blankets. She is now 9 lbs 14oz and 22 1/2 inches long. She is growing good and everything seems to be on track.

Until next time.

Breanna's 1 month Birthday !!!!!!

This time 1 month ago I was in Labor can you believe it? Our Beautiful Baby girl is growing so fast.

HEAR NO EVIL

As Bre was sleeping this morning Mark snaped this picture. He says she reminds him of Jonny Carson and I think she reminds me of the Moneys See no evil Hear no evil.


The only way we can get her to sleep is to hold her or put her on the Boppy pillow in bed with us. I swore I would never be that kind of parent, but when she sleeps on the boppy at night we all get about 6 straight hours. When we lay her in her bed she get's 1 hr max. She is not a fan of sleeping flat on her back. Mark and I aren't eather so no surprise there. We are working on getting her to sleep one whole night in her bed. We keep trying diferent things and i don't really want to leave her on the boppy in her bed. It makes me nervous.

The Quad

Well after Mark read the Blog and corrected me on the color of his Quad. He pulled it out and took some pictures for me and for me to share of course.

Let's see...

I know it has been away since I got on here and talked about something other then Bre so let's see what else there is in our lives...

In 2010 I had told Mark that he could buy a new car. I'm sure most of you knew about that. He wanted to buy a brand new car and I asked him to wait and we agreed upon a 2010 date. Well he was looking at the new Mustangs and Chargers. After about 2-3 months he decided that it was alot of money to spend on a car that would be parked the majority of the time and then he switched his interest to a new travel trailer. We love to go camping and we could defiantly use a better lay out to our camper. The one we have now sleeps alot of people but just doesn't have the lay out we would like. Well after 2-3 months of that thought he decided that we are going to just recover the cushions and paint our camper to make it look nicer.
Well I'm a penny pincher and I was o.k with the car in 2010 all our debt except the house would be payed off. Well, when he decided a new camper instead I was ok with that(half the price of the car) Well of course he changed his mind again to something even cheaper. Woo hooo I like were this is going.
Well last week he got his new toy. Yes,the new toy. I don't have any pictures of it and haven't seen it really in the day light. His new 2010 purchase some how came in 2009 instead. I can't complain it was the cheapest out of the new things that he wanted and he is the one that will have to work Over Time to pay for it. If you haven't guessed yet Mark got Quad a 2009 Polaris with a plow. I have no idea what color it is.I think Green. I haven't even looked at it in the daylight. I know that is terrible, but I can't ride it right now so I don't want to check it out too much.

As for me let's see... I was hoping that I would have been healed up from the c-section for the most part by now. That is until I slipped the other day I have slipped a total of 4 times since I have been home 1 time inside the rest outdoors. I really haven't been out much it's just so darn icy that a little slip really hurts. Needless to say yesterday I was feeling like I did on my second day home from the hospital and I was out of medicine. We HAD to go to St.Johns 1)so I could get some medicine and 2)to get a stove.
Oh the stove story... Mark went grocery shopping the other night and when I went to pre heat the oven the oven wasn't working. It was a stove we got given to us 3-4 yrs ago and was in ruff condition then.The oven was toast and we weren't surprised. we ran to Dennis Distrubuting where I got my dish washer and the one they had was discusting It just screamed (Mice have lived in me) Yuukk. The oven door didn't even shut good. We were definitly not bringing that home. We went to Kurt's to see what they had for used gas stoves and nothing. After looking at some floor models I asked the salesman what is the cheapet stove you have. "There goes my commision" I'm sure he was thinkning. He pointed out this stove and said this is the cheapest and told us the price. Mark said well that is the same as this one and pointed to this nice back and stainless gas stove. Turns out that it had been dented on the sides. The bumped them out so you don't even notice, but they had to mark it down and sell it as a scratch and dent. I surely didn't care, buy that time my Pain meds kicked in and I was just happy to have some relief.


MY NEW STOVE


We decided it was time to leave Bre.I hadn't left Bre yet and knowing that she will be a month old on the 11th it was time. Mom said she would watch her for us and we zipped off to St.Johns. Getting in the Durango was painful so I set in the car as Mark ran her in. I cried of course until we got half way to St.Johns. Then I was much better. She was in good hands. By the time we got home and Mark got the new stove in the house I was ready to have her back.It had been 4 1/2 hours. I kept asking if he would go get my baby. Finally after he was done going in and out he picked her up and brought her to me before he ran the old stove to the junk yard. The rest of the day yesterday and all of today has a been a lazy one. I need to take it easy so I can get healed faster. It was nice feeling good and being able to have a clean house,but I have to quit caring as much what my house looks like and start to listen to Mark more and take it easy.
I have friends that have never been to my house or have only been 1-2 times. I was always ashamed of it. Now I don't care. I mean yah I don't have any matching counter tops in my Kitchen, but who cares.If you are ever in the area don't mind the mess but swing in and come visit for a few. I promise I will clear the laundry off the table so we can see each other and I will kick the Cat off the chair so you can have a seat.

Family day !

Sunday we went to Mark's mom's for our monthly lunch and bill day. We go over once a month to have lunch with Sue and I pay her bills for her. Well this was Bre's first time so we packed up her swing to enertain her while I was paying bills and Mark was cooking lunch. While we were there Mark's sister in law (Dave's wife) Darcie and the kids came over to visit. We haven't seen the kids since August and it was amazing to see how much they have grown. Shelby is so cute she was walking around pretending to be talking away on the phone. (Of course I didn't get any good pictures.) She didn't seem to mind her Mommy holding Bre.
When we got home I seen we missed a call from Mark's mom's house. When I checked our voicemail I heard Shelby talking away. I guess she wasn't pretending after all. LOL

It arrived !!!!

We ordered Bre's Christmas ordainment 2 days before Christmas and it finally arrived yesterday ! We have gotten a couple of ordiments for her from other people but this is the first one we have bought her. We want to go to Frankinmuth every year and we were going to start this year,but under the circumstances w didn't make it. That will be next years tradition.