Ceramic's

I went to a Ceramic's class last Saturday with my Aunt Sue, Grandma and my cousin Susan. The class was in Merill. You go into the old School and pick out something to paint. I had a hard time with that. It took me about as long to pick something out as it did to paint. I found a couple of things I would like to do in the future and I'm going to try to go back soon. It's not very expensive and it gives me a hobby for myself.No matter how many times Mark tells me to go do something I always feel guilty. With Ceramics I was in my zone. I loved it in School and when I picked up the brush it was like old times. Maybe there will be more pictures of new ceramics soon.
I told them that my Bear wore Mascara because I love eyes with make-up

Bumbo Seat is here

Last Friday we received her Bumbo seat. I was disappointed when I opened the box and pulled out a used seat. The advertisement on e-bay said that it was a New seat with the play tray. So instead of buying a used one we did the pay now and picked up a NEW one at a discounted price.I thought it was a great deal until I seen it. Needless to say I contacted the seller and after showing them pictures of the stains on the bottom of the seat they are shipping me a new one that should be here tomorrow. They told me that it would cost more to ship this one back then it was worth to him and that I could just dispose of the seat myself. Forget that...The seat works fine I'm not going to throw it away. It is going to be going to one of our mom's houses. I don't mind a used product if I know that is what I'm buying and I can clean it. Breanna was puzzled when I walked away to grab the camera and she was still sitting up. She seems to like it in small doses.

3 months Old

I can't believe that yesterday she turned 3 months old already. Here are some pictures of the last week. She has been smiling alot and of couse when I ty to take a picture she quits.

12 weeks and counting

Well today Miss Breanna is 12 weeks old and she has grown so much. Playing with her is so much fun and so rewarding.
This picture was taken Mid Diaper change. I had to stop and grab this shot.


Mark was walking/dancing around the house with Breanna this morning.

Updates

This week has been a slow one. Breanna is now Blowing bubbles alot and her hand eye coordination is really improving. She grabs toys and brings then to her mouth and is hitting things with her hands. She gets her legs going when she is laying on her back and now is lifting her butt up and scoots herself up to the top of the changing table. Her looks are really changing and so are her sleep patterns. Last night she slept through her 5:00 a.m. feeding. I woke up listened for her and then decided to sleep until she woke me up and before I knew it was 7:30 a.m. She has really been enjoying sitting up. She gets fussy if you leave her laying down or laying back too much. When she is awake she wants to be sitting up looking around. I'm trying to buy a bumboo seat on e-bay but I missed out on 2 I seen on e-bay and this week I have got to get one. My friend told me about this 2Nd hand store in Okemos that a lot of ritzy people donate to and today I went looking for it and couldn't find it. I'm assuming they either moved or closed. So back to e-bay....

Weekly Update!

This week Breanna had her 2 month check-up. Of course while we are there she throws up, dirtys her pants and has a melt down. It was a rare day. Normally she is a happy baby and is all smiles unless she is hungry then watch out. The Dr. was happy with her and was impressed with how strong she is. She Held her head up really good while she was on her tummy. They measured her and weighed her and she was 24 3/4 long and her head was 15 3/4 around and weight was 12lbs 13 3/4 once I can't believe it. She is solid. I think her cheeks and her chin makes up most of her weight.

Thursday night our furnace decided to start acting up so all night we had to shut it off and turn it back on so it would kick on. (I was so glad that Mom had loaned us a little electric heater months ago. We use it when the wind blows from the north west we turn on the heater in the bed room to keep Breanna from getting to cold. So Thursday night I already had it plugged in so Our bedroom was nice and toasty. Breanna didn't even realize that the furnace was messed up.)
The furnace is only 4 years old and we discovered when Williams came out that the insulation that is in the furnace the adhesive came loose and it sucked the insulation against the blower, which made the furnace get too hot and the relay kicked off the furnace. With in 1 hour of them leaving and me getting to work Mark called and said that it was not working again. So Not only did I go into work late I had to leave early so I could let them back in to fix the furnace. I'm thankful that I can do some of my work from home and that mom was already planning on having Bree. Finally it is fixed. They replaced the relay and it has been working good all weekend.

Now that Bree is getting older and I'm starting to get the hang of this parenting thing I get a little bored in the evening alone with her. Well,Breanna decided to give me some excitement with a dirty diaper up to her neck on Friday. I HAD to give her a bath. Normally Mark and I bathe her together.He holds her and I wash her. ( I Know laugh,but I was afraid of drowning her) I had to face my fear. As soon as I lay ed her in her SPA tub and realized how well the sling holds her my fears disappeared. She Loves being "Nakie Girl" and I was able to snap this picture of her.
The bathtub she has was a God send. IT has a whirlpool and a shower head. I haven't ventured out that much to use the Whirlpool but the shower head is nice to rinse her off. Thanks again to Uncle Steve and Aunt Janae and the whole crew.
We (Mark) have been dressing her in real clothes now instead of sleepers now that she is older. She has this mini mouse Hoodie that Mark tried to put her in that just wasn't designed well for babies so mom did some customization for her this week and She has worn it 3 times already. It must be a new favorite.

Playtime on the floor

After she got tired of laying on the floor she decided she wanted to sit up and play.
Even when she has spit up on her face I still think she is the cutest thing with her expressions and no I don't leave spit up on her on purpose. I didn't realize until I seen the picture.

When I sit on the floor and play with her I have my camera and my cellphone next to me. When she does something new I snap a picture and send it to Mark so he is updated and save the other one. Mark sends me a picture every day when I'm at work and it really makes me feel like I"m part of the loop and not missing so much. So, I tr to do the same with him. Technology isn't it wonderful.Well that is it for this weekly update.

SUNDAY BEST

On Sunday's we have been going to Mark's mom's house for the afternoon. Since Bree has gotten here we are over there even more often then normal.Some weeks we are there all day on Sunday and Monday. Sue really enjoys seeing,playing and laughing at/with Bree. Sundays are the only day that Mark and I have of together and usually I dress her in her Sunday best. Well, yesterday when we were there we got laughing so hard at Bree and her expressions that Mark snapped this picture.

(Can you guess what I'm doing ?????)

We enjoyed watching her until it was time to change her that I didn't enjoy.Looking at this picture I realized how nice my nails are with the help of the prenatal. I'm going to continue to take them if I can keep nails like these.

A new development this week is that now that we have the carpet on the floor I have been giving her a lot of time playing on the floor and she really enjoys it. While giving her tummy time she has rolled from her tummy to her back 4 times total this week. I was so proud of her when I seen it. Of course I never got a picture or video of it.

This is her Pretty in Pink Picture that I took of her the night she rolled over for the first time.