Mike and Tara Pay A Visit...

Mike and Tara stopped by to see Brody, they hadn't seen him since he was just a wee one at 4 days old! Obviously Brody has changed a ton since they had seen him last!

Brody rrreallllllyy likes Tara...he couldn't stop placing his hand in her shirt and when he wasn't doing that he was all smiles for her!

Uncle Mike is a natural with Brody...we need to have him and Tara babysit some time!

Brody Meets Baby Wyatt

Congratulations to Camie and Matt on the arrival of Baby Wyatt!

Last week Brody and I stopped by to meet our newest neighbor, Wyatt! You forget how small newborns are, he's such a little guy in comparison to Brody! Camie and I were hoping for a good photo of the boys together, both awake but Brody zonked out (he likes his sleep like his mama does!) before we could get the picture taken! So nice to have a neighbor boy around the same age as Brody, I'm certain they will have a lot of fun together in the future!

A Message From Brody!

Today Jason and I received a little note and picture from Brody at daycare (he's very advanced for his age)! It was such a great surprise in my day to get a couple of pictures of him! He must have had a diaper mishap as this is not the outfit i sent him to "school" in!

Hi Mom and Dad!

I am having a fantastic day! I really am so alert today and I had a lot of fun laying on the ABC mat and looking at myself in the mirrors. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Love,Brody

Brody's Nursery Featured...

Thought it was fun that I received an email from the owner of Design Dazzle wanting to feature Brody's room on her website. She got my name from my friends at Caden Lane Bedding, they gave Brody's room rave reviews and recommended that she feature it! Jason worked VERY hard on getting it all painted, including stripes and circles (a lot of blood, sweat and tears!) and I followed up with the easy part of adding all the "fluff". We just love how it turned out and are happy to share it with others!

Click HERE to view the website.

Brody's First Day At Daycare

Well the day has finally come for my baby boy to go to daycare. Jason and I discussed who should take him and originally it was going to be Jason as I knew I couldn't make through dropping him off at daycare without a few tears. However today I ended up working from home so that I could go to the dermatologist this am, so I decided I'd drop him off for his first day. The minute I pulled up I started to cry, I knew it would be tough and it was. The teachers were nice and all but it's just not me caring for him! So I dropped him off and cried the whole way home. Then I decided at noon that I'd call and check in on him...appears that he too is having a tough day at daycare. Typically he sleeps all morning and eats about every 3 hours, not today, he's been eating every 2-2 1/2 hours and had only slept 30 minutes and as the daycare director put it, "he's slightly unhappy but doing great". Umm unhappy but doing great?!?! I'm sure he's slightly unhappy as for the last 3 months I held him none stop and then Nana was here the last two weeks and she too did the same thing. I *think* he might be spoiled! Am leaving shortly to pick him up, can't wait to see the little guy! Hope he had a better afternoon than he did morning. I'll hope and pray that his lack of sleep today doesn't make him crabby and irritable tonight! Here are a couple of pics of his first day of "school".

Pops Meets Brody!

This past weekend my step dad, Wayne (aka POPS) drove from Nebraska to come and see Brody and pick up my mom. While it was a quick weekend it was great to introduce Brody to Pops!

Jason also took advantage of having a "handy man" in the house. He and Wayne installed two storm doors...a fancier one for the front door (which Dolly is just loving so she can look outside) and a more basic one for the garage. Both of these will help circulate the breeze through the house, which will be great this summer!

Thanks for your help Wayne!

Week 12

Each week I'm amazed at how big Brody is getting, such a big boy! He smiles all the time now and still loves it when you sing to him! Now that I'm back to work I can't get home soon enough to see him...!

Nana Daycare

My mom arrived two weeks ago so that she could look after Brody while i went back to work. It was such a blessing for all of us, she spent countless hours with him...reading, eating, playing and sleeping...Nana also got tons and tons of smiles from Brody as well. They have a real special bond together and am thankful she she was here to help make the transition back to work a bit easier for me! Boy do I wish she lived closer!!

And of course...just like when Brody was just a wee one at 3 weeks old and my mom left and I cried...at week 12 when she left yesterday I cried again! I'm so thankful for my mom and am grateful that she had the time to spend with Brody!

THANKS NANA, WE MISS YOU ALREADY!!!

HOLY COW...Cubbie Fans!!

This picture is for my brother...he HATES the Cubs with a passion as he's a big Cardinals fan and they've been rivals for years! We thought it would be fun to show Uncle Geoff how Chad, Jason, Kristy and Brody wear their Cubs gear with PRIDE!!

Mmmm Sushi!

Jason and I took mom out for her first experience with sushi and she LOVED it! In fact she gave Jason a run for his money on how much she could eat!! Jason taught her how to use chop sticks so she could take in the full experience and then had her practice, she was a pro by the end! He also talked her into trying all sorts of things...the catch was he didn't tell her what it was until after she tried it! There wasn't a thing she didn't like! Joining us in the experience were the Zastrow's and the Osendorf's. We all had a great time!