New Parents

It's our "Thriller" Baby, she learned some moves while in the womb!

She likes her swing, she hangs out in the office with mom and dad learning about the business

Taking an afternoon snooze always has her fists up ready for attack

Even dad needs to take a mid-afternoon nap once in a while!

These are just some random pictures taken over the last few days, we have enjoyed looking at our beautiful daughter thinking we are pretty lucky to have her. It has taken some getting used to understanding what she needs and no we have not figured her cries out yet. Does anyone ever really?

Well you might say we are new parents and a little unsure of the parenting thing Brooklyn has been to the doctors 3 times already and the lactation nurse once. She was born at 8lbs. 12oz., by the time we went home Wednesday she was 8lbs. 9 oz.. Then Thanksgiving night Danny noticed that she had a rash all over her body, we called the nurse (thanks to Aunt Stephanie coming for a visit) they said she should be fine just come in on Monday for her 1 week checkup. Well Friday came adn it did not look any better so I called the doctors and said I need peace of mind can I just come in. Sure enough it was some crazy medical name and they said some newborns get it and it should go waya in a few weeks to months and she wasn't pooping so they probed her a few times to help that one (happy to say the rash is almost gone and the bowel movements are just fine). At this appointment she was down to 8 lbs. 1 oz about 7% drop from birth border line to watch her. Saturday morning we went to a lactation nurse she helped.

Brooklyn's 1 week check up was Monday (12/1) she gained some weight, hooray she was 8lbs 3oz (75% for weight), 19 3/4 in ( she grew from 10 1/3, 50% for height). Things looked good mom got a lecture from the doctor to take naps and only worry about feed ing myself and the baby. That is hard for me to do because I am so particular about how my laundry and things get done that I have a hard time having someone else do them for me. We took her back to the doctors this past Monday (12/8) for the PKU test and to be weighed again she is now up to 8lbs 8 oz. so things are looking up! Back to the doctors next week until she reaches her birth weight again, good times over here, sure glad the doctor is down the street.

Kinda crazy how nervous you get about things on your own baby, you start to question every little thing.