11 Weeks old

She is growing so fast. Day after day she looks more like Brody. And day after day my little boy Brody is growing up right before my eyes. She is starting to smile more and make cute noises.

Our friends Tami and Luis invited us over for a bbq and fireworks for the 4th of July, we had a wonderful time, Marissa didn't really seem to care about all the noise. We welcomed our new nephew to the family, Ethan James Dunn born to my brother James and his wife Susy on July 10th. He is adorable! We look forward to seeing him again soon. We went to the Lady family reunion (Dave's side) at Fisherman's Bend Campground. We had a great time and Marissa was passed around, so I am sure she had a great time as well. Brody got to play with some other boys his age and they had a playground to play on. Our neighbors have a big pool so Brody went swimming for the first time since he was 6 months old. He was scared, but he's trying.

Please join us for Marissa's baptism at Good Shepard Lutheran Church on Sunday August 10th at 9:45am. Her "God Parents" will be the same as Brody's, Roger and Traci Hamilton.

Marissa

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Where does the time go???

I can't believe it has already been 3 weeks! Well, we welcomed Marissa into the world on May 2nd as you all know. She was born at 8:36am, 8 lbs 5oz, and 20" long. She had some breathing problems and had some x-rays taken and some blood work done. They couldn't find the cause and then it just worked out on it's own, so no worries. She is doing very well and looks so beautiful!

They had some problems with finding veins on me so I had 5 pokes for an IV and 3 Spinals! Then blood work done and then a MMR shot! So 10 pokes by the time I left! We came home Sunday night (the 4th).

Thank you to all who came to welcome Marissa to the world! We enjoyed seeing everyone!

Everyone keeps asking how she is sleeping. Well, let me just say, "like a baby". (So NOT good) Who ever came up with that phrase, like its a good thing, didn't have a baby! She sleeps 3 hours then 1 hour then 1 hour then 1 and a half hours... err, I miss my sleep. LOL!

Brody loves her so much! He is always kissing and hugging her and asking to hold her. I couldn't have asked for a nicer brother for her. He says he can't wait for her to get older so he can show her all his toys and how to go potty.

We had her pictures taken and here is a link to see them. We will get them back June 2nd. http://portraits.olanmills.com/ecard_view.asp?ecard_id=13820952

1 WEEK LEFT!!!

Oh my gosh!!! It is sneaking up on me, but I can't wait. Baby is doing fine and so am I. Doc says I will go in on Friday the 2nd and can plan on going home on Sunday! I remember with Brody I had to stay 5 days! Must be a busy time for having babies. I have one last Dr. apt on Wednesday then have the baby Friday so this will be my last blog for awhile. Probably won't have much time on my hands anytime soon.

I will be putting wall decorations and curtains up this weekend, and then I think I will be ready for our new baby to come home. Just hope she holds out until the 2nd.

Brody hit his head on a car mirror on the way into see my Dr. and Dave said, "Do you want the Dr. to look at it when we get up there?" Brody says, "No, she might get me pregnant!" Silly kid. The cat was freaking out running all over the house the other day and Brody comes in and says, "the freakin' cat scratched me." Okay it doesn't sound that funny when I write it. I guess you have to hear him say it. lol

Well, talk to you all soon, feel free to come meet our new addition at the hospital May 2nd or 3rd. Love you all.

3 weeks left

Went to the doc on Friday and everything is good. I measure 42 and should measure 36.

I had the baby shower on Saturday. It was wonderful, thank you to all! I got so many precious clothes! Saturday was so nice it was hard to sit indoors for the shower!
Today I will be organizing the clothes in the dresser. : ) I am sure Brody will want to help. I made the crib yesterday and put together the mobile and Brody helped! Today he has the tape measure out and is measuring everything!

Talk to you later.

4 Weeks Left

Well, 3 weeks and 4 days left, but who's counting! We are scheduled for 7:30 am on May 2nd. We will be there for at least 4 days after that so visit any day. We had our monitoring done on Friday and saw my doctor she says my fluids are up from a 7 to an 11 now, so no worries! Unfortunately I still have to go twice a week to be monitored though. : ( "just in case". I am now measuring 39cm which should be at 35cm. The sciatic nerve is doing much better, the doc recommended a B complex vitamin and it seems to be helping.



Brody is doing good. He is using very big words right now and says "am I so smart mama?" He smelled something burning when we were in Lebanon last weekend and said, "what's that putrid odor?" Lol! He also told Dave Sat. night that he wanted to watch "something decent" on tv. The nurse at the doctor's office taught him "Ultra Sonic Transducer" he says it all the time now. In the car last week he said, "when you have the baby is it a metamorphosis?" Lol!



Well, not much else happening here, talk to you next time. Love you all!
Pic: Brody with his friend Makayla.

5 Weeks Left

We had our ultra sound today. Good news is: baby looks healthy. Bad news is: low fluid levels protecting her, so... now I have to get monitored twice a week. :( So I go in on Mondays and Thursdays. That's all the news on baby. I have had a sciatic nerve problem all week so I haven't been moving to fast lately. Doc says just wait it out and she gave me some stretching tips. :(

Dave was elected treasurer of our homeowners association. His union has proposed a contract, we'll see if the employees accept it or they opt to go on strike. Sounds promising though. Brody is needing some outside time, but we have had nothing but rain here.

We went to my dad's last Saturday to celebrate his birthday. We had a BBQ and a great time with him & Nancy and my brother James & his wife Susy and Jason's kids Aaliyah & Christian. Jason just called me (from TX) as I was typing this, he is doing good.

My dad has accepted an offer to take over the Tillamook Carquest store, so he and Nancy will be moving there in May. :( We wish them all the best.

Dave's parents have put their house on the market and are moving from Wyoming to Minnesota. We don't know any other details about it. We also wish them all the best.

Talk to you soon. Pic: Brody got stuck in the stool.