Brynn rolled over today!

We were up in the thumb today for Mark's staff party.  One of his coworkers has a cottage right on Lake Huron.  We had a blanket laid out on the sand in the shade for Brynn because Claire did not want to leave the beach.  Brynn rolled over from her back to her tummy!  The sand may have helped her roll over but she did it!  I don't have any pictures since the cameras were up by the house you'll just have to take our word for it:)

Photo Shoot

I wanted to surprise Mark with a picture of the girls for Father's Day.  So I took the girls to Portrait Innovations in Sterling Heights.  They did pretty well.  Claire loves getting her picture taken.  She wanted to help Brynn smile too but she was getting in a couple of the shots so they called in some backup--another photographer to help get Brynn to smile and corral Claire.  I was making sure Brynn didn't fall over, they had her propped up in some precarious positions but the pictures came out cute.  Well I think so anyways, but I may be a little biased. 

Ohio Adventures

Mark had a writing conference Saturday morning in the Cleveland area so we decided to make it a family visit.  We loaded up the girls, two girls take a lot of stuff, thank goodness for the Flex!  After getting the flat tire on the Flex fixed we finally set off at 6:45pm Friday night.  Driving down Woodward I realized - "oh no.  I forgot Mark's Father's day gift!"  I made Mark turn around so I could get them.  I worked hard to get those pictures taken and I wanted to pass them out.

The drive went very well for the most part.  Claire's cutting her two year molars and they were bothering her a bit but she held it together pretty well.  Brynn did amazingly well.  We got to Aunt Terri's and Uncle Larry's a little after 11pm.  Erica gave up her room for us and we all crashed after Brynn got her bottle.  She did a great job sleeping on this trip.  We hung out with Aunt Terri, Uncle Larry, Megan and Erica before heading to Grandma and Poppy's. 

Brynn got to meet most of the Miley clan between Saturday and Sunday's cookout, Chinese food eating fest!  Claire loved playing with her cousins too.  It took a while to warm up to everyone, but I'm chalking that up to teeth.  Once she warmed up she had a great time running around and looking at the horsies.  She even slept with one of Grandma's Care Bears. 

Poppy got Brynn to laugh pretty well while she was playing in her jungle gym Saturday night.  Brynn is a great baby she loved being passed around and seeing everyone.  I think Aunt Terri and Megan want her to visit again really soon:)  Brynn loved sleeping while they were holding her.


Sunday was Father's Day and we headed to church with Nana, Grandma and Poppy.  The girls were dressed in matching outfits they had gotten from Nana and looked pretty good.  After church we gave Mark his Father's Day present and Poppy his present.  Mark loved the picture of the girls I had done as a secret.  I'll have to blog again with all of those cute pictures.

 

Four Generations

There is also one with Poppy but I don't have that one.

After some family pictures we headed over to Grandma Lou's house for a visit. 

We spent Sunday evening and Monday with Grandma Lou.  We visited her at work on Monday where Claire enjoyed the carousel that is in the food court of the mall.  Claire also enjoyed playing with Grandma Lou's toys.  We spent a lot of quality time with those toys.  Monday evening we got to hang out with Uncle Alan and Andrew since Aunt Jenie was in Virginia Beach I think.  They convinced Andrew to hold Brynn for a minute before they left.  I wish I had a picture of that but I was putting Claire to sleep so I missed it. 

 Claire with Grandma Lou's toys.

 Grandma Lou reading to Claire

 Mark and Brynn on the couch

Grandma and Brynn

We had a blast on our vacation thanks everyone!

Brynn is Twelve Weeks Old!

(Saturday, June 4th dressed for our early morning walk)

It's hard to believe that she is twelve weeks old already!  Twelve weeks ago I woke Mark up and told him we needed to go to the hospital because the baby was a-coming. (And boy was she coming. Two hours after I woke up Mark she was born!)   Time flies so fast with a newborn.  Twelve weeks ago she was only about 14 hours old and now she can lift her head up and smile and even ( I think) laugh at times.  She is getting so big.   I know everyone says it goes by in a flash and I try to make it slow down and relish those moments - but wow - it sure goes by quickly.   I think--"Claire was this small, and one day Brynn will be as big as Claire, and Claire will be even bigger!"

(Stretching out)

 

 

For comparisons sake here is Claire at around twelve weeks too.

(They look similar in this picture I think)

-Katie

"I love, love, love her so much!"

That's Claire talking about Brynn.  Claire loves Brynn and loves being a big sister.  Sometimes she loves her too much.  We watch her when she is loving Brynn because she doesn't know her own strength or how fragile babies can be. She's learning though.

Claire likes to tell me what to do with Brynn. "Mommy, Brynn needs a bottle."  or "Mommy, put Brynn in her jungle gym." (That's her floor mat)  She loves to play with Brynn in her jungle gym.

My favorite is when she heard Brynn crying during a diaper change when she was just a few weeks old, Claire came running to the changing station and said "Don't worry big sister coming"  It just melted my heart.  The other day we were driving and Brynn was crying a little, she dropped her binks and her hand wasn't cutting it,  I heard Claire saying "I know, I know Brynn.  Its okay." She was trying to comforst her.  Today she told me she wants to move Brynn's car seat next to hers in the car.  We're going to keep them were they are but its cute that she wants to be by her. 

At bedtime getting ready to read Claire a story.

 Chilling on the couch together.

 Holding hands.  Claire did this all on her own one morning watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse in our bed one morning. 

 This is the first time Claire met Brynn and held her. I love this picture.  Its the three most important things to me

 In the crib together.

Claire loves to give Brynn kisses all the time, and to get Brynn to smile.  Brynn smiles the best for Claire.  Always nice big smiles.  Its adorable.  She thinks Brynn's bottles smell bad and she'll tell her so. She likes to hold her too, only for a minute max.  She sits on the couch and gets the Boppy pillow around her and puts her  arms in this karate chop position so she can hold her. 

That's sisterly love for you.  I have great sisters and I hope my girls will have that too. 

Brynn's Baptism

On Mother's Day we had Brynn baptized.  She was a perfect little angel and Claire did really well too.  

 Brynn in her car seat with her power fist.

 Getting Ready

 Mommy helping.

 Buntings

 Trexlers

 Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Andy are Brynn's Godparents.

 Just relaxing.  Its also a nice picture of Brynn's gown.  Claire wore the same gown.  I was baptized in this gown too.

 Brynn and her Aunties.

These are two great shots Mark took.  I think she looks so much older here but she was only seven weeks old.

Brynn is here

 .Brynn was born Wednesday, March 16th, 2011.  She weighed 8 lbs and 6 oz, a whole pound bigger than her sister.  She was 20 inches long and all perfection.  This is from the day she was born.

Here is Brynn this past Saturday sleeping away.  She's two months now and weighs 12.14 lbs!  She also grew two inches the past month and is 24.5 inches long.