1 Month old

I can't believe that we are already at 1 month. The last four weeks have gone by so fast, even with the sleepless nights! Molly, here are your stats this month:

Weight: 10lbs 9oz

Height: 21.5 in.

You are growing like a weed and gaining weight like a champ! You love to eat and you are not afraid to let us know when you are hungry! I call you my little piggy because you like to grunt while you eat and sometimes just for the fun of it. You are having some trouble spitting up, and we both change clothes often. You love to be held and won't let me put you down during the day which makes for a very unproductive Mom. You love to nap on your tummy on Daddy's chest, it is when you sleep your best. On a good night you will sleep for 4 hours straight between feedings.

You love bath time and enjoy our short car trips. So far we have only ventured to the grocery store and doctors appointments but we are trying to get out a little bit more each week.

You have had many visitors and I tried to take pictures but didn't get them all! We love you sweet girl and love watching you grow!

She is finally here!

Molly Joan Brand arrived on Thursday, September 16th at 1:51pm. She weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was 20 inches long. She has beautiful blue eyes (for now) and light brown hair. She has her mama's lips but we aren't quite sure who she looks like just yet! She is named after my Grandma Joan who is watching over this little angel everyday!

Anticipation

Nursery ready... check

Baby clothes washed... check

Car seat installed... check

Bags packed...check

Mom and Dad ready... check

Baby Brand ready... not so much!!!

At 39 weeks this baby is content where she is!! This mom-to-be is going stir crazy! All of my mom friends are telling me to enjoy this time, spend quality time with my husband and get lots of sleep before your baby arrives. Too bad, I can't sleep at all, my hubby is working hard to get things done before she comes and I can't eat anything I want without insane heartburn!!! So pretty much, I am more than ready for her to make her arrival!!
I have an induction scheduled for Thursday, September 16th if she doesn't come on her own before then! I think I can make it!

Finally finished...well almost

I have finally finished the nursery, with one small detail missing. There is a noticeably large blank space right above her crib. That is where her name will be hung with red lowercase letters! I have the letters for both names we are debating between and we will decide when we meet her!


Here is her crib and bedding with fun handmade flowers on the wall that will accent her name.




The red chair rocks and turns and comes with a bonus guard dog! :)
The hutch/dresser/changing table! I am really happy with the way it all turned out, now we just need a little baby girl to complete the look!

Practice makes perfect

As we count down the weeks and days until our little girl's arrival, I have had the pleasure of spending time with this precious girl!

My niece Dylan just turned 6 months old and is the happiest baby I know! I can only hope that our little girl will have this much personality!!

She has been a wonderful distraction to the Texas heat and keeping my mind off of my growing belly!We have been very busy. We spent time with our Great Grandpa Paul, he is really good at horsy rides! Dylan and I also had a chance to read some of our favorite books. Can't start too early!

Dyaln loves playing with her favorite dog, Jack, and he loves to lick her face.
I love this little munchkin and I can't wait for her to meet her cousin. I know they will be best friends!!
Nursery is almost finished, be patient!!! I will post pics as soon as it is done!

Mellow Yellow

Nursery planning for baby girl Brand is underway. When I was looking at bedding I was pretty open, but I knew one thing... I didn't want pink. I am not sure exactly why, but it just didn't appeal to me. So after some searching I finally found a set I fell in love with!

I just love the yellow and brown, and pops of blue and red. The furniture we ordered is dark brown and we decided to paint the walls yellow. Who knew yellow would be such a tricky color! After painting 5 different color swatches on the wall and completely frustrating the paint guy at Home Depot, I have finally found one I am happy with. Now we just have to move out the old guest room furniture and find some place to store it! It is all becoming so real! She will be here before we know it!

It's a girl!

I guess when a doctor tells you not to paint the room just yet, you should listen to him! That is what our doctor told us at our 16 week appointment. "I am almost positive it is a boy, but don't go painting the room!"

Well, 4 weeks later at our 20 week appointment with the sonogram tech, we got a little surprise.

Our baby is 100%, no doubt, a baby girl!!! We were totally shocked, thrilled, but shocked!

She is perfectly healthy and she even showed us how she likes to suck her thumb!