We had to find something for Bea to do while we were there, so here are a few pics of her, doing what she does...
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and we took Bea to the parade. It turned out to be a very nice day!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
aunt bea
On Thursday, March 11, 2010, my 21-year-old daughter Hollyanne, and her husband, Nate, had a baby girl, Mikaela Renae. She weighed five pounds and fourteen ounces, and came to us after a long labor that ended in a c-section. She is healthy. Mom and Dad are doing great! Aunt Bea isn't sure what to think of this cute little thing!! Here are a few pics to enjoy. Be sure to notice how quickly she found her thumb! :-)
We had to find something for Bea to do while we were there, so here are a few pics of her, doing what she does...
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and we took Bea to the parade. It turned out to be a very nice day!
We had to find something for Bea to do while we were there, so here are a few pics of her, doing what she does...
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and we took Bea to the parade. It turned out to be a very nice day!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
showers and baths
We have been busy over the last few weeks! Beatrice finally got over her cold (it took about 8 days). Since then I've made squash and green beans for her to try. No go. She just doesn't want to swallow anything besides breast milk or formula from a bottle!! She does this thing now where she just lets it sit in her mouth, mouth open, and then the drooling begins. It's actually funny. We do get a few bites in now and then, but most of the time the experience is less than successful.
On Bea's six month birthday we had a baby shower for Hollyanne. At the time she was 37 weeks along, she is now a little over 38 weeks. There have been a few "signs" that she may go into labor sooner rather than later. Either way, it won't be too long before Bea is an Aunt Bea!! Bea didn't sleep the whole time we were there...and as a result...this is how she looked when Daddy brought her home!
This past Monday Bea had her six month appointment. She had four vaccinations, including the H1N1. I talked to the doctor about the fact that Bea isn't really interested in eating. She suggested that I keep trying at least once a day until that changes, and then add the other meals. Apparently, at six months babies lose their iron stores and must get iron from food (mom's milk doesn't give it). So she suggested that, in the meantime, we make sure she gets one bottle of formula everyday, to make sure Bea is getting enough iron. They will test her at nine months to be sure she is getting what she needs. I can't tell you how much of a relief it is to have the doctor tell me that I need to give her a bottle a day. I didn't even realize it, but that one small thing makes me relax so much about feeding her!! Now, I know it's OK, and even necessary, for her to get formula on a regular basis. This means I need to cut myself some slack about how much milk I produce, etc. It also means that I can drink wine guilt free because she needs to get a formula feeding in anyway!! :-) That's my favorite part! Charlie likes the opportunity to feed her, too.
She is growing up so much! Her 3-6 month clothes are starting to get too small, she's sitting up so much better, and she's even getting a bit of an attitude when we don't supply her with what she wants when she wants it. The latter includes when one of us leaves the room when she wants us both around! It's a funny little scream that she does, definitely different than her other cries...but I imagine it won't be funny for too long! She's starting to grow out of her clothes, so here are a few pieces of clothing that I bought for her today.
She LOVES to walk! When we hold her hands while she is standing, she walks where ever she wants to go. Charlie says she's like a little Ouija planchette, driving a path around the house. It's a good thing she has this opportunity to get where she wants to go because crawling is just not happening yet. Well, unless you count crawling on her back!! When she's on her back she will arch and push with her feet moving her around. It looks quite funny! She also rolls all over the place! On several occasions she has rolled herself under the couch! (see below) Her favorite thing, besides walking, is sitting up and playing with her toys.
Bath time is also fun. She is really enjoying playing with her bath toys and splashing with her feet and hands. The water in her face, eyes, nose, and mouth really doesn't seem to bother her one bit.
On Bea's six month birthday we had a baby shower for Hollyanne. At the time she was 37 weeks along, she is now a little over 38 weeks. There have been a few "signs" that she may go into labor sooner rather than later. Either way, it won't be too long before Bea is an Aunt Bea!! Bea didn't sleep the whole time we were there...and as a result...this is how she looked when Daddy brought her home!
This past Monday Bea had her six month appointment. She had four vaccinations, including the H1N1. I talked to the doctor about the fact that Bea isn't really interested in eating. She suggested that I keep trying at least once a day until that changes, and then add the other meals. Apparently, at six months babies lose their iron stores and must get iron from food (mom's milk doesn't give it). So she suggested that, in the meantime, we make sure she gets one bottle of formula everyday, to make sure Bea is getting enough iron. They will test her at nine months to be sure she is getting what she needs. I can't tell you how much of a relief it is to have the doctor tell me that I need to give her a bottle a day. I didn't even realize it, but that one small thing makes me relax so much about feeding her!! Now, I know it's OK, and even necessary, for her to get formula on a regular basis. This means I need to cut myself some slack about how much milk I produce, etc. It also means that I can drink wine guilt free because she needs to get a formula feeding in anyway!! :-) That's my favorite part! Charlie likes the opportunity to feed her, too.
She is growing up so much! Her 3-6 month clothes are starting to get too small, she's sitting up so much better, and she's even getting a bit of an attitude when we don't supply her with what she wants when she wants it. The latter includes when one of us leaves the room when she wants us both around! It's a funny little scream that she does, definitely different than her other cries...but I imagine it won't be funny for too long! She's starting to grow out of her clothes, so here are a few pieces of clothing that I bought for her today.
She LOVES to walk! When we hold her hands while she is standing, she walks where ever she wants to go. Charlie says she's like a little Ouija planchette, driving a path around the house. It's a good thing she has this opportunity to get where she wants to go because crawling is just not happening yet. Well, unless you count crawling on her back!! When she's on her back she will arch and push with her feet moving her around. It looks quite funny! She also rolls all over the place! On several occasions she has rolled herself under the couch! (see below) Her favorite thing, besides walking, is sitting up and playing with her toys.
Bath time is also fun. She is really enjoying playing with her bath toys and splashing with her feet and hands. The water in her face, eyes, nose, and mouth really doesn't seem to bother her one bit.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
more firsts
Our baby Bea has had her first *real* cold! First Daddy had it, stayed home from work two days (with Bea) and then Bea got it. Or at least we think that's the right order. Really, they were both just sick! Icky nose, fever, cough. She still has a touch of it, but today was much better than yesterday!
Bea hasn't really enjoyed the rice cereal, as you can tell from the video. We tried putting a bit of applesauce in it, but that didn't seem to help much. She's better than that first night, but not much. So tonight I decided it was time to try another food. Since my goal is to make most of her baby food, I bought a sweet potato at the store this evening. I cooked it up, put it in the blender with a bit of water and viola! Here are a few pics from the evening.
I froze the leftovers for later! :-)
Bea hasn't really enjoyed the rice cereal, as you can tell from the video. We tried putting a bit of applesauce in it, but that didn't seem to help much. She's better than that first night, but not much. So tonight I decided it was time to try another food. Since my goal is to make most of her baby food, I bought a sweet potato at the store this evening. I cooked it up, put it in the blender with a bit of water and viola! Here are a few pics from the evening.
I froze the leftovers for later! :-)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
i'm not tired
Bea was tired. I put her in her bed, socks on, head on the burp towel, binky in her mouth and under the covers. She didn't fuss. She did make this noise that she likes to make, that usually indicates that she is tired and will soon be drifting off. After a while, the noise stopped on the monitor, so I peeked in the door to check on her. I could see her moving, so I approached the bed. What I saw was a combination of these two pics....
She had the look on her face of the first pic and the position of the second pic. Either way she had a sock off, binky out, covers off and she'd turned 90 degrees. It was quite cute of course, so I got my camera.
Then a bit later Daddy came home from jogging and after his shower they decided to have a beer together.
Mutual Admiration Society?
She had the look on her face of the first pic and the position of the second pic. Either way she had a sock off, binky out, covers off and she'd turned 90 degrees. It was quite cute of course, so I got my camera.
Then a bit later Daddy came home from jogging and after his shower they decided to have a beer together.
Mutual Admiration Society?growing
I can't believe how much she is growing! As of Wednesday, she is five months old!! And it's not just chronological age either...she's growing! I've spent a zillion dollars this month on 'new' things. Below, socks. Finally, some socks that fit! She's been too big for our stash for a while, so I bought a pile this past week.
She is big enough to enjoy her exersaucer! Prior to this she was able to sit in it, but it was only a new perspective for her, not a fun toy. Now...she has a blast. She plays with the toys and can turn herself around in it. Mostly, she likes to try to eat as much of it as possible.
Among this week's purchases...highchair and bowls. We will be starting cereal soon! Those pics will be fun, won't they?? :-)
Oh...she loves her feet!
She is big enough to enjoy her exersaucer! Prior to this she was able to sit in it, but it was only a new perspective for her, not a fun toy. Now...she has a blast. She plays with the toys and can turn herself around in it. Mostly, she likes to try to eat as much of it as possible.
Among this week's purchases...highchair and bowls. We will be starting cereal soon! Those pics will be fun, won't they?? :-)
Oh...she loves her feet!
Monday, January 18, 2010
goofy girl
Lately Bea has been making this face...
Teething ya think?
The three photos below are from a week or so ago when we decided to play the pots and pans...
She's really quite good.
This next set of pictures go into my pile of favorites. Bea was getting tired, Charlie was jogging and I was wanting to do some scrapbooking downstairs. I put Bea in her pack n play. I decided to run upstairs and get some toys...but to occupy her while I did that, I gave her a book. She looked so cute I had to take a couple of pictures. I'll display them here, along with the comments that Charlie put on facebook.
Oh...Hey...OMG! Wait...you have to read this part!...
*flip flip flip flip*
"BELLY BUTTON!...bee bo..." HA HA HA! GENIUS! Boy, this Sandra Boynton should get some kind of awa...
*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Here are the two scrapbook pages I have done so far...
Finally, Charlie uploaded this video to YouTube this morning...
Teething ya think?
The three photos below are from a week or so ago when we decided to play the pots and pans...
She's really quite good.This next set of pictures go into my pile of favorites. Bea was getting tired, Charlie was jogging and I was wanting to do some scrapbooking downstairs. I put Bea in her pack n play. I decided to run upstairs and get some toys...but to occupy her while I did that, I gave her a book. She looked so cute I had to take a couple of pictures. I'll display them here, along with the comments that Charlie put on facebook.
Oh...Hey...OMG! Wait...you have to read this part!...
*flip flip flip flip*
"BELLY BUTTON!...bee bo..." HA HA HA! GENIUS! Boy, this Sandra Boynton should get some kind of awa...
*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*Here are the two scrapbook pages I have done so far...
Finally, Charlie uploaded this video to YouTube this morning...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Bea's B
I should have posted this with the Christmas pictures, but I just remembered that I took it! This was Bea's first Christmas ornament. I thought it was appropriate for the obvious reason...and Orange and Green are our favorite colors, so even better.
snow day
I'm home today with my baby Bea. It snowed about six inches overnight and the winds are supposed to pick up later today to blow it all around. It is quite beautiful as you can see in the picture of the tree in our backyard. Although I appreciate the day home with my wee one, it's fairly bad timing...meetings to reschedule, testing to complete, etc. etc. etc. I'm also NOT looking forward to school in June!
Below are a few pictures from the last few days...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
holiday (and other) highlights
This time last year we started this blog to share our pregnancy with whomever would listen. (Is it whomever or whoever? I can never remember that rule) Since that time we created a facebook account for Bea, so our posts here have pretty much ended. I tend to prefer the old-fashioned blog to facebook, so I've decided to revive this blog from it's code blue, even if people stopped reading it. If nothing else it will serve as Bea's "baby book" since I'm horrible about contributing to that! Although Charlie can post too, I'll likely be it's only contributor with his focus on facebook. So this blog will mostly be a mother's musings...about a growing Bea and motherhood.
Since Bea's birth she has learned to breastfeed, smile, laugh, sleep through the (most) night(s), roll from her front to back, play with her toys and maybe a few other things I've forgotten to mention. Oh and drool. She drools often these days.
A quick look back in time...
In September Bea's big sister Hollyanne got married! The above photograph is Bea in her Grandma Braun's arms at the wedding. Hollyanne's beautiful wedding was at Palisades Park...and her flower was a pink Gerbera daisy...so Bea's outfit was perfect. Grandma Braun found the above onesie in a small shop in Algona, IA. It's really just a onsie...with tooling and a pretty flower attached. It came with little "shoes" (really just socks) that also have daisies on them. Quite cute!
On Halloween, of course, Bea was a bee (much to her father's chagrin). I thought the costume, a gift from my new friend, Amber, was adorable. Charlie thought it was mean to make her wear it! :-) He must've come around though...he made this video. I will admit that, at times, she did look like she was feeling a bit humiliated!
Here are a few photos from Bea's first Thanksgiving...
The above picture was taken at Uncle Mark's, where we celebrated with the Howe side of the family.
Since Bea's birth she has learned to breastfeed, smile, laugh, sleep through the (most) night(s), roll from her front to back, play with her toys and maybe a few other things I've forgotten to mention. Oh and drool. She drools often these days.
A quick look back in time...
In September Bea's big sister Hollyanne got married! The above photograph is Bea in her Grandma Braun's arms at the wedding. Hollyanne's beautiful wedding was at Palisades Park...and her flower was a pink Gerbera daisy...so Bea's outfit was perfect. Grandma Braun found the above onesie in a small shop in Algona, IA. It's really just a onsie...with tooling and a pretty flower attached. It came with little "shoes" (really just socks) that also have daisies on them. Quite cute!
On Halloween, of course, Bea was a bee (much to her father's chagrin). I thought the costume, a gift from my new friend, Amber, was adorable. Charlie thought it was mean to make her wear it! :-) He must've come around though...he made this video. I will admit that, at times, she did look like she was feeling a bit humiliated!
Here are a few photos from Bea's first Thanksgiving...
The above picture was taken at Uncle Mark's, where we celebrated with the Howe side of the family.Below was at the Braun celebration...
After two Thanksgivings...Bea was tired!
If two Thanksgivings weren't enough...we had three Christmases!!!
First, at Grandma and Grandpa Howe's the week before Christmas...
A Bea sandwich with Aunt Jeanne and cousin Laila.
Cousin Rich and his son Ethan enjoying some father-son time.
Cousin Laila spent most of her day asking if she could hug Bea...and then doing it. Very sweet!
Hollyanne is holding her sister Bea while watching her baby, Mikaela, kick her! Only a few months until we get to see Mikaela (and Bea is an Aunt Bea)!
Our second Christmas was Christmas morning at our place with Hollyanne and Nate...
The first present opening (above) and loving (below)
Meet Sofie the Giraffe. Bea loves to chew on her. We think she might be teething already! You should hear the way it squeaks on her gums as she chews.
Eating the paper was probably really her favorite.
Really getting the hang of it now!
In the afternoon, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Brauns...
Great Aunt Mary is holding Bea.
Luc and Grandma
Yes, she is reading. Why not? Her mother is a literacy coach, father an avid reader and song writer, Grandma Howe was once a librarian and Grandma Braun a high school English teacher!
Cousin Jake is addicted to Hamster Ball (and quite good at it)!
Believe it or not we didn't take any photos on New Year's Eve. However, we did take lots of video with our new HD video camera. Here is a still Charlie captured from one of the videos!
Grandma Howe bought Beatrice the shirt! Happy New Year!!
After two Thanksgivings...Bea was tired!
If two Thanksgivings weren't enough...we had three Christmases!!!
First, at Grandma and Grandpa Howe's the week before Christmas...
A Bea sandwich with Aunt Jeanne and cousin Laila.
Cousin Rich and his son Ethan enjoying some father-son time.
Cousin Laila spent most of her day asking if she could hug Bea...and then doing it. Very sweet!
Hollyanne is holding her sister Bea while watching her baby, Mikaela, kick her! Only a few months until we get to see Mikaela (and Bea is an Aunt Bea)!Our second Christmas was Christmas morning at our place with Hollyanne and Nate...
The first present opening (above) and loving (below)
Meet Sofie the Giraffe. Bea loves to chew on her. We think she might be teething already! You should hear the way it squeaks on her gums as she chews.
Eating the paper was probably really her favorite.
Really getting the hang of it now!In the afternoon, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Brauns...
Great Aunt Mary is holding Bea.
Luc and Grandma
Yes, she is reading. Why not? Her mother is a literacy coach, father an avid reader and song writer, Grandma Howe was once a librarian and Grandma Braun a high school English teacher!
Cousin Jake is addicted to Hamster Ball (and quite good at it)!Believe it or not we didn't take any photos on New Year's Eve. However, we did take lots of video with our new HD video camera. Here is a still Charlie captured from one of the videos!
Grandma Howe bought Beatrice the shirt! Happy New Year!!
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