photoshoot

with our last few days at home together, i am taking advantage of this time with our little guy.  this means the times i hold him are a little longer than normal, but it also means the camera is coming out more too.  on monday, we had a little photoshoot to try to capture some of the adorable smiles we have been seeing lately.  enjoy!

funny face :)

another silly face!

one last catch up post

i realized that i neglected to cover one of the weekends of first time visitors that brendan had a few weeks ago.  while my mom was still here, our friend katy came to visit.  brendan and katy technically met at the hospital, but they were able to get a lot more bonding time during this visit.  we sadly never got a picture of brendan in his "i love my honorary aunt" shirt that katy so cleverly designed for him.

during katy's visit, we also enjoyed a visit with the ottinger family.  kyle, jamie, and all three kiddos brought us lunch and spent the afternoon with us.  we had a great time with four kids 3 and under...ha!  katy and kason had fun reading & flipping, katy and emily enjoyed the baby lotion (ok, that was more emily), and noah & brendan just enjoyed being the cuties that they are.  only six weeks apart, we all decided they will be the best of friends in no time!

grandma

for the first two and a half weeks of brendan's life, we were fortunate enough to have my mom stay with us and help us get adjusted to life with a baby.  not only did she keep me company during the day when lee went back to work, but she washed dishes, did laundry, cooked some meals, cleaned the floors, helped take care of brendan (even in the middle of the night), and more.

 even though she had to leave a little sooner than planned for unfortunate circumstances, we appreciated the time we had with her and are so grateful for all she did to help make our transition to a family of three as smooth as possible.  we love you, grandma!  can't wait for you and papa to visit again :)

one month old!

seriously, we have a month old baby?!  the past month has flown by.  it seems much longer than 3 weeks ago that we were only getting about an hour of sleep at a time because you did not like pack n play.  silly us.  now, he does great sleeping in his bed...not all night yet but hopefully that will come soon.

brendan has the cutest smile now...that of course he only gives when he wants to and not on command :).  he is a great car rider, an awesome eater, and a sweet cuddler.

(yes, these were posted on facebook but this blog documents life for us so i wanted them here too)

family introductions

labor day weekend was a big weekend of introductions for brendan.  friday, he met aunt erin, uncle zach, cousins joe, miles, and will, and the morrow family...but slept through almost that entire visit.

saturday, we kicked off the day with the start of football.  shortly after lunch time, maw, aunt beth, wesley, and hannah arrived from alabama.  lots of kisses and holding and pictures quickly ensued and continued for the next two days.  we were very excited to have more family meet brendan, and of course have the extra helping hands as well.  we stayed in saturday to watch football but sunday we took brendan and the fam to le peep for the first time.  we think brendan was definitely a fan and already wants to go back :).  we also made a stop by crave...because that's what we do :).  from there, wesley and lee drove to see the texans stadium, took in part of the astros game, and drove on to college station for the first half of the a&m game.  meanwhile, the ladies and brendan drove around a little bit of houston, shopped at target and enjoyed a movie at the house.

sadly, the end of their visit came monday.  goodbyes kisses and hugs to brendan were given out, the van was loaded, and the last few pictures were taken before we had to see them off on their journey back to alabama.  we can't wait to make our first trip to alabama in a few months to see you all again!