The last 2(ish) Months

Why hello everyone!  It's been a short while!  I've been meaning to get back to my weekly posting for some time, but it's like some song said "a baby changes everything!"  Currently Brooke is sitting next to me on the couch grunting, and as long as the grunts stay peaceable I should be able to get this out today.

Let's rewind back to 2 months ago.  Luckily I took a decent number of pictures so I shouldn't forget anything big that happened.  Lets start with Brooke's first bath.  Here she is after, all toweled up.  She was not a big fan of her first bath because she got very cold.  The water wasn't warm enough... oops.

For the most part she has been very good and she lays down and sleeps.  Or at least when she was young she did, and now that she's older she prefers being held when she's awake. In this picture below her pacifier slid up so she looked like a unicorn!

About a week after she was born Monica's mom and sister came out to visit us and help with the baby.  We also took the opportunity to use a larger car to get our Christmas tree.  It's just not the same not tying the tree to the top of the Corolla...

Brooke has always been a strong supporter of tummy time.

And she quickly overtook my spot in bed...  I wish we would have gotten her a much larger crib.  Hers isn't very comfortable for me.

She worked her way into just about everything we did, including playing games.

We had to find very warm looking winter clothes so that we could take her outside.  She still hasn't ventured out much, and sadly hasn't gotten to play in snow yet.

... I just like this picture.

Brooke quickly became friends with Sir Jeffers.  He's always around to help hold in her pacifier, and is a frequently needed companion.

Um... Brooke must be taking a nap.  I got a game called "Awful Green Things from Outer Space" for Christmas.  It's a lot of fun!

Sometimes we stage pictures so it looks like Brooke does really cute things that don't really happen till a far older age, such as hugging/cuddling a stuffed animal in her sleep.

... #parenting.  The bad news: this happened.  The good news:  Not our clothes, thanks Megan!

Eventually our Christmas tree got all dried up and needed to be taken out.  Our garbage company doesn't do tree pick up, but the city did some kind of tree round up/charity thing.  I wasn't thrilled with the idea of tying a dried up tree to the top of the car (I don't really want to scratch it), so instead I chopped it all up and put it in the garbage can!  The can still smells like pine, so it was very successful.

I guess Monica didn't think adding a baby to the family was enough change, so 2 weeks ago we went and bought a new used car.  Say hello to (unnamed)!

It's a 2009 Corolla, and it's great to have.  It's "Monica's car" which means that I'm only allowed to drive it when I'm taking her places.

So a couple nights ago we awoke to Brooke crying (she'll sleep between 5 to 8 hours the first time she goes to sleep at night, then another 3 hours after that) and we both were quite awake... and hungry.  We'd ordered pizza the night before for dinner, so naturally at 3 am that's what came to mind.

Here's a picture from this morning.  We were using the boppy to prop Brooke up into a sitting position.  She holds her head up some on her own now, but not reliably enough to let her just sit up unsupported.  Also, she's smiling.

Oh, I somehow missed shots.  She got her shots 2 weeks ago, and loved it!

In reality she wasn't that bad.  She cried a little but I picked her up and she stopped within 15 or 20 seconds.  She was a little more tired for the next few days, but returned to normal quickly.

Well, I think those are the highlights of the last 2 months.  Sorry for the lack of depth, but part of the delay in this post is the foreboding element of having to write a huge post, so being quick is what actually got us here.  I'll hopefully get back into the habit of weekly posting now, well, if Brooke will cooperate.

Hope everyone is doing well!  Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comments.  Also, if you have a story not mentioned feel free to leave those below too!