More Thanksgiving Pics

Thanksgiving

Travis' brother and family were here for the past week to celebrate Thanksgiving and stayed with his parents. They arrived last Friday night and all of the kids cooperated on Saturday morning for Xmas pictures! We weren't too worried about 8 year old Nate however no one thought Brea and 3 year old Tanner would last through the sitting. Tanner was definitely fond of Brea and could be heard asking "Where's Baby Brea?" numerous times throughout the week. On Thanksgiving day we all went to the Thanksgiving Day parade and then went over to Travis' parents for dinner. We said our goodbyes to Todd, Lisa, Nate and Tanner as they left Friday to return to MN. We will definitely miss them.

I had the best intentions to get my holiday decorating done this weekend however I only got the tree up without lights or decorations. I'm going to try and decorate it this week - I can't wait to see Brea's reaction to the blinking lights!

One Year Ago - It's A Girl!

On November 20 2008 (14 weeks gestation) I had to have a nuchal translucency screening done due to my age!! We were shocked when the lab technician asked us if we wanted to know the gender of our baby because we assumed we would have to wait until our 20 week ultrasound. She said that at 13/14 weeks they are sometimes able to tell due to the nature of this test. When she said it was a girl we both said "Are you sure???" as we had pretty much guessed it would be a boy due to the lack of girls in both of our families. Travis was so excited that two days later we made our first trip to Babies R Us so HE could pick out a pink outfit for her!

6 Months

I can't believe where the time is going - Brea turned 6 months old on Nov 7th. She had her 6 month checkup at the doctor and weighs 17lbs and measured 26 inches. She loves to eat rice cereal and so far we haven't found a veggie or fruit that doesn't agree with her. At first she didn't really care for green beans and bananas but she did fine on the second go around. We've also experienced her first bout with the flu. She wouldn't keep anything down so I called the dr and they said she was fine as long as she didn't have a fever. I tried pedialyte however she didn't like it and would only humor us by drinking 1/2 oz every few hours so I gave her some water so she wouldn't become dehydrated. After about 24 hours she was good as new. A couple of the pics are of her in her bouncer which is her favorite thing right now. Even when she isn't in it she has to be bouncing on your lap!

First Halloween

We ended up taking Brea to a pumpkin patch in Scottsdale on Halloween morning to pick out her first pumpkin. Of course it was her naptime so she ended up falling asleep in the car and slept the entire time we were there! We ended up picking out three and it was a gorgeous day so she was able to watch Travis carve them in the afternoon on the patio. We finished the day by going to our friends Vinnie and Holly's for a halloween party with Brea dressed up as a ladybug. I informed Travis that next year we'll have to start dressing up as well!