Gammy comes to visit

This week Dwayne's mom and stepdad flew out to meet Brynn - your Gammy was really glad to meet you!

Brynn also decided this week (5 weeks old) that she didn't want to spend so much time sleeping. She is awake much more than before - a couple hours at a time several times throughout the day now. More awake time has also equated to more crying, but she is still very good-natured overall and sleeping well at night.

With Gammy and Pappy we took a trip to the Hagerstown outlets, went for a hike, and even took Brynn to "see" her first movie - "The Proposal". Brynn woke up halfway through the movie and was crying a little bit, so I held her in the back of the theater for the rest of the movie and she was fine. My arms got a little tired, but I got to see the whole movie!

Gammy cuddling with Brynn:


Going for a hike -


Pappy holding a Brynn burrito -

One month old!

Our little peanut is a month old already - how is that possible??

Today is actually a week later but I took Brynn for her for her one month check up and she was up to 21 inches and 9 lbs, 8 oz! She is growing like a weed.

Brynn is starting to focus more on faces and the mobile above her swing. She can hold her head up for a few seconds while lying on her stomach (usually when she is mad and crying she does this!), and I think I've seen the beginnings of some smiles...can't wait for those to get bigger!

Happy Father's Day

Brynn loves spending time with her Daddy -

She helped him study, so he could pass his nursing boards:

She takes naps with him when he is tired:


and tries to snack on his nose when she's hungry:


We love Daddy very much!

Road trip!

Today Brynn went on her first long car trip - my mom and I took her to Pennsylvania to meet her Great-great Aunt Jan! She was great in the car and slept pretty much the entire way there and back (a little more than two hours each way). We had a nice visit and Jan was glad to meet Brynn - although she wonders how *I* got such a well-behaved baby! :)

Third week

This week Erin and Jay came down to Maryland for a week-long visit while Tim was on a business trip. It was pretty adorable when Jay met Brynn for the first time - he was so cute holding her and giving her kisses, and he even told his Daddy about it on the phone that night.


On Friday, some friends from work, Julian, Bobbi and Moronke, made the trek all the way out to Westminster to see the baby. As usual, Brynn slept the whole time but it was nice to see the crew. It sounds like none of my clients have had horrific issues yet in my absence (unless they were being nice and just not telling me!)


And here are just some general cuteness pictures of my lil' peanut from this week:

Due date

This isn't a great photo but I had to take a "belly picture" on my due date - It's hard to imagine her just being born today...or even later!

Second week

Our second week was a busy one -

On Wednesday we went to Dwayne's graduation from nursing school! Brynn was a little angel and slept through the entire thing (even the loud music during the slide show at the end) and we are very proud of Daddy!


Thursday was Brynn's first "playdate" - Rachel, Rachel's mom and Keely came to visit. Another milestone that Brynn slept through...she sure loves her sleep, but we're not complaining!


And on Saturday, Grandma Pryor babysat Brynn for the first time while Dwayne and I went to a graduation party for one of his classmates. I missed her even though we were only gone for a couple of hours!