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!

Baking my baby

Brynn had pretty bad jaundice her first few days, so the pediatrician told us to put her in the sun to help lower her bilirubin levels - Dwayne asked her for how long and she told him something to the effect of "You'll know when it's been long enough."

So Brynn had a nice nap in the sunshine until my mom thought she felt a little warm - we took her temperature and it was up to 102! Oops! Thankfully, she was fine, and we'll be more careful following vague advice in the future...

Brynn's first week

Wow - I cannot believe that it has been almost a week already. I love being a mom so far!

We had a little bit of worry the first few days - Brynn had jaundice when she was born and it was getting progressively worse; we had to take her to the lab Thursday, Friday and Saturday for bilirubin tests and thought she might need to get a bili-blanket, but by the third day her levels were on the way down so she should be fine now.

My mom has been staying with us a lot this week and has been a huge help with changing diapers, doing laundry, shopping, and even helping with nighttime feedings. Dwayne has also been great - it is so cute to see how smitten he is with his new baby girl.

Brynn has generally been a pretty "easy" baby so far - I think a lot of it might have to do with the jaundice and being a few weeks early, but she loves to sleep most of the time. The first few nights we couldn't even get her to wake up for her feedings, but she is spending more and more alert time each day. The pediatrician told me to only feed her formula for a few days since it helps lower bilirubin levels, so nursing has gotten off to a slow start. Sometimes she has the hang of it though, so we'll keep trying.

I am already getting a little sad thinking about how fast she is going to grow - I kind of want her to stay my little peanut forever...but I'm sure every week will be exciting as she grows and learns new things.

Coming home from the hospital -


Bailey meets his new "sister" -


Getting a bottle from Daddy -


Hanging out with Grandad -


Grandma gives Brynn her first spongebath -


Fresh and clean after bath -