All Smiles

Four Generations

Never-ending November

Ready to Go!

This month has been absolutely crazy! We started out the month with sending our English bulldog, Zeus, to the specialist to have surgery on his knee. He has a congenital defect where his kneecap tends to pop out of place. During the surgery, the surgeon calls Matt and says that Zeus actually needs surgery on both knees because they are both coming out while under anesthesia, and he has a torn ACL on his left knee. Well, this explains why Zeus has not wanted to put pressure on his leg at all. So we do the double knee surgery and we end up having to completely remove his ACL. Zeus was then boarded at the vet for 2 weeks for rehab.

While all this is happening with our dog, we are still trying to figure out how to be parents! :) Bryce was having issues sleeping at night, and he was fussing all day. It seemed that he was having really bad gas pains. We finally figured out what was going on, and we are no longer breast-feeding, and we are exclusively on formula for sensitive tummies. He seems much happier, and he is now sleeping about six hours at a time at night. Yea!!!

Bryce has also been growing like crazy! We think he weighs about 11 to 12 lbs now, but we will know for sure when we go for our check-up next week. He is also starting to smile (real smiles...not gassy smiles) and coo, and he is doing his best to hold his head up.

Bryce took his first trip out of the state to North Carolina for a family wedding last weekend. While there, he finally got to meet his Uncle Cliff and Aunt Carrie! It was so fun to watch Carrie with her new nephew, and Cliff was absolutely amazing with him.

We are now looking forward to traveling to Michigan for Thanksgiving to spend time with family. The next few weeks are going to be busy, but we are so excited about all the fun activities we have planned.

Happy Holidays!

Holding On

Bryce has been doing some major cute things lately! (At least I think so!) I noticed that when I feed Bryce with a bottle, he likes to hold on to the burp cloth. So, I gave him a little animal to hold onto instead. He has been holding onto it all day. He is absolutely adorable!

Halloween Weekend

Sleeping at the Bryan College volleyball game

With Ms. Kaley at Pumpkinfest

We love the Halloween outfit from Aunt Carrie! It was so comfy!

The adorable outfit from Brian and Carrie!

Halloween outfit - So cute!

Exhausted, but loving it!

I just can't seem to find the time lately to update our blog. If I'm not feeding Bryce, I am changing his diaper or trying to get him to calm down, or trying to keep our house somewhat clean. I really don't know why I even try to keep it clean. I take back everything I have ever said or thought about other moms and the way they raise their children or keep their house. This is hard work!

However, I really have been blessed with a great baby! We have already

gone on several outings, and he just sleeps the entire time. We went to a Bryan volleyball game on Saturday, and he slept through the game!

People ask us how we are doing and if Bryce is sleeping. The picture below is a perfect example of the way we all feel!

Bryce will sleep for hours like this. Unfortunately, he doesn't really like sleeping on his back at night. :(