Moby Wrap

Tom and I received a front/back carry pack thing for Julia, and we've used it a few times, but all the straps are really cumbersome and hard to adjust if we try to share it. I decided to try out a Moby wrap, which is a little intimidating since it's basically just a really long piece of fabric. It came in the mail today, and wow, what a lifesaver!! It's not too difficult to put on, and once I put Julia in it, she fell asleep right away, which is very unusual considering she just ate. We think she has colic because after she eats she's very fussy and will scream and get red head-to-toe (she'll also stand up! I have a really great photo I need to post of her standing on Tom's lap during one of these crying fits). Last night, for example, she cried for at least two hours straight after I fed her, and then it was difficult to nurse her once she got hungry again since she was so upset. This wrap claims to help colicky babies, and so far so good! I'll post some photos later :). Right now...I'm going to get some much needed chores done since she's asleep and cozy!

Happy Easter!

Sleepyhead!

She didn't want to wake up for photos...

Ready for Mass!

Happy Easter everyone!! Here are a couple photos of our Jules in her beautiful Easter dress, a gift from Gramma and Grandpa Bryant :). We wish we could be celebrating this blessed day with our families, but we are thinking about you all and you are in our prayers!

Beautiful Blankets

So in love with my daughter :)

Quilt from Gramma Bryant

I love how brillant the colors are! You're so talented Mom :)

Quilt from Great Aunt Chris

I love the Peter Rabbit fabric!

Beautiful blankie made by Uncle Patrick's girlfriend, Jordan

We are so lucky to have many talented women in our family! Julia has already received a number of handmade blankets (none from her Mom yet though...maybe when I have more time!). I thought it'd be fun to take some photos of her and her blankets. Also, Great-Grandma Negron made Julia the yellow blanket she is on in the previous post! Thank you to everyone!! Tom took the some photos of Julia and me tonight, too, since we have a lot of him with her but not me :). Enjoy the photos!

Julia Update

One of her favorite places to sleep (the other is mommy!)

She loves being on the floor!

She discovered her hands and that they can go in her mouth, mmm...

Loving bath time :)

Holding her head up, so strong!

Our Julia is certainly stealing our hearts these days! She's so beautiful and so amazing to us :). She figured out how to suck on her hands, and spends a lot more time awake, during the day even, and is doing a wonderful job holding her head up! When we burp her, she usually holds her head up and holds onto our shirt collars (or my hair...) for support. Tom and I are always impressed with how strong she is. She even has stood up on our laps a few times when she's been really upset. Every day she gets bigger and stronger and seems to notice more of the world around her! As far as her sleeping goes, she's slept for about 5-6 hours straight the last couple nights, but she's very fussy in the evening and doesn't fall asleep until about midnight or 1am. Hopefully she'll start to fall alseep earlier at night, especially when mommy has to go back to work!

Julia also had an ear appointment the other day, but the doctor we saw was not very helpful. She tested both her ears again and looked in them. She said her left ear responded beautifully, but got nothing from her right ear. After she said that, she said, "well, she has her left ear, so that's good enough for me! You all can go about your lives now..." Tom and I looked at each other for a moment, not really sure what to say, and then Tom finally asked her, so what exacly does that mean? It took some more questions to finally get out of her that either there's still fluid or something in her ear from birth, or maybe her ear canal is too small for the equipment, or she actually does have hearing loss. The doctor finally said that we could bring her back when she's a little older and her ears are a little bit bigger. It was a very frustrating visit, to say the least, but in the meantime, we're just going to watch her to she if she seems to respond to different noises and sounds.

Bath Time!

Julia's been keeping us quite busy, and has been awake a lot more (mostly at night, but sometimes during the evening too). We love playing with her when she's awake and looking around. For being so tiny and young, she seems to be really alert! We also finally gave Julia her first full bath tonight too! Up until now we've just been giving her sponge baths. She never seemed to like them, so we were a little nervous to fully submerse her in water! She actually seemed to really enjoy her bath tonight. It was a lot of fun to get her all sudsy and splash a little bit with her.

Cutie Pie

Sleepyheads (she was a little too bundled up...one of our new parent moments!)

Totally relaxed

Sleepy Jules and a tired Mommy (it's a theme!)

Daddy time!

All bundled up to go shopping with Grandma and Mommy

I think she's going to be a blonde kid...

Shopping is exhausting!

Here are some random photos of our beautiful Julia in her first few weeks (She'll be 3 weeks old on Saturday!). Everything is going really well, especially now that Grandma is here! At Jules' last weight check she was about 8 lbs. She also had a hearing test that didn't go too well, so we're going back on Monday for a follow-up appointment. Hopefully she was just congested and everything is ok. Other than that, she's growing lots and keeping us busy! Enjoy the photos :).

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Today is also Julia's original due date, but she's now 10 days old :). Grandma and Grandpa Bryant sent a really cute "Kiss me I'm Irish" outfit, so I got her dressed up this morning and took some photos. The other ones are just random ones of her being cute. In the one of her in the yellow blanket you can see how much really blode hair she has. Tom and I think she's going to have his hair, and it looks like she has his forehead, eyes and ears too! I think she has the Bryant mouth though. Things are going well for all of us! She's such a joy, not so much in the middle of the night...but we're really enjoying being parents, despite the weird sleep schedule!