Sleep...

Ok so I'm FULLY aware that I have NO room to complain as Brennan is 2 months (9 weeks) old and is sleeping EXTREMELY well but the last two nights she's gone to bed EXTREMELY early. Tuesday she was asleep by 5, she kind of woke up so I gave her a bath at like 8 and she was back in bed for the night...I had tried to feed her and she refused but slept great. She even took a 3 hour nap Wednesday morning. And since she's so young I thought I'd let her figure it out last night. After her 3 hour nap she napped two short 30 minutes in the afternoon and fell asleep at 4 when I got home from work. She proceeded to sleep until 7, woke up, I gave her a bath...which she screamed after, fell back asleep by 7:45 and slept until midnight. Then she got up, ate, went back to sleep a bit after 1, woke up at 4:30 ate, back asleep by 5:15 and is currently still asleep. I know, I am the luckiest mother alive right now! So tonight's goal is to get her to stay up until at least 5, do her bath then and see if she sleeps completely through the night. We'll see...I've decided to experiment since she's doing most of this on her own with no help anyway!

As for life in Alaska...Juls is adjusting and seems to love it! She's even thinking of staying in Barrow for the summer! It's made a huge difference in going back to work knowing that Juls is here every day with Brennan and that's also what has helped put Brennan on a schedule. She's always watching a 14 month old and I'm ALWAYS highly entertained when I come home...as the kids are up, ALWAYS clean, the house is clean and she makes it look like the easiest thing in the world! I have no idea how it happens but it does!

In the process of all the craziness Brennan has seemed to master tummy time...she can get up on her on arm and is thinking about rolling over...I'm soooo NOT ready for that! It seems like she's growing so fast and I'm going to miss something! Plus she has mastered Airplane on her tummy...not on command yet but she was mastered it! I'm thoroughly amazed with her every day! She also is developing quite the personality...obviously with the sleep stuff we're dealing with she's a bit stubborn (NO idea where she gets that from LOL)! But she also knows what she wants and when she wants it. She's starting to become more vocal about her diaper and what she'll tolerate in it...and for how long!

Brennan Kathleen

Well now that Brennan is two months old I realized it was time to begin my blog again! Brennan was born on November 16th, 2009 and has kept me busy ever since! She's absolutely amazing! And in the middle of a growth spurt as we speak! I was hopeful that she would be able to wear her 0-3 month clothes until she was close to three months but that's looking like it's not going to be the case! Oh well...it means she's healthy and happy for the most part. She sleeps through the night (at least 5 hours) 6 out of 7 nights a week and loves to cuddle! She is a HUGE fan of babbling to the fan in our room. As she's doing right now! :) Yesterday she was able to do "airplane" by herself on the floor. Her new trick when she's on her tummy is to lean on her shoulder and put everything else in the air! And I WILL get better about posting pictures and so forth from now on! But it will probably be all about Brennan and our life in Alaska....

I'm a slacker...

and haven't updated this in FOREVER!! But I swear I will be doing this soon!! And adding a TON of pics! But on for news...my Aunt Kathi passed away on July 7th so things have been hectic in Virginia...and I am due in November...I'm having a little girl! I'll be adding ultrasound pics soon I swear!!

John Rich - Shutting Down Detroit

Hockey, hockey, hockey...

So...last weekend was our BIG hockey tournament! We have the all time best record for Barrow now! We won all 3 of our regular games...which led us to the Championship game...which we lost! But with the best record ever it was amazing! As always it was hockey all weekend with playoffs at the NHL round one finishing up (the Wings taking game 4 and tying up Round 1) then the Anchorage Aces played at home too! So we headed out to the game and the Aces WON 8-2!! It was a GREAT hockey weekend! Here are a couple of the pics! And I have more!! So look out...you may get to see them if I get them all uploaded! (Or you check Facebook!)

Back in ICU

So if anyone doesn't know, Aunt Kathi was in ICU a couple of weeks ago and I received a call this morning saying she is back in ICU. She has more fluid on her brain but this time it also contains melanoma cells. It doesn't look good. Yet she's had a great fight and SOOO much more time than she should have at this point. I just wish she would wait until I get there...but I'm not sure that's going to happen. So please keep her in your prayers and I'll update you later when I find out more.

Barney Stinson - Suit Up