I just wanted to share some pictures that Venessa took of our little angel. She did such an amazing job, just taking pictures of Rhowan sleeping, I am in love with them, so I thought I'd share them. Thanks so much Venessa, they are beautiful.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Rhowan's First Christmas
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and holiday with your families. We had a busy two days for Christmas Eve and Christmas. We always knew once we started a family of our own that splitting the time amongst our families would be even harder than it already was, but never anticipated how hard it truly was. It was really tough on us this year...we hate feeling like we are on a time schedule and don't get to spend as much time at each house as we'd like...however TJ kept reminding me that it's not about the hours, but the quality of time that we have with our families. So, we did the best we could and are continuing to try and set new traditions for the upcoming years as Rhowan gets bigger and as we continue to grow as a family.
I'd like to thank both our parents for spoiling Rhowan for her first Christmas and to all our extended families for all that they did for Rhowan and continue to do for her and us as our first holiday season together. We are so truly blessed and couldn't thank each of you enough for all that you have given and shared with her and us.
To my husband, thank you for your patience with me this crazy holiday season. You were my rock and kept reminding me that we are blessed with our new princess and with each other so nothing else mattered as long as we had each other. Thank you for putting up with me during this stressful time of year. You really showed me what family is all about this year.
Like I said we had a busy two days...Christmas morning we tried to get to my parents early, however with a baby it's no longer on our time or our wishes, but Rhowans of course, so we didn't get there until about 9am. TJ surprised me that morning, after pinky promising that we weren't exchanging, with a gift under the tree from daddy and Rhowan. I was stunned to open it and get my first "real" coach purse! Then inside was the most beautiful watch. Thank you for my gift and my beautiful card babe, you have really given me so much this year with our beautiful baby girl and showed me so much love with our new family.
After we had a short time at home to share our 1st Christmas together as a family, we headed to my parents for Rhowan to see her Oma and Papa and shortly after my sister, Nathan and Anthony came to begin the Christmas fun. In the afternoon we headed over to TJ's parents, so that Rhowan can see her grandma and grandpa and get spoiled all over again! :) Then off to TJ's grandparents, so Rhowan could get spoiled by her Gigi and Papa and all the rest of the family! We had a very busy and fun filled day.
We hope you all had as amazing as a Christmas as we did. We are very much looking forward to the new year and what 2010 has to bring us. We wish you all the best, be safe and Happy New Year!
Love,
The Bruces
I'd like to thank both our parents for spoiling Rhowan for her first Christmas and to all our extended families for all that they did for Rhowan and continue to do for her and us as our first holiday season together. We are so truly blessed and couldn't thank each of you enough for all that you have given and shared with her and us.
To my husband, thank you for your patience with me this crazy holiday season. You were my rock and kept reminding me that we are blessed with our new princess and with each other so nothing else mattered as long as we had each other. Thank you for putting up with me during this stressful time of year. You really showed me what family is all about this year.
Like I said we had a busy two days...Christmas morning we tried to get to my parents early, however with a baby it's no longer on our time or our wishes, but Rhowans of course, so we didn't get there until about 9am. TJ surprised me that morning, after pinky promising that we weren't exchanging, with a gift under the tree from daddy and Rhowan. I was stunned to open it and get my first "real" coach purse! Then inside was the most beautiful watch. Thank you for my gift and my beautiful card babe, you have really given me so much this year with our beautiful baby girl and showed me so much love with our new family.
After we had a short time at home to share our 1st Christmas together as a family, we headed to my parents for Rhowan to see her Oma and Papa and shortly after my sister, Nathan and Anthony came to begin the Christmas fun. In the afternoon we headed over to TJ's parents, so that Rhowan can see her grandma and grandpa and get spoiled all over again! :) Then off to TJ's grandparents, so Rhowan could get spoiled by her Gigi and Papa and all the rest of the family! We had a very busy and fun filled day.
We hope you all had as amazing as a Christmas as we did. We are very much looking forward to the new year and what 2010 has to bring us. We wish you all the best, be safe and Happy New Year!
Love,
The Bruces
Monday, December 21, 2009
2 month check up
Can you believe it, our little princess is already two months old! We went to her 2 month dr visit on Friday, which was a 2 hour shin dig...Friday before the holiday and lots of babies coming out crying from their vaccinations! Anyway, it was a day I was nervous for with it being her first set of shots. She got two shots, one in each leg, then one vaccine orally. As I was anticipating leaving the room and having daddy handle it, I decided to stay in and hold her hand. Well, the first shot went in and nothing...no reaction at all! So then the second shot came and she turned bright red for a minute, cried, then that was it...she was over it! Wow, that was it?! That's what I've been stressing for the past few days?!
She did come down with a fever after, which tylenol every four hours helped and was terribly fussy until about 2 am, but as expected. So now we have to do it all over again in two months for her four month check up. :(
The dr said she looks and sounds great. She was very impressed with how alert Rhowan is and how much she is smiling and cooing already. She said her coloring was great and she is holding her head up well. She is now 10 lbs and 9 oz, she is 24 1/4 inches long (she's already had a few growth spurts)! She is in the 95% for her height and 50% in her weight, so she said she will be tall and lean! (Taking after her daddy, thank goodness!) :)
I had my list of questions, or else I forget, and the dr was very helpful and patient with them all.
So all is looking good and she is doing fabulous.
We can't wait to spend our first Christmas with her. We took her to the Grove and had her pictures taken with Santa. She did so good, she smiled and tried looking for his boobs to eat, but realized there wasn't anything there, so she went back to smiling for us at the camera! :)
Friday, December 11, 2009
Family Pictures
So we took our first family photos at El Dorado Park and just as I thought I had timed it all so perfectly, Rhowan was NOT having it that day! :) We went to church that afternoon and she was a perfect little angel. Then when it came time to go to the park she got super fussy. I thought I was ahead of the game, brought pumped breast milk with me for her daddy to feed her just in case and had two changes of clothes for her to do different pictures and we were set. Not so much, she had something else in mind...she would not take the bottle so we stopped so I could nurse her, thank God for those nursing aprons! Then she would only stop fussing with the pacifier in her mouth or sleeping! Therefore, our family pictures are all of her with a pacifier or sleeping...oh well, it is what it is! You can never time these things perfectly. Luckily, it was a friend of ours who were taking the pictures for us and she was so patient with her. I guess we'll give it another shot for our next photshoot as she continues to grow so fast!
Rhowan's First Christmas Parade
It's been a tradition of my family to go to the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade since I was a little girl. Then in high school we were in the parade every year and ever since then I have secretly missed it. I love this time of year and anything to bring in the Christmas spirit I am all in! So this year was no exception, I was really looking forward to going...but it wasn't as good as I remember. Not to mention it was freezing cold, but don't worry, I had Rhowan dressed for the snow! (She was even sweating! I had her in 3-4 layers of clothes) I held her the entire time in the baby Bjorn and she slept through the entire parade! :)
I am so excited to share this season as our first Christmas as a family. I know Rhowan is still so little and has no idea what is going on around her, as she gets older it will be even more fun, but I just love this time of year. I have been waiting for these moments to be a mom and a parent myself, so we could start our own family traditions from what each of us were brought up with. I can not wait to share that with our little family of three. I am trying to capture as many of those moments I can and treasure them as I know it goes by so fast. I can't believe how fast she is already growing.
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