Pictures

As promised here are a few updated pictures of Brentley. These were all taken last night. He was being such a loving little boy when I got home from work. He can't sit up by himself yet but he is able to sit in the bumbo seat, the seat he is sitting in for the pictures. I will try to get even more pictures posted over the weekend but I am not making any promises.

It's been a while

So I have come to realize that I am not very good on keeping the blog updated. I have been really busy lately so I have not gotten around to blogging. Well, since the last time I posted there has been so many things we have done. On March 3 I started back to work. As most of you know I am a tax accountant so work has been crazy since I started back. The first day was the hardest. I did not want to leave Brentley even though I knew he was in good hands. Thankfully we are not having to put him in daycare. My sister has worked her schedule out around Phillip's so that when Phillip is working Allison is off and keeps Brentley and then Phillip keeps him on his days off. Both Phillip and Allison are very much enjoying their days with him. Before starting back to work we took Brentley for his very first beach trip. We went down February 13-15 which was over valentines day. We had a very good time and got some cute pictures with Brentley on the beach. I will try to post some pictures soon for everyone to see.

Brentley has grown so much in the past 10 weeks. He is becoming more and more aware of his alert everyday. Also the week I started to work Brentley began sleeping thru the night. This is such a blessing. We normally try to put him down between 10 and 11 and he sleeps until 5 or 6 every morning. This is so much better than him waking up at 12, 2, and 4. Well, I just wanted to give everyone a quick update and I will try to get some pictures posted this weekend for everyone to see how much he has grown.

New Truck

Here are the pictures of the new truck!

A night with Granna and Grampy and daddys new truck!

Friday night Brentley had his first night away from me and Phillip. My parents decided that they would keep him so that me and Phillip could get some rest. Phillip was off on Saturday so we had decided that we would go look for a new vehicle. Instead of us having to get up early and driving to Albemarle then back to Charlotte we decided to let my parents keep him. Brentley did great. I think he only woke them up like twice. Of course Phillip and I stayed over at my parents house until pretty late on Friday night before we headed home. I think it was close to midnight before we left. As soon as we were out of the driveway we were both ready to turn around and go get him. We knew he was well taken care of but we really missed him. We didn't go back to get him but neither of us could go to sleep once we got home. Since we couldn't sleep we decided to play rock band. We haven't really gotten to play together since bringing Brentley home because we have been too busy either tending to Brentley or cleaning the house. I think we ended up staying up until around 2 or 2:30 in the morning playing. It was really a lot of fun but the entire time we were playing we kept talking about how much we missed our little man. After getting finished we went to bed and did get a good nights rest. When we got up on Saturday the first thing we did was call to check on Brentley. Of course he was doing just fine. We then got ready and mom dropped dad off at our house so that the three of us could go look for a truck while mom took Brentley to her parents house. We went to drive several different trucks and by the end of the day we were worn out. We didn't end up getting a new truck on Saturday but we did narrow our decision down and knew exactly what we wanted. We have since traded in the civic, since we were having difficulties getting the car seat to fit in it, and we now have a toyota tundra. We will post some pictures later of it when I actually go out and make some pictures of it. The car seat fits perfect and we are really enjoying it.

Pictures of Brentley

He is such a sweet boy.



Two monkeys!



Brentley is such a good baby!



Mommy and daddy's little boy.



This is one of my favorite outfits even if it is still a little big.



Brentley is such a sweet boy.




Granna is so proud of her little man.



Brentley and his pround grampy.



Brentley in his NC State hate that his daddy bought him in the hospital gift shop.

First snow of 2009

On Tuesday we had our first snow of 2009 and it was Brentley's first snow. He is still too little for us to take out in the snow so we ended up staying inside the entire day. I just did not want to risk getting him sick just to be out in the snow. I didn't even know until later in the day on Monday that they were calling for snow. Once I found out I decided that it would be best for Phillip, Brentley and me to stay the night with my parents. Phillip had to work and if we would have stayed at our house he would have had to drive on back roads to get to work. With staying at mom and dads he could drive on main roads that would have been treated. Also, I knew that if something happened and I needed to get Brentley somewhere on Monday that mom or dad would be able to take us. Phillip woke me up on Tuesday morning around 5:00 when he was getting ready to let me know that the ground was covered with snow. It was so pretty. I did go back to sleep until around 7:30 when mom woke me up so that I could watch Brentley while she got ready for work. She wasn't sure if she was going to have to go in to work or if she was going to be able to stay at home. It ended up that her and dad both were able to work from home. Of course it wasn't long until Allison made Scott bring her over to spend the day with us too. We really had a great day with everyone being over at mom and dads. Brentley was spoiled rotten and I do not think he was layed down at all. Someone was holding him all day long. On wednesday I had to go for allergy testing early in the morning so we decided to stay the night again at mom and dads just incase the roads were bad.

2 weeks and counting

On Saturday Brentley was 2 weeks old. Since we have been home he has been great. He normally only gets up twice during the night and he only really ever cries when he is hungry or is getting his diaper changed. He absolutely loves to take a bath and to get his hair washed. I really thought that he would scream and hate to take baths but I have been pleasantly suprised at just how much he really enjoys being in the water. This really makes me happy since I love the water. I can't wait until this summer when we get to go to the pool. I do have pictures that I will try to get posted really soon. I had a feeling that once I was home from the hospital that I would get slack about keeping the blog updated. I probably will not be blogging everday but I will try to get one here as much as possible to keep everyone updated.

I am still in awe that I have a two week old. He is just so precious and I have enjoyed each and every day with him. I never knew I could love someone as much as I love my sweet little boy, and I know Phillip feels the same way. I have been so impressed with Phillip over the past week. He has been a tremendous help around the house and with Brentley. On the nights that he doesn't have to work the next day he takes baby duty at night. He also changes diapers and even helps me give Brentley baths. I really believe that Brentley has brought me and Phillip even closer together than we were before his arrival. Phillip's eyes just light up when he gets home from work. I just love to see Phillip take care of Brentley. He is such a great dad and I know he always will be.