Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today Jason turned 27! He can finally say his wife isn't older than him, and that his younger brother Adam isn't the same age as him! :-) Jason loves the number 7. Since I didn't know him when he was 7 ....and I didn't think I'd remember to care when he's 77, I decided to make his 27th a little unique. He doesn't like suprise parties, and he enjoys his Friday nights lounging in our living room as a family while watching movies blaring with sound.....so I decided to keep it low key, but make him feel remembered and loved. So....Brynne and I took a few shopping trips this past week....to the Dollar Store, Target,and K Mart. We purchased 27 gifts for Jason.....ahahaha....and wrapping them took forever! As he opened each gift, I told him who it was from (Bryson, Reggie, Brynne, me, or all of us ahahahah...). It was fun to see him open all of his favorite treats, a few movies, a pumpkin, and some random things too(that Brynne picked out of course)! Here are some pictures from tonight...

Here he is reading his cards and sitting next to his basket of gifts!

All 27 gifts. I had them numbered so I'd remember what they were, but he opened them so fast that I didn't have time to look. It was kind of fun to guess what it was as I handed it to him!

Jason opening the pumpkin candles from Reggie as the boys and baby girl look on....ahahah, they were super excited!

Now it's time for his favorite desert....apple pie and Breyers vanilla ice cream! YUM!

Pretty girl...

I just LOVE her!

Byson...

Oh brother....
So Byson got in trouble for eating some chicken wing bones off of Jason's plate yesterday.....those are dangerous for dogs! Jason made him get in Reggie's box (a.k.a a dog crate but we've always called it a box for some odd reason). Reggie is half the size of Byson.....therefore....so is his cage! AHAHAH. Well, Jason came in and woke me up at about midnight last night to tell me I had to come see something really funny. I was so mad because I had just finally had fallen asleep. Well...it was worth it. This is what I saw...



He turned his body the shorter way the rectangular shaped cage and since he didn't fit...he stuck his paws and head through and was pretty much not going anywhere. He was stuck, and his moaning from the basement is what made Jason go down to check on him...finding him looking like that. We were obviously laughing at him, and I could tell he felt stupid and sad that we were making fun of him. ahahahah Luckily, he made it out alive...:-)
So in continuation to that story...this afternoon, Reggie found that same plate with chicken bones (which was now on the kitchen table and was missed when i loaded the dishwasher) and ate some too! He spent the day in his box today too....and was puking up chicken bones tonight. GOSH! Dogs keep ya on your feet! :-)

Blogging Instead of Cleaning....Oops!

So...i was carrying Brynne around and she fell asleep and i didnt want to wake her by taking her out but i wanted a nap too, so.....yea! Side note: nice outfit i'm wearing, huh? Thats a whole other story....ahahahha

So I have a few minutes before Brynne should be waking up to eat, and she's actually sleeping in her crib without me holding her! (That's not an extremely happy thing. Of course I'd rather hold her all the time, but I've found that not getting a single thing done during the day due to holding a sleeping baby is a little frustrating after the mess builds up!) I can't remember what I've updated everyone on lately, and to stop and go look in old posts would take too much time and effort, so if any of this is repeat info...sorry!
So....here are a few updates about us:(well, about Brynne mainly!)
1. Brynne has slept in her crib at night for three nights now! She goes down at night pretty well lately, and hasn't had her extreme fussiness since I've given her a bottle of milk I pumped instead of nursing her at her feeding right before bed. I think this has helped her get a full feeding....and....she's slept better since doing this! Yeah!
2. I'm still desperately wanting her to smile at me on purpose. She smiles for daddy occasionally, and has smiled for me two times....but since she'll be 6 weeks tomorrow, I'm thinking she should be doing this more often. She changes so much every week though, so i'm sure with a little more time, she'll be all smiles!!!
3. Brynne had her first trip to Target on Wednesday. ahahah (i had to throw that in there cuz i love target!)
4. We got a tub of cute clothes from a friend for her to wear this fall and winter....and I'M SO THANKFUL! Thanks again Jen!
5. I've found that Brynne is very impatient. ahahahah. She knows what she wants....and she wants it. But on a serious note, I've felt more at ease this week and feel like I'm beginning to know what will make her feel better when she cries. Yeah!
6. Brynne loves to pull my hair. ahahah
I just love being a mom! AND....she's crying now.....gotta sign off! Happy Friday!

Precious girl...

Mommy can't ever seem to get a good picture with Brynne as you can see once again in the following picture!

Daddy loves tormenting Byson...(Reggie does still exist by the way...I guess i've left him out lately, oops!)

Daddy and his girl...

Brynne and her baby doll


There ya have it. Some shots from our weekend. Besides changing diapers, feeding, and holding a baby, the only other thing that really goes on here is taking pictures ahahha. We had a great weekend. It was beautiful, and I even was brave enough to finally go somewhere with Brynne! She attended her first soccer game and cried through the entire third quarter. Ahahah. It was fun though, and I need to start taking her more places so I can get over my fear of annoying people when my baby cries!

Parenting a dog...and the case of the mysterious caps!

So today I had one of those moments where you have to discipline....yet, the problem that you're trying to discipline is the funniest thing ever so you try not to laugh! Here's what happened....
I was holding my crying baby trying to get her to eat or stop crying....when all of a sudden, I realized I heard Byson chewing on something in the kitchen. Now, the boys were not used to being locked in the kitchen with a gate until Brynne came along, so I think they are still a little bit mad about it. Byson is still a puppy, and he can get bored easily if he's not sleeping so usually he chews his bone. Yesterday I caught him chewing on my magnetic shopping list notepad which he took off the refridgerator....so I figured it was probably another fridge item today...or being postitive...maybe just his bone. Well....he found the gallons of water Jason bought for us to drink since our water tastes weird lately and we're scared to drink it. He chewed the caps off of three of the gallons. When I looked in the kitchen to see what he was chewing....I was thinking, "Where in the heck did those come from?" I knew I just took the garbage out, so he couldn't have gone digging through it. Then, it hit me....and I looked to my left to notice the gallons missing caps. Then I looked back at Byson to tell him he was a bad boy...but I started to laugh...so I looked away, and then tried a second attempt....and smiled while telling him that was naughty. OH brother...I better work on keeping a straight face before our little girl needs some disciplining! Way to give a mixed message huh!? ahaha Here is a shot of Byson and his caps....and the water gallons missing caps.... He's pretty guilty looking!

One Month Check Up

Hi, I'm Brynne Aukerman, and I went to see Dr. Oo today! I love my Dr. Oo. He was so nice. I weighed 9 pounds 7 ounces, and I was 21 and 3/4 inches long. He said I was a growing girl! Here's me at the doctor's office. Burrr, it's so cold and they make you lay there in a diaper!
Here's a picture with my mommy and me sleeping. We were sleepy heads!

Here's a picture with me and my baby doll.

Thanks for reading everyone! I love you! Love, Brynne