Summer Overview Part 1 - June!

Since Brylee was born on May 22, I spent the majority of my summer not getting much sleep. So if the option to take a nap or udpate our blog came up... well, the nap always won! =) BUT that doesn't mean I didn't stop taking pictures! So... I was going to combine the whole summer overview into one "brief" blog, but it just became too long. So here it is by month.
     In June, we had Granny Paulette come for a week, Grandma Sue come for a week, and we also took Brylee on her first day trip to celebrate Sammy's birthday on June 14!

Sammy with Brylee, June 1 - 1 week and 3 days old!


Little smiley face on her original due date.. June 3

The first time she rolled over by herself... June 3

Almost 2 full weeks old and her newborn clothes no longer fit! It was so fast too, they snapped on Monday that week, and by Thursday were too small!

Brylee 2 weeks old with Granny Paulette after she came for a week to help out =)

Brylee trying to calm down a chaotic situation... lol, on her way to Sam's work party

2 weeks and 2 days old First real bath... b/c her belly button thing fell off! =)

I LOVE her little footie pj's... these ones are her froggie feet

Hmmm.. which one of these is "fake" sleeping...

Cute puppy outfit from Grandpa Roy... the booties rattle

Ha... how I grocery shopped until I found out Meijer has bigger carts than Kroger's and I can fit her carseat in the front part of the cart at their store =)

"C" is for Crass

She didn't actually like the swing when it was swinging... but take the swing seat and put it on the floor... loved it!

Love this picture =)

Brylee 3 weeks old! Cousin Addy came over to check out her new cousin. The verdict? Addy wasn't too thrilled with Brylee yet. =)

Even though we had a newborn, Sam still got to celebrate his b-day on June 14! =) I surprised him and took him on a Maker's Mark Distillery tour (it's a National landmark and there are apparently 7 distilleries close to Louisville)... anyways, this is "Whiskey Creek"

One of the buildings that is part of the process

So if you drink Maker's Mark, please know that they let everyone on their 7 tours they give a day, put their grubby paws in your future drink! =) lol

And the 31st birthday boy got to dip his own Maker's Mark bottle ... I missed the best photo op of the trip b/c I had to take Brylee out to the car to feed her!

I appropriately put Brylee in an "I Love Daddy" onesie for Sam's birthday

Grandma Sue came to help out for a week.

Trying to bump knuckles...

My little daisy

cocoon

"Somewhere out there..."

Sleepy girl

Family picture! Brylee ONE MONTH OLD!

Father's Day... I surprised Sam with the onesie.


I came home from grocery shopping one day, and there was a DEAD SHARK behind our fish tank! We started the summer with 30 fish, and now have 2. I bought kissing fish (thinking how cute.. they kiss!), and apparently they are semi-aggressive and killed all of our other fish! Eghhh!

Still not big enough to reach those toys...

HOW CUTE! =)

I tried to put one of her little bows on her head, and hope she wouldn't turn her head before I took the pic. As you can tell, didn't work! The little hairbow is laying beside her =)

little cuddlers

I LOVE the watermelon outfit...

5 weeks old!

5 wks and 3 days old.. she loves lounging on daddy

~ Homemade Granola ~

Ok, so last night I made some homemade granola, b/c my hubbie and myself are trying to eat healthier! =) I still have that last 12 pounds of baby weight to lose (which I guess isn't so terrible since I put on a whopping WAY TOO MANY!) ha! Yes, I know...I took the saying "eating for two" a little too literally! Anyways, here's the granola recipe I used. I DO think it would be even better SWEETER... but it's good this way mixed in with plain yogurt and with fresh strawberries and blueberries on top! =) But if you plan to just eat it totally plain, then you might want to add more brown suger. And it makes a TON, so you might want to half the recipe.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Ingredients:
8 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup oat or wheat bran
1 cup coconut
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup nuts (your choice) - I didn't use any in mine last night
* Also, you can add raisins if you like those =) *

Stir up.

Mix together:
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tblsp. vanilla

Heat to dissolve brown sugar. Add vanilla. Pour the wet mixture in the dry mixture. Mix until moist.
Press 1/2 of mixture into large, flat pan.
Bake 15 minutes. Turn and bake 15 additional minutes.
Remove granola and place in bowl.
Bake the remaining granola the same way.
Granola is best if left in oven (turned off) for 6 to 8 hours! - (I actually didn't do that to mine & it turned out fine)

Can we say 3 babies?!?!?!?!!

Ok, so WOW... my sister got a shock last week. Well, actually it took all of us by surprise! =) My sister and her hubbie Zach, have a 1 1/2 year old named Addison. They found out they were pregnant again right around the 4th of July (which actually the picture I posted of their family is from the VERY DAY they found out! =) ). So anyways, she came up and visited Sam and I last weekend, etc... and she had her four month checkup on Thursday. Well, when she came to visit we both thought she was looking bigger than she did with Addison, but they say that since your stomach muscles are already stretched out, most people show sooner in their second pregnancy.
Well, at her four month appointment, she asked the doctor if there was any chance at all she was having twins. Because my sister just felt so much bigger already than she did with Addison. So the doctor listened for a second heartbeat and found it! She was like "Yes, you are having twins!" So my sister was surprised, and they took her to the room to do an ultrasound so that they could check out the babies. Well, they start the ultrasound, and my sister isn't having twins, she's having TRIPLETS. Yes, TRIPLETS! The doctor was amazed and asked if she could call the staff in, b/c this was the first time they had ever seen a patient get prego with triplets that hadn't used fertility drugs. I guess the chance of it happening are 1 in 900,000!
Prayers that she has a healthy pregnancy and healthy babies! On a side note, they do know that at least one of the triplets is a boy! In a few weeks we get to find out the sexes of the other two =)

We now have TWO!!!

I made our blog private a week ago, and have had emails, etc... asking to view our blog. Well, I understand its kind of a hassle to have to type in a password and username to view pics of Brylee and other things we put up here! =) So... we now have two blogs! This one, that will remain unprivate, for the everyday things in life, pics, updates, etc... And another one for the things that we might not want someone randomly from sunny side California, etc.. to find on google! =)
Sooo, for friends and family that want to see our other blog too, please message us by email/facebook,etc... This second blog is only password protected, so there is just one password that you have to type in each time we put up a new post on it!
Here's the link:
http://www.moreupdates.wordpress.com