Visitors

Dylan has had a few visitors since we've been home. Unfortunately, I didn't get shots of everyone who came but here are the ones that I did get.
Grandma & Grandpa DeYoung

Grandma Jessup

Uncle John

Kate and Luke

Some of the Ostermann Family



Noelle

First few days at home

Brooklyn joined us at home on Tuesday. She had to stay away for a bit because she was exposed to the flu. We wanted to play it safe. It actually worked out because we spent 5 hours on Monday going to the doctor and getting labs drawn for Dylan. What a pain.
She was VERY excited to see her baby brother. We figured out that she calls him a "she" because she thinks he is a girl.


First bath at home wasn't exactly enjoyable.

Curt took them for a little walk to give me some alone time. I got a whole 3 minutes alone since it started raining.


Cozy time



This is the first time Brookie got to really check him out. So cute!

Dylan James

Thursday, September 30th at 8:09am Dylan James entered the world! Everything went great and he weighed a whopping 9 pounds and measured 20 inches. No wonder I was so uncomfortable toward the end of the pregnancy. Being born 5 days early really spared me some discomfort!
What a chunk!! He did lose some of it after a couple days but he still has a couple of chins:)

He's been content since the beginning. So far he still is, we will see...

He did really well from the beginning with APGARS of 9/9. He was brought to me in recovery within an hour and nursed all on his own. It was amazing. He's been a great eater since.

Proud Daddy!

After a couple of days to recover we had some visitors....
Nana & Grandpa

Auntie Shanna & Auntie Amanda

Grammy & Papa

Auntie Danelle

Bapa, Uncle John & Auntie Kari

Amber & Noelle

Uncle Matt & Auntie Dawn came, but he was too busy eating. So we weren't able to get them in a picture.
Everybody loved him!!

Brookie came to see him Saturday. I'm not really sure what she thought about the whole thing. She seemed excited but confused. She kept saying that baby brother was out of mommy's tummy and that she wanted to hold her. (She doesn't exactly have her pronouns figured out yet.) She also mentioned that she wanted to go in my tummy now. Here we go!



I LOVE this video!! She looks so concerned when he cries and wants to feed him. She's been talking about feeding him for a while and she was ready to do it!

Going home!! I wasn't able to get a great shot of him in his "going home" outfit, but you get the point.

Swim Lessons

Today was Brooklyn's last day at regular swim lessons. She has come a long way since starting. Today she had her "survival test". She didn't do so good. Being in her clothes was VERY disturbing to her. However, she did float on her back and try to kick to the side. After what seemed like FOREVER she finally made it to the side of the pool.
Here's a few videos from a couple of weeks ago. They're more fun to watch than the frustrating test video. Luckily we have some left over make up lessons to do. Hopefully once a month will keep her skills up.

San Clemente, September 2010

This summers San Clemente trip was a little different than previous trips. I stayed out there for a few days by myself while Curt worked and finished our fireplace at home. Being VERY pregnant we decided it wouldn't be the best idea for me to be alone the whole time so Noelle came and stayed for a night.
We took one trip down to the beach while she was with us. It wasn't the best day. Brooklyn had her first bee sting! My worst nightmare. I hate bees and have never been stung myself. She was a trooper though. You can't really tell but her little pinky finger was swollen. Poor baby!:(


The Van Duyns joined us for the weekend. Like always Brooklyn and Wyatt had a great time together. The weather wasn't the best so we only spent a couple hours at the beach that weekend. For an outing we decided to go down to the tide pools.
Curt attempted to show Brook some starfish. For some reason she's convinced herself that his goal was to throw her into the water. She had a death grip on his neck pretty much the whole time.

Wyatt tried to get her to go closer to the water but she wasn't having it.

Showing Wyatt what she discovered on the cliffs.


She found a nice, safe place to sit.

LOVE little sandy feet!!


They're SO cute together!

Even though it was cold, Eric decided to tough it out and go for a little swim:)

The weather for the remainder of the week wasn't the greatest. We toughed it out and went to the beach anyways.
No more pictures please!


The last 2 days of our trip had perfect weather. So we took advantage and spent them at the beach. Brooklyn loved it when Curt would dig a hole for her to play in. She had a great time.