Annie's 31st Bday

For my birthday we went to my new favorite restaurant, Happy Sumo!



Maiki told us that she could use chopsticks. I thought she was going to be hungry by the end of the night, but she was right... She CAN use chopsticks.
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The day after my birthday we were spoiled... My mom cooked pork spaghetti and made the world's cutest cupcakes. It would've been perfect if Ryan and Beth were there to complain about the coconut.

Grandpa's Bday Part II

Kyoto

Grandpa's 87th Birthday

We celebrated Grandpa Kaz' birthday w/Ryan's boys by having everyone over for Paul's nummy ham and funeral potatoes, and then we had a nice dinner at Kyoto on his actual birthday. My grandpa is an amazing man and he definitely makes 87 look good!

Chris is Amazing!

Chris started finishing a room in the basement when he had two weeks off for paternity leave. Being home w/kids wasn't keeping him busy (he'd put any stay-at-home mom to shame), so the overachiever took on a new project. He seriously is an amazing man. It's crazy to watch him optimistically work 60+ hours a week, manage 8 rental properties, take care of three high maintenance girls, and still come home to finish this sweet room. I hope he takes the time to relax and enjoy the awesome new space.

Bryn's 2nd Month

Bryn's 2 Month Well Check:

10 pounds and 22.3 inches

Weight-40th percentile, Height-75th percentile, Head circumference-50th percentile

She survived 5 shots and received an oral vaccine. She cried for about five minutes, and then took a nice nap. This appointment was hard for me because Chris has always been there to hold the kids while they are getting jabbed. Our appointment was moved, so Chris was still at work. Maiki was great during the appt. and pretended to be the doctor. From the pretend conversation we had I discovered that she thinks you can fix anything with a schedule and Neosporin.

Bryn is doing amazingly well. She's such a great baby! Now that she's two months old I am going to stop being OCD. I've been recording every time she eats, how long she eats, and every time she's changed (plus if it's #1 or #2). I think it's kind of cool that I can tell you how many times she's pooped since she was born, but I really need to stop. I've gone two days without recording anything... It feels empty, but I know she's okay.

The Bryn and Maiki Comparison:

I am amazed by the number of people that have asked if Maiki's hair used to be red... No, it was never red.

Smiles, walks, and big girl jeans

I left the room for two minutes and returned to Maiki changing Bryn's diaper. :(

This week is Spring Break! We were excited to have tons of playdates, but our week started with Maiki vomitting 8 times on Monday. I hope Bryn doesn't get sick too.

Maiki has great taste in shoes.

Bryn's 8th Week

Bryn is Syracuse High School's newest princess. She attended daycare F/T the entire week and was barely put down. The high school kids fought over her and didn't understand why she couldn't nap in their arms. Bryn has adjusted perfectly, and has learned to take a bottle (I still swing by during my lunch break to nurse her once during the day). Maiki loves going to the infant section and visiting her little sissy. It's hilarious all of the excuses Maiki comes up with so she can go and see her sis.

This week is all about grabs and smiles. Bryn keeps surprising herself by randomly grabbing things and she loves to coo and smile.

Now that Bryn is being bottle fed Maiki is learning how to feed her. I think this is the secret to having two kids... It's great because Maiki feels important and Bryn gets "feeded."

Random Pics from this week:

Maiki made a tattoo just like Uncle Jon's, then we made our favorite Japanese candies-kinokono yama, and then Maiki made a huge train (this is what she does while Chris works on the room downstairs).

the girls w/Great Grandpa Kaz

Bryn's 7th Week

Bryn's 7th week started with an extra visit to the doctor's office. Her tongue has been white for quite sometime, so we took her in and found out she has Thrush. While at the doctor's office Bryn was weighed and she's now 9 pounds 2 ounces. She has gained 34% of her body weight. It seems like in just a few days she's outgrown her diapers and all of her newborn clothes; it's nice to have a kid that's growing at a normal rate. :)

Legacy Visitors:

We had a few more visitors this week. Chris Carter and Lyndi Brooks (teachers at LJH) stopped by to meet little Bryn. Beemer loved Carter. She let him hold her for over an hour. Maiki was putting on a show and very confused that Carter had the same name as her dad. Lyndi and Kort had a great time hanging out. Maiki loves little Kort and plays with him all the time at daycare.

Drama, drama, drama...

Little Bryn is growing like a weed. Her cute little butt no longer has fat rolls and her cheeks are starting to fill out. (She's wearing an awesome binky holder made by Grandma Sherrie.)

This picture was taken on Friday-her 7 week birthday.

Attack of "Brynzilla!" (We are only calling her this ONCE.)

Maiki has decided that if I'm nursing she should be nursing too.

My crafty friend Jill inspired me to try to create my own binky holders. I was brave and attempted to sew one myself. Of course, I got frustrated and immediately called my mom.

Mom-Thanks for making the binky holders; we love them!