2 months old and growing strong

Mary-Brenna is now 2 months old! She is getting so big and is learning to do so much. She is very strong, and can hold her head up. She has found her fingers, and loves to chew on them. This results in a very drooly baby. She is so sweet.

Mary-Brenna had her two month doctors appointment, which meant shots (no fun). She did so well. I was so proud of her little self. She also was weighed and measured during that visit. She is now 11 lbs 10 oz. and 23 inches long. These numbers are around the 70th percentile, which her doctor is really happy about.

My sweet little girl is also a very talkative little girl. She loves to tell Grandma, Papa and I various stories, ranging from very happy to very mad. She is getting better at focusing on different things like faces and toys. She now has a play mat with toys that hang above her. She loves to lay there for a while and check out the different toys we hang above her.

Mary-Brenna wearing Uncle Michael's hat

Mary-Brenna has finally developed a fussy time. She really doesn't like the hours between 9 and 11 at night. My mom has been awesome in wanting to help get Mary-Brenna to sleep at night, but these past few nights Mary-Brenna is having none of it. I feel honored that she wants me, but it is still hard when I am so very tired and she won't settle down for Grandma. The only upside is that when she finally does fall asleep, she stays asleep for at lease 6 hours.

She likes to show us her attitude and we love her even more for it. I am excited to see what this next month brings us! Love you my dear sweet girl!

A Girl of Many Faces

Mary-Brenna shows me many different faces throughout the day. Here are just a few.

Mary-Brenna's First Christmas

Mary-Brenna celebrated her first Christmas this year! It was wonderful to spend the day with family! Mary-Brenna was a spoiled little girl, she received some great gifts that I know she will love when she is a bit bigger. Here are some pictures that I took of her with my new flip camera. It is so great to catch some cute footage of her, which means adorable videos are soon to come.

Merry Christmas Grandma Lawson!

For this Christmas, my Grandma's only request was pictures. She loves having pictures of her family all around her house. So we decided to fulfill her request with pictures of her Grandkids and Great-Grandkids. Here is a sample of her Christmas present.

Max and Mary-Brenna (the Great-Grandkids)

Michael, Mary-Brenna and I

Michael, Aiden, Nathen and Max

Uncle Michael is HOME!!!

Uncle Michael is HOME for Christmas! It is so great to have my brother home for Christmas this year. It has been so long since we have seen him (since last Christmas).

This Christmas, Michael gets to be home for 3 weeks. He came home on Saturday morning at around 1:45 a.m., which means he and Dad got to the house around 3:30 in the morning. It worked out perfect that Mary-Brenna had gotten up around 2:30 and was still up from her middle of the night feeding. Almost as soon as Dad and Michael came into the house I set Mary-Brenna in Michael's arms.

He has fallen in love with his sweet niece already. This holiday season he has already said that he holds the right to take Mary-Brenna from anyone who is holding her if he wants to hold her. I think this Christmas is the only time he is going to get away from that.
It is so wonderful to have him home at last. I am excited for him to get to know my sweet little girl and for him to bring some wonderful silliness into the house.

1 Month

I cannot believe that I have been a mom for a month now. My sweet Mary-Brenna turned one month old yesterday! She is getting so big and we are learning so much about her sweet little self.

Mary-Brenna is an amazing sleeper. She has been sleeping so well, usually getting up no more than once in the middle of the night. I truly am one blessed momma. She is funny about taking naps in the middle of the day though. She likes to be held during the day. I don't mind, but I don't get that much done throughout the day.


Mary-Brenna also loves her food. She is a great eater, sometimes too much so. She gets so excited about eating that she eats too fast and starts to choke or she gets a fierce case of the hiccups. She is gaining weight very well and is thriving!

Mary-Brenna loves her grandparents so much already. Everyday she gets to have special cuddle/snuggle time with Grandma and Papa. I am excited to see the special relationships she builds with my parents. I know that they will have very close bonds for sure. Now it is just time for uncle Michael to come home so he and Mary-Brenna can start to bond as well.

My sweet little girl is getting so strong. Grandma calls it starch. Mary-Brenna is working on holding her head up, and she is exercising her legs by pushing up on everything her feet get close too. Often times that is her momma.


I am so blessed to have Mary-Brenna in my life and I don't know what I would do without her. Thank you Lord for blessing me with this little miracle.

Saying Goodbye

We received some sad news today in our family. My Grandpa on my Dad's side of the family passed away this morning due to complications with his cancer treatment. This past week has been hard knowing that he was having procedures done, and then learning that there were complications that came up with those procedures. The doctors put my Grandpa in a medically induced coma to help him try and heal, however he wasn't doing as well as they had hoped. He had a problem with his heart and the doctors were going to put a pacemaker in to help him. We got the call this morning that he didn't make it.

I know that my Grandpa has lived a full life. He has been reunited with all his kids and has met his grandchildren. He loved his family so much and is going to be so missed here on earth. I know the next time I see him will be in heaven, and I am looking forward to that day.

His funeral is on this coming Monday, and I wish I could be there. Thankfully my brother Michael is planning on going (he is going to school in TN where Grandpa lived). I am praying for all my family members to be able to grieve and heal from the loss of a dear sweet member of our family.

We will miss you so much Grandpa Buddy. LOVE YOU and can't wait to see you again.