Merry Christmas

This was the first year that we didn't spend Christmas with our families. We definitely missed our families a lot, but we had a nice relaxing Christmas with our little family of four!


We let Alex open one present on Christmas Eve. He was very excited to get a Monster Truck! He watches Monster Trucks on TV with Eric and loves them.





On Christmas morning we let Alex go to town on the pile of presents under the tree. He didn't care if the presents were for him or not, he just loved opening them!


Of course the ones for him were the most fun....


How Brodie spent his first Christmas morning....

The big excitement of the morning was the 4 Wheeler that Alex got from his Grammy and Grampy! He rode laps around our house for about 2 hours before it warmed up and Eric took him outside.

We went to the Lopez's for Christmas dinner later in the day. Alex got to play with all of Evan's new Christmas toys. Some of Alex's favorite people - Josh and Becky were there as well. I forgot the camera, but it was great to spend time with all of them and Brodie was a dream baby and basically slept the whole time we were there.

2 Weeks

Brodie is two weeks old and he continues to be a great baby. Besides the occasional fussiness from gas after he eats, he is a very content and easy baby so far. He is a good and efficient eater and is pretty consistently going four hours between feedings at night.

I have officially survived one day alone with both boys. There were tears by all three of us :) - but I managed a shower, some outside time and we all napped at the same time. We are now enjoying several days with Eric home to help. Eric and Alex are spending a lot of quality time together. The hardest adjustment is that Alex and I are usually outside and on the go, so having a baby in the cold weather and cold/flu season causes us to be more home bound than normal...but this sweet baby is worth it!


Eric has the "Father of Two" thing down already...

Grandma

We can't even begin to thank my mom for the two weeks she spent helping us out. It was such a relief to know that Alex was being loved and cared for while we were in the hospital. My mom did countless loads of laundry, cooked meals and cleaned (the move the furniture kind of clean). And while we appreciate all of this more than we can say - the best part was all the hours she spent with Alex and the special bond they have. They spent hours outside and Alex loves weeding with Grandma. For several days after she left, when Alex would see an airplane he would say, "Grandma come back home on that plane". Apparently our house is her home :).

Early Christmas

We let Alex open his presents from Grandma and Papa while Grandma was at our house. The big set of tools was a huge hit and everything in our house has been getting fixed since...

Brotherly Love

Alex is an excellent big brother and he still wants to hold Baby Brother all the time and help with everything. Poor Brodie is still called Baby Brother by all of us most of the time and is not really Brodie yet.


Alex was sharing his toys with Brodie...

Our Family

Brodie Jon is a pretty content baby so far, however when he is hungry there better be some milk NOW! We had one night where Momma and Brodie got to hang out quite a bit, but last night we had some nice long sleeping stretches, so hopefully that trend continues. Brodie has jaundice and we are dealing with daily lab visits, but otherwise Brodie is doing well.


Alex is a very sweet big brother and he just wants to hold Baby Brother all of the time...






Daddy and his boys...

Brodie Jon

Brodie Jon Postma was born on December 8, 2011 at 12:08 pm.

10.1 lbs and 22 inches. I was induced as my doctor was worried about how big the baby was getting - I guess he was right about him being a big baby! The labor went quick - I started pushing at 12:00, so it didn't take long after that for Brodie to make his appearance. We aren't quite sure who he looks like yet...



Here is a link for the pictures taken by the hospital photographer....

http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=f3c5af5b-87bc-4d82-80e2-b74a590db1b4&utm_source=wnshare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=wnshare_mom_babylink&utm_campaign=wnshare_button

We are home and adjusting to a family of four - with a lot of help from Grandma right now!! I will be curious to see Brodie's personality appear - my first impression is that his is going to be a lot more demanding than Alex was as a newborn. When Brodie is hungry - he is hungry NOW and he does not enjoy diaper changes AT ALL. Brodie and I spent a lot of quality time together during the night last night - so we will see if he has days/nights mixed up or if it was just an off night....lots of fun to come :).

More pictures to come soon of Brodie and Big Brother Alex!!

Rainy Afternoon

Thankfully we were able to spend the morning at the playground before the rain kept us inside all afternoon today. I was not motivated to leave the house on this dreary, wet afternoon...so we had some inside fun today...

*Making Gingerbread Cookies...



Alex thinks the cleaning up is as fun as making the cookies....


*Playdough...Alex loves playing with playdough lately. His new thing is to pretend that the playdough is mud and he has to re-enact the monster trucks that he watches on TV with Eric....the cars get stuck in the mud and flip over and pop wheelies, etc.