Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Baby Must Haves

Since I have so many friends and family members that are pregnant or trying to be, I came up with a list of things that have made our lives easier...

  1. Bouncy seat with toys that can hang over baby (you gotta have somewhere to put the baby when you're not holding him)
  2. Zip up PJs with footies
  3. Hanging closet organizer (I love the blue one from Burlington Coat Factory)
  4. Car seat frame (it's very compact and easy to use)
  5. Car seat base (fast and easy to just click in car seat)
  6. Infant head support for car seat
  7. Pack N Play (if the nursery/changing table is on a different floor of your house)
  8. Mylicon gas drops
  9. Infant Tylenol (wait until doc says you can use it)
  10. Pacifiers placed throughout the house
  11. Lots of receiving blankets, bibs (soft & thick), and burp cloths
  12. Playtex Drop In bottles 4oz and 10oz (you can buy off brand liners that are cheaper)
  13. Formula Mixer
  14. Diaper Dekor (or similar) for the part of the house that you change the most diapers in. For other locations, just tie up dirity diapers in walmart sack and put in regular trash can.
  15. Baby bath that fits in sink
  16. White waterproof pads for crib to put under baby's face (so you don't have to change the sheets constantly)
  17. Baby Wise book 
  18. Dreft or other hypoallergenic detergent
  19. It's nice to have little baby wash cloths and towels, but you can just wash your own in the detergent listed above before using them on baby.
  20. A couple Boppies (You can use them for feeding the baby comfortably or to prop the baby up wherever you are.)
  21. Video monitor 

Favorite diapers:
  1. Pampers or Huggies
  2. White Cloud or Parent's Choice
  3. CVS brand
*Don't like Luvs or Top Care

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Just Some Pictures

More interested in sleeping than eating 

Getting the hang of eating with a spoon.
Playing in Mom's lap.
His favorite toy, the bee that rattles and makes noises.
Deena brought B Baby to visit!
Disclaimer to the Brizendines: Mac was not cheating on Delaney. Can't a boy have girl "friends"?

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

SSGW 09!

SECRET SANTA GIRLS' WEEKEND 2009

This was our 2nd annual girls' weekend. It was TONS of fun and there was a lot of laughter. We were missing one of our core members, Jenna. But we pressed on and connected with her via "Skype" for over an hour on Friday night while we opened our Christmas gifts and found out who our secret santa was. Jenna was sweet and mailed her gift to my house so that Whitney could have her present from her. The gifts received were:
  • DVDs and CD (Beth)
  • Scrapbook and materials (Krystal)
  • Coin purse key chain and luggage tag (Haley)
  • PJs (Mac)
  • Underwear and iTunes gift card (Me)
  • Lingerie/PJs (Whit)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

More of Christmas 08

Having fun with Aunt Jaime
On display
Loving his peaches
Opening presents with Dad.
Aunt Liz who will be giving Mac a cousin in August!
Grandaddy
Santa Baby!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Snuggie!

Have you seen this infomercial?! It's the cheesiest thing I've ever seen but I have to say, I wouldn't mind having one! 

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Pics & Videos






Here are some recent pictures and videos. Mac will be 5 months old on January 6th!

This is a long video, but so wonderful. It was one of our parent's and grandparent's Christmas presents. Patrick did a great job on the clips and I picked out the music.

Playing with Daddy