Brooklyn Pictures

I posted a bunch of pictures of Brooklyn and I playing yesterday at the link below.

http://cid-c9637eff6a113174.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Brooklyn%2001.17.2009

Brooklyn Can't Hold It!

It has come to our attention that Brooklyn likes to mark her territory. She has now pee peed on her momma, her daddy, and both of her grandmothers, multiple times and I few other people too. Her daddy is extra special though, because he's been privileged enough to be pooped on! It sounds gross, but it is oh so funny! She does it out of no where when you least expect it. By now we have learned of course not to take the dirty diaper out from underneath her until we are ready to put the new diaper right on her. When you take her old diaper off she seems to think that is the time to go again. I haven't been able to keep a changing table pad cover clean for more than a day since the day she was born! She always seems to mess on it. Yet, when I only have a blanket over the pad, she does fine! I'm beginning to think she is playing mind games with us! Anyway, Brooklyn is starting to get better, but she still has her moments, which from the other room are pretty funny when you hear a sudden "ahhhh... Puppy!"

Love,
Jennifer

Brooklyn's First Bath

Brooklyn had her first official bath on Sunday, December 14,, 2008. She had sponge baths before this time of course. This was the first time she actually got to be in the bath tub though because her cord had finally fallen off the Friday before. So Brooklyn took a bath with her momma, which was very nerve racking. With daddy's help, we quickly tried to go through and get her washed off and cleaned up. Brooklyn was not impressed though. She was ok in the water, but once she was lifted out of it, she started screaming. Then she discovered that hey, she was in the bath tub with momma... momma has food... I need to eat!! So what did she do? She started to eat in the bath tub!! Eating calmed her down and allowed us to continue with her bath, so we went with it. The only problem was, when we were done, Brooklyn wasn't. So taking her away from her food was not a pleasant experience. She was not happy one bit. She cried and screamed the whole time her daddy was trying to dry her off and was not content again until I got out of the bath tub and she could pick up where she left off.

So that was her first bath experience. She has had many since then, but now she takes baths with her daddy. Now, obviously, her daddy can't feed her, but he seems to be able to keep her calm without the food. Brooklyn and her daddy jut sit and chill in the tub. She doesn't start to get fussy until it is time to get clean, which she is getting better about. Now the only thing we have to work on is her crying and screaming her head off after she gets out of the tub. Which, I can understand why she would be upset. I wouldn't like to be taken out of a warm environment into the cooler air like that either. Once we get her warmed up though she is fine. At least until it is time to put lotion on her. Then she starts with the crying again.

When everything is said and done though, we have started having quiet time after where we try to calm her down and then I read her a bed time story to try to put her to sleep. We will see tonight if she has gotten any better with bath time. I think the older she gets the more she will enjoy the time though.

Love,
Jennifer