Meeting Aunts and Uncles!

This weekend was a big weekend! All of our aunts and uncles came in from Dallas to meet Brett and play with Amy! She was in heaven! And Brett enjoyed being loved on too!

Resting up with Grandpa before everyone got here!
Meeting Aunt Meredith!

So sweet...

Uncle Brandon's turn!

Snacking with Aunt Meredith!

Tyler loved to hold Brett! And Brett was a fan of him too! Tyler is going to be such a help when his new little brother gets here!

Ryan giving "Baby" kisses!

On Sunday we took the kids to the park and they had tons of fun! Amy even tried out the water fountain!

Ryan's turn!

Tyler was holding Brett and when he got done, Ryan hopped up in the chair and held his hands out! He was very sweet too! Another good big brother practicing!

Uncle Galyn holding Brett...Brett was not a fan of him...we will work on it next time!

We missed pictures of Mark and Marli, but we loved having everyone come down to meet the little guy! Thank you all so much for making the trip! We love you all!

After everyone left, we gave Brett his first bath! He was not a fan and the crying bothered Amy quite a bit...she finally walked off to start her own bath!

All done...at least Matt and I were happy :)

Here is a sweet one of Roxy watching little guy...she has been a fan so far...lots of kisses!

First days at home

Here we are ready to leave the hospital...Amy was too busy to pay attention...
Loaded up!

Getting a picture by our "Brett sign" as Amy calls it!

Amy wanted Daddy to hold her and Brett! Very sweet!

We headed out back to meet the pups...they love him too!

Resting in his own bed!

Mimi and Amy made Brett a birthday cake to welcome him home, it was complete with a zero candle! Very cute! Amy even helped Mimi right on the top of it :)

Amy was such a good big sister that she ate Brett's piece since he is too little to eat it! Such a sweet girl!

Amy and Mimi also made some bird feeders out of pine cones...she loved it!

Brett's first ride in his swing...Amy turned it on for him and then watched him closely for us :)

Hanging her bird feeders with Grandpa, Daddy and Uncle Mark! Grandpa working hard....

All done!

Visitors!

We used our extra hospital day to see lots of friends and family! Brett enjoyed meeting everyone...here are a few pictures, I missed getting everyone...sorry!

Meeting Jeremy...

Sitting with Daddy!

And now it is Courtney's turn!

Amy also decided to hold him...she did really well! Kissing him...

Such a good big sister!

Before Amy and Mimi left, we took a little stroll around...Amy pushed Brett for us!

Later, the Jones girls stopped by...Holly holding him!

Hattie's turn!

Aunt Pat loving on little man...

Laura's turn!

Brett Matthew

Brett finally decided to come on his own! After a relatively short labor, he arrived on Monday morning at 10:57. He was 9 lbs. 14 oz. and 22 1/2 inches! Apparently we have big babies :) On to the pictures...



Daddy and Brett...

On the scale...big boy!

Still not liking being jacked with...

Back to Mommy...

Our awesome nurse, Noel...she was such a wonderful nurse and so, so sweet...we were very lucky to have her helping us!

Meeting Opa and Grandpa!

Our door hanger that my aunt made for the little guy! Very cute :)

Noel also made Amy a special bracelet! Amy loved it :)

First family picture!

Amy and I were sharing a rice krispie treat and being such a sweet big sister, she was giving Brett a bite! We have now gone over the fact that he just gets milk for now :)

She also loved holding him!

Pictures with Grams

And Mimi...plus a sweet hug!

And Oma and Opa...

Unfortunately, Brett's breathing got a little quick overnight and he had to spend a day in the NICU getting monitored...turns out he had some fluid on his lungs...luckily it was almost gone the next morning, so he was able to come back to our room to get monitored. It just meant one extra day in the hospital...

Here he is having his hearing test done in the NICU...he passed!

The No Baby Yet Update...

Still no Baby Brett, but here are some cute pictures from while we are waiting...Oma and Opa are here and Amy is loving it! She is the only one that isn't ready for Brett to get here!

Last Sunday, we made bean bags...Amy is quite the helper sewing :)
Here is Amy with her hair rolled and bows in...nice job by Oma! With her first strawberry of the year...she loved it! It was gone pretty quickly!

This morning we headed downtown to see Holly play volleyball...She is awesome! We really enjoyed getting to see her!

Amy had tons of fun playing with Hattie! And she got her hair combed!!! She is becoming very girly apparently :)