2 Weeks Old

Brenna is 2 weeks old! What?! She is now back up to her birth weight, 7lbs 8oz. We have gone on a couple of walks to the park now that it's slowly starting to cool off, although we still don't last too long. I don't want her to get over heated. 

We had a visit from Connie and Brenda, two of Grandma Sundee's sisters. They live here in Arizona about 20 minutes away. They brought cookies as well as a cute little outfit for Brenna and two little gifts for the other kids. A little monster car for Garrett and a little Cinderella figurine for Kimbri.

At Brenna's two week check up the doctor ordered a jaundice test just to make sure Brenna was in the clear. Both Kimbri and Garrett had to be on the bilibed because their bilirubin levels were too high. Brenna left the hospital with pretty good numbers and had really good coloring for the first week or so but then she was looking a little orange with a tiny bit of yellow in the whites of her eyes so I asked about it at the well-child check up. We had to go to the lab and get her little foot pricked and they tested her. It turned out to be fine but I'm glad we checked just for peace of mind. But she does look kind of orange in some of these pictures.

Kimbri wanted me to take a picture of her :)

Our whole family took a walk to the park one evening and I ended up taking Brenna home early because it was pretty warm outside. I didn't want her to get too hot so Rick stayed with Kimbri and Garrett at the park. They came home soaking wet and Rick said that they really wanted to run through the sprinklers at the park so he let them :) They had a blast doing so!

Big Sister & Big Brother

Even thought life has gotten a little more crazy adding a newborn to the family, I've still tried to have fun activities for Kimbri and Garrett to do. As a newborn, Brenna does do a lot of sleeping so it helps to have time to give some attention to the older two. They have loved doing stencils, play doh (Kimbri loves making play doh jewelry, haha), "fruit painting", blocks, and they of course do love holding Brenna a lot.

Did K's hair in wet braids for her to sleep on... 

...and it turned out like this! She loved it.

Grocery shopping for the first time by myself with kids.
Kimbri was at preschool so it made it a little easier only taking 2.

Kimbri's tree painting. 

Fruit painting! I think they thought it was pretty fun to
paint with fruit ~ apple, orange, kiwi, grape.

Zach Came to Visit- Splash Pad & Zoo

We were so excited to have Zach come to visit us and meet baby Brenna! Rick had to be back at his rotation so Zach and I took the kids to the Splash Pad in Queen Creek. I would not have been able to get out of the house with all three kids on my own if it wasn't for him being there. It was a lot of fun! The kids had fun playing in the water and Brenna and I just snuggled in the shade. Zach got some cute photos of Brenna in her little sun hat. 

On Saturday, Rick had the day off, so we all went to the zoo together. Brenna just slept the whole time in her car seat in the shaded stroller. So it was actually a pretty easy, fun trip. Zach was kind enough to pay for camel rides for the kids and they loved it! He also treated Rick and I to some yummy Italian food from Bucca di Beppo later that night. Their baked ziti is the yummiest! It was so fun to have uncle Zach spend the weekend with us!