Changing Table Photo Shoot!

Hello! Hope everyone's doing well! We're doing FANTASTIC here today. I think I can officially declare that Annie slept through the night last night. I'm SO excited. Not that we're getting our hopes up that she'll do that every single night now . . . but it's encouraging at least. At this point we just needed SOME kind of positive outlook. :) And she delivered; we got a good 7 1/2 hours of sleep! Uninterrupted sleep! Can you tell I'm excited?

So what have we been up to since I last posted . . . Ah yes, the two-month doctor appointment! Annie is doing great! She now weighs 10 lbs 11 oz (well, that was last week) and is 23" long/tall. She's in the 75th percentile for most stuff. I think her weight is in the 50th and her length and head size are in the 75th. She got four shots, and I felt sad watching her go through the pain, but she handled it much better than I'd thought she would. She got over it really fast and was giggling again in Brant's arms by the time we left the doctor's office. So, her next appointment is in two months! It'll be the new year, 2009!

On Saturday we went down to Gettysburg to have dinner at my parents'. We went through some of the hand-me-down clothes to get some 3-6 month clothes for Annie. She doesn't fit in hardly any of the 0-3 month sleepers anymore. Her legs and torso are just too long! While we were going through the clothes, Brant found a Winnie the Pooh costume and put Annie in it. There's a picture below of her wearing it. So funny looking, with the little chubby pouch!

Yesterday Brant had to attend a "Pets in America" lecture on campus. So Annie and I came with him, since it was in the evening. It was fun to sit and listen. Annie slept the whole time. Everyone came up and commented on her being such a quiet, passive baby. hahahaha, they have no idea. ;-)

Here's some pictures!!
Her startled look when Brant let go of her hands on the changing table


She's SO happy when she's getting changed. Especially when Daddy's doing it.


As promised, the Pooh costume


Driving down to Gettysburg--so pretty!


It's starting to have that really cold fall look around here. The leaves are mostly fallen off the trees. On Friday night we took a drive up to Hershey and found a big park to let Memphis run. It was chilly!!

And here's another fun video!

Feels like Fall

Hi! The past few days have been sooo cold! Yesterday was windier than any times I can remember, and the temperatures have been in the 40s all day long. Brrr! This morning I planted 50 bulbs, though! I was so happy to get it done. The ground was wet from Monday, when it rained all day long, but I bundled up big time and worked outside for a few hours. It was a lot of fun. Memphis played the whole time too.

Brant made an appearance outside just for a few seconds . . . He had to stay active to keep warm! :)


Afterwards Memphis and I went running around Royalton. Without gloves or a hat, I was too cold to run as long as usual. Memphis was pretty tired afterwards! He's set up watch at the side window. But it looks like he couldn't stay awake to monitor his post!


Brant and Annie now have this funny game they play. He grabs her hands then throws them out from her body. It used to startle her, but now she just giggles. :)

Annie turned 8 weeks old yesterday!


I like the look she's giving the camera in this picture.


Annie is trying to experiment with sucking her thumb while she thinks no one's looking. ;-) So far it hasn't caught on, and she just makes faces like her thumb tastes yucky. Kinda' cute!

Stay warm, everybody!!

Meeting Great Gram

Today we drove over to Lancaster with my parents to visit my grandmother. So Annie got to meet her great grandmother! Annie is the third great granddaughter on the Quinn side. No great grandsons yet! Afterwards we drove down the road to Conestoga, PA, where they were holding a fall festival at the local historical society. We watched lots of old fashioned craftsmen and tradesmen. The best part about the day was the drive along the Susquehanna. I discovered some really cool old towns along the river. :)

Our new baby!

Well, it's been a while since we last updated the blog--but we had our baby on September 2nd! A girl! And we named her Annie Josephine. She's such a spunky cutie. :) She was born at 6 lbs 15 oz, 18 1/4 inches. Annie's 6 1/2 weeks old now, and we're starting to finally feel like we're adjusting to life with a newborn. It's been a crazy last month and a half. Annie was breech up until week 39, so we had a scheduled c-section. Everything went really well, and she's a very healthy baby! She's gaining weight well, and she's so alert now. I love watching her smile and laugh. Brant's balancing work and school and family time really well. It's so nice that we live so close to campus, and his teachers are very understanding. So I rarely feel stranded at home. Lots of afternoons I'll meet him at his office on campus with Annie.

The fall here is gorgeous! I'm loving the weather and all the beautiful colors. Leaves are starting to fall, and we go on walks around town a lot. Annie was blessed at church last Sunday, so Brant's mom and dad and brother Glen came to visit us. How wonderful that was! We traveled around the area, went shopping in Hershey, and visited Amish country. Having people here to help us with Annie was wonderful too. We see my parents a lot too, which I love. I'm so happy to be so near them. When I first brought Annie home, I was having trouble recuperating from the surgery, and my mom basically lived here with us. Now we'll go visit them in Gettysburg lots of weekends, and they come up to Royalton to see us too.