4 months old.

On the 11th Nomi Noms turned 4 months. She's been out here with our family for four months now. It's hard to remember what it was like before she was here :)

She's growing up so fast, smiling SO much! Her smile is probably one of the sweetest ones I've ever seen, next to Brodie's :)

Ben took her to her four month appointment today and to get her couch checked out. Her cough, as the doctor said, everyone has it and there's nothing they can give her for it. Figured as much.

And this is why I don't like Ben taking the kids to the doctor for their monthly appointments, he doesn't get all the information. haha! She's 14lbs and ??oz, 25" long, and he didn't tell me her head circumference. She got two shots and a liquid mouth shot.

She can start eating baby food now too! Ben said the doctor said she can basically eat anything, that doesn't require you to have teeth. And with Brodie, we didn't start baby food/solids on him until he was about six months. Ben said something to the doctor about that and he said that he was just over in Germany and they did some studies or something and said that it doesn't really matter when -4 months vs 6 months- to eat solids/baby food. So, we'll be trying that out with her and see how she does.

She's doing great though. No major issues. She loves to talk. Talk talk talk talk talk, way more than Brodie did at this age. It's so cute!! Sometimes she'll get a really serious look on her face when she's in her swing talking to the bee and her Winnie the Pooh & friends. :)

Naomi Maxine is such a joy in our life! Love her so much!! :)

All of us sickies...

Well, since the last post at the the beginning of the month, we've all got it. The sickness. Brodie is started to get better though-thank goodness! Yesterday when I picked the kids up at daycare his sitter told me that he actually ate some lunch (fish sticks and bananas) and had fruit snacks! Then when we got home he ate some peaches and candy!

Naomi had started getting a little congested, but it wasn't so bad. Well, yesterday when Brodie starts doing better she starts doing just a little worse. Her cough has gotten a little more croupy and her nose is running a marathon! We're always suctioning her nose out--but I've tried to make a little song out of it so she won't hate it too much. "Gotta get the snot from your nose, snot from your nose..." She loves it. Smiles and laughs.

Nana came down last night to come help take care of us, such a wonderful woman she is. I was sick all day Sunday with stomach pains and throwing up, and Monday too-stayed home from work. Ben got it too. Today, we're both a little better, just coughing along with throat and chest pains. But, we got Nana here to help us and she's doing a great job! Getting lots of cuddles in with the kiddos too.

Not sure how long she'll be here, but it doesn't matter. She's here now and we thank, appreciate, and love her. :)

Brodie update

Well, things have been kind of hectic in the Gwinner household. Brodie has a terrible cough so I took him to the doctor on Monday. The doctor checked him out-he wasn't running a fever, didn't sound like there was anything in his lungs, and was running around playing. He just had a cough and that was it. The doctor sent us on our way. Didn't give a prescription for Bro or anything. Oh, but they did give Bro his second flu shot.

Well, it is now Friday and Brodie has thrown up twice since Monday. Poor guy, and his cough has not improved. It sounds like it's actually gotten worse! :(

Last night Bro slept with us in our room because he woke up a couple hours after we put him down just screaming and crying. Ben goes in there and our little boy puked all over! All over his pillow, all over the sheets, toys, himself. Luckily I was half asleep cleaning up puke so it didn't bother me as much. Ben gave Brodie a bath.

After the bath Bro and I went and laid down on our bed. I left the TV on and honestly I have no idea when he fell asleep. But around 2:30am this morning when Noms woke up to feed, it woke Bro up. Who was startled and didn't want to be in our bed but get off and go into his room. I think he was a little disturbed because he didn't wake up in his room but ours and may not have known where he was for a second. But, Ben saved the night by going downstairs and getting Bro's pillow from the dryer, some milk for him and a bottle for sis.

Our poor little Brodie boy, makes me so sad when he coughs. Might have to make a trip over the weekend or on Monday again to the doctors. He doesn't have a fever though, so I'm sure they won't do anything. :( We want our little boy to be better!

Oh and Naomi has developed a cough now too. It's not anything like Bro's but we've been keeping an eye on it. We'll keep everyone updated on both kids.

PS-Sorry I haven't uploaded any Thanksgiving pictures yet, just haven't had time. Will do when I get a chance though!! :)

Thanksgiving 2010

Wow, did we have a great weekend! It was SO much fun! We had a great time visiting with family and friends, and Brodie and Naomi spending time with family too :)

We got to Ellsworth Wednesday night. Brodie slept with Nana & Grandpa and Naomi slept with Auntie Eden. Ben and I slept in the bedroom downstairs, just the two of us and it was very nice. We were able to have uninterrupted sleep, which hasn't happened in awhile! :)

Thursday, on Thanksgiving, we went to Salina to visit my family and then that evening we were in Ellsworth. There was SO much food all day!

That night/morning, Eden and I went to check out some Black Friday deals. We left Ellsworth at about 11:30pm and got home at about 6:45am. We got some deals all right, haha I didn't wake up until about 5 that evening and then went to bed early too. Got most of the Christmas shopping done though! :)

Saturday was the Kruger family reunion! It was SO much fun! Bro got to meet some of his cousins and run and play around with them! It was so cute watching Bro and Braden Kruger playing. At first they would kind of take the toys away from each other and then they both cried, but then they got over it. When we were at the country club, Bro would lay his pillow down and Braden would pick it up and play with it, and he'd run around as if he were looking for Bro. It was cute! :)

Sunday Bro got a haircut and then we headed home. It was a great holiday, but I was glad when we got home. I was also super glad that we put up all of our Christmas decorations before we left so we didn't have to deal with it when we got back! :)

Oh and yesterday, I stayed home with Brodie and took him to the doctor because he has a cough. It's not just a little cough, it sounds pretty deep. But, the doctor said it was nothing, that people cough. He wasn't running a fever, not acting sick, no ear infections. Just a cough. But they did give him his second flu shot. I loved spending the day just him and I. We watched TV, got some Chick-fil-a on the way back from the doctor's. We cuddled on the couch. And he weighs in at 28 pounds. They didn't measure him, just took his weight. :)

Last night and the night before he slept in our bed too. But tonight he's sleeping in his! At daycare today Wanda said that he was really good, only had a couple fits. She said whatever we did/gave him, we need to do it more often! haha ;) I think he just needs more Mommy/Brodie days :)

OH, while we were in Ellsworth Brodie slept in Eden's old bed by himself two nights in a row! They turned the TV on and he just laid up there, pulled the blankets over himself and went to bed :) Growing up so fast. We tried converting his crib to a big boy bed but Ben couldn't figure it out, so we'll have to find the directions.

Anyway, we had a lovely time over the holiday and it was so great to see all the wonderful family. We are very blessed to have such amazing, loving people in our lives and our children's lives. Love you all! I'll post pictures in another post :)

Almost Thanksgiving

Next week is Thanksgiving and I couldn't be more excited! Excited to see family, to eat delicious food, and (maybe get the chance) to sleep in! ;)

I love this time of year-Halloween through New Years! It's so festive and wonderful! Always puts me in a good mood!

I've already got the kids some Christmas gifts too! I know they'll love them :) We still have some more shopping to do for them, but we have plenty of time between now and Christmas!

I've also already put up Christmas decorations. Brodie likes staring at the gold garland I have hanging above a picture frame in the living room. I don't have the tree up yet. And I just put up the stockings Saturday because I had stuff to fill them. We still need to get little Nomi a stocking.

We're not going back to Salina & Ellsworth for Christmas this year. We're going to start our own Christmas traditions this year. I'm pretty excited! Going to teach Brodie and Naomi to set out some cookies for "Santa" and a glass of milk, and even some snacks for the reindeer ;) And I can't wait to bring Brodie down that Christmas morning and have him see the gifts "Santa" left him and Noms! Nana, Grandpa, and Auntie Eden will be coming to spend Christmas with us too! It's going to be a lot of fun.

When I get home tonight I need to make Naomi's "First Thanksgiving" shirt, kind of similar to that I made Brodie last year. I doubt I'll be able to get her hand print though. So I might just use her little feet :)

Can't wait to see everyone, and I'm sure everyone can't wait to see the kids!! (And us, of course right?! Right? haha)

Happy 3 month birthday Nomi Maxine!!

Happy 3 month birthday little princess!

Our littlest Gwinner is 3 months old today. WOW! She's doing so much now too! Yesterday was the first time that I've seen her roll from her back to her tummy. However, Ben's seen her do it and our sitter, Wanda, has seen her do it! They each said they've seen her roll from her tummy to back too. I haven't seen that yet, guess she doesn't want Mama to see her new tricks ;)

The other night Ben was playing with Nomi while I was upstairs giving Bro a bath. He said that she was scooting on her tummy! I have a feeling she'll be crawling sooner because she's always trying to move somewhere when she's laying down!

She's also a side sleeper. LOVES sleeping on her side. We'll lay her in her crib and she'll go to her side with her arms over her face. :)

She's smiling SOOOOO much!! Her gummy-smiles are SOOOO sweet!!! Love them! She definitely loves her big brother, always watching him and smiling at him. I love it!

Naomi also likes sitting up! She can't sit up by herself yet, we prop her up. But she still loves it, and really likes looking around.

She's such a good baby! Brodie was too, and then he turned into a toddler ;) haha! So I'm sure we'll have our hands full when she becomes a walking/talking toddler too! :)

Sleeping at night is still the same, waking up one-two times a night. She always, always wakes up between 5:15-5:30am every morning. No matter if she wakes up before that to feed or not. Always between those times. She'll eat and then go back to sleep, long enough for me to get ready and get Bro ready for the day. Ben brings her downstairs and gets her ready :)

Naomi is such a joy to have in our family. Sometimes it's still unbelievable that we have two babies! With Brodie, his first year went by fast but with Naomi, it's going by even faster!! Soon Brodie will be 2 and four months later she'll be 1! It's all going to go by so fast! Are you ready?? We are!! hehe :)

The littlest Grinny-Gwinny :)

Too cute for words, this face melts my heart. Love this little girl. So blessed to be her mother :)