Then we had lunch and tea at Tea Leaves with Uncle Eric and Aunt Lauren.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Tea Time
We started the day with an egg hunt here in our Stroh Ranch community.
Then we had lunch and tea at Tea Leaves with Uncle Eric and Aunt Lauren.
Then we had lunch and tea at Tea Leaves with Uncle Eric and Aunt Lauren.
Welcome Baby Boy!
(His Opa, Fred Reinfeld had no middle name. In honor of Fred, we gave Brad a one syllable first name and no middle name.)
February 15, 2012
10:41 pm
(Julia was born on February 16th, Brad was 1 hour and 19 minutes shy of being born on Julia's birthday!)
8.15.9 lbs, 21 inches
AKA 9 pound baby!
I had him by induction with pitocin, due to my very high blood pressure at the end of my pregnancy. I was still able to birth him with no pain medication. On a pain scale of 1 to 10, his birth was a 2. He was in a posterier position (facing up, instead of down when he came out). So it took a few really hard pushes to get him out. He did not come out slowly, infact, he came out so quickly, he went airborne and the doctor had to catch him in the air!
Swedish Hospital, Englewood, Colorado
Dr. Weister, Doula Kirsten Dehmlow, Papa and Aunt Shana were there.
Catch up
Back in September, we took a trip to Disney World. I had trouble getting the pictures off the camera to update this site. As days, weeks, months pasted, I was overwhelmed with all that was happening and how behind my blog was getting.
The amount of catch up is too overwhelming to go back. However I'll do a quick recap.
1. Disney World and visit with Oma Doris, Uncle Scott, Aunt Ivis, Uncle Eddie, Aunt Joyce, Debbie, Matt, cousins Lior, Sydney, Jordan and Akiva.
2. For Halloween, Julia dressed as Tinker Bell and as a fairy.
3. Momma got a new family car, a red Subaru Tribeca. (I call it the Radio Flyer, since it's red and can haul a lot of people.)
4. We spent Thanksgiving with family in Missouri. Papa hunted for deer, but didn't get one.
5. Christmas was spent with good friends and we had a sushi dinner. Santa was good to Julia with an art easel, princess toys and a dragon. Santa could've skipped all the other toys and just brought "Toothless,"" the dragon, from the movie, "How to Train Your Dragon." As that is still her one and only favorite toy.
6. Julia has imaginary friends! A boy named, "Gock," whom is very nice and she plays with him the most (she says shes going to marry him someday!) We also have, "Annie" and "the girls."
7. Momma went into preterm labor at 35 weeks! Yikes! Was on best rest to stop the contractions. Made it to 37 weeks and had pregnancy induced high blood pressure. More bed rest and made it to 38 weeks, at which I had to be induced. Aunt Shana came to visit and take care of Julia and Momma during bed rest.
8. Baby Brad was born!!!
9. Granny came to visit and take care of all of us.
10. Julia turned 3 years old and had a fantastic pony party.
The amount of catch up is too overwhelming to go back. However I'll do a quick recap.
1. Disney World and visit with Oma Doris, Uncle Scott, Aunt Ivis, Uncle Eddie, Aunt Joyce, Debbie, Matt, cousins Lior, Sydney, Jordan and Akiva.
2. For Halloween, Julia dressed as Tinker Bell and as a fairy.
3. Momma got a new family car, a red Subaru Tribeca. (I call it the Radio Flyer, since it's red and can haul a lot of people.)
4. We spent Thanksgiving with family in Missouri. Papa hunted for deer, but didn't get one.
5. Christmas was spent with good friends and we had a sushi dinner. Santa was good to Julia with an art easel, princess toys and a dragon. Santa could've skipped all the other toys and just brought "Toothless,"" the dragon, from the movie, "How to Train Your Dragon." As that is still her one and only favorite toy.
6. Julia has imaginary friends! A boy named, "Gock," whom is very nice and she plays with him the most (she says shes going to marry him someday!) We also have, "Annie" and "the girls."
7. Momma went into preterm labor at 35 weeks! Yikes! Was on best rest to stop the contractions. Made it to 37 weeks and had pregnancy induced high blood pressure. More bed rest and made it to 38 weeks, at which I had to be induced. Aunt Shana came to visit and take care of Julia and Momma during bed rest.
8. Baby Brad was born!!!
9. Granny came to visit and take care of all of us.
10. Julia turned 3 years old and had a fantastic pony party.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Swollen Eye
On Sunday morning, Julia's right eye seemed a little swollen.
We continued with our day. We went to the local art show and Julia got a face painting.
During the day I kept a close eye on her eye. When I saw it was getting worse, I took her to the ER.
Luckily I did. Found out it is VERY serious. She had a skin infection by her eye (not an eye infection). If the swelling got much worse, it could effect her vision. There is a thin membrane behind the eye, that all information passes through. The pressure from the swelling could rupture it. She started antibiotics immediately. However, by the next morning, her eye swelled shut. The good news is that it got better and better from there. We believe her vision was not hurt.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Virginia
Julia and I went to Virginia with Scott on a business trip. We were 15 minutes from Washington DC, so we visited the National Zoo. We got to see their pandas, but the zoo was poorly designed and very disappointing, we don't plan to ever go back. We also went to the National Museum of Natural History. It is an amazing museum, with great displays, including an indoor butterfly dome and the hope diamond.
We did experience our first earthquake while in Virginia, it was a magnitude of 5.8. Julia did not notice it, but momma clearly felt it and was spooked for the rest of the day. Then, there was hurricane Irene moving up the coast. So Julia and momma changed their flight to head home early. Papa, who stayed, said the storm was was not too bad, mostly just a lot of rain.
The little traveler. Here she is waiting for the airport tram at DIA. By age one she had been on more then 20 flights. By age two, she had been to 7 countries. Where will she go next?!
Here she is in the hotel room, just before the earthquake.
Best seat in the house. Strolling through the National Zoo.
Watching the gorillas, including to baby gorillas. Too cute!
There's the Panda!
Sugar from papa.
During an evening walk, Julia decided to plant a tree. She found a leaf on the ground and gently planted it, so it could stand up and grow.
Our fort at the hotel.
We did experience our first earthquake while in Virginia, it was a magnitude of 5.8. Julia did not notice it, but momma clearly felt it and was spooked for the rest of the day. Then, there was hurricane Irene moving up the coast. So Julia and momma changed their flight to head home early. Papa, who stayed, said the storm was was not too bad, mostly just a lot of rain.
The little traveler. Here she is waiting for the airport tram at DIA. By age one she had been on more then 20 flights. By age two, she had been to 7 countries. Where will she go next?!
Here she is in the hotel room, just before the earthquake.
Best seat in the house. Strolling through the National Zoo.
Watching the gorillas, including to baby gorillas. Too cute!
There's the Panda!
Sugar from papa.
During an evening walk, Julia decided to plant a tree. She found a leaf on the ground and gently planted it, so it could stand up and grow.
Our fort at the hotel.
Friday, August 19, 2011
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