So I am a little behind...

OK,

So first off, yes I do know that I have been very delinquent in keeping you all up to speed with the happenings of the Brown Familia...bad me, bad me!

Second, we have been busy...well kind of. We really have not been doing that much, just figuring out how we work into our new little one's life. Yea, cause that has been the way it works for the past couple weeks.

So just to bring you all up to speed, I think we have just closed out our first week alone with 'Kenna. Grandma and Grandpa Brown left a week ago and we have been tweaking schedules ever since. Don't get me wrong, the girl loves to sleep (definitely a McCracken Gene) thru the night, but more on her day time schedule. Mckenna just loves to stay up during the day, and not ever go down for a nap...but I think Jori's will is a little stronger than little miss...so far. That or Jori just has more energy...and some ear plugs.

Beyond us just figuring her out...One month down, a lifetime to go...she has been a dream. She attended her first pool party over the weekend...and yes she swam again (w/Dad's assistance of course). We all had a great time!

So not allot of detail, but an update on the fact that we still don't know allot about anything.

Cheers!

RB

Mckenna's first swim

Just thought I would post a quick pic of our little wonder during her inaugural swim...by the way, she loved it!

Peak-a-boo

 

New Job Time...

I will find a picture of 'Kenna to throw up here, but this is more of a general post about another change in the wonderful life of the Brown's. Today is officiallymy last day as an Engineering Manager for Intel. Now don't get all crazy yet, I am still going to be working for Intel, but for a completely different division...Moving over to Marketing. Yes, it is time to make that MBA work for me vs. the other way around. So I am just cleaning up the desk (what is left of it) and getting ready to head out of here to hit up a "Moving on" Happy Hour...watching the clock tick, tock so slowly.

So wish me luck...well starting Monday...We will get to deal with a newborn and a new job...joy, joy!

Cheers!

RB

2 Week Birthday...Plus 1 day

So I am a little bit of a slacker, not having posted any updates about little 'kenna in a couple days. Not to worry, I am back on task. I was actually thinking how it was funny that the "Ryan & Jori" Blog has been hijacked by this little wonder...oh well how life changes.

Not much new down here it the desert, just allot of pooping and sleeping...and that is not including Mckenna. But in all seriousness, Grandma and Grandpa McCracken drove back over to LA early this morning, leaving their grand-daughter along with her parents for a couple days...then Grandma and Grandpa Brown come to visit.

She continues to be a pretty model baby, with little bursts of energy now and then, but mostly just eating and sleeping. One good thing about that is the Jori loves to eat and sleep too...so that is nice. Mckenna continues to grow like a weed...I don't really have any numbers here, more of a general dad feeling...I just know.

As for other happenings, our good friends Dave and Kim brought over Mckenna's soon to be best bud Charlotte (2 weeks Mckenna's senior) to hang out for some dessert on Sunday (see pic).

That is all for now, I will be back soon.

Cheers!

RB

Is it feeding time yet?

One thing is for sure...she loves to eat (Picture post snack). Yes, we have understood from the beginning that that is our job (to feed her that is), but until you are in the middle of it it is hard to understand. Let's just put it this way...there is a snowball's chance in hell that she is going to starve anytime soon. Another observation is that she is awake far more than I would have thought for a newborn. I expected our little eating machine to do just that, then sleep, then poop, then eat again (or in a similar order...maybe another poop in there somewhere). But nope...there is allot of wide awake check out where I am time in there as well. Now don't get me wrong, I think that it is great...in fact I thought I would have to wait a couple months for this kind of face time...but not so! She is definitely a bright, aware and smiley baby...smile, gas, whatever.

Grandpa McCracken showed up late last night from LA to meet his Grand-daughter. After a delayed flight due to one of our crazy summer thunderstorms he got in about 1:30...ouch. Now that he is here, he is soaking up as much time with 'Kenna as possible.

Just for fun, here is 'Kenna fending off the paparazzi during her bath...come one now people, I am not even dressed!


That is it for now...off to feed our little wonder!

Cheers!

RB

Pediatrician Visit #2

So...turns out our little angel is a little piglet. After loosing about 14oz after coming home from the hospital (see previous post) we seem to have gained 11oz back. Oh yea, all in 4 days...like I said good eater. Funny thing, our Pediatrician actually told us we could let her go further between feedings...you know, put her on a little diet. At the conclusion of our Ped check up we were given the thumbs up and told to come back in two months...NICE!

After all of the pediatrician hula-baloo, today has been pretty normal. She is not sleeping as much today which is a new one (as compared to her award winning sleeping every other day up to now)...but that is fine, variety is the spice of life right? We will see if anyone gets any sleep tonight...we will see how spicy we feel in the morning.

By the way, it is amazing how many little things change about her every day...so much fun!

A little update on Jori and I...Well I am the same (just a super proud papa) and Jori's body continues to be returned to her...and wow is she happy about that. We are completely wrapped around our new little girl and so excited to share our little adventures here for you.

Cheers!

RB

Bath Time!

Well it was bathtime tonight! Her are a couple pics...oh and she loved it!

Monday morning...here we go!

Well, we have made it thru her first week and all is still fine. Kenna is doing fantastic! We have started to settle into a bit of a schedule...if you can call it that which is making all of our lives a little better. Kenna is hitting up the boob every three hours during the day, and about every 4 hours at night (this is making life for mom and dad nice since she only wakes up one time...yea baby (literally)! So all seems to rolling along well, now we get to adjust again as dad gets himself back to work...at least part time. Mom will do great..no doubt, no doubt.

As for the gap in my reporting duties yesterday...sorry, things got a little busy. We had some visitors (Mal/Erin and Dave/Kim/Charlie) for dinner and some desert. On that note, Mal was nice enough to bring her a "0" candle for the cake...Kenna was so excited that she pooped...I know, what else could you ask for.

Another interesting fact about being a new parent...it makes your brain turn to mush...case in point: As Jori checked the calendar for the upcoming week late last night she made a interesting observation...yesterday was our anniversary...both of us completely missed the bus on that one. Oh well, we both agreed that she was the best early anniversary gift we could have got...check this year off and look towards next year!

That is all for now. Write at you all later.

RB

Pic - Yea, she has some attitude when she wants to...

Wonderful Day

Probably plenty to talk up today...but nothing of any huge significance. Only little wins that continue to build our case that Kenna is pretty much the best baby ever (and yes I am knocking of wood, probably will throughout my entire post). Grandma, Jori and Kenna went to do a little cloths shopping (more specifically, breast feeding paraphernalia - Different than drug paraphernalia, but not by much) and she was a champ...no snarks, cries or whimpers...well maybe a whimper, but only because someone looked at her funny. While I was not there and this is all coming to me second hand, I have no reason to doubt it at all.

Now we are off to a BBQ...coming to think of it, today is quite busy. We are heading out to my boss's new house to hang out for a couple hours...

I will update everyone later on how it goes...hopefully very well.

Talk to you later,

RB

Picture - Taken from stock footage - it is getting larger as we speak!

Friday Musings

Well a bit of a late post for all of my avid readers out there, but today kind of got away from me. Started with a bit of a long night...nothing out of the order, just turns out that Kenna's clock is about 12 hours off everyone else on the planet...so...we had allot of 1:1 time last night. No crying or fussing, just looking around and taking it all in. Just soaking in those moments whenever they show up...I hear they are fleeting...so we sacrificed a little sleep.

Getting away from that little bit of sappiness, she has been awesome today. We are finally getting the whole feeding portion of our jobs down so that is working out nicely for everyone...and when I mean everyone, I mean everyone even the neighbors. We made our first trip to the pediatrician today with solid reviews (four of five stars). We do need to head back next week due to the fact that she has lost weight (a little more than usual) just to check progress. Beyond that, we had a great day...Grandma McCracken is now here to dote over her new grand-daughter, Tricia and Kai came over to visit and our wonderful neighbors Dave and Carina brought us over dinner...awesome!

Anyway, wish us luck as another evening approaches.

RB

(Picture) - If she was anything but 6 days old I would say this is the happiest baby ever...but since she is only 6 days old...GAS.