Brady One Month Old

I can't believe that it has been a month since I had Brady. It has flown by. He was suppose to have his one month Dr's appointment yesterday, but they are shut down all week due to damage to the building from Ike. I am very anxious to see how much he has grown in the last 2 weeks. He is getting soooooo big. I am going to guess that he has gone from 9.4 lbs to almost 12lbs. He takes his eating very seriously. He is actually getting some baby rolls on his legs and arms. I love it. Peyton never got that.

Brady is becoming more alert during the day. He likes to watch Peyton run around. He is feeding every 3-4 hours. He is really overall a very good baby. He feeds and goes right back to sleep at night feedings, which is very nice. He has been having a little bit of trouble with reflux and tummy trouble, but not too bad. He loves tummy time, which is wierd for me because Peyton hated it!

Peyton loves Brady. He kisses and hugs him all the time. It is very cute to watch Peyton try to interact with Brady. He talks to him hoping that Brady will respond back. It will be fun when Brady can interact with Peyton a little bit more.

I will post Brady's weight ect.. next week after his appointment. Here are some pictures of Brady and Peyton. Enjoy

Hurricane Ike

Wow, what a weekend!! Dwayne, Peyton, Brady and I left our house on Friday morning and went over to my parents house to ride out the storm. We had plenty of food, water and a generator. We spent Friday preparing for the storm and having some fun. Peyton and Papa went swimming to enjoy being outside.


Friday evening the winds picked up, and by 7pm the power was going on and off. By 9pm the power was off for good. We played cards by flashlight while the kids tryed to get some sleep. I was not prepared for the strength of this storm. By 2am it was wild outside. You could feel the house shake a little bit with every gust of wind. By 3 or 4am we had winds of 75 mph with a lot of rain, that lasted about 4 hours. My parents have a room upstairs that has no windows. We all stayed in that room and listened to the storm. I told my mom that I never want to ride out another hurricane. We were hearing things hit the windows and things snapping and cracking. It was awful! I can't imagine what the people went through that rode the storm in Galveston.


Once the storm calmed down the guys started up the generator. It was nice to finally have a fan blowing on us. We had tropical storm force winds for at least half of the day and lots of rain. My parents house had very minimal damage, which surprised all of us. Our house and my sisters house was fine.





We finally got poser back to our house Saturday evening. We feel very fortunate and blessed to not have damage.





Here are some pictures of our weekend!


Peyton and Papa Swimming before Ike hit

My parents lawn furniture tied down

Please keep all of those without power and those that have lost everything in your thoughts and prayers!!

First Day of MDO and 2 Week Appointment

Today has been a very busy, emotional day. It was Peyton's first day of Mother's Day Out. I was very nervous, even though I knew he would do just fine. He will be there Tuesday's and Thursday's from 9am to 2:30pm. He was pretty excited this morning about going to school. When I dropped him off, he did not even turn back to see me leave. He was ready!!! When I picked him up, his teacher said that he did great until it was time to take a nap. They said he was tough to get down, but he did take a 45 minute to an hour nap on his nap mat. When I walked into the room he was sitting on the aids lap and crying. It broke my heart and of course (this won't surprise my family) I started crying too. And yes, I forgot to mention that I did cry a little when I dropped him off too!:( Overall, he did great. I am curious to see how he does on Thursday now that he knows he is there for 5 and half hours!!

After Peyton was dropped off, my mom and I took Brady to his 2 week appointment. Brady is 9.4lbs and 21 and a half inches long. He was 7.7lbs when he was 5 days old. He is a very good eater, and would eat much more if I would let him. The Dr. said that he looks great. He did not get any shots today, but they did the newborn PKU screening today. They have to prick his heel and fill 5 dots full of blood. It took 15 minutes to fill all five dots. Brady was screaming, mommy was crying and even Grammy was teary eyed. The nurse that did the test had him laying on the bed and had is leg elevated trying to get blood out of his heel. I am not a Dr. or nurse, but I do know that to stop blood flow you elevate the body part. Finally near the end of the test, my mom said "wouldn't it be better for me to hold him up so that the blood will flow to his heel?" Oh yea, that may work the nurse said. It worked and he filled the last dot very quickly. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper when we left the Dr. Brady was worn out and pitiful after all that.

After Brady's appointment I had my 3 week post surgery appointment. It was easy thankfully!!! I am glad that the day is over. We all survived!!!!

Brady's First Week at Home

Wow, I can't believe that Brady is almost 2 weeks old. My days are going by even faster now that I have 2 kids. Last week was a lot of fun. Dwayne was off all week, which was a big help for me. Peyton loved having his Daddy home. Dwayne went back to work today, and so far Peyton is not to bothered by it.

Brady is doing great. I can say right now at this very second, that Brady is a better baby than Peyton was. Now later today or tomorrow could be a different story. He is very content and layed back. He sleeps from one feeding to the next at night. I got almost 6 hours of sleep last night. He is awake about 4 hours during the day. I know, this probably won't last!!! I will enjoy it while it does though.

Peyton so far loves Brady. We have not seen any signs of jealousy so far. He likes to get on the floor next to him and talk to him. He also gives him lots of kisses.

I am doing much better. I am not on pain meds, and am able to get around the house pretty well. I still have one more week of not being able to drive and picking up Peyton. I feel very blessed to have had 2 pretty easy recovery times with a c-section. I would do it again, but we are not!!!!!

I have posted some pictures of Brady and Peyton over the last week at home. Enjoy!!

I will be posting pictures of Peyton next week, as it will be his first week at Mother's Day Out.

We are Home!!

We are home now. The Dr. let us go home this evening instead of tomorrow morning. We were ready to get home where we are much more comfortable. Here are some more pictures of Brady.

Brady Jack Seeber

Brady Jack Seeber was born this morning at 7:50am. He was 7.6lb and 19 and a half inches long. He is very handsome of course. He looks a lot like Peyton did, but with much darker hair. The surgery went great. It was not as bad as my mind was letting me think that it was going to be. I am feeling really good, a little sore but not bad.

Brady is doing great. He has had a little trouble with left over crud in his lungs and tummy from the surgery. He likes to gag on it, which of course scares me every time he does.

Peyton and the family came up to see Brady. Peyton didn't really want to have anything to do with him. He did watch him closely though. I will have to post pictures of him in his scrubs. We couldn't get a good picture.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayer today. We feel very blessed to have two precious boys! Enjoy the pictures from Brady's Birthday.

A little over 2 days!!!!

Well, it is almost time. We are so excited. I will admit though that I am very nervous about the surgery. I did not have time to think about a c-section with Peyton since it was an emergency. Now I am going to the hospital not in labor and having surgery. I know though that God will be with me and Brady the whole way through.

I went to the Dr. today and she is ready. I asked her if she could make sure that she gets a good night sleep the night before. I do not want my Dr. exhausted cutting into me!!! Dwayne and I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am on Thursday. The surgery is at 7:30am. My parents are coming over around 5am to be with Peyton while he is sleeping. They will bring Peyton to the hospital after he wakes up and eats breakfast. Peyton is coming to the hospital in little Dr.'s scrubs with crocs. My mom had his name embroidered on the scrubs too!! He looks cute. We are going to see if they will put Brady's foot prints on his scrubs top. We will post lots of pictures I am sure!!

Please keep us in your prayers Thursday morning around 7:30am. We hope to show Brady off in pictures sometime this weekend!!

Maternity Portraits

We had our friend Mallory come over and take pictures of me and the boys. She did a great job. We will treasure these pictures for a very long time.

3 Weeks!!!!!

Things are going well in the Seeber house. Peyton and I are having fun swimming at the pool, and playing inside in the cool house. I am trying to endure the Houston summer heat. The temperatures are in the upper 90's with the heat index about 105!!!!! It is very hot.

I have been spending the last few weeks getting everything ready for Brady. We only have 3 weeks until my scheduled c-section. It is crazy how fast this pregnancy has gone. We are ready though to have both our little boys in our home. I start going to the Dr. every week, starting this next week. Dwayne is hoping that I will go into labor before Aug. 14th.

We will be keeping everyone updated, and of course will be posting pictures after Brady is born.

The following 2 videos is of Peyton singing Twinkle Twinkle and playing the piano. He is really starting to sing more, and it is so cute. He even tries to sing all the songs at church. I think that he may be famous some day!!!

We hope that everyone is having a wonderful summer!!

Our Little Musician

Singing Twinkle Twinkle

Peyton Spelling his Name

In the last couple of weeks, Peyton has learned how to spell his name. He does a pretty good job, even though he always misses the letter "e".

Here is a video of him spelling his name. He says the letters, then says "spells, Peyton".

Enjoy!!

Wow, What an Adventure

Well, it has been about 3 weeks since we started remodeling the downstairs of our house. It is pretty much done. We have a few little things to do, but that is it. If Dwayne could give any advice to those of you who are thinking of putting tile in, DON'T DO IT. At least by yourself. Have a professional come in. Dwayne, my dad and Scott are still recovering physically from this project. They did an awsome job and we are very happy with it. They worked so hard. Dwayne has had a hard time with me putting rugs down. He told me that I could not cover up any more of his pride and joy!! I am so proud of him!!

Here are some pictures of our Adventure!!!

It's been a long time!!!

Wow, I can't believe that it has almost been a month since I posted on our blog. It has been a crazy busy month.
The first of June, our church had VBS. I was a volunteer, so Peyton was able to be in nursery with kids his age. He was a part of a lesson every day. He loved it!! We were both absolutely exhausted by the end of the week. Peyton was taking 3-4 hour naps every afternoon.
After VBS week, I think, we spent a week recovering. My mind is really going with this pregnancy.
Now we are in the process of remodeling the downstairs of our home. We have pulled up the tile in our entry way and kitchen and carpet in the living room. We are putting tile down. We will only have carpet in the dining room and master bedroom. Dwayne began this remodel last tuesday with demolition of everything. It took 4 long evenings to get everything off the floor. Then my dad, brother in law Scott and Dwayne spent all last weekend laying tile. They worked so so hard. Dwayne is still as I type this post is at the house laying tile. It has been a little bit more work and a little more time consuming than we thought. But, it looks so so good, and will be over soon. We are hoping to be in the house cleaning Saturday and Sunday. Peyton and I have been staying at my parents house since last Wednesday which has been really nice. It has been a little hard for me I will admit seeing my house a huge mess, especially since I am in my third trimester and I am nesting. So, I have been doing my parents laundry and cleaning up around their house. I will post before and after pictures sometime next week.

We are also trying to finish getting last minute things ready for the baby. I only have 7 weeks till my c-section. I think that July will start out busy due to finishing the house, but hopefully things will settle down soon and we can relax before Brady joins us!!

We hope that you are all having a wonderful start to your summer.

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful, relaxing weekend. We staying at my parents house all weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather. This was our family vacation for the summer. It was nice to not have to get in the car or on an airplane to go somewhere.

Friday night we all went to an Astros game. We had a lot of fun. The kids are so good to stay out till 10 or 11 pm.

The rest of the weekend we were out in my parents backyard. We spent a lot of time in the pool. Peyton enjoyed getting in the pool every day.

We had a great time. Enjoy the pictures!!

Peyton's Big Boy Bedroom

For the last couple of months, we have been working on getting Peyton's new room ready. We have moved him into the guest bedroom. We just put the queen sized mattress on the floor and kept all the furniture in the room. It beats storing or selling furniture. We finally finished it last week. He loves his new room. He is not sleeping in it yet. He likes to sit on his bed and read books. We hope to get him sleeping for his naps in his new bed, and then a while after Brady is born move him into the room at night.

Peyton's favorite things are planes, trains and automobiles, so that is what we decorated the room in. My mother was wonderful and made the window valance, blanket and pillow shams for the bed. Thanks again Mom!!:)

It is all starting to feel pretty real that we are about to have another baby. We are very excited and can't wait till both our boys are sleeping sound in their rooms!!

Enjoy the pictures!!

1st Family Trip

This past week we went on a little family trip. We wanted to go before school was out and before it got to hot. We left last Tuesday and drove to Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast. It was fun. We stayed in Corpus for one night and then drove to San Antonio. We went to the Riverwalk and Seaworld. Peyton behaved pretty well the whole time. It is not as relaxing taking a trip with a very active 19 month old. We are glad that we went though before Brady comes into this world!

Enjoy the pics!!

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. We started the weekend off Saturday at my parents pool. The water is finally starting to get warm. I was really nervous that Peyton would not get in the water, but he did. He loved it. Sunday we went to church, and then had a wonderful lunch all together. After lunch, Peyton asked to go back in the pool. I think that him asking to go the pool is going to start being a daily occurrence. Sunday evening, Dwayne's Mom, and Aunt's came over for dinner. They had been on a cruise all last week from Galveston and were in town before they flew home. It was great to see them all.

Here are some pic's of the weekend. Enjoy!!

18 month old pictures

We can't believe that our baby is 18 months old. It has gone by so fast. He went for his 18 month old check up Monday and is 24 pounds, 32 inches tall. He is saying 40-50 words and is able to speak in some 3-4 word sentences. He is a talker!!

I had our friend take some pictures of him at my parents house. It was a gorgeous day!! Again, she took about 180 pictures, so this slide show is some of our favorites.

Enjoy!!!

His Name is......

Dwayne and I finally decided on a name for our new little one. We have had quite a few people ask us if we were going to name him Eli. His name is not Eli. His name is going to be...

Brady Jack Seeber

Peyton can already say his name. We practice every day. By the time he is born Peyton will know who he is and be able to call him by name.

Please continue to keep the rest of this pregnancy in your prayers. We pray that he is a happy, healthy baby boy!

Baby #2 is a................

We went to the Dr. yesterday to have our 20 week ultrasound done. The baby looks great. Dwayne and I knew pretty soon into the ultrasound what the sex was. It was pretty obvious. We are having a boy!!!!! We are all very excited. We have not totally decided on a name yet. We will let you know when we do. I never thought I would ever be having two boys. My mother put a curse on me years ago that I would have two girls. Boy did I ever show her!!

Peyton and his little brother are going to have so much fun together.

Here are some pictures from the ultrsound. Sorry about the x-rated picture. This little boy is not ashamed of himself!! You can see from the second picture why it was so easy to tell he was a boy!

A Mother's Pain

This last week has been a really rough week for Dwayne, Peyton and I. Peyton has been sick since last Wednesday. It started with just a fever, then went to coughing and a stuffed up nose. He was so miserable, and not sleeping at night. We went to the Dr. last Thursday and the Dr. check for everything. He just said it was a little cold. Well, the fever continued through the weekend. I was getting concerned that it was more than just a cold. I took him back to the Dr. yesterday and he has an ear infection. I felt horrible for him. Last night was the first night that he slept in his own bed in a week. We are all tired and now Dwayne and I are having allergy troubles.

This has just really been a challenging week for me as a mom. I hate seeing my child hurt and not feel good, and he is unable to communicate what it wrong. Their was lots of cuddling and " I want Mama" from Peyton.

Today he is much better. He has had 3 doses of the antibiotic. He has been fever free all day. I am hoping to be able to get him out in this beautiful weather.

Watch our blog on Friday. I have my 20 week ultrasound. Hopefully we will find out the sex of the baby!!

Hope all is well with everyone!!

Easter 2008

Pictures

Here is a slide show of pictures from my birthday and some pictures of the kids at church. Enjoy!! Pregnant belly pictures to come!! (maybe, it is not as pretty the second time around)

Long Time No Post!!

Sorry that it has been so long since I have posted. Not much is going on here. Dwayne has been very busy with work. Peyton continues to say more, do more, and get in more trouble. I am finally feeling better. I went to the Dr. yesterday and every looks good. The babies heart beat was 153. My csection has already been scheduled. It is August 14th at 7:30 in the morning. It is kind of wierd that I already know my child's birthdate! It seems so far away, but I know it will be here before we know it.

Peyton somewhat understands that I have a baby in my tummy. If I ask him where is the baby?, he will come over and lift my shirt up and point to my belly. Sometimes he will do the same to Dwayne though!! Dwayne does not think that it is so funny!

We really have not been up to much. I turned 29 last Saturday. I was able to pamper myself a little and go get a manicure and pedicure. It was soooo nice!! We went to dinner at my parents house. We ate what I have been craving, Mexican Food!!

I don't have any pictures of Peyton. I will try and get some soon.

Macaroni

Peyton is saying more words every day. My favorite word that he attempts to say is macaroni. It makes me laugh. Macaroni is his new favorite food.

Update: My Dr.'s appointment last week went fine. I am continuing everyday to feel a little bit better.

Macaroni

Update

I just thought that I would post a blog to let everyone know how things are going. The last 6 weeks have been the most challenging weeks of my life. I have been nausious every day, all day, and very tired. I have been challenged with Peyton, who has decided to give me a trial run on the terrible TWO's!! I have also been challenged on keeping my house in order. I am very OCD about my house, but with being so nausious and tired it has gone out the window.

God has picked me up though and helped me every step of the way. Dwayne has also been a saint. He comes home from a long day at work and looks after Peyton and does things around the house. He is amazing!!!

As I am writing this blog though, today has been a much better day. I was actually dreading today, because I no longer have my miracle drug (Zofron). My nausiousness has been less, and I got the house clean!!!! I think that I am on the downhill slide of this first trimester, I hope and pray!!

I go to the Dr. tomorrow for another check-up. Please continue to keep Dwayne, Peyton, our "little one", and I in your prayers.

Where did it go?

Peyton is talking so much more now. He is putting 3 words together, which makes me so proud. His favorite phrase though is "Where did it go?.

Trying to Ride his Train

Peyton is trying so hard to ride his train. He does not give up. This video could have been 30 minutes. I guess we need to get him a train he can ride on!!

The Picture Says It All!!

Yes, you are all reading the shirt correctly. Peyton is going to be a big brother!! We are expecting our second child August 24th 2008. SURPRISE!!!

We have known since before Christmas, but we wanted to wait a while to blog about it. I am 8 1/2 weeks along. I went to the Dr. last week, and so far everything looks good. We got to see the baby and the heart beat.

We are having a lot of mixed emotions right now. We are excited, nervous, and I of course have been very sick!! This pregnancy so far has been a challenge. I am nausious all day long and very tired. I did get some medication that is helping the nausiousness a little bit.

Please keep all of us in your prayers as we start another journey. We can't wait to complete our family!! Peyton is going to be such a good big brother.

Happy New Year!!

Well, I think that this is longest I have gone without posting on our Blog. Sorry everyone. We hope that you all had a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.

We started our Holiday by flying to Oregon to visit Dwayne's family. We had a great time. We actually had a white Christmas. It was so pretty!! Peyton did not like that snow and cold weather. I think that he prefers wearing shorts and tee-shirts in 80 degree weather.

Peyton had a good time playing with his cousins Elyse and Luke.

When we came home, we celebrated Christmas with my side of the family. Our new family craze is Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Dwayne got Guitar Hero for Christmas and my dad got Rock Band. We will be going on tour soon!!!

It was a wonderful time with family and friends!! I am looking forward to the new year watching Peyton grow and learn so much more. Here is a slide show of our Holiday!!

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Update

Well, Peyton is doing much better now. I am now just trying to get him eating solids again. He is only wanting baby food, or soft things. I am hoping that he will get back to eating anything in a few days.

It is just Peyton and I this weekend. Daddy went hunting. We are just staying in and catching up on our rest. It is actually suppose to be cold here this weekend.

I am hoping to get a post up this week of Peyton singing. He is now interested in trying to sing songs. It is so cute. This will not be a surprise to my family, but he actually sings in pitch!!! He is going to be the American Idol 2025!!

Have a great weekend!!

Eventful Weekend

This past weekend has been very eventful. Friday night, Dwayne and I went to a couples Bunco night. Peyton stayed at my parents house for the night. We had a great time spending time with just the two of us.

Saturday night Peyton got sick and has been sick since. He has a stomach bug. He is pretty pitiful. The last 24 hours has been all about pedialyte, and plain oatmeal. I am hoping that we are on the downhill slide of this bug though. It is kind of weird to not have him following me around the house. He is just laying on the floor or is sitting in our laps. The only thing that I kind of like about this bug is that he is wanting to cuddle.

Please keep Peyton in your prayers, and Dwayne and I. Hopefully this bug is not something that is going to hit all of us!!

"Santa"

Peyton has learned a new word this week. I have a collection of Santa's on a table. Everytime he walks by them he looks up, points and says "Santa". Here is a short clip.