A new addition this Christmas

Every year we stay the night at my parents house on Christmas eve. This year Finley will wake up to her very own stocking, handmade by Grandma Burnham. Here are our stockings hung with care.
From the left: my mom’s (from when she was a child), mine (made by my grandmother when I was a baby), Finley’s, Brian’s (made by his challenged wife) and my dad’s (made by his sewing-extraordinaire wife)

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We found out that Finley has acid reflux (who knew?). Our pediatrician put her on baby Zantac and gave her this contraption to sleep on. We’ve had it for almost a week and she is sleeping really well on it…sometimes 7 hours straight-yippee! Every time I look at her strapped in I still die laughing.


stupid clogged drains!

Brian woke up to quite a surprise on Monday morning. Our entire basement, and newly remodeled preschool, had flooded with all the rain! Larry and my mom came to the rescue and helped rip up all the carpet and dry out the floors. Meanwhile, Finley and I stayed warm and dry upstairs. Thank goodness I have such a handy husband!



Finley’s first weeks.

Brian and I have enjoyed our first few weeks with Finley. We left the hospital after a long stay and came home for two days, only to return to the hospital with a sick baby. We had to spend a few more days under observation. The nurses laughed as all three of us tried and succeed in sleeping on a hospital cot together. Thankfully, Finley was fine and we were able to come home a few days later! Brian was depressed as he had to return to work after two weeks at home with us. His first day back at work was on the heels of a major UCLA disappointment. We took Finley on first road trip to WSU for the UCLA football game. We were worried about the cold/noise but she slept through the entire game. Papa is training her early to be a fan and even bought her a UCLA onezie and booties!

At the game.
Right after she peed all over.
Who schedules pediatrician appointments for 7:30 am? That was a mistake…





She LOVES her sling!

Taking a nap with papa.
Grandma Brown and Maya.
Maya feeding Finley.