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I finally figured out how to post a video on here.. I am still playing around with the video features on our apple so there is more to come.. but for now.. enjoy our first video.

2 month Doctors appointment

So we had Brandon's Doctor appointment on monday. All is great with our healthy little boy. He is now 11lbs 6 oz which they say is in the 43 percentile (which means 43 percent of kids his age weight the same or less, all others weight more) so he is still a bit little but not too bad at all. He is just about 2 feet long too. which is like in the 60 some percentile, so he is tall and skinny. Hopefully he stays that way. ha ha..

We have been going for walks all week long cuz it has been so nice outside. I timed it today and it was a 35 min walk. Not to shabby. Brandon loves getting outside.

So I go back to work next week, on the 31st. I am not looking forward to it but once I get back into the swing of things I'm sure it wont be bad.

Thats all for now. I have some videos I wanna post but I need to figure out how to do it first. Jason will probably have to show me.

See Ya

2 Months Old

Well, Brandon is just about 2 months old now. He is getting to be such a big boy. He is already outgrown all his Newborn clothes. How sad.

He is still smiling like crazy. He smiles all day long. He is getting much better at sleeping all of a sudden. Last night acutally he went to bed at 10:30 and didnt wake up to eat until 4:30 am. then I put him back down to sleep at 5:15am and he didnt get up till 8am again. That was so nice.

It has been pretty nice out here the past few days so yesterday Brandon and I took our first outdoor walk down the block and back. He loved riding in his stroller. He didn't even fall asleep. He just looked all around the whole time.

Last night we even went over to the Cavanaugh's (Brandon and I did, Jason had to wokr) and we celebrated a little St. Patricks Day there with them. We had dinner, and Brandon was in such a good mood. Trevor was able to hold Brandon for about 10 min. He loved it. (both of them).

That's about all for now. Brandon has his 2 month doctors appointment next monday and he will be getting more shots at that appointment. Other than that, we are just enjoying this time we have at home cuz I have to go back to work on march 31st. So brandon will start daycare then.

Ta Ta for now

Danielle

Six Weeks Old

So tomorrow (thursday) Brandon will be six weeks old. Man o man how time flys. He is becoming such a big boy. We are finally somewhat starting to get on more of a schedule around here. I dont feel quite as overwelmed as I did the first few weeks.

Brandon has started smiling this week, he did it one day and the next day he did it almost everytime we smiled at him. Now he loves smiling. He is cooing too.. although most of the time his coo is saying AHHH really loud.. ha ha.. i say oooohh to him and he mimicks my mouth shape some of the time and sometimes even says ooohh too. Its Precious.

He is pretty good at holding his head up but still a bit wobbly. We like to put him on his tummy for a little bit each day so that he can get used to holding his head up. He hasnt quite got the hang of it though. He does way better when we sit him up in a sitting positing.

He is eating up to 3oz a time now every 2-3 hours now. He is getting better at sleeping too. He now sleeps normally around 3-3.5 hours at a time. However he still has a few spells where he likes to wake up every 20 min or so and talk. I have figured out I just turn the monitor off and go back to sleep cuz sometimes he just wakes up and coos and ahhh's in his crib for an hour. So I let him talk away to his little Einstein Aquariam that is hooked to his crib. Maybe he is making friends with the Fish in there. ha ha.. who knows.

I had my six week appointment today. All went pretty good. The doc says man you can't even tell you had a baby...! I said >> HA HA HA YA RIGHT! ha ha.. I am down 30lbs now.. so that is good. Still my clothes are pretty tight, but the doc gave me the go ahead on working out. So in my last issue of Fit Pregnancy Magazine it showed me about 5 different exersises to do every other day to shape up and fit in to my jeans again. So I started taht today too. The only bad part about my doc appointment today is they did some x-rays on my Bottom because I still have a ton of pain there. They found out When Brandon Pushed (or ripped) his way through the Birth Canal his Big head broke my tailbone. ha ha.. (not really funny cuz it hurts) But yeah, his head hit the tip of my tailbone and broke the tip right off. The Doctor says the tip of it is pretty much just floating around in there.. hmmm... But the worst part is there is nothing they can do for a Broken tailbone, Just takes time to heal. It could be all healed up anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 or 4 months from now. ahahhhh.. It isn't fun. The worst part is sitting. Mostly when i sit in the cars. The seats in the cars must be at a different enough angle that it kills my bum. So I think at this point a car trip to Aberdeen is out of the question. Right after I had him I made a car trip to Aberdeen however I was on pain Killers then so it didn't bother me.

So we did have a challange this week with my work. I was originally supposed to go back to work on April 19th, then I asked my supervisor if i could extend my leave and they approved the extention until May 19th. So all was good. I was really really looking forward to spending the extra time with Brandon here at home and not have him start daycare quite yet. BUT this week I got an e-mail from my Manager saying that work is crazy busy and everyone that is out on a temporary leave has to come back to work on March 13th. Since I technically didn't take a maternity leave, i just took this leave of absense they were offering everyone at the company at the time they technically can call us back whenever they need the help. SO... THAT SUCKS. However, since I did have a baby while I was on this leave, they approved me to use some FMLA (Family Medical Leave of Absense) for an additional 5 weeks if I wanted to.. HOWEVER it would all be unpaid. So we have decided that I would use up my sick time (40 hours) and then I would take and additional week and a half of unpaid time and go back to work on March 31st. I really wish I could stay out longer just because I was expecting to be able to this whole time. However that didn't work out. Now I just need to focus on loosing more weight so I can actually fit into my work uniform.. argg...

I will post some pics here of Brandon. I haven't loaded the newer ones onto the computer yet so I might have to do some later on too.

I think that is all with us for now. Jason is doing good too.. Working hard as usual. He did get checked out on another Sector last week so he now only has one more to finish then he will be a Fully Certified Controller. $$ We can't wait $$ ha ha..

Bye Bye now

Danielle

One Month Old

So Brandon is One month old today. How exciting. Everyone always says how fast time flys by when you have a little one and man I belive it now. I Can't belive it has been a month already.

Things are going great here. We are finally getting the hang of being parents. We are so excited for Brandon to start smiling and all that fun stuff. So far he has had a couple big smiles but as everyone says 'they were just gas smiles' however, I dont belive it. I think he is smiling at me. He is doing pretty good and keeping his head lifted up when we have him held up to our shoulders. Still has a hard time getting his head up off the floor when we have him on his tummy. But that willcome with time.

I am still quite sore. I have done some reasearch online and found out that if you have an oddly shaped pelvis as I found out in delivery that I do, it is very possible to fractor your tailbone during delivery. I am 99% sure that I have done this. I am in so much pain when I sit down. Mostly in the cars. and getting up from a sitting position puts a lot of pressure on my tailbone and it hurts like heck. Only thing is there isn't anything the docs can do for it. My doctor told me to sit on a cusion (like I hadn't figured that out).. ha ha.. But oh well. I will just keep taking my Ibprofin and hope for it to get better soon.

We had a fun night last night. Our friend Keifer (dani's friend jessies, step brother to be) is going into the Army so we went to a going away party for him last night. Good Luck to him. Then after that we went over to Candy and Jeremys house and visited with Candy and Jeremy, Kristin and Peter and their boys and Candy's friends Angie and Luke and their boy. It was a fun night with all the kids there.

I have me and Brandon's fist playdate this Tuesday. We are going over to my cousin Kristins house.. she has a little boy Sam who is almost 3 and she just had a little boy too.. Charlie who is 3 days older than Brandon. Also my cousin Carley is going over there too with her boy Devon who is 2 and she has a little girl Norah who is about 4 months old now. Not that the little ones will be playing at all but we will have a chance to talk and compare what our babies are doing and all that fun stuff. Plus it will be fun to get out of the house for a couple hours.

Well I better go before Brandon wakes up from his nap. I have 100 more things on my todo list before he gets up again. Talk to you all later.

Danielle

Brandon's Baptism

So Brandon was Baptised this past weekend at All Saints Catholic Church. It was a very nice service. Brandon was not a fan of getting the water poured over his head but other than that he was great. He also went to his first church service on that same sunday before the Baptism service. He did great in church. Barley made a sqeek.

We then had everyone over to our house for a light lunch after the Baptism. IT was really nice to share this time in Brandons life with our friends and family who were able to make it.

Brandon got some very nice gifts too, a couple crosses, one for the wall and one is on his dresser. He also got his First Piggy Bank. We already filled it with all our spare change.

It turned out to be a great Sunday. After everyone left our house, (it happend to also be superbowl Sunday) so our friends Kelly and Steve came back over and we watched the Superbowl together and Steve and Kelly brought over some of the fish they recently caught and we had a fish fry. It was really good.

That's all for now.

Danielle

Brandon Paul Sandmeier

Sorry It has taken me a week and a half after he was born to post something.. We have been Busy Busy Busy..

So Brandon Paul Sandmeier was born on 1-21-2010 at 12:06 am. He was 7lbs 5oz at birth and 20 1/4 in. long. He had a rough start into the world but it was all worth it and Everyone is doing great.

We got home from the hosptial on Friday afternoon and have been enjoying out time together while Jason has some time off work. He goes back to work tomorrow. So that will be interesting to see if I can handle all this on my own while he is out at work. I am sure we will be fine.

We had our second Doctors apointment today to make sure Brandon was gaining some weight. We had brought him to the doctor last week, for his first check up and because he was starting to act different. He wouldnt eat, poop or pee. He was very sleepy all the time and we were concerned. So we found out that Brandon was deyhidrated and hadn Jaundice. They brought over a lighted bed and belt for him to wear so that we could use phototherepy to make him all better. We went to the doc today and he is 2oz heavier than his birth weight so all is back to normal now. He is eating much better and Now has no problem in the pooping department. ha ha.

We had our first road trip this last weekend. We headed out to Aberdeen to visit Grandma and Grandpa Sandmeier and Uncle andy and Aunt Lynn. Brandon did great. He showed everyone how he barley ever cries and he is such a good boy.

Now that we are home we have been letting him lay in his crib or on the floor in his boppy pillow all day cuz he was getting held all weekend at the Grandparents. But that's ok. We enojoyed showing him off.

Mommy and Daddy even got to go out on friday night to enjoy a beer (or two) with Uncle Andy. I hadn't had a beer in at least 10 months (probably a bit more) and it was WONDERFUL.. However we only stayed for two beers and since it was the first time we had left Brandon we missed him already. So we headed home. Jerry and Mary were very suprised to see us home before 4 am (which is about when we used to come home when we went out in Aberdeen) Things changed a bit now.

Well Brandon is starting to wake up. It is time for him to eat again.. (seems like it always is) So I better wrap this up. I will post some very cute pics of him next time.. (maybe even later on today, after MY nap time.)

Talk to you all later

danielle