Halloween Showers

Happy Halloween!! We decided early today that trick or treating might be a little too much for Kylie today however we thought she could hand out candy. She was a little upset that it rained most of the evening and we didn't get but a few trick or treaters. Of course, that didn't stop her from having a Happy Halloween, please enjoy some of her Halloween pictures from throughout the day! She wanted to be like her cousin Zoe this year so she decided to wear her Halloween shirt even if it was too big!

Kylie at 6am being a little pumpkin

Thinking she hears a trick or treater and trying to talk to them
(Please note in this picture she is sitting on our bed holding up her own head!)

Waiting with Mac

Just sitting in her rocking chair

Getting ready for Halloween

Tonight in preperation for Halloween we carved the pumpkin. Once again the excitement of the event was too much for Kylie. She helped with the design and let Brian do the rest. She is resting up to hand out candy tomorrow.


Bonus Shots: Every Halloween when I was little my Uncle Bill and Aunt Gloria always came over and helped me carve my pumpkin. Maybe next year they can come and help Kylie!

Happy Halloween!!

Fiesta Night

Our friends Hugo and Jess called and asked us if they could come over and cook us dinner one night this week. They figured the new parents needed an extra set of hands in the house. I think they just wanted to spend time with Kylie. However, they started the evening with amazing Pina Coladas (they have some top secret recipe) and followed that with some awesome fajitas.


Kylie decided to dress up for the occasion and wear her new outfit from the Strachan's (ironically it is the only shirt she has that is long sleeve that fits her right now - supposed to be in mid 40's tonight). She had to have her pacifier and she was quite jealous her dinner and her drink were not as good as ours.



Hugo made Brian's Pina Colada with a straw to allow him to feed Kylie and drink at the same time. Luckily Brian only had one Pina Colada as he warned all of us of his Asian Karaoke interests. We thought he would be singing:

"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga etc etc.."

It was a fantastic fiesta night. Even Mac enjoyed himself. Now Brian, Mac and Kylie are all sleeping! Thanks Hugo and Jess.. Please feel free to stop over and cook anytime!

First Pair of Pants

Do these come in low-rise??

Happy One Month Birthday Kylie!

Where has the time gone? (I feel like we start every post by saying that). It has been a month since Kylie was born and we are overjoyed! It is hard to sum up the last four weeks in a few words as it has been tiring, rewarding, emotional, gross (diapers, spit up, projectile vomit) but one word I believe Brian and I would both agree on would be AMAZING. She is growing and changing so much everyday, we are afraid to take our eyes off her that we might miss something. Her latest thing is to look and stare at everything. She loves to go for car rides or walks in her stroller. She loves her daddy and lights up when he comes home from work etc.



We tried to calculate the amount of diapers, wipes, formula etc that we have gone through in one month. We estimate almost 270 diapers! Forget counting the wipes that is too hard!

Kylie had her one month doctor appointment today and she is doing fantastic. She now weighs 7lbs 14 oz and is 20 1/4 inches long. She is growing super fast!

To celebrate her One Month Birthday we took our little pumpkin to the Pumpkin Patch. Kylie decided to wear her pumpkin hat, her Halloween socks (thanks Zoe) and bring her purple Halloween cat. One of the things that Brian and I love so much now is to experience all the things through the eyes of a little one. Although she slept through most of the Pumpkin Patch experience it was great to be there as a family!



We can't wait to see what the next four weeks will bring! Also, make sure to check out the friends and family page (right hand column click Friends and Family) as we have had some new visitors at the Lum House!

Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes

Need your help! The following pictures were taken from a package received the other day for Kylie. It is apparent to us that someone purchased something for Kylie on Ebay, given that it was addressed to Kylie. However, the seller most have switched shipping lables by accident as Kylie received Nicorette gum. We don't have any details to contact the seller or even know who the package was supposed to be from. We hate to know that someone might have sent something and unfortunately things were not sent correctly. Please let us know if you can help solve the case.

Kylie's First Bath

Tonight was Kylie's first real bath we are over the sponge baths. What a totally different experience for all of us. Sponge baths were usually a lot of screaming and crying and tonight Kylie loved her bath. In fact she probably could have stayed in their longer.

Kylie Prior to the Bath (She is AWAKE!!)

Just laying back and relaxing..

Mac happy she was getting the bath and not him

All Clean and Very Happy

Three Weeks Old

Kylie is three weeks old today! We are starting to see a lot of changes. She is starting to develop her own little personality and loves to smile. She stares at objects now and is in love with a turtle on her bouncy seat. She recognizes Brian and I and even Mac. She loves music, Brian plays classical for her I play the Top 40 and she enjoys both.

For those of you that watch the show HEROES (great show I might add). We have determined that Kylie must have a special power as she loves to pull on her ears. If we could just figure out what that special power is!

This week Brian's parents have been in town and have been helping me out with Kylie. Kylie loves her Po Po (pronounced Paw Paw - meaning Grandma). Po Po sings and talks to Kylie in Chinese. Gung Gung (meaning - Grandpa) is teaching Kylie motovational life lessons such as: If you believe you will achieve.

Here are some random pictures from this week:

Kylie thinking of her Grandma who had surgery this week

Brian putting Kylie's Nike Hat on After a Bath

Time for a walk. Yes she is that small dot in the stroller

Just sleeping - Hear No Evil

Kylie's Day Out

After sleeping for five hours straight last night, Kylie woke up ready for a day of shopping and eating.

Here are some pictures of our adventures at Kohl's and eating at Bru's Room.



Additionally, here are some pictures from last night some play time and a nice manicure from me (Dad).

Kylie Turns Two Weeks Old!

Can you believe it? As of yesterday Kylie is now two weeks old! We had a doctors appointment yesterday where we learned our little girl is growing quickly. She is now 6 pounds 5 ounces (when she was born she was 5 pounds 8 ounces). I guess all the nutrients I have been feeding her are SUPERSTAR nutrients. All her vital signs are perfect and the doctor said she is right on track! She got her first shot yesterday which she did pretty well with, I cried she screamed and Brian was the rock we both looked to.

Many of you have asked how Brian and I are doing? We are both doing fantastic and getting as much sleep as we possibly can. We both know that it will never be back to the levels we once had. Thanks to the great advice of Shawn, we alternate nights if she wakes up besides a feeding time. Luckily we haven't had to get up at all (except for feedings). Brian is loving the CAFETERA (Cuban Coffee Maker) that Jeannette bought for him and this helps him in the morning get that push he needs. I am doing well and get some small naps throughout the day. I am happy to say that my body after two weeks is getting pretty close to back to normal, I can wear 60% of my pre-pregnancy clothes and am about 4 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. Just need to start doing some exercising or moving off the couch every once in awhile! Kylie, Mac and I will start doing some walks when it is not 90 degrees outside.

We hope everyone has a fun, safe and restful weekend!

Here is big brother Mac keeping a eye on Kylie!

Tummy Time and New Shoes

Today I decided to break the routine some and do a little Tummy Time with Kylie. Kylie eats, sleeps and well you know the rest on a very set schedule. She knows when it has been long enough and she kindly lets you know that she is hungry or needs to be changed. Other than that she is an amazingly happy baby.

I figured today would be a good time to experience her new Surfboard Tummy Time Mat. At first you can see she was not that excited about it she wanted to eat her arm instead. She thinks anything she can manage to get near her mouth will provide her food. After awhile she started to really like this new Surfboard mat and was looking around.


Kylie also got two pairs of newborn shoes from Laytona at my Dad's work. The shoes are especially for newborns and actually fit Kylie. She was very excited when I put them on but as I was taking the pictures she wasn't happy that this was overlapping her eating time. I might even have them on the wrong feet. She is asleep in her swing now and still wearing them :)
Here is a shot from last night as Kylie was posing with her cookies by design bouquet cookie with her name. I think she was more interested in sleeping then the cookie.

FSU beats Miami

FSU ends up beating Miami but the game was nothing to brag about for sure. The whole Lum household breathed a sigh of relief when the game was over. Here are some quick pictures of Kylie throughout the game. You can see she wasn't happy with the Noles Offense in one of them.




Kylie also got to meet for the first time Hugo and Terri. She was smiley and happy to see them. Terri coached Brian when he played varsity volleyball at PineCrest and Brian has coached for Boomers with Terri since he graduated from FSU. We think Terri would be perfect to be Kylie's volleyball sports agent and help us to secure some nice college volleyball scholarships for her or maybe even private school. Terri has already commented that Kylie has long fingers and legs.

Kylie is a Week Old!

It is so hard to believe but today Kylie is a week old already! Where does the time fly? We tried to think of all the things that happened in the past week and captured the highlights below:

• First trip to Starbucks (although through the drive-thru)
• First trip to Best Buy, CVS, Walmart (although she rested in the car with her Grandpa)
  
• First trip to Kohls for their Grand Opening Sale (again resting in the car with her Grandpa)
• Used over 50 plus diapers since she came home
• Went to her first birthday party for her Dad however attended with her eyes closed
• Met both her grandparents, Mac our dog & Karman and Ashley our neighbors

There are so many things that have happened in the past week. To sum it all up in one item would be to simply say that since she came into our lives the world has completely changed through our eyes and our hearts are full of endless love for this little Lumster!

The picture on the left is her waiting for Brian on his Birthday in her dress. The picture on the right is her just relaxing.










Just a video of her awake..

I have been working with her the last couple of days to learn the Tomahawk Chop for this weekends big FSU vs UM football game. Go noles!!

Happy Birthday Daddy / Brian

Sorry there wasn't a post yesterday, we were on some top secret missions in order to prepare for today, Brian's birthday. Any pictures that were taken would give away key evidance of our mission. With that being said we just wanted to take a moment since we know that Brian will check the blog during the day to say Happy Birthday!

Kylie wanted to make a HUGE PINK sign but the thoughts of writing Happy Birthday Daddy put her to sleep, although she had the marker ready.


She decided using the computer to make a sign would be easier but again our simplistic home computer bored her. She needs an up to date laptop.


Here is the finished product.. Happy Birthday Brian!

For all of the others out there the other parts of our mission will be revealed later :) Here is a shot of Kylie awake.. Don't blink it doesn't happen too often..

Have a great Wednesday!!!