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!!!