Happy Easter!

Hi again! I'm a crazy blogger today!

I just wanted to share this picture of Berkley's first Easter. We went to East Lansing and had brunch at the University Club with Grandpa and Grandma Bruner, where Jon's dad, Dick, is the General Manager. This was taken at Dick and Sharon's house before brunch.

Berkley also got to have her picture taken with the Easter Bunny. I think you'll have to come to our house for a visit if you want to see that picture. Maybe I'll find a way to scan it, though I'm sure that breaks some sort of copywrite law. Ah well . . .

Tammy and Jon

Go State!

Michigan State may not have won the NCAA Tournament, but this is just too cute not to share! We LOVE this picture of Berkley!

Tammy and Jon

April 10, 2009 - 4 Months Old!

Hi All,

Well Miss Berkley is 4 months old already! My, how time flies!

At her Pediatrician appointment, she weighed 11 lbs, 15 oz, which is just below the 20th percentile. Her height was 23 1/8th inches, which is just under the 25th percentile. She's growing well, but we did increase the size of her bottles to get that weight up a little bit. With how well she's been sleeping, she's only eating four times per day.

Speaking of sleeping, we couldn't be prouder of this little girl! Since she was 3.5 months old, she's been sleeping between 11 and 13 hours per night. Sometimes she goes down without crying at all and sometimes she cries for awhile (still letting her cry it out so she's learning to go to sleep by herself). It's FANTASTIC! Her naps are getting better, too. She usually takes a 2-3 hour nap (in her crib - YES!) in the morning and then a couple shorter naps in the afternoon (45 mins - 1.5 hr.). I have a lot more free time now that she isn't sleeping on me for all of her naps! She's doing so well!

She's "talking" a lot more and making funny sounds with her mouth. She's also a little spit monster. She's started spitting and drooling, but she's not teething yet. It's so funny. We don't even have to be in the room. She can be hanging out in her swing and I'll be in the kitchen and hear her start talking to herself and making noises. It's so adorable! She loves pulling herself up to the standing position using mommy and daddy's hands.

She smiles all the time and loves to play games with mommy and daddy! She just gets more and more fun every day! I'm so happy to be her mommy!

We attempted giving her her first solid food, rice cereal. Yeah, she wasn't having that! She still has the tongue reflex that causes her to push objects out of her mouth. This includes food! Hardly anything even went in. It was basically me pouring goop down her chin. We'll try it again this weekend!

In other news, Jon has resigned from KPMG, effective May 4, 2009. He has accepted a Director level position in the Internal Audit Department at GMAC. He begins there at the end of May. He'll have three weeks off between jobs to spend with the family! YAY! Also, I was laid off from KPMG, which is effective June 2, 2009, which was supposed to be my return date after maternity leave. So, no more KPMG for this family. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do yet. It's going to be interesting looking for work in this job market!

We also wanted to say thank you to Jon's Godmother, Ruth. Ruth came to visit during the NCAA Tournament and we had so much fun having her here!

I hope you all enjoy the pictures I'm attaching from Berkley's fourth month of life! She's our little doll! The ones where we're dressed up were taken at Jon's cousin's wedding (before Berkley spit up all over my black dress!). Congrats Lindsey and Tyler! And, yes, we're the only parents who dress our child in MSU gear for a wedding - there was an NCAA game that night! We must keep our priorities straight! :)

Tammy and Jon