1 month old

Britton turned 1 month old on Sunday.  She's growing so much and is such a joy.  Even though she has acid reflux, she smiles and is such a good baby.  We are very blessed!  At her 1 month appointment, Britton was 21.5 inches which is a growth of 1 inch since birth.  She weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces which means she gained 1 pound and 10 ounces since birth.  We had Britton's 1 month portraits with Dixie and here is one picture I took.

Christmas candy day

Every year, our family gets together to make Christmas candy.  Normally it's on or close to Mommer's birthday.  We have so much fun.  Everyone brings out their recipes and supplies and makes their candy.  Then we all share what we make.  I look forward to this day every year. 

WCS Christmas Party

Holland's School Christmas Party was Wednesday, December 15th.  Holland couldn't wait to get to school for her party.  The kids had a ton of goodies to eat, made Christmas ornaments, and had a great time. 

Christmas pictures

Dixie does it again!  She is so great to us and is a wonderful photographer.  Dixie took our first official family portrait/Christmas portrait last week.  And, the portraits turned out great!  Holland and Britton were so cute in matching dresses and hair bows.  We take Britton back to Dixie this week for her baby portraits.  I can't wait!

Britton's Baptism

Britton was baptized today and it was a beautiful service.  Her baptism sponsors are Aunt Kate, Cousin Catherine and Danny.  It was really cool that Britton wore the same baptism dress that Holland wore.  Mom hosted a luncheon for the congregation after church service.  It was a great day even though it was very cold. 

Christmas fun

Kirk and I took Holland to River Bend's ElectriCritters and MSU's Fantasy of Lights Saturday night.  She had a blast!  It was very cold, but she enjoyed looking at all the lights.  When it was time to head home, Holland asked, "where is baby Britton?"  We said, "she's at Gaga's house."  Then Holland replied, "we have to go get baby Britton at Gaga's."  Holland missed Britton and couldn't wait to go pick her up.

2 week appt

Britton had her 2 week appointment on Wednesday.  She weighed in at 8 pounds and 2 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.  Britton has been a little fussy from pain and spitting up, so we told Dr. A about that and he confirmed what we thought it might be, acid reflux.  We are going to monitor how she is doing and in 2 weeks decide whether or not to start medicine. 

Sisters, Sisters

Holland loves her baby sister and really wants to be a big help.  She will go get things for us, wants to help change Britton's diaper, etc.  When we lay Britton down on the floor for a few minutes, Holland loves to lay down beside her and sing to her.  So far, Holland has sung "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Jesus Loves Me" to Britton.  It's awesome to watch them both smile and laugh with each other. 

Aunt Kate, I thought you might get a kick out of the blog title since you love for us to sing that every Christmas.  Maybe Holland and Britton will enjoy the movie "White Christmas" like Kate and I did! :)

What's in a name?

Some people have asked where we found the name Britton.  Well........ Mom is in to genealogy and since retirement she has done a lot of research on ancestry.com.  She gave us a 17 page list of names from our family and Kirk's family lines.  Kirk and I went through all 17 pages to find several names that we liked, but nothing we loved until one day.  Kirk called me and said, "what do you think about Britton?"  I said, "I love it!"  We knew right then, Britton was the name for our second child.  Britton comes from my side of the family and was traced back to 1782 to a Britton Holland in North Carolina.  Mom did more research and traced some of his ancestors back to a Philemon Holland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philemon_Holland) in England.  Britton's middle name, Abigail, also comes from my side of the family.  Had Britton been a boy, his name would have been Britton Reece, with Reece coming from Kirk's side of the family.  Kirk and I both like the idea of a non-gender specific first name that we could use for a boy or girl since we don't find out the baby's gender.  We did the same with Holland's name. 

It's a Girl!!!

Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 10:17 am, we welcomed Britton Abigail into our family.  She weighed in at 8 pounds and 3 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.  She is beautiful and healthy!