Life with Aubree!

Bryce is so good with our daughter. He doesn't mind staying up at night with her and he especially doesn't mind changing her diaper. I love that! He also doesn't mind having fun with her and making trouble to her! I know he can't wait until she's big enough so he can throw her in the air.

 

 

This is her favorite sleeping position...well I should say location. She will sleep for hours especially if it's on someone. I think she just loves the body heat and she feels safe. Luckily for us, she's slowly learning how to sleep in her crib for longer periods of time!

  

She must have great dreams because she's always smiling in her sleep.

 

Usually she'll crash once she's in her car seat. We haven't had to take midnight car rides yet...knock on wood!

More Family and Aubree Mieko

Now the posts are more about pictures of Aubree...not so much certain events or activities, at least for now! I'm trying to make the blog interesting with cool stories, but sometimes it may just be pictures of our daughter!


Bryce has one auntie and uncle from his mom's side. We were happy to have a visit from them!

Here is Uncle Jarem and Aubree.

 

We attempted to take another family picture! She was out cold!

Eyes Wide Open

For the first couple of weeks, Aubree hardly had her eyes open so when she did open them, we took pictures. For a really oriental looking girl, she has big eyes! And we realized that she looks different with her cap on and with it off.

1 Week Old!

Aubree Mieko turned a week old on January 29, 2010. A week seemed to go by so quickly. I told Bryce I want her to stay this small forever! He wants her to get big so he can play with her and do stuff like throw her up in the air!

 

Auntie Mika and Uncle Jarem came over to visit Aubree. Auntie Mika was so happy because she had Aubree all to herself. She didn't have to share! I was happy because I was able to clean and catch up on stuff! Bryce was happy because he played Wii will his brother. It was a really nice day!

 

That night she was all ready for bed...in her pajamas and swaddled!

Who's Features?

So we know that Aubree looks like a Tano. And it's funny because the first couple of days she just looked super oriental. Actually she still kind of does. I still don't know if I want to call her Aubree or Mieko so I call her both. My nephew calls her Mieko so she's probably going to be like me and have 2 names! We could also call her Nahe or Puuwai...haha so many choices. We figured out that she has 1/2 (50%) Japanese, 1/8 (12.5%) Chinese, 3/16 (18.75%) Hawaiian, 1/8 (12.5%) Filipino, 1/16 (6.25%) Portuguese. So she's a mixture!

 

We think she has my nose and lips.

  My eyes.

 

She has my fingers and toes!

 

Bryce's eyelashes. But it changes everyday!

Aubree's First Outing

January 26, 2010
Aubree had her first doctor's appointment. Her doctor is Dr. Lynn Yanagihara at Straub Kaneohe. She used to be my sister's doctor. Overall the doctor's visit was great! When Aubree was born, she was 7 pounds 4 ounces. At this visit, she was 6 pounds 12 ounces. She lost weight, but the doctor said it was normal. She just to just continue feeding her and she'll gain her weight back.


Since we were in Kaneohe, we went to my mom's house so Aubree could meet Grandma Shirley (my dad's mom) and Auntie Ricky (my dad's sister). Grandma Shirley was super excited to meet her first great granddaughter. She made Aubree some blankets (one of them is in the picture).

Aubree likes to sleep a lot better during the day than at night! Even if we try to wake her up, she doesn't budge!

Aubree's First Sponge Bath

We couldn't give Aubree a 'real' bath because she still had her umbilical cord attached to her. We had to wait until it dried out and fell off before we could submerge her in water. So we gave her a sponge bath. We decided to just do it in the kitchen. She was actually really good about it. She especially loved it when we washed her hair. It was so awkward and funny because Bryce and I had never done this before with a newborn baby! But we'll be experts in no time!

After her bath, we had another photo shoot in her crib!

In the end, this sleeping position wins! This is Bryce's favorite...the swaddle technique.