Meeting Grayson

Our good friends from college, Cody and Jessica live in Decatur and had a baby boy a year ago. We never had the opportunity to meet him. Since, we were in Springfield for five days we decided that we needed to meet this little guy. He is now a year old and is the cutest little guy! At first he was not really interested in Katelyn..... until his mom was holding her. I think Grayson was getting a little jealous. We were trying to get him to give her a kiss. He finally did and it was the cutest thing. It was wonderful finally getting to meet Grayson and spending some time with Cody and Jessica. We are looking forward to going to Vegas with them in the summer, but no kids allowed!

Happy Birthday Oma

Last Thursday, we drove down to Springfield for Oma's birthday. It was a little bit scary because that was when the snow had started. We took it slow and made it safe down to Springfield in under four hours. Katelyn slept the whole car ride, which was nice because we really did not want to stop, since it took so long to get there. Oma's birthday was on Friday. A tradition in the Bretz household is to make breakfast for the birthday person and serve it to them in bed. Katelyn got to serve and sing Happy Birthday to Oma on her actual birthday. It was fun to celebrate Oma's birthday with her. I think she really enjoyed having Katelyn with her on her birthday! 

Two Months Old

Crazy hair Katelyn!

Yesterday Katelyn turned two months old. Matt and I have just adored her. She is so funny to watch. She makes all kinds of funny faces when she is awake and sleeping. She brings so much joy to our lives and we can not imagine our family without her! Over the past month she has gained some weight. Her face is much fuller and she has some chunky cheeks, which is very cute. She also has gotten longer, her legs are pretty long. I think she is going to be tall like her parents. She no longer wears newborn clothes!:( I put them all away the other day. She now wears 3 month clothes. Katelyn is out of newborn diapers as well, she now wears size one. She is so much more alert. She loves to look at the fans, lights, and recognizes her mom and dad. Some of her favorite toys are her swing and jungle gym. When she lays under her jungle gym she talks and coos at the toys above her. It is fun to listen and watch her play!  Knock on wood, she has been sleeping through the night since she was one month. She usually goes to bed at 10 and sleeps until 7! I have gotten a couple of smiles, but I am sure she will start smiling a lot more very soon. We can't wait to see what the next month brings!

New Years Eve

This year for New Year's Eve we celebrated it with Barb, Joe, and Kevin. We decided to head to the Brookfield  Zoo, because they have the festival of lights going on. It was not to cold out and we thought that Katelyn would be fine if she was all bundled up. We left the house around 4:30, that gave us about three hours to walk around the zoo. We got in for free and went to the dolphin show for free all thanks to my Uncle Don. He works at the zoo and he has that perk of getting family in for free. The whole time Katelyn was in her stroller all bundled up. We enjoyed walking around and looking at all the lights and Christmas trees up. The zoo was decorated so pretty for  Christmas. We saw a bunch of animals as well. The dolphin show was one of our favorite parts and plus it was nice and warm inside. The zoo also had a laser show that went along with Christmas music. All in all it was a very fun time, we hope to go next year as well.
After the zoo we headed back to Naperville to go out to dinner. We decided to go to Red Robin, because it is never crowded there. We enjoyed some hamburgers and fries and then headed back to the house. We tried to stay  up until midnight, which we did..even little miss Katelyn decided she wanted to as well. We rang in the New Year and then headed to bed. We enjoyed our 2011 New Year's Eve Bash! (HA)

Katelyn ready to ring in the new year!

Party girl!!

At the zoo...Katelyn is underneath the blanket

Getting ready for the dolphin show!

Look at that trick

Happy New Year!

2012

2 Month Check-Up

Katelyn went for her two month check up today. She is two months in a week, but we had the check-up today. She is growing and growing, I was anxious to see how much she weighed. I can tell that she is getting fuller in her face and belly. She weighed in at exactly ten pounds. She is average in her weight. She is 23 1/2 inches long. The doctor said she will probably be tall because she is pretty long for her age. She received three shots today in her legs. Katelyn cried when the nurse gave them to her, but after was pretty good. She is a little uncomfortable and sore but that is to be expected.  Everything checked out great. She is a healthy baby!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree....

Christmas Day was very very busy! We started the morning off with heading to my parents house to exchange gifts with my family. Shaun was home from Florida and it was the first time he was meeting Katelyn. Needless to say we were anxious to get over there in the morning to see him. We exchanged gifts among my family. Katelyn had the biggest stack by far. Her uncles, Grammie and Papa spoiled her on her first Christmas. After we spent the morning at my parents, then we came back here to get ready and go out to lunch with EVERYONE at Jameason's Char house. The lunch was fantastic! It was great to see all my family that was visiting from New York, Florida, and California. Once lunch was over we all headed back to my parent's house to celebrate some more. We did a white elephant exchange which is always hilarious. I ended up with a pumpkin pot holder and Matt ended up with a St. Patrick's Day Hat. Santa came by and Katelyn did not cry (we will see how she is next year). We opened some more gifts, played LCR, and visited with family. Katelyn's first Christmas was busy but memorable because we were able to spend it with  A LOT of family that we do not get to see to often!

Good Morning Morgan and Katelyn

Uncle Shaun meeting Katelyn for the first time

The New Yorker Uncle Ken and Katelyn

Hello Ryan....Some of the group at lunch

The other table at lunch

Josh and Auntie Elaine

Santa and Katelyn(passed out)

Merry Christmas

Good Looking group Occhipinti's and Bretz's

Christmas Eve.....

Katelyn's first Christmas Eve was a success. Matt, Katelyn, and I exchanged gifts in the afternoon at our house on Christmas Eve. Then we went to church with my family to the children's mass. Katelyn slept the whole time during church, which was nice.  It was very crowded and not much room to move around with her. After church we went to Auntie Sandy's. We ate dinner there, opened gifts, ate dessert and had a great time celebrating with family and friends. Katelyn's Christmas Eve outfit was adorable!!

Ready for her first Christmas Eve!

Some of the group eating dinner

Uncle Kyle with Katelyn

Mom and Katelyn

Dad and Katelyn

Auntie Sandy holding Katelyn