Meeting Friends

Picture of the Week: Go Pokes!

Brianna's now 2 weeks old and its been a busy week for our family. She's met lots of new friends and been spoiled by Grandma & Grandpa Petrik, who have been visiting this week to help Justin and I out. Its amazing how much she's changed in just a week. We've started to notice that her eyes are now a lighter shade of blue and she's trying to focus on objects that are close to her. She's desperately trying to lift her head up when she's on her tummy and succeeded this week at picking it up and laying it down on the other side a few times. It amazes us both just how much she changes and grows from day to day.

We also had our 2 week doctor's appointment and she's up to 8 pounds, 4 ounces (yeah!) and has grown a quarter of an inch, for a new length of 21 1/4 inches. That puts her in the 75 percentile on the growth charts for weight and height. Everything else checked out well and we don't have to take her back till she's 2 months old, which is when she'll get her next round of shots. I'm not looking forward to that doctor's visit at all.

Also, thank you to Aunt Ashley and Uncle Scott for her first Oklahoma State gear. The pink hat, a pair of pink booties and a matched set of an OSU wipes case and burp rag for the diaper bag are all courtesy of them. Its never to early to get her started cheering for her future college!

Here's a few pictures of Brianna with the new friends she made this week.

Blake, Roni, Averi, Aspen and Knight Durham:


Jenny and Kris Keele:

Christy Monnette:

April, Jeff and Presley Parker:

She also met our friends Cameron & Karen Gawley, AP and Geoff Tobey but I forgot to get out the camera (I know ... shame on me) so I don't have any pictures to share of them. The next time they visit, I'll be sure to snap a few.

This week was also the trip to the photographer's for newborn photos. Once we have a link to the proof gallery, we'll share it so that everyone can see her pictures. I'm anxious to see how they turned out since we had some pretty creative shots. Justin had the idea to pull one of the tires off the Jeep and take with us so we've got some great shots of her sleeping on top of a 39 inch jeep tire all wrapped up in her camouflage blanket. I have a feeling that's going to be one of her daddy's favorites!

That's it for this week ... love you all!
Lucretia