Sunday, September 16

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY BRAYDEN!

Brayden Milenko Dugorepec is finally here.
Brayden arrived a little early too. His expected delivery was calculated for September 26th. He was born on Wedesday, September 12, 2007 at 12:39am. You can click on any picture (I believe) and it will enlarge the photo for you.Brayden weighed in at 7.5 lbs. and was 19-1/4 inches long.
He was born with a head of dark brown hair - just like Mommy.
Just as excited when Lexie and Lauren were born, Bella (above) is all smiles while she holds her little brother. She is very gentle with him and always asks to hold the baby.Lexie didn't quite warm up to Lauren when she was born. Probably because she was upset with the fact that Lauren was getting more attention to her. However, this time around she is very happy to be a big sister (above). Although she keeps calling the baby "Ryan" (my best friend Donna named her newborn son Ryan and Lexie keeps thinking that's our baby's name too), she's starting to refer to him as Mr. Brayden. She will even correct me if I call him something other than "Mr. Brayden." Very funny and cute.
Now Lauren (above) is very interested in this baby. She knows that she has to be gentle with Brayden and that she has to be a little quieter. That doesn't mean anything to an 18 month old though. Lauren loves to hold and kiss the baby. She will wake up in the morning and search for Brayden in hopes to kiss him and laugh at the fact that she just gave "Baby" a kiss. If another member of the family holds the baby, she must hold him too. Yes, she's also EXTREMELY jealous of the baby. She does like to hit the baby in the face and if we say NO, she'll kick the baby. Nothing serious yet but we're trying to nip it in the bud before it even starts.

Daddy is very proud to have his "SON." Although he has been catering to the girls and their every need, it's only a matter of time before he gets to finally sit down and enjoy one-on-one time with the newest member of the family.

Sorry there are no pictures of me in this blog. Take a wild guess who always had the camera. The few pictures of me that turned out were Milenko's "candid" shots of me making completely stupid faces or they were so blurry that you don't even know who is in the photo. He thinks that candid is better than just a nice smile. Thank Goodness he doesn't scrapbook with me! I'd never look at the albums!!

This is just the short version of Brayden's entry into the world. I'll post the WHOLE story and more pictures on the other Blog. Just click here: BABY NEWS or on the Baby News link on the upper right of this page. It will take you to our other blog.

LEXIE'S 1ST DAY AT PRESCHOOL

Okay, it may not be Lexie's first time in preschool, but it's her first day this year and she is just on Cloud 9. After watching Bella go to Kindergarten for the past 2 weeks, school is all that Lexie can think about.Daddy and Mommy both took Lexie to school today (of course with the assistance of Lauren too). Milenko was able to capture her morning on video tape while I tried to operate the regular camera. Lexie is in Mrs. Z and Mrs. Terry's class this year. It's very exciting for her since these were Bella's teachers when she was in the 3 year old class. The teachers always treated Lexie so well and she certainly remembers these teachers for that reason.
Each morning, the kids start off in a circle and have morning prayer. (It's a Luthern preschool.) On the first day of class, Daddy was able to sit in the circle with Lexie. After this though, it's kiss Mommy or Daddy good-bye and have circle time by yourself. She's used to this since she did it so well in her 2 year old class last year. Another bonus is that we say the same prayer at each mealtime that Lexie says each morning in school. She's one of the classmates who can say that prayer all by herself. :)
After things settled down, we were able to interview Lexie's little sister, Lauren. We asked her thoughts on what she thought of Lexie going to preschool. She replied "Blah ah oh ah blah." Although the smile is the best translation, it really means "Cool, I get Mommy all to myself and I don't have to share with anyone."

Needless to say, she doesn't understand that Baby is on the way. :)