More Landscaping

Armed with a long-overdue gift certificate, we headed to Heritage Nursery in Elkhorn to move our landscape past the gorgeous mulch. We purchased and successfully installed five Maiden Hair grasses, five Boxwood plants, and two Black Knight Butterfly Bushes. I'm pretty excited to watch the butterflies and bees outside Danica's window! :)

First Foods

We started the solid food fun with a little sweet potato action. We're still working on the mechanics! :)

Five Months!

Sporting the outfit that Dianna and I bought for Emilie while we were in Hawaii for AT.



New Fence

Working with our neighbors, we finally got our backyard fences up! We hired Quality Fence Co., and they did a great job. Mia's loving her new, expanded area... so much so, that it's hard to get her inside in the mornings.

We now present our version of where's waldo... Find the pug!

Landscape Progress... finally!

If anyone has ever been to our house, you may have noticed our apparent lack of landscape. ...more specifically our amazing weed beds. Well we finally cleared out all the weeds, sprayed, and laid a bunch of mulch. Hopefully our neighbors won't be embarrassed of us anymore! Only problem was that we picked the most crazy hot and humid weekend to work outside. Brilliant.

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Four months!

Over the past month,we've been pretty busy. Grant worked on two pretty intense projects, Leslie did her two-week annual army training, and Jeane and Matt got married last weekend. Check out suhrfamilyalbum.shutterfly.com to see more of what we've been up to!

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Three months!

It's been a while since we've posted, but Danica is already three months old. It seems like just yesterday we brought her home, yet like she's been here all along!

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Nap Time

Grandma (Suhr) and Davidson came for a visit the past week while Grant accompanied Greg to Chicago for a headache clinic visit. We got a lot of shopping done, and solved the world's problems over a few awesome coffees and teas. Early next week Greg will come back to Omaha. Needless to say, Danica and Mia are napping to both recover and prepare for the next visit!

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Mia's idea of babysitting....

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One Month

We've made it one month! Giddyup!

And it only took us one month to finally get her announcements finished.
...coming to a mailbox near you.

Basement Framing I

Last night began the framing of the basement. My dad came up from Waverly with a load of tools and he and Grant framed out our storage room and closet for the furnace and water heater. Next up, family room...

Danica and I supervised from upstairs.

And since Danica was in her swing, Mia found an opportune time to try out Danica's boppy pillow. Not the best fit.

One Week

We marked the one week milestone with visits to the pediatrician. Exciting, right?

Baby Pictures (Sabrina Ahern)

Here's a sampling of the pictures that Sabrina took. She's been photographing lots of recent babies of friends and family, but we're the only girl at this point, so we had a ton of fun. Again, many thanks to both her and Alissa - great friends and great photographers! :)

Baby Pictures (A-Frame Photography)

Our friends Sabrina Ahern and Alissa Dangler came over to take baby pictures. I absolutely love having friends that have a passion for photography - and a willingness to use us as guinea pigs! They showed up with carloads of props and cute ideas for Danica. This post highlights some pictures taken by Alissa. She's with A-Frame Photography - feel free to visit the website for information about her services: http://www.a-framephotography.com/.

Welcome Home, Danica

If you're not on Facebook, you may not be aware that a stork had apparently been hunting down Grant and I. (Thanks to a little help from Megan and Jamie. ) Needless to say, it ended up at our house upon our arrival, along with some pink decor and flamingos. :)

Just to be sure she's acceptable, Mia had to give her approval...

Danica Lynn Suhr!

Turns out we have a stubborn little girl on our hands. The ultrasound indicated she was gaining weight fast and was breached (her head was up when it should have been ready to lead the way out). That meant it was time to schedule a c-section birth. Part of me was disappointed, but by the time our doctor described the potential process of turning a baby that big and still delivering would give us an almost 80% chance of an emergency c-section, scheduling seemed like a great idea. So we set the date for March 2, 2011.

Danica Lynn Suhr
March 2, 2011
9:38 am
9 lbs. 12 oz.
21 inches

Mom and baby doing well thanks to prayers from friends and family...
and a few low-grade narcotics. :)


And of course the grandparents got their turn.


Finally, a little alone time to catch a snooze with dad.


And we were headed home.

New Ultrasound Images

Our ultrasound this morning indicated an 8lb-12oz, 19-inch baby, complete with fat rolls and a full head of hair. Yikes!

Ready and Waiting...

I think we're officially ready. Or at least supplies and gear-wise. (I'm not sure that I'll ever be ready to push out a baby!) Had a check-up this morning, and apparently the "little" girl had a growth spurt and is pushing 8ish pounds. I do believe it though - every time I even attempt to get out of a chair, I'm winded. It's been a crazy couple weeks.

Thanks to Grant's patience with me, we've got the drapes hung (there's a pretty bright street light outside the window), a couple shelves above the crib, and everything in some kind of order. Thanks to help from my parents, we have baby monitors and a carseat. Thanks to Grant's parents, we have the pack 'n' play which will function as the bassinet until she moves to the crib. Thanks to a ton of friends and family, I think we're officially ready and waiting...