They grow up so fast!

Today Dailey had an EXTREME blow out. She needed a full sponge bath which she hates. In her leg flailing tantrum she caught her umbilical cord stump and popped it right off! Mom's a little sad that she's lost her "NEW newborn" badge and is growing up on us. And maaaybe because it was a little reminder every diaper change that she was once connected to Mom. Now she's a big girl with her very own belly button! ::Sigh::

Poppa and Grandma, Meet Daileyanne!

Poppa and Dailey getting a little sunshine in the backyard

The Broms brought the family crib for the newest Grandbaby to snuggle in. How sweet is she?

Patrick, Grandma and Daileyanne

Poppa getting his first snuggle :D

Good Morning little one

It was bound to happen!

Oh Pumpkin!

Dailey went to Green's today to be introduced to the ladies and so Mom and Mimi could take 600 pictures. She was a very willing, okay unconscious, model and we were able to surpass our daily picture quota in one quick visit!

Jeepers Creepers Where'd you get those Peepers?

We don't catch Dalieyanne with her eyes open very often. Our cameras have an aiming light that goes off before the flash that annoys her and makes her squint. Today she's been trying her hardest to focus on things around her so we were able to finally catch some wide eyed peeping!
Which gene will come out victorious? Mom thinks I'm losing my steely blue to a slight hazel. Mimi thinks the family's blue is going win. Daddy votes blue but is mostly holding out hope that the red in her hair becomes stronger!

No parade for this homecoming but the crowd still went wild

Walking into our house for the first time









We are lucky Michigan had three litters before we adopted her. You can tell she completely gets Daileyanne's "puppy" status. She becomes very distressed with us when we don't pick up D fast enough when she squeeks.







Smelling the new human, she received Dakota's seal of approval and besides an occational sniff he has been ignoring her ever since.

A quick check out by the gaggle. Virgina is madly in love with her, she gives you her sad eyed stare until you let her lick Dailey's toes.

Naps Naps Naps

Sep 21st and 22nd

Taking a naps on the couch. She is seriously tan next to her pale pale mommy!

Little bean on Mimi's lap. She still twists her legs into the funniest angles. You can tell exactly how she used to hang out in the womb!

In our new pumpkin hat, too cute...

Adventures in the outside world

September 20th 2008

Mimi, Dad, Momma and Dabs went to Boise today for an adventure. At Dad's insistance it started at Denny's making my first meal out pretty low on the gourmet scale! She did make flirty, google eyes at a table of retirees who were easily won over.


Daddy in Target reading books... when she was still in utero he would follow me around the store reading Dr. Seuss in his outside voice to her. This version is much less embarassing!









Taking a wipey bath. Mom loves her bedtime lotion. It makes her smell so sweet!

All fresh and clean! We don't get many eye open pictures, our camera shines an "aim" light that she HATES.

Sunshiney Baby

Daileyanne's Pediatrician gave her the green light in the hospital for not showing any signs of jaundice but after four days we though her eyes were looking a little yellow. After a morning appointment with the Lactation Consultant she suggested we let her get a little sun since the weather was so nice. Mimi Laura took a bunch of pictures of her sunbathing, those cute little frog legs were just too cute to pass up!

She has some seriously long toes! How can you NOT want to nibble on them? :)

One of these babies is just like the other! At first we thought she was going to look just like all the other Brom cousins (very strong genes there!) but after finding this picture of me as a lil one I'm thinking the Danielson genes might have won out this round!

Napping with Mimi is the best,

both Dabs and Michigan are big fans!

More labor day pictures

Peter is into this Uncle idea and I'm looking much more cheerfull now that I'm pleasently numb. He had to go back to the Air Show to do a swearing in while the Thunderbirds did a fly by. Cool thing is we figured out that they were also giving Dailey a Welcome Fly By as well! They zoomed over the hospital five minutes after she was born!

Mom calling Dad to let him know we were having a baby in the near future.. near future turned out to be 16 minutes after she hung up!

Welcome to the world Daileyanne! We were able to stick with our birth plan- The cord stayed attached until it stopped pulsing (if we were going to store it there was no reason for her not to at least get all that good blood returned to her!) she was put on me quickly and stayed skin to skin for awhile. I wasn't worried about her getting cleaned up as much as I was letting us bond. True this led to her sticking her vernix covered fingers in my MOUTH but it was great having her sit with me and not swooped away to be scrubbed down.

Check out great hat number 6 that Mimi Laura knitted for her. Best dressed baby on the floor!

Once she had her eye drops and a real scrubbing we asked for skin to skin to continue. Patrick was pretty dazed had to figure out how to actually get to his own skin! Once the undershirt was lost he was able to tuck her in his button down for a little "Check each other out time". Those two have barely been apart since then!

After everything we've been through to become parents I still can't believe that we have her! It was one seriously amazing day...

Welcome to the world little Daileyanne!

Every baby has a birth story, here's a slightly candid version of mine

Last weekend we hosted an Air Show here at our Base in Idaho. With Patrick busy working at protecting the flightline from terroists my neighbor, my brother and I went around noon so we’d be there for the Thunderbirds. (Okay honestly I only went for the funnel cake) It was a really nice afternoon and I had high hopes that all that walking would help the baby get into position as I entered into my 40th week. We came home about 230 and not ten minutes later my doorbell rings. It’s my neighbor Bob (who also happens to be my OB’s husband, both are really great friends of ours) so with scrap of funnel cake in hand I answer the door
Me- Hey Bob, what’s up? Patrick’s not here right now
Bob “It’s time”
Time for what?
Bob “You’re having a baby today my dear”
Yeah sure, you’re physic powers are badly tuned. Want some funnel cake?
Bob “NO. REALLY. Hillary has been trying to reach you for hours. She needs to induce you.”
Ummmm….. okay. I guess I need to find some shoes? And my husband?

Turned out the 24 hour urine sample that I dropped off in the morning had come back with really high protein and Hillary (my OB) had gotten the results and determined that if I was going to be pre-eclamptic in a day or two and need inducing she might as well do it before I actually got sick. So after a few phone calls to Grandparents and friends we took our showers -My legs were getting shaved- and headed over the hospital. They gave me a dose of Cervadill (sp?) to ripen my cervix which after a week and a half was still at a 2.5 cm and a stage 2, had us tuck in for the night and wait for morning. At 8 am Hillary checked me (still 2.5 cm) and stripped my membranes. The nurses started up the picoten about 9 am.

With Ike dancing through the Gulf my mom and dad had evacuated from outside of Houston to Austin. Thankfully they weren't still in the dead zone of Houston and were able to actually get the ‘You’re tickets on Wed are gonna get you visitation to a 5 day old grandbaby” phone call. Mom was able to find a flight in at 1130 on Sunday which sounded good like plenty of time as inductions takes about 16 hours. She had a small mishap when her luggage went missing in Boise and chose to desert it so she could jump in a rental car and come down. (This proves to be a VERY good idea.)
At 1100 Hillary checks me again and was very excited about my advancement to 4 cm and broke my water. Suddenly those “rotten and but tolerable” contractions entered a whole new plane and I was more then ready for the Epidural. With the Air Show going on every medical personalist was on duty over the weekend to include my doting Doctor, five nurses, three techs and two anesthesiologists. (Who had come up to my room twice saying they were really board and asking if I wanted drugs so they’d have something to do.) Once my water was broken the contractions became head spinning evil and the cart was pushed in. The spinal block didn’t work and for a while I hysterically thought I’d be in the small percentage nothing worked for! Thankfully after 13 or more contractions the Epi finally kicked in and I took a little nap. (Lovely!)
Zoom forward to about 1:45pm. Patrick has gone downstairs to collect Mom and bring her to the room. Hillary comes in and says “Let’s see if you’ve dilated any, say some quick wishes that you’ve made SOME progress” then lifts the sheets with a “Oh MY! You ready to have this baby?”

Ummmm…. Can I find my husband?
She has me reach down and feel her head while we wait. (Seriously? This is happening now?!) Once Patrick and Mom are in place I barrel down, push something like 5 times and have a baby. Feel a little anti-climatic? Yea, for me too! Six months of watching Baby Story on TLC to prepare myself for an event that lasted less then a commercial break. :) Not complaining of course but it took a little time to shake off the fog and realize that labor was over and I was finally a mom!

One last belly picture! Dr. Suber on the left and Dr. Hillary Elins on the right

Patrick sleeping the the "Daddy Chair"

Scowling through contractions