The Breiers

Thursday, January 14, 2010

We had Michael's 6 month Well Baby visit today with our new pediatrician, Dr. Matray. Now, just a little background info on Dr. Matray... he was also Dennis' pediatrician. That's it for the background information.

Before I rant about how wonderful Dr. M-Tizzle is I would just like to say how incredibly happy we were with all of our physicians at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, especially Dr. James. I loved the convenience of everything you needed was there. My favorite one stop shop if you will. We are so grateful for the care they provided Mikey and myself over the course of my pregnancy and the four months we were still living in Iowa.

Now, with that being said, I LOVE DR. MATRAY and his office. I must admit that there is something wonderful about walking into a room and telling the nurse your concerns and then BOOM... you see your doctor. As anyone who has ever visited the University knows, that is not the case at IOWA. You are speaking to nurses, then med students, then residents and maybe if you're lucky a staff Dr. The other wonderful thing about Dr. M is that he is so incredibly gentle with Michael, to the point that Michael just sits and stares at him while Dr. M is going through the examination. And, lastly Dr. M is brutally honest. For example, one of the first things he said to us while taking his first peek at Mikey was, "Wow, he's the size of a one year-old. I'm serious."

So, to get you caught up with Mikey's progress he is now 28.75" inches long, weighing in at 21 pounds 12 ounces and in the 97th percentile among children his age. You would think he's an incredibly chunky child, but that just isn't the case. He's just stacked. Inch after inch of a lean, mean six month-old machine! We see Dr. Matray again in March. Looking forward to these vaccinations being over and done with, let me tell ya!

Monday, January 4, 2010

*Excuse this Interruption for a Brief Announcement...

So, Blogger has decided to finally update it's software. Now, what this means for me and this handy dandy little blog of mine is that I can no longer blog as I used to, which was to draft a blog so that the time stamp was accurate for when I wanted it to post and then edit the posting later when I actually had time to fill in the details. So, if you are wondering why it is that there are now eighteen hundred posts for today, there my friend is the answer. I guess this might just make me a better blogger.

Bearing Down and Freezing Our Behinds Off.

This may be hard to believe but my wonderful husband has never, ever been to a Bears game at Soldier Field. I know, I know. How is that possible you may ask. I have no idea. Thanks to my Uncle Bob and his very generous wedding gift we were able to witness what may have been the best game the Bears have played all year, in zero degree weather. Although the hot chocolate was never hot enough and the beers were freezing we had one helluva time watching the Bears hand it to the Vikings and Mr. Brett Favre. An awesome night. Now if only the feeling in my toes could come back that would be wonderful.

Den's first time.

Soldier Field

Trying to stay warm pre-game.

And, here come the .500 Bears.

Fan deck.

Touchdown!!

Fireworks*

Heaven.

Now That's Incredibly Ugly.

There's nothing quite like putting on your uglies Christmas attire and celebrating the season with a night full of friends, bowling and adult beverages. That is just what we did on the 26th. The 2nd Annual Drunken Ugly Christmas Sweater Bowling Extravaganza took place and once again was a success. Dennis and I may have over done it this year with the outfits, but, hey, all in the spirit of the season, right? When you get this group together you never know what's gonna happen! Dennis and Mike shared the prize of "Ugliest Christmas Attire". The trophy, my favorite detial of the night, is now sitting on the mantle in Mike and Jane's house. Next year's outfit has already been born in my brain. Thanks to all for coming out and making the Extravaganza extra special :)