The Life of a 5 Day Old

Hi Everyone! It's me Brielle! What a world this is...


First of all, I need to do a little pronunciation of my name. There seems to be a little confusion by some people on how to say it...is it all that hard? (I really haven't tried to say it yet!)


Well in my 5-day old spelling I'm going to give it a whirl. My name is Bre-yell Uh-Nay.


I thought I would give you a little recap of what life has been like here these past couple of days.


Mommy and I stayed in the hospital from Monday until Wednesday morning. While we were there, we had so many great visitors. First off, Grandma & Grandpa Carlson & Grandma & Grandpa Grotenhuis came all the way from Michigan to visit me. (I showed them on my hand where they came from) And they have been lovin' on me a lot! The Grandpas left on Wednesday night, but the Grandma's are still around, so the spoilin' continues!

Wednesday morning we came home from the hospital and needless to say I had worn Mommy out over the past couple of nights because I just kept waking her up because my tummy was growling and wanted food. So, she took a good nap while Grandma Grotenhuis cuddled with me. Meanwhile, Daddy and Grandpa Grotenhuis and Grandpa & Grandma Carlson went to Altoona to go find me a house to live in. Man...I'm alive only one day and I already demand so much! Well, they found a house for me and bought it (without Mommy even seeing it!). Check it out online - 214 Coleridge Ave. in Altoona. So now I have a backyard to play in with a swing set and a big playroom to play in! Yippee! Thanks Grandpas for taking the time to buy me a house and then get back to Michigan at 2:30 am. (I was awake at that time if you wanted to give me a buzz!)

Thursday was a travelin' day for me. I took my first trip to the doctors office with Mommy and Daddy. Everything checked out okay, so that was a good thing! I also was very proud because I didn't have any accidents while my diaper was off!

I also went on a road trip with "just the girls" to see my new house. Boy do I like it! I am going to have so much fun playing with cousins Grant & Brooke and Uncle Jeff, Aunt Shawna, & Aunt Bethany! I talked with Grant last night and his play set has monkey bars and a yellow slide. Mine only has swings...but I think we can still have fun!

I think I'm really going to like it here in this world. Mommy and Daddy have told me about all these great people that can't wait to meet me! Well, I can't wait to meet you but until then you'll just have to keep checking out pictures of me (which I am SO sick of - can you tell?) :)