Brenna's Two Week Check-Up

Brenna had her two week doctor appointment today. Everything checked out well for her and not surprisingly, she has is growing like a weed. She weighed 10 pounds and measured 22 1/4 inches. Below is how Brenna spends most of her days and nights, asleep no matter how much noise is around her.



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Something Other Than Pink

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One Week Old

Celebrating Brenna being a week old is just an excuse to show off some pictures.

I have a feeling this won't be the last time she rolls her eyes at her dad.

No she isn't quite strong enough to hold her head up by herself. Grandma Sharon was propping her, notice Brenna's left ear sticking out from Grandma's hand.


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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day 2010 is very special to us. We get to spend it with baby Brenna and Grandma Sharon.

My two favorite Valentines. Christina is healing quickly from her surgery. Standing up from a sitting position is a little difficult and she is unable to pick anything (or anyone) up yet but she is much more mobile than a few days ago.

Grandma Sharon is having too much fun with Brenna. Once again, she has been a blessing to Christina and I, staying up at night with Brenna, changing diapers, and making meals. Thanks Mom!

Brenna's dress is courtesy of Aunt Jennifer and Grandma Sharon gave Brenna the bow. It's perfect for Valentine's Day.

Cowboy Woody showing off his new boots Grandma Sharon gave him for Valentine's Day.

Connor also got some boots for Valentine's Day. As soon as he put them on, he was instantly drawn to the tv which Grandma Sharon was watching. The boots must of activated his redneck gene.


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Coming Home

Brenna and Christina came home from the hospital yesterday. Below are pictures:

Brenna wore an outfit that was also worn by her cousin Taylor.

Connor was overjoyed to see his Mom and he showed some interest in his little sister.

We finally got a picture with Brenna and Grandma Sharon. She has been enjoying rocking baby Brenna in between her nursing.

Grandma Sharon had to dress Brenna up in pink as soon as possible.

Dillon and Connor love their baby sister. Dillon has been a big help by running to get any supplies that Mom or Grandma Sharon may need.


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Baby Comparisions

In case you were wondering, here are the stats for the three kids:

Dillon - born 6/9/06 at 8:39 pm, weight 7 pounds 3 ounces, length 20 inches

Connor - born 10/9/08 at 7:53 am, weight 9 pounds 1 ounce, length 21 inches

Brenna - born 2/9/10 at 3:31 am, weight 9 pounds 0.2 ounces, length 21 inches

Dillon Michael

Connor Fate

Brenna Joy

More Brenna Pictures

One of my rules for our babies was that we would never announce the names until after the babies were born. No matter who or how many times they ask, I would not reveal the name. Last night at dinner, Grandma Sharon was drilling me over the name and I was refusing the temptation to spill the beans.

I did say that Dillon was told the name a few days ago but had forgotten it. Christina and I had just asked him the night before if he remembered Brenna's name and he said no. So the following exchange happened:

Grandma Sharon: Dillon, what's your sister's name?

Dillon: Jessie (He was enamored with the name since Toy Story 2 is his favorite movie.)

Grandma Sharon: It's ok Dillon you can tell me her real name.

Dillon: (whispering in his grandma's ear) Brenna Joy.

I guess I won't be sharing any more secrets with Dillon.

A good picture of me and Brenna. Our nurse took a picture of me but it was really blurry so Christina had to snap this one.


Brenna tried to open her eyes for this picture.

Grammy with Brenna. Due to the H1N1 scare, the hospital only allowed two visitors for the entire stay and I count as one of those visitors. That left us having to choose one of the four grandparents be able to hold Brenna during her first couple of days.

However, Ginni knew one of the nurses in the Birth Center and she allowed the other three grandparents in to hold Brenna. That was the one bright side of Brenna being born at 3:31 in the morning, we were allowed to sneak in extra visitors.

Papa Jim was the biggest person to benefit from the "extra visitors" because he was going to have to leave Sonora before Brenna would be released from the hospital. There are not any pictures of Brenna with Grandma Sharon because I had left the camera in the waiting room when she was holding her. She will just have to wait a few days.

By the way, please excuse any typos or misspellings in the last two posts. I don't function well under three hours of sleep.

Brenna Joy Nixon

Brenna Joy was born at 3:31 am and weighs 9 pounds and is 21 inches long. Mom and baby are both doing great, just really tired. (Update I originally said she weighed 9 pounds and 2 ounces but I misread the weight. She really was 9 pounds, 0.2 ounces.)

Christina was having contractions the past few days. This morning at 1 am she began to have them five minutes apart. We got up and drove to the hospital where the doctor decided to push up the delivery time by 9 hours.


Brenna a few minutes old. She has light brown hair, darker than Dillon but lighter than Connor.


Brenna did not enjoy her first bath. She came out ready to eat and nursed for 20 minutes on top of drinking a full bottle of formula.

The last few nights have been restless for Christina. She is looking forward to getting some rest while in the hospital.

Tax Time

Even though it's not April 15th, this picture is still topical because it is time to start preparing your tax returns.


And because I can relate everything in my life to "Seinfeld":





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Baby Date

Christina went to the doctor yesterday and we were given the day Baby Girl Nixon will be born. February 9th. This means all three of the kids will have been born on 9th day of the month. Also, we will be celebrating birthdays every fourth month, nicely spread out.



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Just Like Brother

Every day Connor tries to copy his older brother. He tries to play with Dillon's toys, ride his yellow tractor, and shadow Dillon's every move. Tonight he did something Dillon did, get himself stuck. Dillon did it in the bottom drawer of our oven (see the second to last picture here) but Connor had crawled into Otis's carrier and couldn't back himself out.

Connor and I were home alone when it happened. I knew he was playing with the carrier and suddenly he started crying. Being the dad-of-the-year that I am, I immediately grabbed the camera. He got himself unstuck a few moments after the picture below was snapped.

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One more video

I know my last couple of posts have been videos but I took a lot of pictures during the week. The best way to view those pictures are in slide show form. Plus, Dillon loves watching these kinds of videos. Below is Dillon and Connor's Christmas week.

Christmas with Barbara's Bunch

This Christmas, all of my Mom's siblings were in Shafter for my Grandma's birthday party and Christmas. Below is are highlights of both events and everything that happened in between. And yes, that is a 70 year old jumping rope.

Merry Christmas

Below is our Christmas card picture. As an added bonus, I have also included the card the Cummings sent out this year.




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Happy Birthday Grandma

On Sunday my Grandma Barbara celebrated her 70th birthday. The family attempted to give her a surprise party but she had it figured out before it happened. The video below was shown at her party and encapsulates her life.