Saturday, December 26, 2009

THREE VIDEOS!

First off- MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday- I know we did. This is not going to be my Christmas post. I am going to get some pics of gifts and such before posting. I will say we had a wonderful holiday- but it was super busy so I did not take nearly as many pictures as I meant to.

But oh well- that is for another post- this post is all about videos

VIDEO 1- BATHTIME Belly laughs.




VIDEO 2: Helping Mommy wrap- who needs Christmas gifts if we can just play with metallic tissue paper.




VIDEO 3- getting better at my jumperoo!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

2009- a year in review

I encourage everyone to do this- looking back through the year has really shown me just how wonderful 2009 was.

Here is our year in pictures- most amazing year to date!

JANUARY




FEBRUARY




MARCH



APRIL



MAY




JUNE




JULY




AUGUST





SEPTEMBER





OCTOBER






NOVEMBER







DECEMBER



Sunday, December 20, 2009

Blizzard 2009!


Maybe blizzard is an exaggeration- however Brooks' first snow was as big as him!

So far he has been out 3 times. First when it was really coming down as you can see in the pictures. Eric, B, and I took a look around. He didn't know what to make of it.



so handsome

a little unsure


Last night we took a picture of him next to what we had so far- it was still coming down pretty heave at this point. (he looks scared of it LOL)


We took the same picture this morning to see how much more came down.






Then we played in the yard, and of course I had to put his snowman suit on :)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Happy 6 month bday!! (12/17)



6 months ago, we eagerly anticipated the arrival of a little boy or girl, knowing our lives would be completely changed. We never could have anticipated how much of a change, or how much joy, wonder, & love could be added to our house. Brooks is the most amazing addition to our family- the past 6 months have flown, and yet it is hard to remember life without the little guy.

At 6 months Brooks
*gives big wet open mouth kisses on the cheek
*grabs anything he can get his hands on and puts it in his mouth- ANYTHING (the dogs leg was tried once)
* Smiles easily in recognition when we walk into the room
*Jumps around like a fiend- his favorite thing to do is bounce
*sits on his own (not too well- but he does it)
*imitates sounds that he hears
* makes lots of silly faces
* belly laughs when he finds things funny (the elf dance, the dog, a scarf on his tummy)
* watches the dog like she is the most interesting thing ever
* sleeps worse than ever, just like a newborn- getting up 4-6 times a night (sob)

Stats:
17 lbs, 8.5 oz- 56th percentile
27.25" - 80th percentile
weight for length- 40th percentile
head- 17.5" round- 70th percentile

Growth- Here is is next to his monkey


And here is his monthly chair shot that is now up along the side of the blog along with his stats for comparison



And of course- because taking pics of him is so much fun- here are some other pics we love from the 6 month photo shoot :)

fun in the chair



And fun on the floor


His Austin Powers 'Dr. Evil' look



Baby Yoga


And our newest obsession- not just touching our toes, but eating them! YUM