Saturday, September 28, 2013

Brooks is THREE months Old and I am back to Work!

It is so hard to believe how fast three months goes by! I just went back to work a week ago and I seriously wish FMLA would allow you to take up to your Child’s three month Birthday before forcing you to go back to work. Oh Well…They never asked for my opinion! HA! We are so lucky though that Mimi retired to care for Brooks! This was such a blessing and a huge burden lifted to know that he is being loved and cared for by his Mimi while Eric and I work! Lucky Little Boy! Brooks is doing great! I have enjoyed staying home with him and with Caroline! It has been wonderful! This time around has been so much more enjoyable for me. I really have not felt any stress like I did when I was off with Caroline. I guess part of that is knowing what to expect and not freaking out about every little thing. I also think Brooks is pretty easy going which has helped tremendously and I have a little Caroline helper! She has such an amazing love for Brooks! 

Who knew he would be the “Chosen One” On to Brooks! He weighs 13lbs 2oz and is 23 3/4 inches long! It seems likes he has changed so much this month! 


 He is smiling a lot and they are big out of control smiles! We All LOVE IT! He has also started Laughing too! He also has sort of gotten over wanting to be held all of the time and he loves his playmate! He will play on that mat for lengthy amount of time and get all happy and excited about kicking around on the toys! He has also started blowing bubbles; he does this all of the time! He is quickly becoming a champion sleeper! He now sleeps anywhere from 7 – 9 hours on the regular! This is awesome! His eating patterns are a little all over the place…he might eat 2 oz or he might eat 6 to 7 oz. The large amounts usually happen at his bedtime bottle. I guess he has figured out that he has to go for longer stretches at night between eating. Smart Kid! Last Big Thing Brooks has done is Roll Over, Tummy to Back! He did this on 9/21/13 and no one has actually seen him do it because he keeps doing it while he is sleeping! I did finally catch him in the Roll over act four days later! That is all I have for the big Three Months!


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Family and Sweet Little Friends


Over the Summer Brooks has gotten to meet some very special People!  


Uncle Tom and Jeanne made the trip down to meet Brooks when he was two weeks old!  They are wonderful people and so good to us!! We had a great weekend with them! 


Tom and Brooks


He got to meet his GreatGrandmama and Grandaddy Burnett.

We headed up to Beebe to see my Cousin and his family who just recently moved back to the States from Japan.  Brooks was almost Three weeks old for this fun trip!  He is one lucky little guy to have such amazing Grandparents who love him so!  

They love their Great Grandmama! 

Special Moments

We also made another triup to Beebe for Grandmama's 80th birthday and that was a lot of fun!


  I cherish the time when spend with these two people.  They have an amazing love for the Lord, each other and their Family.  They are a constant reminder to me of what Love truly is. 
Gorgeous roses from Grandaddy! Red for their Anniversary and lipstick Roses for her Birthday. 

 I am so Glad Brooks has been able to spend some time with them.  These are moments that I will treasure.
We love them so much! 

 

Brooks also got to meet hid little Pal Will and hang out with his Pal Cole again!  Peevy, Sarah, I all got together with all five of our Sweet Kiddos for a fun afternoon! It was a little crazy taking the whole bunch out for lunch but we all survived and I think we had a good time HA!  We are in for some Fun with This Bunch!

 

The whole Little Gang!

Brooks also got to meet his little Friend Charlotte!  Amanda and Charlotte came over for play date!  It is very nice to have a Friend that lives locally with Baby!  Brooks is 6 weeks other than Charlotte and I see lots of fun play dates for these two in the future!

Brooks and Charlotte first Play date!

 Brooks is ready to meet his Nonny and Poppy!  They have been down at Baylor Cancer Hospital in Dallas since right before Brooks was born and have not yet returned home!  We are ready for them to be home!  

 

We are so blessed with such wonderful Family and Friends!