Brooks – 8 Months!

Baby Brooks, you are 8 months old! I can’t believe how fast this first year is flying by! Here’s what you’re up to!

This month you went to your first movie-Frozen! You loved it! You slept for part of the movie and just sat in my lap for the other part and watched quietly! I took you, Sissy, Griff, Pey Pey & Noah by myself. Because I’m Superwoman!

You are still in a size 3 diaper. You are in 9-12 month clothes.

Figured out how to eat the sticker this month… People are still calling you “she” and “girl”…Your eyelashes keep getting longer!

Bath time is one of your favorite parts of the day! You wait until time for me to wash your hair and you latch on to my arm like a spider monkey! You think this is the funniest thing ever!

Your breastfeeding/eating schedule is still exactly like last month!

Still no teeth, mommy is thankful for THAT! ;)

Sitting up like a pro!

You became a big cousin to Cason this month. You LOVE him! It’s fun to watch!

You are seriously the best baby. I drag you everywhere and you are just happy where ever!

Just to name a few…This month you’ve been to a closing…

You stayed with me at the hospital all day when Cason was born… 

Went with me to the dermatologist…

 

And, of course, we spend a lot of time at the office!

You celebrated your very first Thanksgiving AND Christmas this month!(post coming soon!) It was a lot of fun! And this one? This one’s just for ME! Eyelashes, nose, lips, drool, neck sugar…YES.

We LOVE LOVE LOVE you B!!!

Mommy

Happy Birthday Reece!

Today our sweet girl is SIX years old! How that’s possible I don’t know! She’s so sweet with Brooks and rough with Griffin and Peyton(because she has to be!) I am so thankful for her, us girls have to stick together! Even though she’s sometimes a Daddy’s girl!

Since her birthday is so close to Christmas we had her party last weekend at CHOM! She had a blast playing with old and new friends! Reece LOVES Pinkalicious! Hello Kitty Snuggie! YES! Happy Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!! We love you!

Visiting Santa

We took the kids last night to visit Santa! Griffin and Peyton could care less, Reece is at the age where she LOVES him and Brooks didn’t know what to think! I thought he would cry but he just smiled! My four sweet little angels!

Gingerbread Houses!

Each year for as long as I can remember I’ve done gingerbread houses with the kids! Over the weekend we made this year’s! I went with the village this time so that everyone could have their own. SCORE! Huge hit!

I mean, really? How cute is he?  

What? You mean you don’t have car parts in boxes in your kitchen?

This is how it really is at our house…all the time!

Meet Cason!

My sweet little nephew, Cason Reed, made his grand entrance yesterday! He is SO sweet! And SO tiny! He is the smallest out of all of our babies, so far!(heehee, yes I did) We love him SO much!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving may very well be my favorite holiday! It’s definitely right up there with Christmas! I love spending time with family and you always have a few days to recover before returning to work!

Yes, the tree was up before Thanksgiving this year! I ALWAYS wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving to put it up but I just could not wait this year!

I can’t do this post without telling this funny story…My Dad has a couple of pet turkeys. They are very tame and friendly. They are attracted to anything red. Wellll Griffin and Peyton had on red shirts when we were at their house. After lunch they went outside to play. We were sitting by a window when like two flashes of lightening Griffin and Peyton went running across the yard…the turkeys were chasing them, one flying, one running! Griffin and Peyton were terrified and white as sheets! So funny! ha!

Now it’s time for Christmas cheer! Actually, first it’s time for newborn snuggles because my little nephew will be here TOMORROW!!!!! Eeekkkkk!!!

Happy Birthday Josh!

Happy Happy Birthday to my sweet, sweet hubby!  You are one amazing man, Joshua Brett!!I love you more than ANYTHING and I can’t wait to grow old with you!

Roll Tide!

Reece attended her first Bama game this past weekend! She had a blast! It was cold and rainy and she still had fun! Josh took her and the boys, I stayed home with B! Between the weather and breastfeeding it was best for us to stay home! It was a pretty low-key game for our Tide so it was the perfect first game for her! ROLL TIDE and bring on the Iron Bowl!

Brooks – 7 Months!

Brooks, you are 7 MONTHS OLD! Sheesh! Here’s what you’re up to these days!

Can we say ham?! - Being cute, always! - This age is such a joy! You have the sweetest little personality, everyone in the house is still fighting  over you. I thought by now this wouldn’t be an issue but you are just so lovable!

- You are pretty much sitting up! - Still no teeth!

- Still breastfeeding like a champ! Yay! PawPaw started making your baby food this month, which is turning out great! You still eat the same foods as last month plus chicken! You also like pears now because red skin pears are a little sweeter so we use that to make your food! You nurse when you wake up, then eat rice cereal for breakfast, then you nurse mid-morning, you have two jars of food at lunch, nurse twice in the afternoon, have two jars at dinner, then pumped milk for bedtime which is Daddy time! If you wake in the night you have pumped milk or nurse.

- Still in size 3 diapers, Pampers Swaddlers are our FAV. They work best, hands down.

- 6-9 and 9 month clothes, with some 9-12 month mixed in.

- Still sporting those baby blue eyes, you’re welcome! haha!

- You finally have enough hair for a baby mohawk! YES! Griffin and Peyton are jealous, just as we knew they would be!

- You started sucking your TOES this month! WHAT?

- Mommy and Sissy call you “B”!

- This month you will become BIG COUSIN to Cason!! YAYYYYY!!!!!! You two will be BFF!

We love you so much sweet boy!!!!

-Mommy