Week 24

Another week has passed, and I'm almost not behind on pictures.  Brian is really talking up a storm in his own little language.  He's getting close to saying real words, we think.  He sure wants to be able to communicate with us!  He's also been laughing out loud.  A lot.  And it's really cute.  It's small chuckles, and loud cackles, and little smirks.  He really has a sense of humor, and he loves to be surprised (and to anticipate).  He's doing so many things I wish I could show you!

One thing I wanted to be sure to share was Cory and Brian playing at the piano together.  Brian really loves to imitate what his Daddy is doing, and piano is just one way he does that.  Enjoy this video!



I wanted to mention, in case anyone wasn't sure - you can always click on the little pictures in the blog and it will take you to the full sized image (scaled to your screen) so you can see our cute little Bear up close!

Grandmother Brenda and Grandpapa Dell (Cory's parents) came to visit and help us out at the house.  They enjoyed playing with Brian.  In the first pictures, Cory and Grandmother Brenda are dancing with Brian - and he's loving it! Notice the two teeth in the last picture.  (They can also be seen in his weekly picture for this week.)

Brian enjoyed sitting next to Grandpapa Dell on the couch.  Notice the similar arm positions - I think it's the genetic "guy couch pose" that Brian is already demonstrating!

 

 More bath time.  So much fun!  And so cute - can't help but share.

 Here are some stills of the piano sessions...

 Some more of the weekly "Help Mama survive being at work" pictures from Brian's play days with Grandma Amy.  

 In my attempt to get a cute weekly picture, I got this set of pictures of Brian playing.  He studies his toys so carefully, I can't wait to see what he comes up with each time we play with them.

 Sitting in the front yard with Papa Chuck.  It was a warm, sticky, humid day in South Texas and Brian was sporting the popular "bib and diaper" combo. 

  

Brian enjoying Grandma Amy (and some good naps!)

Notice in the bottom two pictures how Cory is holding Brian out in front of him.  Cory loves this "Daddy chair" - and it's quite a workout.  At over 18 pounds, Brian isn't a lightweight!

 Brian enjoyed sitting in the high chair at a local restaurant - for a little while anyways.  In the first picture, he was staring at the ladies at the table behind us.  Amazingly enough they didn't notice him with all the chatting they were doing!

As you all probably know, we've been working on getting our house ready to sell.  Cory has been doing a lot of work on painting and prepping the house.  Here, Brian is watching him work - he seems to take to the supervising role, don't you think?

 We went up to Sugar Land for a meal and some shopping.  Brian's favorite thing about the PF Chang's (lunch) was the monkey grass out front.  He loves to play with it (and he certainly wanted to eat it).  By the time we got around to frozen yogurt for desert he was tuckered out - he slept the whole way home!

 Miscellaneous 'Mama and Brian' pictures.