The Little 'Mussen

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Week 14 - under the weather

We discovered this week that our little boy is the happiest sick baby ever! He's been under the weather (as have his dad and I) but he still manages to play, and smile, and laugh, and talk to us. It seems he's on the road to recovery, and I'm glad as it's really hard to watch him be sick and not be able to do much for him. Here are some pictures of our cutie this week! Also, I've updated his weekly pictures with a new one from this week.

Good morning! Here are three cute pictures my Mom sent me at work this week. Such a blessing to get pictures of my happy boy when I'm at work.

He found his feet this week. Here he is practicing grabbing his toes. Exciting, huh?

So you can't tell from this picture, but he was leaning forward against my arms so that he looked like the figurehead on the front of a ship.

Lounging with dad, watching football!

Napping boys ... Like father, like son!

We've reached the "everything in the mouth" stage. Here, it's the turtle's turn!

Out for a walk in the "little" stroller - he's reading the warning label - fascinating!

Playing with daddy (and the puppies) - I love this set of pictures!

Playing with Grandma

Football with Papa Chuck!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Three months!

Can you believe it? Three months ago today Brian was born. In three months he's learned so much, and grown so much. And we couldn't imagine our life without him. And yet he's so much a part of our lives that I didn't even think to get a special picture of him (or us as a family) today. Shame on me.

Maybe later this week, when we're not sick, I'll get a good picture of the three of us to post. Until then it's just a "happy third month birthday, Brian! We love you!!"

:)

Monday, January 3, 2011

Week 13

Just pictures - my brain is too tired to come up with anything witty to say. :)

Brian loves to lay on his changing table and play - in this case he's checking out one of his books.

Grandma Amy sends me great pictures of Brian playing when I'm at work - this morning he was discovering his cool turtle with the great hair. This guy really makes him smile!

Playing with Daddy in the swing

Our friends Thomas and Lauren came to visit us this weekend. Here are a few pictures of Lauren enjoying Brian (he certainly enjoyed her too) and one of the boys playing games with Brian watching. He's starting to enjoy stuffed animals (thanks for this frog - and other cool stuff - Thomas and Lauren).

Papa Chuck helps out Grandma Amy with the afternoon shift after he gets off work (and before I get home). Thanks, Papa Chuck!

Brian prefers to be standing up (or sitting up) now instead of laying back on us. Here he is standing up with Daddy.

And here he is standing up across Daddy's knee - I had to take this picture. Isn't he just too adorable in the jeans? :)

I have a Moby sling that I haven't really used so far. I tried it out this weekend, and he seemed to like it just fine (as long as he was in a mellow mood, anyways). Here he is just chillin' out. Nice to have a "hands-free" option for the baby boy!

And here he is enjoying one of his toys. He's really started holding things on his own, and checking them out in a very serious fashion.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy New Year! (And week 12 in pictures)

Well we made it to 2011. It was a quiet evening of the three of us here, and we all loved it. I figured today was a good day to get caught up on pictures, so here are last weeks photos. Maybe tomorrow I'll get caught up on this week!

We hope you all had a wonderful New Years Eve! We are looking forward to an amazing 2011.

I already posted our Christmas pictures, but here are a few more from Christmas day.

Here is my classic attempt at a family picture. You can see that both of my boys weren't interested. :)

On Sunday night, Papa Chuck and Cory decided to let off fireworks on the beach. We bundled up (it was cold ... for the Gulf coast) and proceeded to watch from the truck. Brian wasn't so fond of the sound.

On Monday I worked to make up for a day I'd taken off earlier. Since it wasn't a work day (officially a holiday at work) I brought my mom and Brian. It was fun having them at work!

Our friend Teresa came to visit - Brian loves his "aunt" Teresa!

We went for a walk in the "big" stroller. Brian seemed to enjoy looking forward, rather than being in the infant carrier facing me. He sure doesn't look only 3 months old!