Catching up - week 35

This week was back in Lake Jackson.  We were all starting to pack up, so things were a little crazy.

Sleeping boy ...

He thought this was a game.  I thought it was a way to corral him while I got things done.  Win-Win!

Random smile

Sitting on the counter with daddy, working the heck out of a toy I made him from stuff at work. 

Mmm, carrots.

These were taken on his 8 month birthday (June 4th) - trying to get a good picture.  He made lots of cute faces so I kept them all!

Playing with the door stop.  It makes a wonderful noise when you pull it back and let it go!  You can just see his mind working in that last one...

Drinking out of a big glass with Papa Chuck - he's brave!

In his new camping chair - RAWR!

Cute pictures with Mama ...

Hanging out with Uncle Scott (Cory's brother)

Sitting on the table with Big John and Peggy.  He's probably trying to talk Big John into another forklift ride!

Cory with his Fritzy pup. 

Hanging out in the pool at Gram's.  Well, it wasn't full of water yet, but you get the idea!  :)
This is one of my favorite pictures of Brian.

Super Baby! 

Another random smile ...

Hanging with Papa Chuck.

Catching up - week 34

Before I get around to the last few weeks of his first year, I wanted to go back and share a few weeks from before we moved to El Paso.  I never finished the photo sets for weeks 34 and 35 ... until now.  Here they are!  A blast from the past.

Week 34 was the week in May when we came to El Paso looking for housing and checking out the area for real.  We also stopped in Odessa on our way home (or was it the way out ... I can't remember now).

Brian in his "cage" - the hotel crib we borrowed in San Antonio.

In the car, Brian had his own Star Trek setup.  Pretty cool!

 Here he is chewing on an egg separator he "stole" from Granny B.  Turns out this is a cool bath toy!

Some pictures with Grammy in Odessa.

 

With Cory's cousin, Trey.

 In El Paso we went to the zoo.  He really noticed the meerkats and the sea lions.

 

 

It was really hot, so I was doing what I could to keep the sun off his head!

Brian loves to "drive" the cars ...

A few with Brian sleeping with his Daddy.  Cory was awake, I believe, but didn't want his picture taken so he was pretending to sleep.  Cute pictures anyways. :)

 We had a dinner party with Cory's professors and other incoming students, so Gram and Papa Chuck watched Brian for us.  He fell asleep with his foot on her shoulder!

 Like my shades?

 Ah, grass!  This was the first time he got to sit in it, since in Lake Jackson there are too many bugs and it's too darned humid to be outside.  He loved the grass!

Family pictures

We had a photo shoot with a local photographer today in honor of Brian's first birthday.  We've only seen a few of the pictures (thanks to Facebook) but they look great.  She did a great job capturing Brian.  Here's a taste.  I'll post more once we get the CD from here in a few weeks.