More week 27

Round two - I found even more pictures!  I'll put them at the top so they get seen.  If I'd have thought about it for very long I'd have realized there were some very important pictures missing.  However, I blame the sleep deprivation for the fact that I completely spaced these.

We don't very often get pictures with us three girls together...

A bunch of cute, random pictures of Brian and Aunt Julie together. When you see them staring off to the left, they're watching golf. 

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OK, I finally edited the rest of the week 27 pictures.  Here they are.  Some of these are blurry, but I think they're fun so I'm putting them in anyways.  I've also updated Brian's weekly pictures to include this weeks.  I won't get to the pictures from this week any time soon so I wanted you to see just how cute he is.  Still.  Always!  :)

Here is Brian sitting in Grandma Amy's rocking chair from when she was a kid.  In the first picture, Brian is looking at Aunt Julie ...

These are from a restaurant where we had lunch while my sister was here.  Brian spent lots of time with her, and they had fun.  Some of these are blurry (ok, really blurry!) due to cell phone camera user error.  But they're still cute...

Notice the progression here.  Holding the foot.  Tasting the foot.  Eating the foot!

This is Sophie la Girafe.  No really, google it.  She's been around since 1961, and we got her on the recommendation of the guy at the AT&T cell phone store.  And he loves her!  It's like a dog toy for our son.  But we call it a teething toy because that sounds better ...

Week 27 - caught up (at least for a few days)

Update: Saturday

I just found a whole bunch of cell phone pics from this week that I didn't put in the mix. I knew there were more pictures!  So, look for an update with the other pictures (especially some great ones with Aunt Julie) in the next few days.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog post ...

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AH, I'm caught up! Can you believe it? I can't!! These are the pictures from last week ... and I managed to get them up before this week was over.

Here are a couple of pictures of the three of us in honor of Brian's 6 month birthday on 4/4/11.  He's getting so big!

He's really enjoying this ball now.  His favorite toy changes by the day, but at least for a few days this was it!

Did you say something?

This looks like a game of hide and seek but he's just sleeping.  Can that really be comfortable?  He seems to find the strangest ways to sleep!

"My First Fort" by Brian

Slobbering on Papa Chuck.

The jungle gym of Grandma!

Ah, sweet morning smiles!

Followed by a little Yoga to get the blood flowing.  Man, this kid can do planks with the best of them!

All tuckered out, napping.  So sweet.

"What do you mean the socks go on my feet not in my mouth?  My feet go in my mouth, so it makes sense my socks should be there too ..."

Walter has the best "hair"  Just don't let go of the wrong end, Brian!

Studying the toy bar ...

Super Baby!  He gets his bibs turned around sometimes and looks like a super hero in flight!

Remember last week when Brian was chewing on the table?  Grandma Amy moved him away from the table a bit, and he's protesting!

A walk around the block - and some more of that yoga stretching ... really, how does he get his foot that far up there and manage to look so nonchalant about it?

My sister came to visit this weekend on her way to some training.  It was fun to get to introduce her and Brian - he really seemed to enjoy her.  I can't wait for her kids to meet him soon too!

Miscellaneous cute shot - it just doesn't get old looking at his sweet face!

We had dinner at Fuddruckers this week.  Brian really enjoys the high chair now (until your food arrives, of course).  In the last picture he had just noticed the ceiling fan over his left shoulder!

6 month check up

Our growing boy had his 6 month check-up and vaccines this monday (4/11).  He weighed in at 19 pounds and 3 ounces, and was measured at 28.25" long (or would that be tall now?).  He's back down to the 95th percentile mark on his height, and staying around the 75th percentile on weight.  Just right for our little bear.

Just thought I'd share ...

Videos!

Ok, I have so many cute videos I thought I'd take the time to share a few.  I'm still trying to figure out what video service I like best, so bear with me.  :)


Here is one from today that I just had to start with.  Brian is loving the "Peekaboo" game now, and Grandma Amy was playing with him when I picked him up today.





Here's one of him when he discovered how to crinkle paper at the Fuddruckers (w27). Since then he has wanted to get his hands on all things paper!



Here's a cute set of two videos from week 26. We were playing together on the guest bed. The first is just him sitting up being cute. It's pretty short, and it loses focus at the end. Sorry about that.



The second is him laying down talking to me in his own language. He has so many wonderful noises (and trust me, you can tell what he's saying even when he's not saying any words).




This last one is of him playing with the rolling toy on his bouncer (w27). He's been fascinated with it since day one; I can just sit and watch him study it for hours. It's great to watch him explore his world. Such a smart boy! (The look on his face at the end is because he looked up into the flash - and it's bright!)

Week 26 - a whole half year old already!

26 weeks.  That's half a year.  I can't believe it's been half a year!  It can't be - time can't be going that fast!  But, it is.  Brian is doing so many new things I can hardly keep up.  He's trying to crawl (still - making progress), walk (he'll take steps if we hold his hands), pull up on things, talk (he said Baby this week, and something that we think is Bunny in honor of some of his favorite stuffed bunnies).  He's really not sure he wants to wait until he's supposed to do anything, if he has any say in the matter.  Here are some (ok lots) of pictures from this week. 

 The bouncer, so much fun!  On the left he's checking out that baby that seems to show up every time he's in front of a mirror.  So much fun having a playmate.  :)  On the right, can't you just hear him laughing?

 A few pictures from his many walks.  Grandma Amy says he loves the fire hydrants.  Maybe a budding fire fighter like Daddy?  And on the right he's loving the neighbor kitty Kinzie - he talks up a storm any time he sees a kitty, just like Mama!

A random cheesy grin

I took this picture with the new iPhone 4 with the LED flash.  Doesn't it look like a really old picture?

One sleepy evening when he was trying so hard to stay awake.  He was just lounging and doing his best to keep his eyes open.  It only worked for a little while longer ...

 Playing with Daddy.  This is Crush (from Finding Nemo) and Brian seems to love it when Daddy makes him "swim" around.

 A set of "just too cute to pick out one" pictures.  I couldn't decide which ones were the best, so you get them all.  Well actually that's not true either.  There are a bunch more that I took - I narrowed it down to my favorite 14.  He was so happy just playing and rolling around on the bed this afternoon.

Our mobile little man.  Here he is checking out the edges of his pack-n-play to see how he might get out.  We've since had to drop the sleeping surface down so he doesn't get out!

 Sweet, sleeping boy!

Brian just loves this step stool at Grandma Amy's house.  It's just the right height to play on!

We got a new chew toy teether - a strawberry.  He loves it.  He especially likes it when I'll hold it for him so he can keep playing ...

And then there are the non-teething toys that he teethes on anyways ...

 Including the table ...

Playing with the "self portrait" front camera on the phone.  It's not really meant for picture but for picture chatting on the phone.  But it worked to get some cute pictures of the two of us.  See how he's asserting his independence as the shots progress ... 

 Random pictures playing with the book.  In the last one he really looks like he's reading it!

 More random pictures of Brian and Mama.  I love the look on his face in the last one!  "Mom, not when my blog followers can see."  I can imagine that same face when I'm dropping him off for school some day.  :)

 With Grandma Amy's neighbor Julie.

 Miscellaneous Papa Chuck pictures.  In the third one they just look so nonchalant!  In the last one he was watching Brian for a few minutes.  The boys have developed a rapport whereby they each were doing their own thing while being sure where the other one was. 

 Brian loves to study things.  Zippers.  Tags.  Ribbons on Bunnies.  Anything will do!

Last but definitely not least.  Here are the "random smiles to get Mama through her work day" pictures.