Bruiser Brody!

I started this post on Brody's 4 month birthday & I'm finishing it up 4 days later because RSV decided to invade our little man. He's doing really well considering. He's wheezing quite a bit but in a pretty good mood.

Bruiser Brody is 4 months old today. It is CRAZY to me that he is already 4 months. I'm going to ramble here for a few minutes about him. You can skip all this info. It's mainly for his baby book that I might start when he's 18. hehe :) Brody is quite the ham. He has the best smile & laugh. It just melts your heart everytime. He's still sleeping through the night. Praise the Lord! :) He eats well which is proven by the fact that he weighs 17 lbs 13 oz. He's 25 1/2 " long & his big water head measures 45 cm. He has no interest in rolling anywhere at this point. I can't blame him. If I was that small & weighed that much, I wouldn't go anywhere either. :) He has started ending up in a completely opposite position than what I put him to bed with. So I guess he's figuring out some way to move. He drinks about 5 bottles a day. Brody like to sit in the bumbo chair. He wants to see what's going on in the world. He LOVES his brother. He just laughs & laughs at Gibson. Although, to G's credit, he's a pretty funny kid. :) B is my snuggle baby. Gibson was one of those kids that just wanted his space when he was tired. Just lay him down & let him be. Which was nice once he was older. But I definitely missed having a lovey baby that wanted me to hold him & snuggle with him. B is my more snuggley (if that's a word) baby. He sleeps best when he's laying on your chest. He would rather you hold him & love on him. He has the same hair style as his brother. The flat mo-hawk. All his hair is in the center on the top of his head. B has less hair than G done but's it's the same style. Brody has discovered his tongue. He sticks it out & tries to figure out exactly what it is. Brody is sitting in my lap & he's licking me right now so I better wrap it up.
Here are a few pics of our chunky monkey.

Ignore the drool running down his body. He was tired of sitting up so I laid him down but forgot to wipe the drool off.

There! That's better. No drool. ;) (i forgot to mention that when I took him to the doctor on Wednesday that he weighed 18 lbs 6 oz. Geez!)

How you doing?

This picture REALLY makes me laugh!

The picture above looks reminded me of this. Pretty funny!

Poor Gibson was deprived of playing in the snow because he was sick. He was going to work with me because Jason was on duty for the entire 48 hours the snow was on the ground. So we built a snowman at work. Don't laugh. I don't like being cold & I am not a professional snowman builder.

I mentioned in another post that I've got to get used to at least one of the boys not looking at the camera when I need them to. They were experts in that field here. Oh well!
Brotherly love!

See what I mean? Gibson finally looks & Brody looks like a ghost. Ugh!

Gibson starts t-ball in a few weeks. Should make for a busy & exciting spring!

Bringing Chubby Back!!

Brody was our model at work the other day. He was modeling a shirt that is PERFECT for him. I need to post some pics of him in just his diaper so you can see the rolls in all their glory. For now, you get to see
Brody bringing chubby back!

Get in my belly!!!
(Aren't we terrible for doing this?) hehe

Snow Night!!

I can't remember the last time that it snowed this much. It's crazy. We checked earlier this afternoon at work and we had 6 inches sitting on our trucks. And what's even better is that it is good snow. You know...the good snowball fight & snowman making snow. Gibson is beyond thrilled that it has snowed this much. He has been wanting to play in it all day long but I haven't let him because he has been sick. He has croup (supposedly). I'm not entirely convinced because the kid doesn't act sick at all. He definitely has a cough & it sounded croupy on Monday morning but by mid-morning Monday, his cough was dry & less barky. He hasn't ran any fever (that I've caught) & he's still eating really well. He does act tired quite a bit but I'm not convinced that it's because of croup. Anyways, all that just to say that I finally let him play in the snow for a few minutes when we got home from work. It THRILLED his little soul! Can't you tell?

Brody, on the other hand, was not as excited. I really wanted pictures of him in his first big snow. Jason is at work today & all day tomorrow so I had to do the snow picture thing by myself. So, I stuck him in his bumbo chair & threw him out in the snow where he could have cared less about the snow. He just kept giving me the same expression. He did finally look at a car that was driving down the road but the rest of the 25 pictures are the exact same 'What in the world are you doing' expression. Oh well. At least I have proof of him in his first big snow.

Here's the best picture of the two of them. Why is that if I get a good picture of Brody, Gibson is making some goofy face. And if I get a good picture of Gibson, then Brody has his hand over his mouth. Oh well. I guess I better get used to it.

I hope Gibson is feeling much better tomorrow so he can play in the snow & build the snowman he's been begging for. I love all this pretty snow but I'm not gonna love it so much when it's all melted & the yard is even more flooded than it was. Maybe it'll dry out sometime in August. :) Have a great Friday!!

Two Chunky Monkeys

We had to take Brody to the doctor yesterday. He has bronchitis & an ear infection. I hate that we are already dealing with ear infections. I hope he doesn't have problems like Gibson did. Anyway, yesterday at the doc, Brody weighed in at a whopping 16 lbs 1 oz. I couldn't believe it! He's such a big boy. The doctor said we may have a linebacker to feed. :) So, after our doctor visit, I started to think about Gibson & what he weighed when he was Brody's age. I dug out the paperwork (because I have yet to finish his baby book) & Gibson weighed 14 lbs 15 oz at 4 months old. Brody is only 3 months old & weighs 16 lbs 1 oz. I wasn't expecting that much of a difference. I remember Gibson always being a big baby too. I guess he was...just not as big as Brody.

Here's a little photo comparison. Both of my boys are 3 months old in these pics.

Gibson

Brody

My two favorite chunky monkeys!!

Triple B....Big Boy Brody!!

Here's our little big man! Brody is 3 months old now & quite the heavyweight. :) He weighs about 15 lbs. That's not official because we won't go back to the doc until his 4 months check-up. He's quite the ham. He loves to play pat-a-cake. He likes to eat (a lot) but doesn't like to burp. :( He has acid reflux which is SO sad. I hate it when he hurts. He's sleeping through the night now. (Insert choirs singing HALLELUJAH!!!!) He naps from about 9pm or so until his last bottle at 11pm & then will sleep until 7am or so. I cannot put into words how much this thrills me. :) I hope I can cut out that last bottle pretty soon so I can start getting in bed at a decent hour. We have a pretty good routine down now. He goes to work with me if Jason is working. If Jason is off, then he keeps B at home. He naps pretty good most days. Overall, he's a pretty good baby. He's not big into lying on his belly for belly time. Neither was Gibson. Brody could already use a haircut. He has hairs around his ears that when pulled straight go below his ear lobe. Don't worry...there's no haircut in sight for B at this point. I'm hoping I get to wait until that magical one year old mark. However, G had his first haircut at 7 months so I'm not crossing my fingers B will make it to a year old without looking like a hippie. :) Brody loves his big brother. He thinks G is hilarious. Gibson has started playing with B more. For a while, G ignored B unless he was crying loud enough that G couldn't hear his cartoons. Now, Gibson will talk to B about his day & he likes to give him hugs & kisses before bedtime. Ok....enough of my rambling for now. I may eventually come back & add more info here for B's baby book. But for now, I'm done. Enjoy a few pics of Bruiser Brody!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas was lots of fun this year! Gibson had a blast & told us that "this Christmas was the best Christmas ever".

During the night Christmas eve, Gibson joined Jason & I in bed. Oh wait, Brody was already in bed with us. So it got pretty crowded real quick. :)

Gibson in bed Christmas morning! Gibson wanted an airplane & a spiderman for Christmas. Pretty easy list, huh? This is his reaction to seeing the airplane.

and now Spiderman!


This was Brody's reaction to Christmas at our house. Pretty good since he didn't open a single present.

Santa also brought a Spiderman costume. Gibson was thrilled! He put it on immediately & barely took it off the rest of the day.

Playing with the stocking stuffers!

One last pose before we go down to Nannie & PaPaw's for Christmas. Here he has on his Spiderman outfit under his Christmas pajamas. (& it was a fight to get him to put on the pj's.)

At Nannie & Papaw's house, Gibson wanted to make sure Payden didn't get a jump on any of the toys. So he tackled poor Payden.

Gibson got lots of fun things at Nannie & Papaw's. Can you tell he was a little excited?

A very cool Cars alarm clock!

Payden ripping open one of his presents!

Santa brought a Hungry, Hungry Hippos game with the strict instructions that it MUST stay at Nannie & Papaw's house for the sake of my ears. :) The boys decided to play a very competitive game.

I'm not sure who won but it was very intense.

This picture made me laugh because Josh looks like Paul Bunyan compared to the rest of them.

Brody enjoyed Christmas at Nannie & Papaw's too. Just in a little different way.

The day after Christmas, we went to Gran's house to celebrate with Jason's family. Gibson got 40 cars from his Nana & Poppy. Thanks so much! We didn't have any of those at our house. (said with VERY sarcastic tone).

Gibson also got some Spiderman & Transformers pajamas. Very exciting!!

He also took home this snazzy robot dump truck. It responds to voice commands & dances. Gibson thinks it's hilarious.

Brody had a good time at Gran's too. He wasn't a tad bit spoiled while we were there.

Brody's favorite thing from Christmas this year was the discovery of our ceiling fan. He just laughs & talks to the fans all the time.

The tree is down & decorations are put up. I better start saving now for next year's Christmas. I'll have a 5 year old & a 14 month old strutting through my house. Where will I put all the toys?!?

Happy Halloween (on Christmas)! :-)

Quick Halloween post! :)

Gibson was a cowboy this year. Six shooters, spurs & cowboy hat. He was SO excited!

Little man was only a couple of weeks old so he dressed up as a skeleton. (Thanks to a $3 onesie from Walmart.) You can't see his costume here but this was about as excited as he got this halloween.
Next year will be LOTS of fun!!