Thursday, March 25, 2010

Got a little creative yesterday

I had found a couple canvas the other day downstairs while going through things. They've been upstairs just sitting there for awhile, so yesterday when Brodie and I got home I got a little creative. :)

I put Brodie in his activity center and put cartoons on and I sat down beside him with my paints and canvas's. He would stop and watch me for a bit, then he'd go back to watching the cartoons and walking in circles. A couple of times as he was walking in circles he'd grab hold of my pony-tail and just pull. haha I think he was just playing though.

After I was done painting each picture I would show him, but keep a good distance so he wouldn't touch it and ruin them! haha

This one I painted for Brodie, it's a Stegosaurus.


This one I painted for our baby girl, it's an elephant.


I wanted to do them more cartoony than real life. I think they're cute :) I can't wait to find frames and hang them up in the kids' room!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

It's 100% official!

We had our Level 2 Sonogram yesterday morning and the doctor confirmed, 100%, baby is a girl! Brodie will have a baby sister :)

We did get a couple pictures from the sonogram that I'll have to post later. I still have a sonogram from our last regular appointment that I need to post.

Like I said in a previous post, she does have a name. However, I'm not ready to post what it is. ;)

Monday, March 22, 2010

11 months

It's official, Brodie will be 1 in one month! My baby boy is growing up! :) Time has just flown by, almost too fast.

Saturday Dad had to work so it was just me and the boy. We played and watched some Nick Jr. I rearranged the kids' room, switched where the dresser and the other crib was. I think the room looks a lot more roomier now.

Brodie has this new thing where he likes to try to climb up the stairs. He's great at getting up the first step, which is just like a platform for the stairs going up. He'll just hang out on there and I'll be sitting on the couch watching him. My coat had fallen off the door knob and he would just lean up against my coat and just lounge. It was pretty funny. Then he'll start getting a little brave and try to go up the stairs. That's when I'll go over there and we'll just hang out. He'll jabber and go up a stair, then look back, then look ahead. Usually one of the pets are on the stairs, either Zoey (the Siamese) or Vida.

He also has this thing where he'll crawl up to the TV and just stand there and watch it. He'll pull things, such as mail, off the top of TV stand. Then if some music is playing he'll sway to and fro. It's pretty cute.

Brodie can say "uck" and "uh oh" and the weekend before last Ben taught him how to say "Jayhawk"! He already says "hey/hi" and waves. Oh, he's now jabbering on his cell phones. Before he wouldn't hold them to his ears, but now he does. He holds the phones backwards/upside down though. But he'll just hold them there and just start going on. It's so funny! The other day he was using his truck book as a phone! haha

He's still not walking, which is fine with us. His 8th tooth still hasn't came through, but we think it won't be too long before it does. He's just been drooling a lot.

Last Friday we made a surprise visit to Dad at his new shop. Ben took him out back and showed him the back of the shop and the front. He was so happy to see us! Brodie was, of course, very happy to see Daddy too :) I picked Brodie up from daycare because I got off early and right when I got there he had just laid down for his nap. So, he was up until about 4-4:30, and then he fell asleep in my arms at the shop. But after awhile, he just became dead weight and I was getting uncomfortable sitting there and had to move. Tried to gently move him to Daddy's arms but he woke up and we needed to go home. He jabbered all the way home and didn't take a nap until he went to bed! haha

Brodie is also enjoying more big boy foods. We had BBQ ribs the other night, he loved them. He doesn't really get much "baby food" anymore. We just feed him food from our plates. I had ordered some Mexican last week and he ate the rice and beans with me! He also had some of the chicken from my chimichanga.

Oh, when we're in the car-when I take him to or pick him up from daycare-and the music is on, he'll start singing! It's so cute! He'll just be in the back seat "do do do do" haha And I'll start "do do do"-ing back and we'll just keep going back and forth. He's so funny and such a happy boy.

Next month he'll be a year old. I already know I'm going to cry on his birthday. It's so amazing how much he's changed over the past year. He's grown into such a handsome little boy. He's going to be such a great big brother too!

Such a sweetheart...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Don't forget!!


I'm going to try to keep posting Brodie's birthday invite throughout the month to make sure everyone sees it! :)

So Sweet!!

Whenever Brodie crawls up to me or he's standing in his crib, I'll lift my shirt to show my belly and he'll start patting it. I'll point to it and say "baby". Sometimes he says it back, sometimes he just jabbers something else. :) I love this one, definitely one I have to find a frame for!! :)

Just some other pictures I took






Brodie playing with & helping Daddy

Sunday Brodie was in the kitchen helping Dad make rice crispy treats. Well, not really, but he was in the kitchen in his car! haha Then after the baking, the boys were just having fun! I love my boys so much!! :)

Enjoy!






Brodie and Daddy playing









It's March Madness!

Well, not really "madness" haha more like CUTENESS! :) I finally found some batteries to put in the camera and got a little camera happy the last couple of days. So I guess maybe madness on my part? haha :P

Brodie on 3/14/10
















Brodie on 3/15/10









3D picture from 29 weeks

3D picture from 29 weeks
* Sucking his thumb *