February 26th was Ben's birthday! Brodie and I made Daddy a birthday card, which he loved. :) Then that evening after work, the three of us loaded up in the car and drove to Ellsworth for the weekend.
We got to Ellsworth at about 10pm and Brodie was asleep, until we went in Nana & Grandpa's house. haha Then he was up until about 1am!! Just wanting to play and sing. I went to bed early, so Brodie slept with Auntie Eden and Nana (well, played mostly and slept a little).
Saturday Great Grandpa & Grandma Gwinner came over and saw Brodie. They also gave him a little horsey to play with. It rocks and it also has wheels so he can roll around on it. I tried putting him on it but he didn't really want to play with it right then.
After Great Grandpa & Grandma left, Brodie went down for a nap for awhile. When he woke up, I tried changing his diaper and he did not like it! I think that was the first time Grandpa really saw Brodie cry! haha Great Grandpa came back over with Cousin Ashlyn. She was shy around Brodie, but eventually she warmed up to him and started giving him toys to play with. He just kept watching her and just smiling! :)
Then, Brodie and I went to Salina to visit my family. They had prepared us a nice meal-hamburgers, fries, and green beans. Brodie sat on Grandma's lap and she fed him. He ate some, but most of the food went on the floor. He had fun though.
Brodie was having so much fun just crawling around at his Great Grandpa Miller's house! He would go into the kitchen then go back into the living room and then back into the kitchen! haha It was so funny. He wore himself out that night. Fell asleep in Grandma's arms. It was so sweet. Brodie and I stayed the night there and went back to Ellsworth in the morning.
Sunday, I was just exhausted and kinda hurting, so Daddy and Auntie Eden took Brodie to go visit Great Grandma K. After they got back, Grandpa was playing with Brodie for awhile. He was standing up leaning on the coffee table in the living room clacking these two balls together. Then, he leans back and HE STOOD BY HIMSELF!!! TWICE!! I was SO excited!! I was all yelling at Brodie "Brodie, you're standing by yourself, such a big boy!" He just looked at me like "why are you yelling my name mom?!" haha Such a big step for my little boy! :) After playing, Daddy loaded the car and we left to go back home.
Brodie is always good in the car. He just jabbered and sang and made noises until he fell asleep. Once he woke up, he was getting kinda fussy but we gave him a bottle and turned up the radio and he was fine the rest of the time. But when we got home, he was so happy! Him and Vida both were happy to be home. Driving around our neighborhood, Vida would start standing up and looking around getting anxious and Brodie was just jabbering in the back.
Here are a couple pictures from the weekend, just a couple. They're both from Saturday. Auntie Eden holding Brodie and Grandma holding Brodie while he slept.