Friday, August 22, 2008

Houston, we have a problem




Sorry for not writing in such a long time. I started work this past week and have been extremely busy getting my room together for the kids next week. I have just fallen into bed every night at 9:00! My mom "Nana" came for the week to watch him because daycare doesn't start until next week (boo!). She is soooooooo exhausted...I am sure that she was happy to get into her own quiet house.

Brody has become extremely efficient at "the worm" crawl and I doubt that he'll ever really crawl becuase his is so good at this. I attatched a video (sorry that it is so dark) because it is too hard to describe. He is so funny now but very exhausting. He is everywhere all of the time! Changing his diaper and clothes has become a gigantic undertaking as he twists and turns and squirms away. He is also starting to pull himself up onto things (like the DVD player and cable box). And of course, as all kids do, he loves plugs, wires, cell phones, and the remote. Basically anything and everything that he should not play with.

He has also started to eat by himself. He loves to eat cheerioes with his hands but they stick to his hands and he gets really mad (which is kind of funny!). And finally...this is the best news for me...one of the four teeth that are on the edge of popping through cut this morning! He now has his first tooth! His teething has been the bane of my existance for the last month and now they are finally here! Thank god! I will try to post more pictures this weekend but here are some for now.


Monday, August 11, 2008

Holding a bottle




Brody has been listening to me! I have been begging him to hold his bottle and now he can. He only does it with the 4oz. bottle and he takes it out of his mouth and shakes it alot but it's a step in the right direction!

Playing Ball

Brody just got this baseball toy and he loves to hit everything with the bat. He also started clapping yesterday. I tried to tape it but of course, he only did it for a second. Maybe he's camera shy...

Hiking




Saturday Jon, Brody, Murphy and I all went on a short 3 mile hike in Catoctin State Park in Fredrick, MD. It was such a gorgeous day! Brody had a great time and didn't cry the whole hike. The only pain we ran into was that Murphy pooped about 100 ft into the hike and I had to carry his poop bag for three miles...he's such a turkey!

Monday, August 4, 2008

Blueberries



Brody had his first blueberries today and ended up wearing most of them. I dropped the spoon and on my way to get another...Brody got ahold of the bowl and started "drinking" it. Here are some of the pictures.

Bathing Beauty

We went over to our friends Mandy and Vin's house yesterday for a BBQ. They have a hot tub that is not "hot tub temperature", just bath water. Brody loved it! The only problem was he didn't let us put his swimmy diapers...


Saturday, August 2, 2008

Baugher's Farm


Brody had his first trip to a farm today. We went to Baugher's Farm in Westminster to pick some peaches and we had a great time. Brody has been having trouble with his teeth lately (especially last night) so we thought we would get out of the house for a while. We rode on a tractor and bought some watermelon for Brody (his favorite). Good thing we went before the thunderstorms hit!