6 Months

At 6 months Brooks is still happy and smiley as always. He is famous for his crazy facial expressions. There is never a dull moment with this kid. This month's photo shoot was another difficult one. He has a fascination with the month sticker and cannot take his eyes or hands off of it!

This month he really mastered baby food. He loved everything we gave him. We had to cut him off sometimes because if left to his own devices, he would eat until he was sick! 

Even though he loves to eat, he is still a teeny tiny little boy. This month he weighed in at 13 pounds 2 ounces. He is growing in length though. Guess he will just be tall and skinny, lucky boy!

This month Brooks celebrated his first Halloween! He dressed as a dinosaur and was ridiculously adorable! We went to our Ward's Halloween party and had a blast. Then Brooks and I went to South Carolina where he got to trick or treat for the first time. It was hot in SC and his costume was very warm so he wasn't too impressed and didn't last long, but he sure was cute!

He continues to love to jump in his jumperoo. He gives anyone who meets his eye a big ole smile. He rolls around like crazy when playing on the floor and winds up in the oddest places (under the couch, behind the bed, etc.) He continues to yell at church every Sunday. His favorite toy by far and away is Sophie the Giraffe. 

We love you Brooksy Bear!

5 Months!

Let me start by saying that the fifth month is when we realized we are going to have our hands full with this one! He is FULL of energy. I really feel like he is a two year old stuck in a 5 month old's body. He is a loud man, whether he's happy or sad. He loves to play loud and I love every second of it. I had THE HARDEST TIME in the world doing his little 5 month photo shoot. He was all over the place. Laughing, yelling, trying to grab his little 5 month sticker, drooling on his 5 month sticker, spitting up on his 5 month sticker. Needless to say that thing was a mess by the time we were done. Although he was not cooperating, as sitting still is no longer on Brooks' lists of things he is willing to do, I still think we got some cute ones. 

He has really found his voice and has THE BEST LAUGH EVER. It is seriously the best sound in the world. His new favorite thing is yelling in church. He's not mad or anything he just wants to yell. I gave a talk in church one Sunday and he just yelled away while Dan was holding him. 

This month he discovered his feet and let me tell you he was FASCINATED when he found those things. The world's best teething toy in his mind. One day I was changing him and he just all of the sudden lifted them up and stared at them. Then he looked at me, then back at his feet. It was like he was thinking, "Why didn't you tell me about these?" Since then, he sticks those toes in his mouth every chance he gets. 

Brooks still loves to play with Kitty on his play mat, but he also got a jumperoo to play in. It took him a while to figure out that he could bounce it on his own, but once he figured that out he decided it was so much fun. 

This month he also started eating some baby food! Then we had a traumatic experience for mom, dad, and Brooks involving a banana, so this is also the month he stopped eating baby food. Haha, let's just say he loves to eat, maybe too much, and his first time momma was too silly to realize when enough is enough (like a whole banana). Oh geez, poor first child Brooks! However, this momma got the courage to try again the following month so more details on that later!

Brooks continues to be the absolute light of our lives. Our loves grows for him every day. He is such a happy little man. His happiness is contagious. It is IMPOSSIBLE to have a bad day when you are around this little guy!