11 Months

At 11 months Brooks continues to be a very happy and curious baby. He is very observant and still loves the challenge of getting every stranger he encounters to give him a smile. We were out to eat one day and our waiter was not the friendliest we've ever had. This might have been Brooks' first fail at getting a smile, but it certainly wasn't for a lack of trying. He spent our entire lunch staring down our waiter giving him his best smiles and silly faces. That grump just doesn't know what he's missing.

This month was exciting because Brooks started saying his first two words! The first was Baba, for his bottle. My child would learn a food word first. Next came....Mama! I must admit I was thrilled. He was just babbling at first but he officially knows I'm Mama now. He will crawl to my feet and start yelling Mamamamama....this can be translated to Mama pick me up!

Brooks has really taken off crawling as well. He is all over the apartment so child proofing is in full effect. We play a little game of going in the bedroom or bathroom and calling his name until he comes and finds us. He thinks it's a blast.

This month Brooks also got his two top teeth! Poor guy had a bit of a hard time with these teeth but they finally cut through!

One of Brooks' favorite games to play is when one of us holds him, and the other hides behind the one holding him and pops up randomly side to side. He laughs SO hard and moves his head back and forth looking for us.

One other fun thing he does is attacks my phone when I have it on speaker phone. He is so used to doing face time, that now whenever he hears someone's voice come through it, he frantically searches for them on the phone's screen. It's pretty cute.

I cannot believe my baby will be one year old in just one short month!

10 Months

Brooks is really starting to grow so fast. This month everyone commented on how much bigger he looks. This was the first month he couldn't wear his 3 month onesie for his monthly pictures, woo hoo! 

Poor Brooks got his second cold this month and it was a doozy. Of course, I got sick at the exact same time, AGAIN, and we were both miserable. Luckily, once again, this coincided with my mom's trip up to visit so she took care of us, thank goodness! 

Brooks LOVES his Grammie. He loved every second of visiting with her. He has started a little bit of stranger danger, but Grammie is no stranger! He goes right to her like he sees her every day. We had a great visit, even though we were sick. 

We got a couple days of decent weather, so we went to the park and Brooks got to rediscover the swings. Turns out he's still a fan. We can't wait for good weather so we can be at the park way more often! 

Brooks has really started loving books this month! He loves to hold them and turn the pages. He also loves to be read to. It's so fun to see him really examine the pages as you read to him. 

He is also obsessed with the window. If he's ever upset, we just take him straight to the window. He stares at the cars and people and whatever strikes his fancy. It buys you a solid 20 minutes of entertainment! 

He has started pulling himself up to his knees. He will make his way over to his toy basket and pull up to find the right toy. 

This month Brooks got a visit from his Grandpa and Grandma Gould as well! The weather was horrible so we didn't get to do much but they played with him non-stop and he loved it. I think he was really bored the first day after they left with just me to play with.