a very happy half-birthday...to you, to you...

six months. he's sitting up (for the most part), rolling over (tummy to back), eating rice cereal and fruit, and finally not gagging on formula. he's weighing in at 17 lbs 14 oz which puts him in the 50-75th percentile. he measures at 27 1/2 inches and that lands him in the 75-90th percentile. so he continues his trend of being long and lean. and what better way to end his half-birthday than cutting his first tooth? this kid has a thing for dates - born on his exact due date and his first tooth at exactly six months. what are the odds? i find myself saying that a lot lately...

you've come a long way, little man. i love you. xoxox

true story...

lady who came through security after us: did they SERIOUSLY make you send him through the x-ray machine??? isn't that taking it a little too far???

me: no, i just can't hold him and get our stuff together at the same time.

hahahaha. greatness.

O who???...

brooksie b attended his first texas tech game today...

you know it's a blowout when this is the reaction...

from this seat...

it's not every day...

that you walk outside...

and see your kid in a tree...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

brooks has been at the point where he can be fussy around people he's unfamiliar with.  he is also at the point to flash unusually big smiles at someone smiling at him.  i say this because there is no way i can explain his comfort around keith.  he has not been around keith enough to warrant such a calm demeanor.  it's like he has some kind of baby sixth sense where he just knows who keith is.  and it's awesome.  he will be chest to chest with keith with the biggest smile just staring at him.  yesterday brooks was super tired.  he fell asleep on me while i was sitting right next to keith.  i had my sister take him to have him sleep on the empty bed in the room.  he woke right up and he CRIED.  jessica couldn't get him quiet, i couldn't get him quiet for a while, and then i put him next to keith.  this is what happened immediately:  

he slept like that for an hour.

can you bounce with me, bounce with me...

was he a giant stuffed animal for halloween?...

uhhhhhh...i don't know...was i?...

what?...are you serious?...i look like this guy in my pouch?...

hahahaha...that is AWESOME...

brooks: dude, does your mom feed you? you're like practically all bones...

brody: [WHACK] don't you be talkin' 'bout my mama...

julia: it's okay, brooks, don't be sad...

at least you get to hang out with all of your cousins today...

and listen to aunt kelli rap about kangaroos...she said a hip hop the hippie to the hippie the hip hip hop, a you don't stop...

pick me, pick me...

get it?

hmmmm...should i assume my signature pose?...

OKAY [insert the voice of lil jon]...

 

he totally cracks himself up...

thanks for the hat, great aunt JoAnn!!!

muahahahahah...

'twas the night before halloween...

ummmm...what was that?...

oooooh...i'm almost positive i heard something...

huh? what's a ghost???...

AAHHHHHH [insert high-pitched-screaming-like-a-girl voice here]...

i joke, i joke...

i ain't scared of no ghost...

ps...thanks aunt emily and uncle adam for the sweet jammies!!!

it smells like up dog...

so we know he won't be a bee for halloween...

and the dog didn't make the cut either...

hmmmmmmm...what will he be???

love, love...

he sees the camera...

and thinks, "oh, come on...let me just sit here with great aunt brenda..."

really? more pictures?...

fine...let me get warmed up...

bah DAH...perfect...angling and everything...