Summer Fun....Carrots Yum!

The Summer is flying by!  Buck and I decided to get out of town for the weekend and headed to San Antonio to visit with my in-laws.  It was a wonderful, relaxing weekend away!  Here are some pictures of us from the weekend (thank you Grandpa!): 

I like this series of photos with Brock and Daddy:

We were all laughing at how babies love to give slobbery kisses.  So cute!

Brock had his first veggie last Thursday.  Daddy asked Brock to choose between a container of carrots and a container of peas.  Brock immediately went for the carrots and Mommy was happy.  He is already reaching for the burnt orange!  Here is a very tired baby boy eating his first carrots.

Last week Brock started rolling over like it was no big deal-roll here, roll there, soon he will be rolling everywhere.  I woke up in San Antonio to find him sleeping on his stomach (he must have rolled over some time during the night).  I jumped up so fast to make sure he was breathing.  Of course, this makes the grandmas laugh because they were told to put us to sleep on our tummies when we were babies.  Anyways, Brock was fine and I guess he likes sleeping on his tummy just like his Mommy.

Five Months

Yes, that is right, five months!  In the words of Uncle Stephen, "Brock is looking more like a cute lil man everyday."  Isn't that the truth!  Let's see....he has been eating oatmeal cereal for a few weeks now and sleeping thru the night.  He officially grew out of his Bumbo chair last week when it took two people to get him out of it!  Brock spent a few days with his Grandma (Buck's Mom) traveling all over (first trip out of TX) to visit his great grandparents, great great Mimi and family friends.  And boy was he tired each evening when we picked him up.....Grandma tired him out!!  Here are a couple of pictures taken with Grandma's iPhone when Brock visited his Great Grandma and Great Great Mimi in Oklahoma:

  

He is a happy baby boy....ready to get up and go....

Photo shoot compliments of Grandpa.

Freeze Frame Time

I arrived home from work later than usual this evening and only had an hour (if that) with Brock before he went to bed.  That time was filled with feeding him oatmeal cereal, bath, bottle and then bed.  It went by way too fast!  It made me think of this song:

It Won't Be Like This For Long
Artist: Darius Rucker

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It's gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long

Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long

Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on

‘Cause it won’t be like this for long
 
Sometimes I wish I could freeze frame time....

This and That...

"Lord all I need today is my daily bread. Because money is just money, It comes and it goes. Things are just things, so breakable. Nothing lasts forever, except our love and our soul." - Sean McConnell

My brother posted that quote a couple of months ago and it stuck with me, so I thought I would share it with you.  Last week I had the opportunity to volunteer at The Stewpot in Dallas.  The Stewpot is a local resource center for homeless and at-risk individuals.  I helped serve lunch to almost 800 individuals.  That is a lot of people in need!  As I mentioned in my last post, one of the best gifts to give is time.  I am really working on this, which is not easy with a new baby!

Need a munchkin update?  Well....a couple of weeks ago we tried rice cereal.  The first night he ate it up and then screamed bloody murder every subsequent time we offered it to him.  I did my research and decided to try oatmeal cereal last night.  According to Brock, it was "yummmmm....ummmmm."  He ate it up and then slept 11 hours straight.  Hip hip hooray! 

So Blessed!

Saturday morning Brock was baptized at St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell.  He had several family and friends witness his special event.  We are so blessed to have all of these wonderful people in our lives.  We want to thank everyone that attended and especially those that traveled from out of town.  They say the best gift you can ever give is the gift of "time" and it really meant a lot to us that everyone took time out of their busy lives to celebrate Brock's special day.  And....a BIG thank you to Aunt Kathy and the other "elves in the kitchen" for assisting with the preparations on Friday.  With your help, there was not a shortage of laughs and I was able to get a few hours of sleep :)  Thank you Gigi and Grandpa for hosting the after party at your home.  A great time was had by all!

Brock's Godparents are brother Stephen and our good friend Jen.

I found my feet!

Hard to believe our munchkin is four months old!!!  He had his check-up and shots last Friday.  We have a perfectly healthy baby boy.  His stats:

Height:  25 inches - 55th percentile
Weight:  15 pounds, 10 ounces - 67th percentile
Head Circumference:  42 cm - 44th percentile

I teased him that he was shrinking because he went from 90th to 55th percentile in height!  The dr. said we can start him on rice cereal now.  I am a little nervous about this....if his appetite is anything like his father's we are in trouble.  Once we give this boy food, there is no turning back!!

Brock is now reaching out for things....like his feet.  We are at the stage of moving things away from him as we sit at the table.  He wants to touch, grab, knock over and/or put in his mouth EVERYTHING!

Changes are a happening....

When I was young, the Fourth of July was a bittersweet holiday.  I loved the fireworks, parades, food, etc, but in the back of my mind I knew it meant Summer was halfway over.  Well, yesterday I had a similar feeling.  Tomorrow I go back to work after being on maternity leave for almost four months.  I sure am going to miss my little guy!!!! :(
Brock had a good time playing with Uncle Stephen yesterday.

I suppose I should catch you up on Brock's accomplishments over the past two weeks.  Let's see.....

He is starting to tolerate "tummy time" and even pushes himself up now.

He laughs hysterically when Gigi plays airplane with him.  He even straightens out his little arms and legs like Superman sometimes.

He slept completely through the night for a couple of nights.  However, we are not lucky enough for that to last! 

On a different note, our home is days away from being ready!  Yippee!!  Buck has done a wonderful job.  I will post pictures eventually. If you want to help us move in, come on over :)