Bryce & Brennon

Bryce loves his cousins Austin and Andrew! Unfortunately they don't live very close so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like.  This past Monday they came into town and met us at the mall (Bryce's favorite place to play) and the three of them played so well together.  I wish we were closer to them!  Then this weekend we went to Little Rock and had a great weekend.  Saturday we went to Jackson's birthday party at the Jump Zone, such a great party place.   He loved it and I loved getting to  see all the little cuties that we see on the blogs but again live too far away to see very often.  And Sunday we ate lunch with Brady, Danielle, Maggie, and Mimi and had lots of fun.  It's always so laid back with those guys we could be doing nothing and it's still fun! Good times.

P.S. Daddy had fun at the party too!! See picture!

I can't believe that Brennon is already 3 months old!  He is such a great baby and such a joy!  He is the easiest baby ever!  He still nurses every 2 hours but sleeps all night long (at least 11 hours) without waking up or a feeding.  He doesn't take very long naps during the day, just cat naps here and there. I have started trying to get him to take a nap during Bryce's nap in the afternoon but so far he just lays in his bed looking at the mobile and kicking!  He has really started to suck on his fingers and thumb, I of course take his hand out of his mouth and put in the passy but he quickly spits it out and puts his hand back in his mouth! He is wearing size 2 diapers and 6-9 month clothes, some 9 months! His beautiful hair is starting to fall out and my mom thinks it will come back blonde...we'll see. He can handle lots of loud noises and if sleeping can sleep through anything. He has started noticing the television when it is on and will focus on it for a little while. He recognizes people that are close to him like parents, Bryce, and grandparents. He smiles at the time. He has started to "look" like he's laughing but nothing is coming out...so cute! I could go on and on about how perfect he is, but I guess I'll give it a rest!!! I love you Brennon!

We went on our family vacation to Dallas this past week.  What a fun time we had.  A lot more active a vacation than our usual beach trip but just as enjoyable!  We had days packed with lots to do!  We went to the Fort Worth Zoo, The Dallas World Aquarium, The Magic Time Machine and lots of other fun places.  Not to mention that our hotel was fabulous!  Bryce was so excited about everything, especially all the elevators everywhere we went.  We rode a train at the zoo which now that we're home seems to be one of the highlights for him!  Brennon was excellent the entire trip except that he really doesn't do well in Dallas traffic.  He isn't too fond of the car seat.  Over all we had the best time on our first 4 person family vaca.  Brennon now has a bit of a stuffy nose, we're guessing due to the hotel air and Bryce fell at the zoo and skinned his face so badly (you can see it in some of the pictures) but those are the only two negatative things that happened during the trip.  Great times that we will never forget!

My sweet baby boy has had to go to the doctor for his first "sick" visit. I took him on Monday and she gave him some amoxicilin. He's just been congested and had a little runny nose. He hasn't been sleeping well at night and I feel so bad for him because I can tell he's having a hard time breathing! It really doesn't seem to bother him except at night. He's gradually getting better. Today I took some pictures of all of his cute little expressions! The one with his mouth open is blurry but I had to post it because that is what he does when you give him a kiss...it's like he's trying to kiss you back - so cute! On another note - he's rolling over now from his stomach to his back. This is a little early for Mommy, I think he should still be laying there lifeless! But I'm proud of him none the less! Oh - and he weighs 15.9 pounds. We'll see what all of his other stats are in a couple of weeks when he goes for his 4 month check up. I love my baby boy!

Bryce, I found you drawing on the chalk board at church yesterday and asked you what you were doing and you said..."I'm making a P" and seriously drew a capitol P.  I was so surprised!  You know so many more things than I ever imagined!  Your little mind is like a sponge and you alre constantly learning new things.  You can also draw the letter O.  I've got a book of letters and words they begin with that we look at all the time so there is no telling what other letters you can recognize.  I'm going to have to get a picture of what you draw and post it!  On a side note: you drew one P with your left hand and then one with your right. You do everything left handed but can also do most everything with your right hand too - I guess time will tell which one you will favor.

I just wanted to keep a record of what is going on with you right now, Brennon.  You are no longer taking the prevacid and no longer have acid reflux.  I am so happy about this, I don't like to have to give medicine to such a little guy!  Your congestion is much better but we have a few more days of the antibiotics.  And you are growing so rapidly that I put an outfit on you today that you wore 2 weeks ago when we were in Dallas and it would not button around your neck, you have already outgrown it!  Slow down buddy - you're growing too fast for Mommy! :)