Memorial Day Weekend

This past weekend we spent Memorial Day with Aunt Susan & Uncle Joe at their beautiful (huge) home in Peru, Indiana. The weather was trying to be cruddy, but the sun came out just long enough Monday for Brock to have his very first swimming experience. Joe made sure to have the pool heated for us so that Brock would enjoy it. He enjoyed it for about 10 minutes, then he'd had enough. I think it took me longer to slather him up with sunscreen than he was actually in the water. It was so fun and a great weekend! I must say though that I'm about "deered" out as we had deer burgers one night, deer roast the next, and deer brauts on Monday. I betcha anything that sausage we had on Monday for breakfast was deer, even though Aunt Susan said it wasn't. Am I right, Aunt Susan????

Brock's a Swimmer Boy

Daddy's Pride & Joy

I am SOOOO Big!

Brock is growing like a stinkin' weed! I think we skipped 3 month clothes. He enjoys standing up and the Doctor said he has great trunk control. Who knows...maybe he really will be walking by 7 months!? Oh, and don't you just love the chunky little legs?

Mr. Personality

Brock has started getting such a personality lately. Last night TJ & I had him upstairs in his swing and I found a Wal-Mart bag on the floor. I was just moving the bag up and down and Brock just thought it was the funniest thing ever! TJ & I had never heard him laugh so much, so hard. It was the best sound in the world. I love how his little face lights up when he sees me or TJ. Yesterday when I dropped him off at the babysitter's, when she came around the corner he just gave her the biggest smile. It made me feel so good to know that he likes her! I just felt really comfortable leaving him that day knowing that he was going to be well taken care of and loved. However....it will be so sweet when school is out and I can spend everyday with him!

Momma's Boy

The Sun Is In My Eyes

Brock has a Fun, New Toy!

My Little Thumb-Sucker Baby

Brock has found his fingers! He especially loves sucking his thumb! I guess he's going to take after his mommy.

Spring Sing at Harding

Brock and I drove to Searcy with Dustin and Stacy in her car. It was Brock's first LONG car trip and he slept for most of it. We were about 40 miles from Searcy when he decided that he'd had enough of the car seat. He did about the same thing in the car with mom and dad on the drive from Searcy to Gifford. We got about 30 minutes from home and he'd had enough. I was really surprised at how good he did though. Although I must say I don't want to be in a car again for that long of a haul with an infant in tow. Spring Sing was so fun! Ashley's club did a "School" theme and they got 2nd place. It was fun spending time there in Searcy with all the fam including Granny and Granddad, but boy was it COLD!

Hippity-Hoppity

Brock got to visit the Easter bunny while we were in Texas for Spring Break. We went one day to see him, but Mr. Easter Bunny was taking a forever long break so we said, "Forget it." I tried again the next day and we still had to wait a bit but it was all good. As we were waiting in line Brock was being so good. Wouldn't you know though, as soon as we are the next people in line Brock decides to get fussy. He did really well though. He wasn't scared or anything. He just sat there. He wouldn't crack a smile for anything!!

Spring Break

For Spring Break TJ, Brock, and I flew down to Texas to visit all of our Texan friends. Our trip started off with a bang as we missed our flight out of Chicago. We even got a hotel room up in Chicago so we'd be ON TIME, and what do you know??? Our shuttle was late and the line to check in was soooooooooooooo long!!! Luckily the Southwest lady was super nice and re-routed us through Kansas City...yeah, there were only 12 other people on the flight. I guess not too many people want to spring break it to Kansas City. To make a super long story short, Brock did really well on the flights. He did end up with the worst case of diaper rash though considering we couldn't check the diaper rash cream since it wasn't in a 3 oz. container. He was a hurtin'! But we finally made it to DFW and wouldn't you know...our luggage got checked on what was supposed to be an earlier flight to Dallas though somehow we beat it there and had to wait over 30 minutes for our bags. Then on top of that they cancelled our rental car reservation since we were so late and we ended up having to get an SUV and paying an extra $40 some dollars. Can we say "grouchy" by the time we got situated??? But we had the BEST time. My only complaint....it just wasn't long enough!

Time to Get Back on the Blogger-Track

It's Been Way Too Long...

You know it's been a long time since your last post when you've sat here for about 15 minutes trying to type in your user name and password with NO LUCK. I finally got it figured out, went to write it down so next time it would be much easier and less of a hassle...wouldn't you know...I pushed the back button to make sure I was writing down the right username and password and I had already forgotten the password AGAIN!!! AHHH!!! Talk about frustration! Well, I guess it's about obvious that I've been back to work, considering my last post was Valentine's Day. Soooooooooooooooooooo much has happened since then. We've been on Spring Break to Texas and Easter in Searcy. We've turned 4 months old. We've been drooling all over the stinkin' place and have even been rolling all over! It won't be long and I just know he'll be a crawlin'! So, fingers crossed I'll be keeping this blog updated a little more often. It's just so hard making time now that I'm back to work, which by the way, is just a barrel of fun....

Happy Heart Day!

Here's Brock all decked out in his Valentine's Day attire. We spent Valentine's Day with snow up to our eyeballs and all schools were cancelled! We had a great time cuddling and trying to stay warm. He truly is my little Heart Breaker as my heart is already breaking just thinking about having to drop him off at the sitter's once I have to go back to work, which by the way is approaching rapidly! Let's just not even think about it...

I'm Missing You!

I think Brock says it all with his face on how T.J. & I feel about our friends and family in Texas!

Brock the Hungry Caterpillar

Brock is ONE month old!!!

Brock is now one month old, well, actually he's been one month old for awhile now, but Momma is just a tad behind. We've had a few too many medical issues lately. I don't think I've been healthy one full week of his life, and then last week Brock got a staff infection in his little eye. They had to draw blood and everything and I think I cried more than he did. He's my super trooper!

Baby's First Christmas

Brock's first Christmas was very busy! He was eight days old on Christmas day and I think everyone in our families loved their gift...him! He racked up on presents at Aunt Gigi's, Great Grandma & Grandpa's, Moie & Papau's, Great Grandmother & Granddad's, and Grandma & Grandpa's houses. Like I said, we were busy! He was one tuckered out little baby!

Happy Birthday, Brock Jacob!

Little Brock Jacob decided that he needed to enter the world on December 17, 2006! He popped right out at 6:51 pm and weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 18.5 inches long. He's been the best Christmas present ever! (and best birthday present for Uncle Dustin who's birthday is the same day)