One Week Away....

Hootie Hoo....

-Brooks will be turning 1 in one week!!! I can NOT believe where the year went. I was super prego one year ago and anxious to find out what we were having. I could never have imagined I would have been blessed with a son as wonderful as Brooks. Ok...I know I'm being the typical mushy mom...but life really is better with him in our world. I thought at one time I would never get the chance to be a mom. And now my little man is getting so old! He is not going to be my "baby" anymore. We have started weaning down on the bottle and offering less formula in hopes to encourage him to eat more solids. He may be eating plenty...I just don't have anything to compare it to. I always forget his stomach is really small still. When he signs "all done" in the middle of the meal...I just can't believe he is full. He really enjoys food and is trying more and more everyday. Today he had some sliced roast beef (yuck! I know) and pizza (minus the cheese). He LOVED the pizza. He also had his first sandwich yesterday. He ate half of a toasted turkey and avocado on wheat. He did not get all the bread down..but did a good job on the rest. I just need to try different things for breakfast. He is so over the cereal with fruit and puffs. I am so sad that he will be giving up the bottle soon. We plan to tackle the switch to milk and stopping the bottle after the holidays. Why mess up a good thing during a hectic time?? His 12 mo checkup is not until after the first of the year anyways. He is looking so much older too. The posted pix are from our family photo shoot a few weeks ago. He is going to have an owl themed birthday and I just could not pass up the chance to get a few pix of him in this cute hat. Some of the other pix will be on our Christmas card and I'll post more later.

-Brooks had his first sleep over with my sister Tara and her family on Saturday. Josh and I had both our work holiday parties to attend. We had so much fun and it was great to get out. However, the recovery the next day is never easy. I guess Brooks did really well but cried a little when going to bed. I think he was confused as to why he was going to bed in a different place. I feel really lucky to have family close by to help out. Brooks loves them so much and has a blast with his cousins.