Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we are so very thankful.

We are thankful for our beautiful, healthy, wonderful, happy baby boy Brooks- who has changed our lives forever and we cannot imagine being without.
We are also thankful for our wonderful families who shower him and us with love.
We hope everyone had a great turkey day.






giving aunt ali the side eye LOL

St. Thomas

We are home from St. Thomas!
It was a great trip- too fast though. Sadly, there are not too many pictures because we spent most of our time in the pool and pools and cameras don't mix. 14 of us went, and unfortunately we didn't get a picture of everyone- but we still had a fun time.
Brooks got to bond with Grandma Elly- he chatted up a storm for her, he sang with Grandma Sue, and kicked in the pool like swimmer with PopPop Jim. We roomed with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Juan so he got to spend a lot of time with them.
He was a great traveler again- I am so proud of this kid and how flexible he has been. There were dinner reservations for 8pm every night which is probably the worst time for him because he is falling asleep then- not already passed out, and not happy- just tired. However he only melted down the first night (and that was a big travel day plus it was disgustingly humid). Every other night he did great and fell asleep so we could eat in peace.
He LOOOOVED the pool, and was a little scared of the waves in the ocean. All in all- we had a great time and thank Eric's parents for getting everyone together!

lounging on our balcony with Daddy


Ready to go swimming! (he kind of looks tan here- but he is not)



Do you see anyone in this picture besides Brooks and Eric?


Happy camper even when shopping


We went to visit our favorite bar in St. Thomas and were disappointed that the couple we have known for 9 yrs retired- B ate my face for the picture.



Out to lunch- I guess he didn't like what Aunt Sarah had to say


When all else fails- B loves to 'read' the menu


I HATE when people take pictures of their babies with beer bottles- but B stole the coaster at lunch and ate it- don't think ill of us :)


We took a ferry to St John for a whopping 30 minutes, long enough to snap some pics with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Juan




Happy to go swimming again



The view from our room.

First time in the ocean- the waves were scary







4 generation of Meyers at the beach!

Happy as can be when we went back to the pool



Naked baby eating his toes

Last night there- before he fell asleep at dinner

Happy 5 month Birthday!!!

I feel like a PW lately on here... but I can't skip B's 5 monthday ;).

Lot's to say-
First his stats and new chair picture are up on the side of the blog.

I plotted his stats on the growth chart b/c he had not gained nearly as much weight in a month as he has been- however rate of weight gain does taper off.
Here is how it looked.
reminder: dark line is 50th percentile and he is the purple line
top graph: his height, growing right on track and tall!
bottom graph: weight- looks textbook to me



Wow- getting pictures of him with the monkey and on the chair is a lot harder now. He doesn't just slouch into the chair anymore, but tries to sit forward (which makes taking his picture hard because I had to be ready to spring at any second to prevent him face-planting in to the floor). As for pictures with the monkey- well he grabs the monkey now, eats the monkey, grabs the blanket, eats that too, and it is just hard.
But all this 'hard' that I am talking about is just evidence for how fun he is getting and what a little person he is becoming.

Here are just a couple of my favorites.







I didn't do this to him- he did

VIDEO: swinging along

Today was a GORGEOUS day out- 70+ degrees, sunny, and just perfect, crisp fall weather. Eric was in San Diego for the Eagles game with Pierre, Andy, & some other friends- so to help occupy our day and change things up, Brooks and I went to a playground that is just 2 blocks from the house.
He is way too little for most of the things- but with the help of a blanket stuffed behind him, he got to swing- and let me tell you- he LOVED the swings.

Here is a video of him swinging- please ignore my mommy voice. If your volume is up and you can ignore me, you can hear him cooing and laughing.

VIDEO



PICTURES
All dressed and ready to go:



Swinging Fun:






And some

Belly Laughs

Brooks has been smiling and laughing for a while now, but today he did his first belly laughs, contnuous, hysterical laughing. What was so funny you ask? Ming! Ming was being a nut and swinging a toy around her head and he was cracking up. I wish I caught it on tape.

He has been really into Ming lately. He stops whatever he is doing (even the jumperoo) to watch her. He also has been grabbing at her to pet her. We are going to get a trainer in to help us help her adjust- she has been great although did a 'nice' growl (not a vicious one) at him when he was in 'her' window and we don't want to mess around- especially now that he is reaching for her.






In other news- B is getting better and better at tripodding (if he is in the mood). He will be sitting on his own before we know it. He also discovered his toes. If he is barefoot he holds them, if he has socks on he pulls them off (then eats the sock), and if he has footed pj's on he pulls the cloth into his mouth. He also had his first booboo, caused by me. I was juggling him and the dog in th park and he startled right into my finger, it got him pretty good and my nail drew blood. Thank God my finger wasn't an inch lower in his eye.



tootsie time




his cut