Brooks' Toy Store

Brooks is opening a toy store- it is a bit unconventional but I bet we will make loads of money- included are his favorite toys. Trust me, the money we have spent on fisher price, vtech, lamaze, infantino, etc could have been saved. Most of the time he would prefer the following.
(also- before you call CPS, he isn't allowed to play with all these things, he just wants to)

TIP: Prescription bottles are loads of fun. Fill an empty one with some rice and it becomes a shaker- and he LOVEs it. Also, tupperware is fun alone or on top of a towel with a bit of water and some bath toys in it :)


Mommy's accessories are huge hits- I bought a teething necklace/bracelet set and he goes to town.


The poor dog can hardly find her food anymore b/c I keep having to move the bowls as he just scoots his walker over there and fixates and grunts. He also makes kibble soup by banging the walker into the water so it spills into the food. Any empty 1/2 gallon container is good for quite a while of entertainment



Need wrapping assitance? My little guy would be glad to take tissue paper and wrapping paper rolls off your hands- If you get the metallic kind of paper it is good because they can't bite off little pieces



tissue box and cell phone


these 2 things are like finding Gold- I constantly have to hide the usb cord and the remote is his favorite (along with the phone)


Who knew colander's were so much fun? I put cheerios or toys in it, and wear it on my head- it is a blast. B also likes to crinkle and play with plastic bags (don't worry- I only let him while I am with him)

Nudie Day at Playgroup!

I am only putting a few pics up but I have tons- however, I don't want to put pics of anyone's nudie baby on my blog- but look what we did!

Family Gatherings

1st- Happy Equilibrium Day Brooks- Today he is 40 weeks 4 days old! Now he has been out in the world as long as I was pregnant with him- WOW!



We have been so busy that I have so much to update and tons of pictures!!!

1st- Visiting Nana, Grandpa, Uncle G, & the Easter Bunny

Brooks and I went up and spent 2 days in North Jersey with my family. We are going to make a tradition of visiting Santa and the Easter Bunny up there. We had a blast. On Wednesday Nana, B and I took advantage of the sun and went to the park where he got to show Nana how much he loved the swings!






Then on Friday Nana, B and I hit the mall to meet the Easter Bunny and have a nice lunch out. I can't believe how smiley he was with the bunny- he is my happy guy!



Afterwards we hung out with Grandpa and Uncle G before hitting the road back to Philly and Daddy :)


On Saturday- we had lunch with Poppop Jim, Grandma Sue, and Aunt Sarah in honor of Eric's birthday (which is Monday). Brooks really liked the sparkler on Eric's dessert :)





And in other events...

Here we are enjoying gymboree again- Have I mentioned how much B loves the mirror? Then again, he is pretty darn cute so what's not to love?




We bought him a walker- they are not really recommended because of the danger of stairs (I think we can handle shutting the basement door) and they supposedly don't help kids learn to walk b/c they work different muscles (but hey- we all used them and walk fine). He is just figuring it out but seems to really enjoy it. Most of the time he directs it to the dog bowl where he tries to lean over and grunts for kibble.



Crawling is near- he just needs to figure it out, one day he will take off. I also think the other pic is funny so threw it in here. (And no- Ming is not sniffing his butt, she is being the elusive cheerio thief)



And tooth update- it is growing in fast! He has been playing with his tongue a lot more because I guess he can feel it now and it is very interesting :)





Fine!!! I will show you my tooth- happy now?

Growing Boy

Do you see what I see?



Yup- that white blur on the bottom center of his gums is his tooth. It is just a small white line for now, it is slow coming in, just the tippy top is through- but you can see it!

We had our Dr's appt today
Height: 28.75" 65%
Weight 19 lb 13 oz 40%
Head 18" 70%

B looked good except- he has an ear infection! Who would have known- I hope his good sleep of the past week isn't because he is sick but is a new trend. He seems fine. Because he is acting normal we are not medicating it- the Dr. says they can resolve on their own. We go back in 2 weeks for the shot he missed today (didn't want to give it to him with an infection). If the ear infection has not cleared up we will put him on antibiotics then and then have to go back 2 weeks after that for the shot.

B in the dr's office- table paper is so much fun!




Also in growing news- we finally stopped using the tub in the kitchen. He really was too big and too much splashing. Unfortunately, with our glass doors- I hate giving him a bath in the big tub, but I have no solution- any suggestions? Even though I hate it- he seems to be enjoying the room