Brooks: Week 50-51

We are now days away from Brooks' first birthday!!! I think this has been the fastest year of my entire life...it almost doesn't seem possible that 365 days have passed since Brooks Ryan Batia came into this world!

We've had a crazy past few weeks. Most of it has been fun but some of it has been down right chaotic! We have all been battling a nasty virus for the past two weeks. Brooks and Mark were both pretty sick. Mark ended up with bronchitis and Brooks had a bad cough, a double ear infection and conjunctivitis on top of it all...poor baby! Thankfully I just had a touch of it and so I was able to take care of my poor family! What are moms for? We are ALL feeling better now...thank the Lord!

Brooks has been spending a lot of time in Celebration lately. We stayed the week with my mom last week (she had hand surgery and so I had to play nurse to her too!) We took advantage of all the fun things to do while we were there. The splash fountains downtown were a hit! Brooks liked the small water fountains but he wasn't so sure about the big ones in the middle...I can see where it might be a little intimidating to someone under three feet tall!

Afterwards it was back to my mom's for a popsicle and some running around in my diaper...well then he lost his diaper and so it was some fun in the sun...in the nude!!!

The weekend before last we made the mecca up to Gainesville for the first football game of the season and Brooks' very first Gator game! We had a great time seeing everyone especially the Quicke/Michelini clan! Brooks was thrilled to see Lilly! He loved all the tailgating action and was such a trooper. I am sure it was his first of many games to come!

Two of the cutest little Gator fans...ever!!!!

On Sunday of that weekend we helped Brooks' buddy Tyson celebrate his first birthday! Brooks LOVED all the balloons that were there...he was in balloon heaven! It is his new fascination...where ever we go if he sees anything that looks like a balloon he goes crazy. He calls them "ba-boons"; it is by far the cutes thing he says! It was great to see the Fulmers and to wish Tyson a very special birthday!

Oh look...he's holding another balloon!

And yet another balloon!!!!

On Labor Day we had a pretty relaxing day! We went to the pool for a while with our friends Ny, Chris and Ella...we all had a great time!

Two super cute water babies!

Then on Tuesday we were off to help my mom after she had her surgery! She looks pretty good for just having surgery huh? This is a picture of my mom being a "bad" patient...she was NOT suppose to be holding Brooks!

Here is B eating his first PB&J...he liked it ok...it was sort of sticky and all over the place but all in all I think he enjoyed it!

And he loves music!!!! For his birthday his GJ (Mark's mom) gave him a who semester of Kindermusik. He and I really enjoy going to the classes each week...he just takes it all in and really likes all the interaction. Here he is trying to play Mark's guitar...he didn't know I was watching him so I got this really cute picture.

Well we are in full birthday mode around here this week. Brooks loves all the mail that he is receiving! Here he is opening a special birthday package from his Aunt Becca and Uncle Troy. Isn't he so cute in all his new clothes?

Brooks went to the doctor this week for his one year appointment. He got a super clean bill of health! He is now 25 pounds and almost 31 inches tall...that puts him in 75% for weight and 65% for height. He can now transition to cow's milk instead of formula which will be wonderful for our grocery bill! He can have foods such as peanut butter and honey now and on Saturday he will have his first taste of birthday cake!!!! We are really looking forward to a fun filled day of birthday surprises!