Brooks Surgery

Brooks in his hospital gown. This picutre of course is before the procedure!

Today Brooks had to have tubes put in his ears. We had to be at the hospital a 6 this morning so we had to leave our house at 515. He slept the whole way and woke up when we got there. He was in a really good mood and was smiling at everyone. They put us in a room and a little before 7 they came in to get him, still smiling. After being gone about 10 min they called and told us they had started and he was doing fine. The Dr came in about 10-15min later and said he did well. Everyone kept warning us that they usually come back not happy at all. I thought tomyself Brooks is really laid back and he probably will be fine, bc he rarely meets a stranger. The nurse came to the door and said they just called and are bringing him over. I had the bottle ready and she said well I do not hear him and I thought to myself I knew he was going to be good! Boy was I wrong bc 5 seconds later I could hear him screaming his lungs out like I had never heard before. The lady handed him to me and he was kicking and screaming and I could do nothing to calm him down. He did not want his bottle and nothing I did seemed to soothe him. Michael and I both had no clue what to do. After about 15 min he calmed down a little and drank some of his bottle and then they let us go. He has been perfect since we left. We got home about 9 and put him in his bed and he slept until 12!! Yay momma and daddy both got a nap! Thanks for all of you who prayed for our sweet baby. He is back to his happy little self now and in to everything. The nurses and doctors were wonderful and they all assured us that they were going to take great care of our little boy.

Trip to the Beach and Fun with friends at the Lake

Exhausted after a day at the lake. Brooks fell asleep on the boat on the ride back to the house.

Brooks with his girlfriend Reese

Brooks and Reese

Nothing better than a naked baby in their diaper!

Isn't she adorable! She cracked me up she would lay on her side and put her hand on her hip. So stinking cute!! Brooks and her daddy had a long talk Sat. morning! ha

Brooks and Reese playing

This past weekend we went with some of our good friends Hank and Shelley to their Lake house. It is so nice out there and we had a great time. Brooks loved the boat ride and loved playing in the water. We can't wait to go again!

Precious Smile!

Silly Face!!

First trip to the beach. Daddy and Brooks playing in the water.

Silly Boys!!

We went to my aunt's beach house Memorial weekend. This was Brooks first time to go to the beach. He was a little unsure of the water at first b/c it was so cold, but after about 10min he loved it. He got to play with his cousin Jackson one day. We had a really great time and hope to go back again before the summer is over!

First Mother's Day!

Brooks made this for me at church, it was so sweet!

Brooks with Grammy and Pappy. They love this little boy so much. Two of the greatest people in this world. I pray every day you will be able to remember these 2 people. They have truly been a blessing to me and have blessed our family in so many ways. They love you more than you will every know along with their other 9 great grandchildren.

Loving on Bett. We love you and had a great day with you. Thank you mom for being a great mother. I love you so much.

Brooks with Grammy and Bett

To wonderful little boy! Thank you for making me a mommy! I love you and can't imagine life without you!

Well I was on call for my first mother’s day, but thank goodness, I only had to work for 2 hours. My mom and grandparents were able to come over and spend the afternoon with us. It was so great to be with 2 of the greatest women I know. Growing up I always dreamed of the day that I would have my own child. For those of you who know me you know that, I love children. I spent many of my high school and college days babysitting, not b/c I had to but b/c I loved being around children. It is so hard for me to believe that I am now a mother. I have so many mixed emotions about being a mother. I worry that I will make mistakes as a mother. I am scared for what lies ahead for him in this world. It scars me to death to think about all the things in this world that could hurt him. I use to think my mom was crazy wanting to know where I was all the time and asking me all kinds of questions and now I understand. Some things I love about being a mother.
- walking in to day care and Brooks seeing me and his those big brown eyes looking up at me with a big smile and him starting to cry if I do not hurry up and pick him up.
- the way he reaches for my face when he is real sleepy and wants to rub my face
- Going in to his room in the morning and seeing that happy face
- Knowing that no matter how bad my day is I get to go home and play with my happy little baby boy
- Listening to my little man laugh out loud when his crazy momma sings silly songs to him
- Watching him play in the bath tub
- Watching him and his daddy in the mornings and knowing that I have a great husband and baby
- Last but not least Having the most perfect baby boy a mother could dream of. I never knew how much I would love this little boy and just how perfect he would be.
THANK YOU GOD FOR BLESSING MICHAEL AND I WITH JUST A PERFECT CHILD!

8 months already????

Thank heaven for this little boy! Michael and I are so blessed to have this beautiful heatlhy baby boy! Look at those eyes!!

2 of the greatest boys in my life! I love them both so much and don't know what I would do without them!

Brooks giving Jackson some sugar! I'm sure it won't be like this next year! They will probably be fighting!

Look at these 2 handsome boys!

Daddy and Brooks

Wow!!!! Where has all the time went. This time last year we were preparing for this little angel to get here and thought it would never happen. Now time is flying by and he is growing so fast. He is such a good baby even though he has his moments at time usually when it is nap time or bed time and we do not have his bed. This is the biggest problem we have with him. He does not like to be rocked to sleep. He wants to be put in his bed and left alone. Good in some ways but so sad in others. He sleeps all night long. Usually goes to bed around 730 or 8 and sleep until 63o or 7 the next morning. His first word is Da Da!! Ugh!! I tried so hard for Ma Ma but it did not happen. Oh well. I know he still loves me and it made his Daddy happy. He is trying to crawl. He can scoot across the floor. Just figured out today how to get on his kness and rock so I figure he will be everywhere in the next week or so. Michael and I were watching him in the tub the other night and both got so sad at how much he has grown. He doesn't look like a baby anymore he is starting to look like a little boy. SO SAD!!! We are truly blessed to have such a happy little boy and do not know what we did without him. Sorry I have been a bad blogger lately but baseball, work, and a baby have taken up most of my time the past 2 months. Hopefully I will do better.

notice his outfit is soaking wet! Come on teeth!!!

Does my Baby look like me??

This is me at 6 months

Brooks at 7months

Do you think my sweet little boy looks anything like me?? I have had people tell me that he looked like me and did not think he did until I looked at this picture. I can't believe that his is 7months old!!! Time has flown by so fast. I won't be long and he will be crawling around everywhere. He is sitting up really good and tries hard to crawl but can't get on his hands and knees at the same time.

sick baby

Yesterday when I picked Brooks up from day care he was asleep and when I picked him up he felt really hot but he had on a fleece outfit and was covered up so I thought he was just hot. We get home and I put a short outfit on him and waited 30min and he was still burning up so I took his temp and it was 102.3. He has had a cough for a couple of weeks but has not acted like he felt bad so I have not taken him to the dr. Well yesterday he was real fussy and slept alot so I decided to take him today. We found out he has a horrible ear infection, may I remind you this is his 3rd one of the year! Dr. Simmons said his eardrum was bulging and looked like it was going to burst. Poor Baby and Bad Mama!! Dr. Simmons could not believe that he was not real fussy he just smiled and talked during the visit until he got the rocephin shot!! I know it burns really bad b/c I have had one myself. He is such a tough little boy. I took this picture after we got home from the doctor. He was sleeping so good in his bed.

Me and Daddy

Sporting our ECCC hats!

Little Model!

I love Tyson!