The Brooks Fam: June 2013

Thursday, June 27, 2013

5 months old!!

Dylan is getting so big!! She is weighing in at 17.5 lbs and is 25 inches long! Still can't reach the floor in her jumper but she tries tippie toes!! She is eating oatmeal like a champ and we do it every day! She loves it, she opens her mouth and says ahh when we do it! She got a highchair too so she likes swinging her feet while she eats! She rolls so fast now that I can walk out of the room and I can't find her when I come back! She wants to crawl so bad but has not quite mastered the arms so she crawls mainly on her back! We are also working so hard on sitting up! She likes for me to pull her up but has no desire to do it on her own! She is officially in 6 month clothes, I had to go buy more bc it seems like everything she has is way to small or way too big! She is still in size 3 diapers. We have also accomplished sleeping in her own bed! She has been doing it about two weeks now and I think has only slept with us maybe twice since then! Big girl! Of course mommy does not sleep with her in there but it's progress! Here are a few pictures to capture the month!

Cruising in her shades!

Playing in the jumper!

Chilling!

Our first Farmer's Market trip!

Got Milk??

Just adorable!

Daddy Love!

Rolled across the floor and pulled all the books off the shelf... giving mommy something to do!

New highchair...she loves it obviously!

Our big girl!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Baby Dedication!

We dedicated Dylan at church on Sunday, June 16, 2013 which was also Father's Day. It was just a nice little ceremony with another couple where the church vowed to lead the babies to follow God in everything they do.
Not the best picture but the only one we got! Dylan was dedicated at the Grove Church in Fayetteville, AR by Pastor Charlie Loften. The bible verse that we picked for her was 1 Samuel 1:27-28 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given to the Lord
Charlie got a crack in about how big our sweet girl is and that apparently made her mad and we had to leave before the service was over.

Bob also got to celebrate his first Father's Day! It was a very wonderful and blessed day for everyone!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Dylan's Photo Book!

I made this super sweet photo book for Dylan with Shutterfly and thought I would share it with you guys too! I love it! Hoping I can keep it up and make them often!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Shutterfly baby photo books are the perfect way to preserve your baby's precious moments.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

3rd Annual Chris Castleberry Classic!

Memorial Day weekend marked the time of year to remember our friend and hopefully set someone up with a pretty good scholarship! The boys participated again in the annual golf tourney and I just followed along in the cart! Bob teamed up with Jeff again and they got to be paired with Rob and Corey...it was entertaining! Bob and Jeff got an 82 (better than next to last like last year) and Rob and Corey got an 80...or so they say! I think they stopped keeping score after about the 15th hole! The winners got 8 under par. It actually wasn't burning hot like last year so that was nice! But I was pregnant last year so what do I know!

Rob, the most stylish dresser on the course...

They kept chasing the poor geese with their carts! Look at the babies!

Marlene and the crew did a great job this year...cannot wait til next year!

4 Months Old!!

Wow! Our girl is getting so big! We have had such a fun and crazy month! I feel like I never have time to update the blog so I try to put as much on here in one month as possible!! I also, for some reason, never put things on Facebook which was the initial reason for this blog...a semi private place to share all of the details of our little family with our extended family without sharing with the world of Facebook...so I need to get with the program! D is doing so much better so I really have no excuse!
We decided about a month ago after talking to moms instead of doctors that maybe she is intolerant to milk. I thought maybe I could cut milk out of my diet, which basically everything edible is made from milk, and it would take 2 weeks or so to get out of my system, so we decided to take the easy route and just start her on formula! She is like a totally different baby! We tried soy formula but that stopped her up so she is on a super expensive specialty formula...but it is so worth it! She sleeps all night (most of the time), takes naps during the day, is on a schedule of eating and poops regularly! It was very hard on her (and me) at first...she didn't understand why she had to have this bottle all the time... but she is getting used to it! She loves tummy time and rolling...rolling...rolling! She still loves her play mat and her chicken and we also put together her jumper thing and she thinks she likes it but not sure. She is doing great holding her head up and will sit in her bumbo chair for a while but her legs are almost too fat for it! We have tried a little oatmeal but she is still not sure about it! She likes reading and so far nursery rhymes are her favorite, the itsy bitsy spider is her total favorite! She likes grabbing things and putting them in her mouth, getting good at holding her bottle too but sometimes she would rather me do it...I am right there! Ha! Her hair is getting so long...it is a mess...it is super curly and since she lays on it all day it is super frizzed out in the back! I am not sure I know what to do with curly hair but I will be so glad when it gets to where we can fix it up!
At her 4 month appt she was weighing in at 16 lbs 6 oz (almost as much as Tryn, Shanon) and 24.5 inches long! Short and squatty but oh so cute! She is in size 3 diapers and wearing some 3 month clothes but mostly 6 month! Here are a few pictures to capture our month!