Lindsay Comes to Town!

My Baylor roommate, Lindsay, arrived today from Dallas to serve as my maid, nanny, and general assistant. (AWESOME!) I picked her up from the airport and immediately had her running into Target to make some purchases as well as picking up sandwiches for lunch (mmm....deli meat! still can't get enough after my 9-month hiatus!) I think I'll keep her around until Sunday morning because she's proving to be quite a help. A great thing about formula supplements is that others can get in on the action:


Neither of us can believe that he looks so big in this picture because he just still seems so tiny in real life. So it may be because Lindsay herself is a bit of a pygmy.

Don't Wake the Baby!

The instigators of bf2k7, Jen and Chad, brought us not only a wonderful dinner last night but also some entertainment by Miss Molly (see link to her website on sidebar). Molly is 10 months old and impressed us by showing her standing-on-her-own skills. Her dad convinces her to do this by giving her two toys and she can't resist taking one in each hand-- which means she has no other hands to hold on to something for support. Voila! She stands! I, of course, was very pleased to see that one of the toys was a wee little pig. During their visit, Brooks totally sacked out which didn't stop Molly from wanting to get a little closer as you can see here:

Sunday's Adventures

Opa G (my dad) flew in from Dallas on Saturday to meet Brooks. Unfortunately for Opa G, soon upon arrival he started feeling less than good. So after a 24-hour sequestering at the Comfort Inn, he came over yesterday afternoon and had some good rocking time in the back-up rocker, the computer chair!

Last evening was the football banquet so Seth went off to do his coachly duties there. The JV team went above and beyond with their gifts for him which included some nice binoculars since apparently he likes to "sit back and take in the whole picture." They then gave him a little friend who not only has his own pair of binoculars, but also sunglasses like Coach Kenton, and a personlized mini-Sherwood football letter jacket:

Brooks was still awake when Seth got home, so the boys settled in for a dramatic reading of The Three Little Javelinas, a book sent with love from Auntie Nicki.

He's Clean!

We'd done some wussy sponge baths in the last week but with Grandma's help, we did a good ol' cleaning this morning and have a COOL mirror picture to boot!

They Just Keep Coming!

Brooks doesn't know how much he is loved! We have been having so much fun entertaining visitors. Katie, Mike, and Owen came by yesterday to bring us some tasty treats and to introduce the future buddies to each other. It is so crazy to think that Brooks will be filled out and content like Owen in just a few months, and I know it was crazy for K&M to realize that Owen used to be so tiny such a short time ago!

Father and Son:

Katie giving us the low-down on the world of motherhood:

Then later in the day (after our 4th visit to the doctor's office in a week...come on, Baboo, let's figure this weight-gaining thing out!), David and Alison came by for a visit and some Brooks action:

All in all, things are going well here. I hate to jinx anything, but it appears that we might be settling into at least some sort of routine. Yay!

So Many Visitors!

We had such a good time introducing Brooks to several friends last night. Amazingly enough, he was quiet and well-behaved the entire time, although they did get a sneak peek at the "I'm wrinkling up my forehead because I'm pondering a big cry" face.

Pete and Laura brought us a super tasty giant focaccia sandwich (sans olives, thank you very much!) dinner and stayed for some snuggles.

Then Carrie, visiting in Maryland from Charlotte, stopped by as well to check out the Brookster. (She'll do anything to get on the blog! :-)

Before all the excitement began, the Kenton boys grabbed some zzzzzzzs.

And finally, a shot of Grandma doing some syringe/finger supplementing. Check out her ingenuity in rigging up a way to wear the syringe around her neck and rubber band the tube to her finger!

10 Days Old

Another day, another set of sleeping and eating times. Brooks has been doing decently well through the night and sleeping for up to 2-3 hour stretches. We're in the midst of a scientific inquiry project (Montgomery County science department would be so proud!) regarding the transfer of sustenance from me to him so I have to be feeding him that regularly anyway. I will refrain from getting into the details, but suffice it to say I am learning a whole lot about the world of baby feeding! We met with a lactation consultant yesterday and will go back in tomorrow to get him weighed again so we can monitor his weight and what is being transferred to him. Hopefully, we'll get this figured out soon and don't have to keep doing the regular formula supplements-- it's a multi-person job!

He's still pretty peely. I think I figured out the picture link thing so if you go back to the first post and click on the pic of him sleeping, you'll be treated to a giant shot of his peeliness! The nurse practitioner said it often takes a full month for the "fresh baby skin" to take over fully.

So....babies don't do much; alas, I have little else to report. I will leave you with a picture I snapped just 5 minutes ago. If he keeps up this open-mouth thing, it looks like we'll end up with another generation of snorers!

Lots of Hanging Out

We feasted on a delicious pot roast dinner last night thanks to a visit from Eric and Christy. They got in a few snuggles as you can see, although Brooks himself was ready to eat so they also got a bit of an earful. We have a little more time to spend with him so we get some soulful looks directly in the eyes. Well, as soulful as one can be with 87 forehead wrinkles and totally peely skin.

Setting off on Our Own

First of all, countless thanks go to Chad Sellers for creating and hosting the http://www.bf2k7.com/ website. The jury is still out on when/if there will need to be a BabyFest 2008 site but I feel confident in proclaiming that we would not be taking part in it if there were, Seth's suggestions for Irish Twins notwithstanding!

I have known for a long time that once Baboo entered the phone booth of this world and emerged as Brooks Andrew, we would need to set up a blog on our own. I realize this particular site is not (yet) exciting or cutting-edge, but maybe someday I'll figure out how to spruce it up.

We finally have sunshine here today and it streams just perfectly over the Pack N Play where the little one snoozes. You may be able to see here that he is still going through his molting phase-- each day something new is peeling! I took a shower yesterday and realized I had sympathy prune fingers even though I hadn't been immersed in water. Is that real motherhood or what?

PS-- Who can tell me how to upload photos so that when one clicks on the pic, it opens larger in a new window?