Brody's 3rd Month~ Getting so big!

We cannot believe Brody is already 3 months old and that Mommy only has one more month of summer before school starts back. 

A few things about Brody at 3 months:

• He is still so happy and smiley and giggly.  Mommy just talks to him in her silly voice or kisses and blows raspberries on his neck and cheeks, and he just giggles.  He is definitely ticklish! 
• He is drinking between 28 and 30 ounces of milk (part breast milk and part formula) a day.  Only one more month until he tries some solid foods.  We are thinking of trying avocado first.  It is supposed to be the most perfect baby food, and I love it!  We are also going to try making his baby food. 
• He is holding his head up very well when lying on his tummy but still hasn't quite figured out how to roll over. 
• He is grasping things really well.  He holds onto his blankie a lot, and it usually ends up in his mouth.  He has also grabbed Mommy's hair quite a few times and loves holding our fingers.  He helps hold his bottle sometimes too. 
• He is still sleeping through the night, going to bed around 9:00 or 9:30 and sleeping until between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m.  Sometimes, he would sleep longer, but Mommy has to wake him up to feed him.  He usually goes back to sleep after eating.
• He is the biggest fan of big brother and just loves to watch him playing. 
• He is also getting to be quite a Daddy's boy and gives Daddy really big smiles. 

Here are some photos of Brody's 3rd month:










Sweet smiles!



Smiles in the bathtub!



Sweet dreams!



10 weeks old!



So beautiful!



What an incredible smile!



They love each other!



Evan says Brody is his sweetie pie and that he's going to eat him up!  Yep, he got that from Mommy!



Sweet big brother!







Hanging out with his stuffed friends!



Evan calmed Brody down when he didn't feel well after his two month shots by singing ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!






Such a caring big brother.




Really filling out his tub and likes to splash in the water now.



Loving bathtime...his favorite time of day!



Mommy loves cuddling her clean baby in his snuggly towel. 



11 Weeks old!






Cute little booty!



Holding his head up at tummy time.



Talking to his elephant.



Liking to swing more now.



Playing with big brother.

Discovery Place Kids and Pool Time

This weekend was a fun weekend for our family.  With the end of summer only a month away, we really want to squeeze in as much fun as we can.   Mommy knows her weekends will be a lot busier when school starts back, and Evan will be starting a new school too!  We decided to take Evan to a fairly new children's museum in Huntersville just north of uptown Charlotte called Discovery Place Kids.  It is set up like a little town where kids can "pretend" they are grown ups working as veterinarians, bank tellers, firefighters, grocery store clerks, mechanics, farmers, etc.  Evan still wants to be a fireman when he grows up so he loved seeing the big firetruck!


The firestation



Evan climbs on the firetruck!



Evan the fireman meets his hero!



Trying on the real fire helmet.  Mommy was hoping its heaviness would discourage him from this career choice.



Riding in the firetruck.



Gotta play with the gadgets.



The Town Hall was the center of the town and the stage for the puppet show.  Evan was not interested in watching the puppet show.



The bank in the town.  It had a cash register with "real" money and a working teller drive thru.



The little town grocery store was cute with play food on the shelves, grocery carts and baskets for shoppers, and check out lines with registers and scanners.  So cute, but it was crazy busy in there.  



Brody enjoyed his ride around town.



Captain Evan on his boat.  



Evan gives baby brother a ride in his race car.



Future race car driver?  



Brody got some play time too.



Brody the construction worker!



Brody the racecar driver.



Evan playing with Brody.



Brothers racing their cars.



Evan driving his convertible around town...picking up some girls!



Stopping at the ATM for some moolah!



Evan takes the ship's wheel.



Escaping from the sunken ship.



Evan the submarine commander.  He loves a submarine.



Evan the dolphin trainer.



Farmer Evan milks the cow.



And plows the cotton field.



Gymnast practicing his balance beam routine.  



Rock climbing!


After spending the morning at the children's museum, we met Grandma, Papa James, and Aunt Naomi for lunch at Chick-fil-a and spent the afternoon playing at home.  On Sunday, we enjoyed cooling off at the pool. Well, we tried to cool off, but the pool water was so warm it wasn't very refreshing!


Brody loves the water. 



And his Mommy too!



Evan playing ball in the pool.



Throwing the ball to Daddy.



Daddy caught the ball.



Just having fun with Daddy!



Evan's favorite ride.



Can you tell Evan loves him?



Sweet boys.