for Daddy

Look who's talking

On Saturday Brody decided he'd try a few new words out and he's been copying sounds like crazy since then. He's said,
"Uh-oh"
"daddy"
"ga ga" (grandpa)
and
"bye bye"
Justin's convinced we have the smartest kid ever.

Birds

We went to hart park to feed the ducks...
Brody loved the geese. He wanted to run up and tackle them and he was pretty upset that we wouldn't let him get close enough.

It's mating season and the peacocks were putting on a show. Alex, being the ladies man that he is, thought they could use a few pointers. A small crowd gathered to observe this strange phenomenon.

Brody's Birthday Bash

Slip'n Slide always starts with smiles and ends in tears... Julie's foot got sliced open.Brody wasn't very into the water sports.. he preferred to

socialize with the adults and scavenge for food.

So happy to be feeding himself beans.

The other kids liked helping Brody unwrap gifts.

Sierra made this super-cute cake, and if it weren't for her help I'd have

spent the whole party cleaning and making cup cakes.

By the time we brought the cake out Brody was so full that he really wasn't interested. He's not a huge fan of cake, anyways.This video is long and mostly uneventful.

Brody update

He'll be 11 months old this week... here are some recent accomplishments

He says ma ma, da da, no, go
barks at dogs

claps his hands

gives high fives

plays peek-a-boo
loves to stand and dance but just won't take that 1st step
waves bye-bye with both hands
kisses EVERYTHING with a face
blows kisses
still fascinated, I mean obsessed, with lights
loves baby einstein movies
played a mean trick on me by sleeping through the night for 2 weeks and then reverting to
multiple wakings again
has 4 teeth
not so much into baby food, prefers to self-feed

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Easter morning

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giving loves to the diaper baby

I was organizing my wrapping box and he decided he needed

attention so he climbed in and started to show off.

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funny uncle Andrew

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