Pop's Birthday in Galveston

This weekend, we celebrated Pop's birthday by going to Galveston. We had a TON of fun and were so excited to see so many of our friends there!


Brooks finally got to meet Beth!







Lindsay came for the party and loaned B her sunglasses...









Pop played fetch in the ocean with Marty and Gus. They had such a good time!









Other fun photos from this weekend:

Happy New Year!

Brooks has started 2009 with lots of new adventures.

Brooks cheered on the
Longhorns in the Fiesta Bowl.
(Actually, he was asleep during
the game, but we're sure he
would have been glad they won!)





Brooks took his first road trip
when we all went up to Austin.
Thank goodness Puppy could
keep him company in the car!







In Austin, he went to Aunt Sarah's
deb ball. Here he is, all dressed up
with his Momma K.










Pop took Brooks for his first
Thursday afternoon at Alfred's.









He is starting to get better at
sitting up. Here he is for the
first time in his Bumbo!



Other funny pictures:




Don't mess with me!









Getting a head start...

Holiday Fun

Here are some other photos of Brooks during the holidays...




Brooks helped Pop root for the Cowboys. We'll get
'em next year!








I'm sitting up all by myself. Woah.






I know Mommy said something about not watching the TV... now what was that?

It's a Party!

Last weekend, Brooks went to a Barsa celebration for Konrad, who is exactly one month older than Brooks and who is here visiting his family all the way from London. (Mommy went to college with Konrad's mom, Anita.) Technically speaking, Brooks and Konrad didn't get to meet each other, as they were never awake at the same time, but we know they're friends anyway. Here are some pictures from the party:




Anita, Konrad and Heinrich








Baby B and his new favorite discovery -- his hands!

Christmas Photos

Pop, Mommy, Brooks and the dogs had a great time together on Christmas morning. Santa managed to find Brooks' house, even though Mommy didn't finish his stocking in time! (I'm almost done!)


















Unfortunately, Mommy and Pop didn't do a very good job of getting pictures of Brooks with all the family that he got to visit in Kerrville and in Houston. (Sorry, fam! We'll do better next time!) Here are a few of the ones we did manage to take:



Mommy and B at Aunt CC's
on Christmas Eve








Visiting with Grandma Jo







Floor gym with Grandad









Meeting Mrs. (and Mr.) Doherty

Babies in Flight

Brooks took his first plane ride to Kerrville and was such a good co-pilot.





Thanks to John and Pop for getting us there safely!



Brooks (and Mommy) slept coming and going!

Happy Holidays!

Brooks enjoyed getting ready for Christmas .

Pop took Brooks on a piggy back ride around the tree!




Getting ready for the Christmas Card photo...



... are we done yet?!


Hooray! We're finally through!

Brooks really enjoyed looking at the pretty lights on his Christmas tree:

Ho Ho Ho and snowday!

Brooks got to meet Santa today. He asked for a ferris wheel, a pony, rocket ship, jet fighter...

During the "blizzard" last week, we took Brooks out to eat again, this time to Hungry's. He was very unphased by everything.

Big Boy!

Brooks is 9 weeks old already! This week, our big boy had lots of adventures...



We went to visit Dr. Savrick for our 2-month checkup and found out that Brooks is 24" long and weighs 13 lbs. 5 oz. He is a big boy!










We also loaded up the whole family and went for a walk. Pop decided to wear the Baby Bjorn for a change!









This week, Brooks also got to meet:



Aunt Sarah, who is finally home from Italy! and...









Ben Cheng!







On Sunday, Pop and Mommy took Brooks to pick out his first Christmas tree, and then out to breakfast at Dry Creek. What a fun day!