Brock 14 months - Overview

What a month of growth it's been for our little boy.  It crazy how much he learns and changes in just a few short weeks.  He keeps us on our toes!

Food - 

Picnic at the park.

This child LOVES to eat Cherrios!  In fact, I think we may have created a "Cherrio Monster".  We got into the habit of feeding him Cherrios as soon as he got into the highchair - kind of like a little appetizer, while we get the rest of his food ready.  Great idea in theory, but we began to notice that he was not eating his vegetables like he used to.  Now, we make sure to give him some of the more important foods first and save the Cherrios for a little further into the meal.  Problem solved :)

New foods:
Zuchinni
Yellow Squash
Ham
Grapes
Blueberries
A few bites of Daddy's pizza

Brock is still loving the Vanilla Soy Milk.  We are not giving him a lot of dairy for the time being and will be checking back in with his pediatrician about it soon.

Brock has officially moved from bottles to the straw cup only (which, selfishly, makes me happy because washing them is by far my least favorite activity).  He looks like such a big boy holding the cup all by himself!  

Movement -
Brock is a master at his own version of the "army crawl".  Not a full out crawl, but he can get where he needs to go and loves to follow us around the house.

Playing at the Y

In the last week or so, Brock has started standing up without holding onto anything for a few seconds at a time.  I can tell he is  so eager to be able to walk on his own.  We're not far off!

Words - Most days I feel like I am having full on conversations with Brock.  He is talking 90% of the time...which is probably because I am talking his ear off most of the time.  He talks to us, his toys, the dog, and himself.  We love it!

This month, he's added some new words to his vocabulary, including: Paw Paw, Bebe, "night night", Lucy, Owen (his good buddy), Cherrio, cup, milk, football, shoes, and "all done".  

Hardest part this month: changing his clothes.
He cries/screams every.single.time.

Favorite of this month: how excited he gets when we tell him it's time to take a bath!  It's like we can't get his clothes off quick enough before he's practically diving in!

A few more pics from this month...

How did his hair get like that? 

Brock and his favorite babysitter :)

Lunch date with his buddy, Owen

Playtime!

Big belly!

Snuggling with his sheet :) 

Family Weekend in Atlanta

We were very excited to travel back to Atlanta for the weekend to celebrate Bonnie's 60th birthday, occurring later this month.  We practiced at home all week teaching Brock to say "Bebe".  He came close with "bay bay", but there is no doubt that he knows who she is :)

Saturday morning, some of the ladies went to get our nails done.  Got in some good catch-up time with Jessica and - thanks to her good taste - my toes are ready for summer.   

Ladies at the salon.

Brock wanted to be in on the action!

Brock and Lily play tug-of-war

That afternoon, we all gathered at the Poulos's house for Bonnie's birthday celebration.  Brock spent most of the time playing with his cousins, snuggling with Bebe, and eating up the delicious food.  It was great to see all of the siblings and cousins, most of whom we hadn't seen since Christmas.  A special thanks to the Massey's for making a huge sacrifice to come all that way for just a few hours.  And to the Poulos's for hosting everyone :)  It was a great afternoon!

The whole crew!

Sunday morning, we headed to breakfast with Nana and Paw Paw.  Brock wasn't quite sure how he felt about missing his morning nap, but he did a great job at being flexible.  We also got a surprise visit from Barbara and Michael, so great to see them and hear about their recent trip to Germany.

Thank goodness for Nana!

Playing with his Uncle Michael

We made a few more stops on the way out of Atlanta and then it was back to TN before the rain hit.

Slept the entire car ride home!

We stopped off in Murfreesboro for a Cinco de Mayo dinner with the Cades.  Terrible service and one very fussy baby at the nearest "Mexican Grille" lead us to Publix and then back to their house for a healthy dinner of cheese dip, hamburgers, and $1.29 pizza.  It was quite a night :)

Thumbs up to never eating here again :)

Pushing the boys at Publix. 

Always a laugh with this bunch!

Our failed Cinco de Mayo dinner :)

We finally made it back home by 11:30pm and somehow managed to unpack it all and get in bed by midnight.  We are a tired crew, but glad with how it all turned out.  What a great start to the month!