5 Months Old

Brooke is now 5 months old, hard to believe. She has not feeling too well when I attempted to take her picture with the horse. So, I am going to include a couple other recent pictures for this post. She will be sporting the Thanksgiving outfit again in Texas. We are hoping that she is much happier then.
It seems like Brooke is growing and changing every day. Here are a few highlights about Brooke in month 5.
*She is sleeping 12 hours in a row at night
*She loves her jumparoo
*She is already favoring her left hand
*gives very slobbery kisses
*She is totally on formula. I was a little sad to stop breastfeeding all together; but she feels much better now.
*She pays attention to the pictures when you read her a book
*She is wearing 3-6 month clothing
*She just discovered her feet
*Everything is going in her mouth
*She is SO LOUD with her happy screaming
*She likes to watch the dogs when she is in jumparoo
*She smiles so big when Daddy gets home from work
*She is still wearing size 1-2 diapers
*She loves when you sing to her
We are so excited to be traveling back to Texas in just 10 days for THanksgiving. Brooke will have several more people to meet during her first overnight camping trip in Waco.

On a totally unrelated note; I love the Geico commercials; especially the one with Maxwell the pig crying WHEEEEEEE all the way home. Too funny!

Rice Cereal

We started trying to feed Brooke rice cereal this week. She LOVES making a mess! I think she is actually getting some of it in her mouth but I cannot be sure. We did not put a bib on her because she was getting a bath right after dinner.

First Trip to College Station

We took Brooke on her second plane trip last weekend to see the Aggies play in College Station. She did okay on the plane ride but was a little fussy on the way down. We had a wonderful time relaxing with family in College Station. They had Trick-or-treating at the tailgate site on Friday night. Brooke was a pea pod and her cousin Claire was a lady bug. We had to cut the feet out of Brooke's costume because her legs were too long to fit.
Both girls dressed up in their Aggie gear on Saturday. Keith went to the game with his dad and we stayed at the campsite with the babies. The Aggies had a huge victory over Texas Tech under the direction of their new quarterback Ryan Tannehill. The weather was so nice all weekend. We really enjoyed louging outside and eating yummy tailgate barbeque. On Sunday we went to A&M church of Christ. It was such a great service. IT really made me miss going to church in Texas. I can't wait to be back in a year and a half. We had to rush back to Dallas after church to catch a flight back to Pittsburgh. Brooke has started teething so she is a bit more fussy than usual. She did a bit of crying on the flight home too. Let's just say I was glad to get home. I was also glad to turn the calendar to November and see that we have no plans until Thanksgiving, woo hoo!! We are sad to miss Claire's first birthday party in a couple weeks; but excited to camp with them at Thanksgiving.