O Canada

Last week Brooks made his first trip to Canada to visit family and friends in the north country! He even used his passport and got his first stamp! He was a great traveler on the plane rides, but spent the first day in canada without any naps as he was "on vacation"!

Brooks visiting his Great Grandmother (great gram) in Toronto.

Great Gram just turned 95 in May, and although she doesn't say much these days, we could tell she really enjoyed meeting Brooks. It was so special to have 4 generations of the Doyle family together.

The next day, we drove to Gananoque, home of the Brooks family, and took a boat ride with Brooks' Great Grandpa Charles and Great Aunt Nancy. Brooks slept through most of the trip and the weather wasn't great, but we enjoyed spending the day with Grandpa Charles nonetheless.

On the boat, Brooks held his own bottle for the first time! What a big boy and a great traveler.

Back in Toronto, Brooks got to meet his Great Aunt Terena, "aunt" Johanna" and "uncle" Andrew. He was a bit hit with the Canada family.

The Big D

we spent a wonderful memorial day weekend back in the Big D with friends and family. it was a jam-packed fun weekend with family parties, a wedding, and my 6th annual "wake girls" weekend all in the mix. most of all, it was a weekend for Brooks to meet and greet in texas - he was a superstar!

Richard, Stefan & Brad at David Murrell's wedding.

Richard & Mimi Kathryn at a Memorial Day BBQ

Brooks & Mary

Baby George & Baby Brooks hanging out at the park

George, Xander, Ruby and Brooks all together for the first time

Brooks & his "aunt" Brooke

Brooks with Grandad and Mimi relaxing in the backyard

1st Mother's Day

we celebrated a wonderful weekend with both nana and mimi visiting.

first, we celebrated Richard's 30th birthday on Friday. we had a wondeful dinner at Solera www.solerarestaurant.com.

then for mother's day, brooks managed to get out an go shopping for a sweet gift for mommy. i don't know where he finds the time! he wanted to give it to me himself, so he was keeping it in his crib and then carried it out to breakfast!
it was a very special 1st mother's day

our first real family photo...


and lunch on a patio with nana on monday...

what a great long weekend!

kids read this?

i just finished book 7 of the Harry Potter series, and i was scared out of my wits one night reading late! i can't believe kids are reading this stuff!

richard walked in on me reading and for a quick second i thought he was Lord Voldemort! YIKES!!!

a weekend of firsts

this weekend Brooks checked off a few "firsts" in his book of life.

first time in the bumbo seat!

first mini-vacation - we drove up to vail for the night, made dinner, relaxed, watched baseball and enjoyed the snow.

first full night sleeping in the pack n' play - 8.5 hours! love it!

first "hike" and extended trip in the snuggli.

brooks was asleep before i even had my shoes on or stepped out the door!

Life is good

Brooks celebrated his 3 month birthday yesterday and this little guy is changing all the time.

He looks so much bigger and more like a little boy than he did a month ago. He is really holding his head up on his own and kicks his legs more than ever. We are seeing more and more smiles everyday and still waiting for the first big laugh.

With the nice weather this week, we went for a couple of walk, had lunch at the park with emily and xander and even went to the garden store looking for new plants. Brooks got this new hat, but like most things, it looks small but is still way too big!

What a joy this little guy is!

our easter bunny

the cutest easter bunny ever showed up at our house on sunday... and we think his cheeks must be filled with eggs and candy! what else could be in there?!?

Brooks' first easter bunny

this weekend brooks also joined in for a few hands of bridge. he and daddy are learning at the same time, who will be a master first?