My Boys

Steele loves to talk to his baby brother!

I can't tell if they look alike yet or not.

My little chunk! He has gained 1 lb and 7 ozs. since he left the hospital.

Love the yawn! He loves to eat and sleep:)

Introducing.....

Daniel Kase Brooks

born March 12, 2009 at 10:19 am

weighing in at 9 lbs.

measuring 20 inches long

I can't believe Kase was 1 week old on Thursday and I'm just now introducing him to ya'll. He is the sweetest baby ever. He is a great sleeper, barely ever cries unless he's really, really hungry, and just lays there and looks around grunting and cooing. The Lord really blessed us with a good and healthy baby, I think he knew we would need it with Steele around keeping us on our toes.

Steele loves his baby Kase and wants to hold him, talk to him, and read to him all the time. On the other hand, he is having quite a time adjusting to there being someone else that I have to feed, diaper, and hold besides him. Night time is especially hard, Steele has been waking up every time Kase feeds and crying. I do have wonderful help though and everything else has been great!

It was a very uneventful delivery. I went in at 7:00 am on Thursday morning. I was pushed back one surgery so we had to wait a little longer than planned. I had the best nurses and doctors that I could have asked for. Kase was born at 10:19 am and I can still see his little head as they poked him over the screen for me to see for the first time. Then of course they cleaned him up and handed him to his Daddy. Which in my opinion is so not fair, I carried him for 9 months and his Daddy is the first one to hold him. Oh well that's what happens when you have a section. I can also still see Steele's face light up when he saw him up close for the first time in my room. He was grinning from ear to ear. He tells everybody they can't take his baby Kase home with them and cried when he had to leave him at the hospital.

And of course here are some pictures, which is what you want to see anyway:)

Steele reading to Kase in the nursery:)

Doesn't that look like a proud Daddy?

The Countdown is ON

3, 2, 1 days that is until we welcome baby boy #2 into our little family.

Well, this week is the week. I have to be at the hospital at 7:00 am on Thursday morning. I am the second surgery scheduled, so if no emergencies come up then we will have our second baby boy here around 9:00 am, March 12. I am pretty sure I have everything ready, just some last minute things to pack for the hospital. I really can't believe it's actually here. It's hard to believe I've been pregnant for 9 months, it goes by so fast. I can't wait to see how Steele is going to act as a big brother. We have had some trying days here lately, I think the end of the 2's is worse than the beginning. I know he is going to be a great big brother and I can't wait to see him love on our new little boy, who is still at this point nameless. A little ridiculous, huh. I promise that I'm not just holding out. I really am not 100 % sure what we are going to name him. He has the hiccups right now as I type. I am excited though and a little nervous at being a mom of 2. I will update with pics as soon as we get back home and back into the swing of things. I will leave you with a few of my little man and soon to be big brother. Have a great week!

Does it only snow in March in MS?

Steele was so excited this morning when he woke up and Daddy told him that there was snow outside. He wanted me to get him dressed right then and so I did and we were playing in the snow by 6:30 am. I couldn't find his gloves so he wore socks on his hands. He didn't like that he couldn't make snowballs with them on though so he told me " Momma, I need my hands cold again." He wanted me to take them off. He loved throwing snowballs at everyone including the dogs. We played for a while, then ate breakfast, played a little more, and then went to church. When we got home he was very upset that the snow was all gone. He went around to everything in the yard that still had any snow left and played with it.

Thoughts and Ramblings of Steele

Last night as I was sitting as properly as I could in the recliner at 8 months pregnant, Steele says "Mommy, your belly is soooo big!" and then goes on with watching his cartoons.

This morning while looking at my belly, the conversation was like this:

Steele: "Mommy you have scratches." referring to my many stretch marks.

me: "No, they are stretch marks, some are from you and some from Baby Brother (who is still nameless).

Steele: "Oh, stretch marks. Daddy, Mommy has stretch marks. Can I get in there?"

me: "Get in where, my belly?"

Steele: "Uh huh".

me: "No, you can't get in my belly, baby brother is in there and he's getting ready to come out soon and meet you."

Steele (in his high pitched really excited voice): "Daddy, Baby brother is getting ready to come out of Momma's belly and meet me." (so sweet)

I can't wait to see my two boys grow up together!

On a totally different topic but continuing with Steele's ramblings, here is his newest movie quote from Toy Story:

Mr. Potato Head: Hey Hamm, Hey look, I'm Picasso.

Hamm: I don't get it.

Mr. Potato Head: Are you uncultured swine? (turns around to another toy) What are you looking at Hockey Puck?

Steele says this all really fast and together without who said it of course. I'm trying to get it on video but he doesn't perform on demand. Here is a picture of him and Mr. Potato Head and this is how Mr. Potato Head kind of looks when he is saying this on Toy Story.

Many Faces of Steele

Thought of the Day

"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling snow while it's still snowing." -- Phyllis Diller, comedian

I saw this in one of my parenting magazines today and thought that it describes my life perfectly right now. There really is no sense in cleaning a child's room during the day because it is going to look exactly the same or worse in about an hour.