I can't believe that Brooks turned one. How has a year flown past? I love having him in our family even if I have not slept through the night for this entire year.
Lately we have really started to see Brooks's personality shine through. He is a tease. He can be found wandering around, climbing on things, putting everything in his mouth, throwing tantrums, getting into everything, splashing in the bath and "wrestling" his brothers. He isn't much of a snuggler, but he will sometimes walk right into my open arms and let me embrace him. Then he's done and he moves on. He will say "bye-bye", wave and then slide himself down the stairs on his tummy. He can say "da da", "bye bye" and "that". And I'm pretty sure he tries to say "Jesus". He loves when Porter's swings him around and plays a little rougher than I like. I am still his favorite person, but who knows how long that will last. He tries to jump and today I found him splashing in the toilet... YUCK. He has little bruises all over his head. I assume these are from his tantrums where he throws him self forward on the ground or backward and then scoots until he hits something. Or, maybe they are from his brothers. Mason often hurts him when he doesn't mean to. Brooks loves to be outside, does not sit still for his diaper to be changed. I have to try and distract him and sometimes physically hold him down so I can change him. Before bed I have to get him ready early so that it's easier and he isn't so fussy.
I love his big toothy grin. He will throw his head back and laugh. He walks and holds my hand if I put it out for him. But, usually he just goes off on his own. I get to push him around on the Radio Flyer scooter and he stand and holds on.
It's amazing how much you can love your little boys.
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