Elijah Malcolm Brown

Elijah Malcolm Brown is here!
Born Friday, April 9th, 2010
12:35 p.m.
8 lbs. 15 oz.
21 inches long

Baby and Mama are both doing fine. Enjoy some pictures!

March Pictures

Hello All,

I posted what few pictures I took in March. Click on the link to view them.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=162112&id=506485788&l=88fafd0e0f

Quick baby update: I haven't had him yet. I'm at 38 weeks, and ready to go, so it's just a waiting game now. Hopefully my next post will be a birth announcement!

More

It's interesting to watch Micah's speech develop. He says a lot of words, and many of them sound much like they're supposed to. He's developing new sounds every day. Example: For the longest time, "more" sounded like "mo." "No mo mo-mo" meant "No more monkeys" (his favorite book). However, now he's starting to develop his "r" sound, so "more" now sounds like "moy."

And boy, do we hear "moy" a lot....

It started with the Olympics. He loved to watch the athletes ski, bobsled, skate, or whatever, but once one run was finished, he hated waiting through the commentary until the next athlete began. So after one bobsled crossed the finish line, he immediately started saying "moy, moy, moy" until the next run began.

We also hear "moy" during meals (he eats a ton!), during commercials (who wants to wait for your show to come back on?), at the end of a movie or book, and after we give him an M&M or other sweet treat. He also says it when his daddy is wrestling with him or tickling him.

In other cute news, I think Micah has finally noticed that my belly is gigantic. He randomly comes and just points at it or pats it, and when he sits next to me on the couch, he uses his brother as an armrest. So cute. :)

Lately

So I went to post pictures from February on Facebook, and I discovered that in the entire month, I only took two pictures. So I decided to just post them directly to the blog here, and give a little update on Micah as a 17-month-old.
It's very rare that Micah will fall asleep in our arms anymore, so when he started his nap out on Josh's chest a couple of weeks ago, I just had to take a picture. Soooo cute!


Micah weighs around 29-30 lbs, wears 24-month clothes and size 5 diapers. He's still got chubby little hands and feet that are shaped like potatoes.


Favorite games: Running in circles (preferably with Mom or Dad chasing), holding a ball and letting Mom or Dad hit it out of his hands, being tickled/wrestled/thrown in the air by Daddy, and climbing on anything and everything (kitchen chairs, the arms of the couch, any sort of box on the floor, etc.)


Current obsessions: Movies (his word for movie sounds like "money," and he says it over and over again when he wants to watch a Baby Einstein DVD), socks/feet/toe jam (he says "yok" for sock, then pulls them off and says "ew" over and over as he cleans the lint out from between his toes. He used to eat the lint, but thankfully I've broken him of that!), candy (If he sees a piece of candy, he'll point to it and say "num-num" relentlessly. Guess I gave him my sweet tooth!)


Vocabulary: He's saying a lot more words now, and will even repeat after us if we try to teach him a new one. Some of his most-used words and phrases are: movie, num-num, milk, water, book, Daddy, Mama, a-ball (don't know why he puts the "a" in front), teddy bear, turtle, go-go-go (when he wants to run in circles), waffle, no way, Elmo, pizza, ice, and a bunch more I can't think of. The word he says the most is "yeah," and one I can't get him to say for anything is "please." :)


I don't really think Micah has any idea that he'll have a little brother in 7 or fewer more weeks. We have taught him to point to my belly when we ask him where Baby Brother is, and whenever he sees and points to a baby when we're out and about, I ask him if we should get one and his answer is always, "Yeah." But I still think he'll be quite surprised when a little baby moves into his house. He's such a sweetie, though. Lately he's been hugging and kissing all his stuffed animals, and he blows kisses to just about anyone, so maybe he'll be sweet and gentle to his newborn brother. :)


Speaking of Baby Brother, I had an ultrasound last week where they measured the baby, and he's already 5 lbs, which puts him at around 9 lbs if I go to 40 weeks. Maybe 37 weeks is a better option...

Jump!

Micah is learning to jump...and it's so funny I just had to share.

Pictures

I posted pictures from January, including more mullet pics. You can check them out by clicking on the link below.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=145853&id=506485788&l=06d6062d98

Tickles

It's always good to hear a little guy laugh!