happy birthday Brock!! #5!!

We are having such a busy summer we had to squeeze Brock's birthday in between beach trips, swim team, and other fun events! Not many of his 5 year old friends were going to be in town the week of his birthday so we just invited a few good buddies over after swim practice and had a great afternoon celebrating our Brock man!

For days (maybe even weeks) in advance he made a point to remind me that he did NOT want icing on his cake. So we picked a chocolate chip cake and made it together the day before. :) He loves helping in the kitchen.

I thought it would be fun to sing to him outside and blow out candles. Unfortunately the wind kept blowing them out.. we tried twice and then just moved our little party inside :)

And sang to him for the THIRD time... he loved it :)

Favorite gift: huge lightning McQeen pillow. Thanks Cooper!

Happy birthday Brock-o-lee!! We love you to the moon. And back. :)

4 year well check...

Brock did great for his 4 year well check. He did everything asked of him... jumped on one foot, touched his toes, knew all his colors and shapes, knew that he should eat when he's hungry and get a blanket when he's cold. When asked to draw a picture of daddy he said, "well, how about a picture of Cooper?" and drew a very handsome picture of his cousin. She said he was "advanced" because he drew a body and not just a head with arms and legs. She was extra impressed when he went on to write his name, Brodey's name, Lyla's name and Lucy's name. Smarty pants!
He also had a vision and hearing test. The nurse had him cover one eye and then pointed to pictures for him to name. Little stinker kept peeking and using both eyes. The nurse didn't catch him and I was too busy laughing to let her know. Oh well.. he sees fine! :)
He was very brave for his shots and only cried a little. Tough guy.
He weighs 35 lbs (50th percentile)
and is 39.5 inches tall (50th percentile)
She estimates he will be between 5'11 and 6 feet tall as an adult. I'm 5'8... so weird to think of my little Brock ever being taller than me!
Here's a few pics I took with my phone....

He was being so cute I was almost in tears just thinking about how fast he is growing..

Brocky is FOUR!

Another year older! The Hall's gave Brock a Buzz Lightyear slip n slide for his birthday this year and we had SO MUCH fun with that thing on his birthday! We put it out first thing in the morning and played all day.

They had a little trouble figuring out how to properly use a slip n slide, so later in the afternoon after our friends had gone home I demonstrated for them. SO FUN! And I was SO SORE the next day! He loved it though so it was totally worth it.

Some great friends showed up with presents and balloons!

And we ate lots of chocolate

Happy Birthday Brocky!!