If you're happy and you know it -- Clap Your Hands!

Louis has learned to clap his hands! It's so cute. Sometimes he claps for no reason at all and then just laughs, other times he'll clap if you ask him to or if you start to cheer and say 'good job' to him. I love it! He is such a bright and happy boy.

Playing before bed

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Happy Holidays

Let your heart be filled with the magic of the season and may you and your loved ones enjoy peace, prosperity and good health in the new year.

Hugs,

Matt, Hanna & Louis Brown

I heart faces photo challenge - Sweet Dreams

I took this photo just a few days after bringing my first born home. Louis Michael Brown was due on Easter 2009 but happily arrived a few days early. He means the world to me and has brought so much joy to my life - frankly, more than I could have ever imagined possible. Louis is now 7 mos. old and so much fun. He keeps his dad and I laughing with all of his antics. But, I'll never forget the immense feelings of being overwhelmed those first few months, the worrying and fretting about doing everything perfect, the constant waking to feed him but, above all, the falling in love like never before and the profound sense of appreciation I developed for my husband and my family.

I am truly happy and feel blessed beyond measure. Sweet dreams my love.

Christmas Shopping with Louis

We went Christmas shopping today and Louis went too! He got lots of neat Chistmas gifts. Luckily for us he slept during the entire shopping trip so we know he wasn't peaking! He's going to have a great 1st Christmas.

Puttin up the tree

This weekend we put up the Christmas tree. This is Louis first Christmas and eventhough he'll only be 8 mos. I am really excited to share the magic of the holiday season with him. I hope he 'believes' for a long time.  

Louis' song

When Louis was an infant he would cry for hours in the evening and I would walk around the house singing and rocking him until he'd pass out from exhaustion. On one of those many nights when he was so very young I made up a song for him which, even though he's long outgrown the colic of those days, Matt and I still sing to him. He likes the rhythm and repetitiveness of the lyrics.


Louis Michael Brown
eyes so blue and hair so brown
Louis Michael Brown
cutest baby in town!

Every little baby should have their own song.

Bedtime routine

Every evening about 7:30 p.m. Louis get's his jammies on, a bottle which he drinks in his bouncy seat, a quick prayer and NickJr. cartoons on the tv. It's like a religion. The same thing every night, no deviations and it works like a charm. He'll be asleep by 8:30 p.m. He's such a good baby.

Right now I'm listening to the tail end of tonight's bedtime routine. A 'growling' baby about to doze off to sleep and the mechanical rhythm of the bouncy seat going up and down. I love those sounds :)

Thanks to a new humidifier in his room Louis has slept until 6:30 a.m. the last two nights. Fingers crossed that tonights slumber is just as long and uninterrupted. Sweet dreams my little Louis!

New Blog is Up and Running!

So excited to have a new look and feel to Louis' blog! Thanks LeeLou for working with me to design a blog that's perfect for my family to tell our stories!

Dinner at DirtyFranks

We stopped on our way home from work Thursday evening to pick up a couple DirtyFrank's amazing hot dogs!

Matt and I both ordered Jumbo Dogs grilled with cheddar cream cheese, jalepenos and bacon...Delicious! I can't wait to go back.

Check out DirtyFranks location and menu here http://www.dirtyfrankshotdogs.com/

Next time, I may just have to order the 'Glen Beck' - a plain old weiner :)

Big foam blocks are exhausting

One evening last week when Matt and I went to pick Louis up from daycare, we found him passed out and sleeping in a giant play pen of soft, foam blocks! I had never seen him fall asleep among the toys he was playing with. He was sleeping so soundly that I felt so bad waking him up to go home. 


Since that day, he's fallen asleep in the middle of playing two other times. He's such an active little boy! I'd be exhausted too if I were him.

Sitting up. On my own.

Louis will be 7 mos. old on Monday - his dad's b-day! And he can sit up while holding things for long stretches of time. It really is neat to watch him develop and meet these milestones. But, already I feel the pang of losing 'my baby!' It's amazing how strong and independent the little dude has become in just 7 mos. He's the best thing Matt and I could have ever dreamed of!

Coming Soon!

I'm so excited to be getting a new blog design for the Adventures of Little Brown Sprout! Want your own? Check out LeeLou Blog designs at http://www.leeloublogs.blogspot.com/!

Ouch! Two new teeth

Ouch! Little Sprout has two new bottom teeth. So yes. That's a total of four bottom teeth and no top teeth :) Except for about one week when he was a teeny, tiny baby Louis has never used a binky. He now however -with all these teeth popping through - likes to chew on the binky's. Here's a recent photo of him on a walk chewing the heck out of his binky.

Trick or Treat

Little Brown Boot Lost

Louis refuses to have anything cover his feet - blankets, socks, shoes, etc. Since he's been born, I've been unsuccessful at keeping those tootsie's covered. As winter approaches I'm fretting just how I'm going to keep his feet warm and him healthy. I've purchased about five different types of shoes/boots to protect his feet and I've been putting a pair on him everytime we leave the house. Many times this makes a simple walk or trip to the grocery a scavenger hunt as we try to locate the kicked off or thrown boot!

Case in point, yesterday while checking out at the grocery I looked into Louis' stroller to realize that he was sans boot. After checking out, I walked back through the store looking for the lost little brown boot. With no luck we left the store and retraced our steps home. Finally, upon approaching the back yard,  I saw what appeared to be a little brown boot in the grass.

I guess the jokes on me Louis :) You were able to sneak that thing off while I was preoccupied...and, it took me an entire hour to realize you'd chucked it out of the stroller!

Look at that beautiful smile!

Firetruck

We've been home this week with Louis and the weather has been beautiful - 60 and sunny! We've gotten out most days for a walk and to check out the changing leaves on the fall trees. I took this pic with my camera phone the other evening while on one of our walks. Louis is sporting a new sweatsuit - this one features a bright red fire truck!

obama pride!

this onesie rocks!

it's got the prez on it.

There's a bear in our tree!

It's a gloomy Saturday in October but we didn't let that deter us from having some outdoor fun. Louis put on his little bear suit and we took a walk...capturing these adorable photos in our own front yard. Louis is at a great age (6mos.). He's so happy all the time. He's learning to sit on his own, has a fantastically healthy appetite and is practically sleeping through the night!