Playing at Grandma's

Grandma got a new floor mat (watch for it, you will see it again!). Brody thought it made a great place to line up all of his vehicles and play.

First Steps

Brenley's been pretty steady on her feet for a couple of weeks now. She stands up anywhere and can stand for quite a while. It's just in the last couple of days that she has been starting to take her first steps though. I think it was just so fast for her to drop down and crawl. She has gotten as far as three steps today.

She also loves telephones and really puts almost anything to her ear to talk, including her socks today. While she will say mamama and dada, we are not sure if she is really saying them to mean us, but we are sure she says "hello" to her phones.

The Fun Begins...

The snow lovers in this family couldn't be happier! They just have their fingers crossed for lots of this for the next four or five months.

This is Brody's "thumbs-up" with Mommy's gloves on. He always thinks his own are too little!

Ryan and Brody's snowman.

New Friend

As soon as Brenley spotted Scout in Brody's room you knew she found her new best-friend. She picked him right up, and hasn't let go yet. She hugs him, snuggles him and even took him to bed with her. There is a girl version which will be going on her Birthday list because Brody informed her many times that Scout is his and she can only borrow it "for a little bit!"

Pumpkin Patch Pay-Off

 When it came time to cash in Brody's pumpkin money he had one request- a bike like Bubbie's (friend from daycare). So a toy story bike is what he got. It makes him very mad that he can't pedal it by himself yet but if we practice in the house enough over the winter he should have it down by spring! And he still has plenty of pumpkin money left to buy a few more new toys!

Trick or Treat!

We started trick or treating in New Ulm at 3 o'clock yesterday. We made three stops, then headed to Papa Jones' house. After that we took pizza to Taid's house. Brody didn't want to do any more trick or treating, but he had a blast handing out candy at Taid's. About the third time he went to the door there was a scary mask, so he was pretty cautious after that. He would announce how many scary masks there were each time - "1 cary mask, 2 not cary".

We stopped at Hudsy's Great Aunt Shari's house becuase Hudsy and Paxton were there watching football. Wanted to share the picture of some of Brody's pumpkins!

11 Months!

It is so hard to believe that Brenley is 11 months old! The closer we get to her birthday, the more I think about the night we almost lost her and about how blessed we are to have this amazing little girl!

Check out the form and the pointed toe!

This little peanut weighs about 18 pounds. She does love to eat and has a sweet tooth. She is pretty happy most of the time, but has started working the drama a bit lately and is a little over-the-top sometimes when Brody barely touches her. She also loves to wait until he isn't around and then will head straight for all of the things he doesn't let her play with when he is!