Halloween with Corinne & at Tots

Corinne, Braden and Reese. (They were all tired)

Corinne is the daughter of our friends, Jess and Ira. She was a lobster.

Halloween at Tots


The other little boy is a turtle.

Halloween is almost here

If you know me well, you know I LOVE Halloween. Carving pumpkins is one of my favorite activities. Braden wasn't into it this year but I was. This year we have two jack-o-lanterns for the kiddos. I also carved two big pumpkins. One is a bat and the other is a castle. Not my best work, but it was fun none the less.

Costumes: It took me a very long time to get out to the store to buy costumes this year, but Braden will be a dragon and Reese will be a lion! We are going to a Halloween party tonight so they will be dressed up two days in a row. I can't wait!







Miscellaneous: This is a video of Braden's attempt to play with his sister.

Our trip to North Carolina

Two weekends ago we visited our friends Adi and Eliza. Braden and Reese traveled as well as can be expected. We bought one of those DVD players for the car for Braden. (9 hours is a long time for a little boy!) Braden had a wonderful time playing with Adi and Sam. Sam is the son of Leslie and Joe, Adi & Eliza's very good friends.

Braden and Sam ran around the house for hours. This is just small clip of them running around. Braden says "Adi" and "Where is Sam?"

Update coming soon....

An update will come as soon as I finish a project for my grad class! Stay tuned.......

Pumpkin Meltdowns

On Friday Brian and I decided to take Braden to a local farm to get cider, donuts and of course pumpkins. It wasn't too crowded, thank goodness, because our little boy was having a fit. They leave wheelbarrows and wagons around so you can shop for your pumpkins easily and Braden did not understand that he could not pull the wagon himself. He screamed and screamed and screamed! After a trip to the car to cool off, he finally was able to relax enough for us to go back. At the farm they have a lot of stuff for kids to do. We fed goats, drove small tractors, went down a big slide, and took a hayride. Unfortunately they were out of donuts and cider. I guess we will have to go back just for that.

We also had some visitors this weekend. My friend Jenine and her boyfriend Miles were in Baltimore for a wedding. It was so much fun to see spend time with them. Braden also enjoyed himself. They brought him a ride-on firetruck. He LOVES it.

2-month appointment

Reese had her 2-month well baby check up yesterday. She is healthy as can be. She weights a hearty 12 lbs 10 oz! That puts her in the 90th percentile (heavier than 90 percent of girls her age) for weight and at 23.5 inches long, she is in the 82nd percentile for height. Her head is in the 55th percentile! She had three shots and did pretty well. Braden was cringing in the background as his sister screamed. He told her, "OK Reesie" which really means "it's OK Reesie". :-)

Reese Smiling (video)

Reese has come alive lately. You can see so much more spirit in her eyes now. She is also turning into a great nighttime sleeper. I am optimistic that she will be through the night within the next few weeks. Last night she went down around 9pm, woke up at 3am and then 7:30am! Braden even slept until around 6:45 this morning. This was the best scenario for me since Brian is at a conference in DC all week. I need all the sleep I can get. He is staying with Melanie since her place is much closer to DC and right next to a Metro stop. He can take the subway to the conference in the morning instead of trying to fight Baltimore/DC traffic.

Reese Smiles

Reese is now smiling when she us up. It is so nice to start to see her interact with me. This is Reese in a dress that Steve and Yi bought when they were in China. She looks very nice in it.

Braden wanted to sit with Reese on the couch and take a picture.

Braden & Peter

There is a bond between our friend Peter and Braden that is hard to describe. Braden just loves Peter. If Peter is in the room, then Braden wants to be next to him. It is "Peter" this and "Peter" that. If I want to put Braden in a better mood, I just mention Peter. Braden perks right up! I have some pictures from Peter and Cindy's house. We had dinner with them on Saturday night and Braden had lots of fun playing with Peter! It does help that Peter has cool toys to play with. Peter and Cindy are expecting a boy in February and I am sure the house will be filled with more cool toys by then!



Peter was teaching Braden how to 'squeeze' the dart gun, but Braden kept saying 'squeak.' It was very funny.

Terrific Tots

I took some pictures of Braden playing at Terrific Tots yesterday. He loves playing with the kids and on the slides! He is no longer is shy when he arrives. He runs right over and starts playing with the toys.




Braden is looking at the parachute above him. All the kids are encouraged to do what Miss Barb does and she was laying down!

Running Stroller

I take Braden and Reese for a walk most days of the week. Here are some pictures of them in our favorite stroller!

Before the walk.

After the walk. Reese doesn't change :-)

Some video from the weekend

This is not the best video ever taken but it is what I have from the weekend. Braden's Aunt Melanie (Me-nan-nie) brought him a yo-yo. He really liked it as you will see.

If you read the comments: Peter happens to be a master of the yo-yo. That made Braden very happy considering Peter is Braden's best friend. :-)



This video is of Steve and Braden in the wagon. First of all, Yi is strong. Secondly, I am surprised the wagon did not break. (No offense Steve!)

Our weekend with Steve and Yi

It was a great weekend to have visitors. Braden loved playing with both Steve and Yi. On Saturday Mel came out along with our friends Cindy and Peter. Braden was just in heaven that night. He had his daddy, Peter, and Uncle Steve. We all went to dinner together. It was great to get out for a while. Reese slept the entire time and Braden was pretty good. We went to the park on Sunday where Braden had a great time throwing the football around with Steve and Brian.

Steve, Braden and Yi. I am not sure what they are looking at.

Braden is running with Steve and Brian.

Braden and Steve.

Steve, Yi and both munchkins!

Yi and Reese. (Reese is yawning)