Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We were fortunate to have my Dad, Juli and Melanie to spend Thanksgiving with us. We are traveling back to Michigan for Christmas and I know that will be here before we know it. We put our tree up this weekend so we could enjoy it for a little while. We started putting it up this early the year Braden was born and have enjoyed it so much that we just kept that tradition going.

This week I am getting ready for Braden's birthday party this weekend. He will be able to blow out his candles this year. He likes to practice all the time. We are having all our friends over and their little ones. It should be great.

*EXTRA*
Reese is getting so big. She can roll over now and is getting good at it.

Twinkle, Twinkle

One of Braden's new accomplishments is singing songs on his own. I have always loved singing with him before he goes to bed at night and all the sudden he started singing to himself, and you could understand what song it was! He can sing, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", You are my sunshine", "Jingle Bells", and" Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" just to name a few. I was able to catch a few on video. He wanted to sit on my lap so the video is pretty shaky. (I couldn't see what I was filming at all!)





Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

I am having trouble uploading the other two videos I have of Braden singing so guess this one will just have to do!

Tammy is pregnant

Many of you already know that my friend Tammy and her husband Curt are expecting. Tammy was my roommate in college. They are currently living in Hawaii where Curt is stationed (he is in the Marines). She is 20 weeks pregnant and I was finally sent a picture of her new look!

Tammy- you look great! I showed Braden your picture and told him you were going to have a baby and he said,"baby boy".....we'll just have to see!

Keeping Busy...

We have been keeping busy around the house lately. Brian put new counter top in our kitchen. The previous owners put in an island but it had counter top that was much newer than the other stuff, so Brian and I bought some matching stuff. Brian did a fabulous job putting in on this weekend. I don't know how may people would have noticed that it didn't match before, but it looks great now.


Reese is doing well. She is starting to reach for toys in front of her. I can't believe she is three months old! She is staying awake much longer and isn't interested in napping as much. She is still doing great during the night though.

Braden is doing well. He is repeating EVERY word we say. He is also acting more like a two-year old in the screaming/whining kind of way.

I can't believe he is going to be 2 years old in 3 weeks. We have been practicing saying his age. I am having people over for his birthday this year. I was going to take him to Chuck-e-Cheese this year, but we decided to wait until he is a little bigger and can enjoy more of the games that they have.

In this picture he is giving his sister a kiss.

Extras..

I take Braden to the library on Fridays from time to time for story time. He really enjoys it. He is sitting in the center. He has on a gray jacket with white stripes . He loves to keep his hood up. They aslso have a train table that he loves to play at. This trip to the library ended in tears when it was time to go. Unfortunetly the tears did not end until we got home.

Reese slept the whole time.
Here is a picture of her very awake.

Great News

Reese is sleeping through the night! She is sleeping from around 8pm to 6am! It is wonderful. I had to share our good news because there is nothing better than an uninterrupted night of sleep.

Halloween Night

Braden did go up to a few houses to "trick-or-treat". He ended up going with his favorite girls...