Looking Through My Heart: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our little Pirate!

At the Gettysburg Halloween Parade

Pirate on a motorcycle, you don't see that every day!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

It looks a lot like Christmas...I mean Halloween

Can you believe this...October 30th

The snow did make for a beautiful backdrop for the fall colored leaves. I took these pics on my way home today.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Brennan had his 15 month check up today, all is healthy and well. He weighs 21 pounds 6 ounces and is 30 1/2 inches tall. He's a little guy as far as the percentiles go but he continues to hit all of the development milestones.

Just getting a few toys out

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Artist in the Making

I thought I should show you some of Brennan's artwork. I keep a couple of things at work therefore I don't have pictures of these paintings but you'll see his potential in the images below.

Fall collage

Notice his unique choices of materials. I love the velcro that is stuck on there

B's gallery. All made at daycare except the farm pic which he made with his friends at ACEDC:)

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Scare Crew

Halloween is just around the corner...we bought some treats today and have Brennan's costume ready to go. We are looking forward to going to the Halloween parade with friends on Tuesday. I'm sure they they will also have a big Halloween party at daycare.

Notice that he got his 3rd haircut today!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Happy 15 Months!

I can't believe that my baby is 15 months old! He's such a fun little boy who is usually laughing and smiling or ohhhing and ahhing. He's a friendly little guy always saying hi, bye, and waving. He's also polite and says thank you when he is given things. He can say and do so many things now. I'll just make a short bullet list:

Vocabulary includes lots of words now, too many to list...the best word to hear him say is broccoli
Identify and make the sounds that 10+ animals(the best is what the donkey and bee say)
Identify lots of items in his 100 First words book and around the house
Climb up on chairs, tables, rocks and whatever he wants
Sing the "EIEIO" part of Old McDonald
Eat with his fork and spoon pretty well
Communicate things that he wants (milk, mimi=pacifier, out, up, cheerios, crackers, etc.)
Identify himself (as B) in pictures and the mirror
Point to the sky and trees
Chase poor Sophie around and meow at her
Point to his (or someone else's) eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
Pat his head, wiggle his fingers and toes, stomp his feet, "make his feet go", and dance
Put some of the shapes into his square box and stack his rings
Give hugs
Read (or say the words when you flip the page) in his Beach Baby book

His new current obsession is Elmo, who he calls "Melmo". He really likes watching him on tv or the computer and thinks that when the computer is out that Elmo should be playing on it (he let's you know this by pointing and shaking his little finger at the computer while saying "Melmo"). He continues to LOVE all of his books; we read many books each evening. He has his check up next week where we'll find out how much he has grown. We are enjoying every minute with our little boy who is so full of personality.

Ready for school on a chilly morning

See how big I am now!!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Nate's "Big" Week

Here's what Nate did while B and I were in SC....he had a great week with his Dad hunting in Wyoming.

With his mule deer...another "big buck" for B to admire on the wall

With his antelope

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Steelers Fan

Fall is for football and hooded sweatshirts...here's a few pics of our little Steelers fan.

Watering his mums

Friday, October 14, 2011

Beach Bum

Fortunately, we've had better weather the last couple of days and have been able to enjoy some time at the beach. We also visited the 1500 year old Angel Oak tree and Folly Beach.