Faust Park

On Saturday, Mommy had a rare day off with nothing planned so we decided to have a family outing. We went to Faust park to ride the Carousel. Unfortunately Brendan was clearly not a fan. He cried the whole time the carousel was moving. Afterward, we decided to play on the playground--a much better idea. Bubba enjoyed swinging on the swings (as usual), going down the slide all by himself, and playing with the leaves with Daddy. But Brendan's favorite part....running! He just laughed and laughed as he ran the length of the playground. Maybe we should get this kid into track and field at an early age!

OK, so the deer he was riding looks WAY creepier in photos than it did in real life.

Photos Just Because

These next few are of Brendan's first bubble bath. He was pretty afraid of the bubbles at first. But as you can tell by the pics, he got used to them.

Guess What Happened...

Pumpkin Patch 2009

So our annual trip to the pumpkin patch has come and gone. It's hard to believe that it was a year ago that we had our baby boy dressed up in his lobster bunting costume in the sweltering heat at Eckerts. This year the weather was much nicer. It's starting to feel like fall. Both the Coles and Pelhanks were able to join us which made it a true family event. Brendan and his cousin, Jaxon, dressed up in their Halloween costumes. B was Momma's little Edward Cullen (a vampire to the non-Twilight Saga fans) and Jaxon was a monkey. They were so adorable.

We started the day with a photo shoot of the cutie-pies. It seemed that all Brendan wanted to do was walk away and play with the rocks. When Mom was satisifed that we had the perfect shot, we were off to sample some of the awesome down-home cooking. From funnel cakes, to corn dogs, to kettle corn, we had our fill of wonderful treats. We were then off to pick (and eat) apples. Jax was a natural at picking straight off the tree (with a little help from Johnny). He even ate off his own apple. Brendan, as usual, was a little more reserved. He needed some help getting the chunks off the apple. He loved him some Jonathan Apples, though. After apple picking we took the hayride to find the perfect pumpkins. As is our tradition, we picked a Daddy pumpkin, a Mommy pumpkin, and a Brendan pumpkin. To finish our day, we went to see the farm animals. Turns out, Bubba is not such a fan. He had had a long day.

Too Cute...

We can't believe how big our little man has gotten even in the last couple weeks. He has developed this wide toothy grin that is just too cute for words. Thought we'd post a few pics to show him off. And the video isn't really anything special, just momma's little helper but it does show how unbelievably mobile he's getting. (Sorry about all the commentary in the video, it's just how we communicate.)