Some random pictures from the weekend, including Barry's first visit to our new nephew, Max. Brody's new duck lips, which he loves to do with each bite. Barry and Brody wrestling, which they did a lot of this weekend!

Brody discovered the wonderful world of cupboards and drawers this week. If he didn't get caught dangling in the air after the drawer opens or pinched fingers after a cupboard shuts, this would provide great entertainment. Unfortunately, both happen. Time to get to cupboard baby-proofing.

Happy 9 Months Broden Riley!

Today Brody is 9 months old and on his 9 month birthday his new cousin, Maxwell, was born. Congrats to Josh and Whitney on their super cute addition to their family!

This weekend we did a little photo shoot with Heather's help at the farm to get some 9 month photos of Brody. Brody at 9 months is moving around like crazy. He crawls around non-stop, pulls himself up by the furniture and walks along it, and babbles on and on. He's got 8 teeth and barely any hair. At his 9 month check-up he weighed 20 pounds, 10 oz and was 28 1/2 inches tall.

I plan to do some editing of these photos in hopes of making them really great!

Brody the Pilot

Today is Halloween and Brody dressed up as a pilot, a very handsome pilot. We got to visit quite a few people for his first trick or treat experience. He really enjoyed chewing on the wrappers.

Happy Halloween!

Brody is wishing you all a great Halloween (in a few hours)! He's discovered that he really loves pumpkins. I am sure he will look great in his pilot costume tomorrow! Today we took Brody's 9 month pictures and a few family shots. Pictures of all this to come this week.
Brody would also like to remind you not to come trick or treating at our house. As he so nicely demonstrates in the photo, it's too hard to get down to answer the door!

Happy Birthday Barry!

Happy 29th birthday to Barry, a wonderful husband and an amazing daddy. Brody and I love you very much!

Fun Weekend!

This weekend we went to a little orchard that had a pumpkin patch and corn maze. It was a fun little family outing and Brody loved being outside and for some reason he thought the pumpkins were quite hilarious. More pictures to come of the corn maze and pumpkin patch. We also finally got to see auntie Heather and uncle Sean's new house in Lonsdale, which is an amazing place!
Barry's birthday is Wednesday so he got a toy box for our living room as a gift from my parents. Brody discovered this new treasure and loves to stand by it and play with the toys inside!
The other picture is poor tuckered out Brody who fell asleep in his walker in the bathroom while I was drying my hair and getting ready for work. This is the first time he has fallen asleep while not in his crib or being held/rocked in forever! Seeing him sleeping there makes all those midnight hours of being awake all melt away. I sure love the little bugger.
Oh yeah, Brody has 8 teeth now! I'm really hoping we have a couple month off before he gets his molars. If you look closely, you can see the huge gap in his 2 front teeth in the picture where I'm holding him. Poor guy is going to need braces just like his mama!

Claire & Brody

I've taken a couple of pictures from my mom of Claire and Brody to post on my blog since I don't often get photos of the two of them. They spend 5 days a week together while I'm at work so I rarely get to see them play, but I know they're great buds! Pretty soon Brody will have a boy cousin (within the next 3 weeks) and he won't be seeing his cousin Claire nearly as often while she stays home with her "mama" and new baby brother for three months. Grandma Annie will have to come up with some entertaining activities for Brody.