Trick-or-Treat!

This was Brayden’s first year of Trick-or-Treating.  Technically, it should be his first Halloween but since he decided to arrive three weeks early, it’s his second.  Brayden was a little monkey, and did really good!  We went with our neighbors, the Scharrers, it was a little different being on the other side of the door and observing.  The little kids were so fun to watch.

 

I don’t think Brayden is impressed with our pumpkin carving skills..

 

Mmm…yummy pumpkin!

 

 

 

Our clan ready to go: Bee (Skogen), Ladybug (Maida), Monkey (Brayden) & Spider (Klaasen)

 

 

 

The cutest monkey ever!

It was fun to have all of the kiddos together, and the mommies & daddies too!  Kara & I get together a lot but the daddies are usually working…it’s been so nice to have another mommy at home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters…..and our little Halloween scene on the front porch.

First Hairs Cut!

We had Brayden’s first hair cut today….and of course didn’t bring along a camera, so these are from my phone.  Oh well, they sort of turned out.  And we did get a “lock” of hair to put in the baby book.  Overall, Brayden did great!  The 2 year-old that was getting his hair cut at the same time had to sit in his mom’s lap, not Brayden though! 

The Party of the Year…well maybe to us!

Today we had Brayden’s First Birthday Party…it was so much fun!  Thank you to all who were able to make it!  All of the cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents were there!  I think Brayden may have been a bit overwhelmed, but he had so much fun playing with Mason, his cousins and his new toys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gift Opening….

 

 

The birthday boy eating his first (second of the week!) cake…

 

 

 

Good stuff!

 

 

The camouflage cupcakes to match the camouflage birthday boy and invites!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BRAYDEN!!

I can’t hardly believe it!!  Brayden is ONE today!!  We had quite the exciting day too.  Brayden and I went to the Fall Harvest Apple Orchard with our MOPS friends this morning, it was quite the drive but well worth it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then when Daddy came home early we went to Costco to get his birthday present….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we gave Brayden his first taste of cake….I think he might like it just a little bit!  Can’t wait for his birthday party this weekend!

 

 

 

 

Here are the latest stats:

Height: 30.5” – 50-75%

Weight: 22lbs 9oz – 50%

Head: 50-75%

 

This one is just for fun! 

Pumpkin Hunting

80 degrees in October??  Crazy huh!  Today we went pumpkin hunting in B-E-A-utiful weather!  I think Brayden had fun toddling through the pumpkins…

 

 

 

 

A classic Oshkosh B’Gosh shot….

 

This is my attempt at photography with our new camera on “cuisine” mode.  I think it turned out alright.

Halloween Photo Shoot

It seems like our little guy has been quite the model lately!  We had another “photo shoot” today, this time for a high school girlfriend of mine who is a photographer as well.  She was working on a promotion and wanted pictures of kids in Halloween costumes, so of course we volunteered!

I would say that he was a pretty good model, don’t you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We decided to have him be a monkey this year because we always joke about his “monkey toes”, and one of his first favorite stuffed animals was a monkey.  The belly of this outfit cracks me up!  There is a tail too, but you can’t see it when he’s sitting down.  I can’t wait to go trick-or-treating with him!

Family & 1 Year Photo Shoot

We had a combination of Family Pictures & Brayden’s 1 Year Pictures today at my parents’ house.  It was fun to have everyone together on such a beautiful day!  It was a little tough to get all of the grandkids/cousins smiling and looking at the same time so I will try to put the best ones up.  Stacy did another great job of getting some fabulous shots of our family!