13 Months

Brody turned 13 months today and there is no stopping him. He is constantly on the go. He now can get up all by himself without needing any help. It's so cute watching him put his little butt in the air when he is getting back up. He is now toyless in the bath as he is constantly throwing them out and getting the floor all wet. Brody still takes 2 naps a day and is a great sleeper at night. He loves being held-which I love, except when I am trying to get things done. Two new teeth came in this weekend, which led to a horrible diaper rash that lasted a couple of days. He still thinks Kate is the funniest person and loves giving her hugs.
13 Months

Hugging Kate

Movie Date

Kate and I went to see Tangled on Sunday and had a wonderful time. The movie was really good. We saw it in 3D but I don't think I will pay extra to see another 3D movie. There were only a couple parts that seemed to jump out at you. After the movie we went to lunch and then did a little shopping at the mall.
It was a great mommy-daughter day and I cant wait to have another date with my baby girl.

Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving in our new house this year and it was great. Justin's grandparents came up along with my dad and brother. Justin smoked a turkey while my dad and I made the sides. It was a nice and relaxing day and I am so thankful and blessed for my family!!

Assessment

Kate had an assessment at school earlier in the week to see what she knows and she did great on it. She got 3's in all the categories. The grading scale is 1-beginning, 2-developing and 3-proficient. Her teacher thinks she may be ready to start reading and is going to start introducing sight words to her. She is learning so much, she can tell you the days of the week, the months of the year, she knows what sound each letter in the alphabet makes and can write all the letters. To sum it up, my child is a genius-hahaha.
I am so proud of my baby girl.

Happy 1st Birthday Brody

Our little Brody bear turned one today!!! We celebrated with a SMALL party. Small meaning Justin, Kate and I. It was perfect. After lunch, Brody(aka Kate) opened up his presents and had his cupcake. I think he liked playing with the cupcake more than eating it. I probably sang Happy Birthday to Brody 20 times if not more to him today and by the afternoon as I was singing, he was humming it. So cute!!
My baby is no longer a baby baby. He has been off formula and bottles for a week now, he is in a front facing car seat-which he still hates and is starting to walk more. I can close my eyes and remember everything that happened the day he was born including the pain. Which I will remind him of for the rest of his life.
I am so very grateful and blessed for the life and family that I have.

Halloween

For Halloween Kate wanted to be Jessie and she wanted Brody to be Buzz Lightyear. What Kate wants, Kate gets. She was so excited to go Trick or Treating, she kept asking all day, when we could dress up and go.
I got them both dressed a little after 4 as we were going to our block party, I got a couple pictures of them and then it went from fun to disaster. Brody didn't like his hood that went with his costumes, so after pictures I took it off but it was still velcroed to his outfit. He was sitting in the kitchen(you know where this story is going) pulling on the hood, he was pulling so hard, that his hand slipped and he fell back. At first I thought he fell back and hit his head on the floor-he has done it numerous times but when I went to pick him him up there was a blood on the floor and it was dripping from his head. I went into total panic mode. I was carrying him outside yelling at Justin(he was doing yard work) that Brody was bleeding, freaking out. We came back inside, Justin applied pressure to his head and within minutes the bleeding stopped as did Brody's tears. My poor baby had 2 cuts in the back of his head from hitting the corner on the kitchen island. Since the bleeding stopped we decided not to take him to the hospital.
I wanted Brody's first Halloween to be memorable but not in the give me a heart attack memorable.
Kate on the other hand, had fun going up to the houses and saying "trick or treat". This is the first year, I have actually let Kate eat some of the candy.

Kate's Birthday Party

This year for Kate's birthday party, I decided to keep it small and girly. I made fairy wings for all the girls to wear and sent them home with pink crown cookies. Even though her party was small, she still seemed to get alot of presents.