11 Months!

(this was taken from my phone, sorry for the blur)

Our little boy is 11 months old! We really do not know where this last year has gone. It sort of hit me yesterday that my baby is growing up when I was mailing out his birthday invitations! He is growing up so fast!

Right now, Brendan is:

*Cutting 3 more teeth (2 of the 5 have come in already). He already has 3, so when these are done, he'll have 8 teeth! (He really wants to eat chocolate cake for his birthday!)

*He is standing on his own quite often. We all cheer for him when he does it and he gets so excited and claps!

*Still only saying Dada and Babba. Momma is close behind, but still just "mmmmmmm"

*He is shaking his head yes when I ask him certain questions

*Only plays with his brothers toys, not his baby toys. 

*Loves playing with and beating up his older brother. These two are going to have lots of fun growing up!

*Eating pretty much anything he is given

*Gets into everything, even if it wouldn't be possible for him to get into it

Tis' The Season

It's bad enough that Thanksgiving hasn't even passed and all the Christmas decor, commercials, and seasonal delights are upon us. Usually I can wait until after Thanksgiving to start giving into to the wonderful tastes that come with the Christmas season, but not this year. Peppermint seams to be my downfall this year. I have become addicted to Peppermint Mocha's/Frappuccino's at Starbucks, and I hear that the White Peppermint Mocha is just as delightful. And to add to the peppermint craze, I came across Peppermint Oreo cookies at Target yesterday, and dare I say, they are no more! They were fabulous! I usually am all about the Pumpkin flavor during the fall, and even the apple cider drinks, but those have not even graced my lips this season. I feel, along with most of society, that I have completely bypassed the fall season and have gone straight into Christmas!

Cake Pops - Attempt #1

On Sunday, my sister Brittany and I attempted to make our first set of cake pops from my cookbook by Bakerella

We were going to make pumpkins, but everyone was out of the orange melting candy, so we opted for the Mummies! It was a lot of fun and we definitely learned what worked and what didn't! This was great practice since I am planning on making cake pops for Brendan's b-day next month!

Here is a picture of our cake pops....

(It was really hard to get the mummy wrap right!)

And, here is what the mummies in the book look like:

Despite their appearance, they were absolutely delicious! Now, we just have to perfect our design!

Halloween 2011

This year we went to our church's Hallelujah Party for Halloween! Liam had lots of fun playing all the different games and Brendan just enjoyed dancing to the music in his stroller. Brendan was a pumpkin, and Liam was, of course, the Red Power Ranger! We can't wait for next year when Brendan is a bit bigger and can walk around and enjoy the festivities!

(Sorry there aren't many pictures. It was a little difficult to get good pictures)

Pumpkin Patch

Today we headed out to the Pumpkin Patch in Yucaipa, and had a lot of fun. Most of the time when we go it is during the week, and there are many more activities during the weekend. Liam loved looking at all the different pumpkins and wanted to take pictures of them all. He rode the ponies and fed some very aggressive goats, we took our pictures, and picked out some great pumpkins. We were glad we went early in the morning because it was really getting warm! I am so excited that fall is here. I love this time of the year!

10 Months!

Brendan is 10 months old now, and I just realized that I never posted his 9 month check up stats!

Weight: 20.11 lbs.

Length: 27" (he grew 6" from 6 months to 9 months!)
He is in the 50% for everything!

 I know for a fact that he has gotten bigger and taller in just the last month! This kid is getting heavy fast. He has his third tooth coming through the bottom. None on top yet. He loves to play on the floor and be free. He pulls himself up on anything he could possibly think of and we've even caught him letting go of whatever he is standing next to and just sort of standing there for just a bit. We have nicknamed Brendan the Whining Tornado. We call him tornado because when he is in his walker he is a hazard to not only the house, but mostly our feet. This kid books it in the walker and runs over our feet at any chance he gets. He also whines quite a bit unless he is on the floor playing. He will run around in his walker with his hands thrown up in the air and will whine until he gets taken out of the walker.

He loves saying "Dada," and we will hear him just sitting around playing saying Dada. We are working on Momma. Right now it is just "mmmmmmmmmm." The one thing that I wish could change more than anything is that Brendan does not sleep through the night! He wakes up 2-4 times a night. It is getting so hard to keep dealing with the little amount of sleep that I've been getting. Luckily he goes right back to sleep afterwards, but it is I who is having the hard time going back to sleep. Hopefully the routine will change soon!

We are excited to be planning a first birthday party, but cannot believe that it is almost here!

 

(sorry for more bath pictures, but this is only place Brendan sits still)

Mini Golf Date

Today Liam and I went on a date, and we decided to go miniature golfing. We haven't taken Liam mini golfing yet, and we had a coupon for a free kid's gold at Fiesta Village, so off we went. I have been trying to have little dates with Liam every couple of weeks so we can have some quality time by ourselves! We had a lot of fun, but it was really hot. We only go through one of the courses and by the 10th hole, Liam was so sweaty and he was starting to loose interest. Next time we go, I think we'll go in the evening when it is cooler and all the lights are on. For this being Liam's first time mini golfing, he did pretty good. His first hole was a hole-in-one!