Brett's first Halloween

"where's the candy?"

The babies from Mother/Baby group

"When can we eat candy?"

The Happy Family

"Dad, what does this do?"

It was Brett's first Halloween and we dressed him up as a pumpkin, a cute one at that! His Grandma and Grandpa Bingham were in town to share the holiday with him. On Friday we went downtown Ann Arbor to go trick or treating at the local shops and met up with his buddies from Mother/baby group. Then on Saturday Kristin's parents and Laura, Bill, & Abby came over to celebrate the holiday. Earlier on Saturday we carved pumpkins. Brett was intrigued but not into it as much as we thought. On Sunday Kristin and Laura got some great pictures of the kids that I will have to share as well. Overall, a busy weekend but a fun one!

10 Months now!

Brett is now 10 months old! Double digits! Today Kristin and him went to a open house hosted by Brett's doctor at the local indoor play area called the Treehouse. All babies born in the last year were invited. Kristin and Brett met many other babies and moms from Chelsea and even learned of a baby near Brett's age that lives on our street. Tomorrow Brett and Kristin are going to meet me for lunch. On Friday, Brett's Grandparents (John & Karen) from WI are visiting. We are looking forward to seeing them.

Finger Painting!

Last Friday Brett, Abby, Kristin, and Laura played with finger paint! From what I hear...and saw from the pictures, they thoroughly enjoyed it. We have his masterpieces hanging on our fridge. We'll have to think of more activities like that as the weather gets colder. The other picture was Brett and I getting the gloves and hats out for the winter. We both wore our winter hats for the occasion.

Besides clapping, Brett is also now waving. This past weekend he started doing it. I think the next thing I have to teach him is high five.

Video from the Pumpkin Patch

Brett's first visit to the Pumpkin Patch!!!

Look at this big pumpkin!! WOW!

The Bingham family at the Pumpkin patch!!

Brett's first wagon ride with his pumpkins!!! What fun he had!!

This is the Pumpkin I want mommy!!

No, maybe I want THIS one!

As you can see, Brett had a BLAST exploring at the pumpkin patch last weekend! It was a beautiful fall day so after picking out our pumpkins we went to the Dexter Cider Mill and Brett got to taste his first donut too - YUM!

Started Clapping

On Saturday Brett started putting his hands together and clapping. Every chance he got that day he would stop and do it. It was so cute. On Sunday I got it on video. I know it's cliche but it really feels like he is growing up before our eyes!

Later that day we had a fun adventure that I will post later this week....we went to the pumpkin patch and got cider and doughnuts at the Dexter Cider Mill.

Before Bath

It's been a while since I posted because I was catching up on things following our CA trip and I recently got back from a work trip to Toronto. Our little boy is getting so much more animated and continues to show us his wonderful personality everyday. He loves to explore both by crawling around and studying the detail of objects. He is not one to sit still in the same spot for very long and loves it when we take him out to see new places and things. The video below shows how excited Brett gets pre-bath time. Basically, all we have to say is the word "bath" and he lights up!