Columbus, Ohio

We recently went to Columbus, OH for the weekend to visit our friends Todd, Carla, and their daughter Marina. We had a great time catching up, eating good food, and exploring C-Bus. Brett even got to go to Marina's music class and hangout with some fellow toddlers. While it was only slightly warmer than Michigan, it was nice enough to visit the Columbus zoo on Saturday morning. Great zoo which we hope to also visit when it is warmer because it looked like there was a lot more to explore. The brown bear was definitly the highlight.

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Todd and Marina

Close enough for Brett to say "up Daddy!"

at least 10 feet tall!

flying foxes....Kristin's favorite, I think she took about 50 pictures of them

the aquarium

Brett and Marina in her tent. Apparently he likes to pose for pictures now!

Reliving the Super Bowl

The Pack may have won the Super Bowl a month ago but they are Champs for the entire year so no need to rush the blog post! For the Super Bowl, we had the neighbors over and had fun watching the kids destroy the house and eating all kinds of good food. Brett may not remember his first Packer's Super Bowl when he is older but we have started him young as a Pack fan.

Apparently Thomas the Train was cooler than raising the #1 sign
In Wisconsin, this is called "formal wear"

Climbing up on the dads

intense moment

alternative viewing options for the kids

Michigan Fire Museum

What to do on a cold Saturday in January....head to Ypsi for the Michigan Fire Museum.....

Our little firemen

Bert and Ernie....and Brett

The Fam

Ringing all the bells was a hit, pun intended

Pointing to the next cool thing

2nd Birthday Videos and Pics

We are officially in 2011 after a fun end of 2010. Brett's birthday was a lot of fun. We decorated the house with streamers and balloons to surprise Brett when he woke up in the morning. Of course, he couldn't wait to open all of his presents. I spent most of the morning putting his new train table together. I had to go off the directions in order to make it all fit together but I eventually made it work. In the evening, Kristin's parents came over along with her brother Matt. We had lots of fun eating and drinking, and even closed out the night Wisconsin style (with a fire outside)!

Early in the morning, round 1 of presents

The Lokers came over on Brett's birthday and were gracious enough to get Brett a present. Seems just like yesterday when he was born and they brought Abby over to meet our new arrival.

The train table, one of the hits of Brett's birthday

Elmo Birthday cake!

...post birthday cake

Guess who will be in 2 in 8 days ?!?

Staying warm here in MI. Last night we took Brett to the library for a special Christmas program they were having where Xmas stories were read. Brett lasted about half an hour then we had to head downstairs to the toddler area. Made me feel better when another two year old and her mom were down there too. Anyway, we are getting excited to celebrate Xmas and of course Brett's 2nd birthday. Brett has been talking a lot about "Cin-ta" and is looking forward to all the presents. He even saw Santa at his playgroup last week and was brave enough to sit with Kristin while he said hi to Santa. It was funny to see the reaction of 2 and 3 year olds to Santa...from excitement to pure fright. Today Kristin and him made cut out Xmas cookies. While the car cut out is less car and more blob, they taste great nonetheless!

One of Brett's favorite hiding spots
Brett and I watching Polar Express

Hiding from daddy

Halloween in Chelsea

Finally got some videos up of our little Lion. Both Kristin and I were worried Brett would not wear his Halloween costume. Not only did he wear it, he left the hood up the whole time. Drawing the whiskers on his face was another story. It was nice having Halloween on a Sunday because I wasn't rushed coming home from work and it seemed more people were out and handing out candy in Chelsea. We met up with the neighbors and pulled Brett and Abby in the wagon. Brett was a little shy at first collecting candy but warmed up to it as we went. Chelsea is feeling smaller and smaller as we ran into several families we knew and even got candy from the Police Department handing it out from their Police crusier.

At his freind Caroline's house after the trick or treating.

They set up games for the kids in the parking lot of the Chelsea Funeral Home. Brett was a little young for most of them but we did get some doughnuts and apple cider.

Getting ready to hit the streets!

We thought it would be fun for Brett to decorate his own pumpkin with markers.

Catching Up

I think I have 4 or 5 posts worth of new pictures and videos, so lots of catching up to do. I won't write too much and just let the pictures speak to how cute our little boy is!

Open house at the Chelsea Fire Station
It's a Jeep thing, must start him young

"cool, dad"

"Daddy, look, firefighters

I think I have about 4 or 5 new posts of pictures and videos, so lots of catching up to do. I won't write too much, and just let he pcitures speak to how cute our little boy is. Being a dad to Brett is awesome!