February

                                                                Daddys Monkey

Bath Time!

Helping Daddy make Brownies

"What chocolate???"

Finger Painting is lots of Fun!

Sledding!!!!!!

"My turn to use the drill"

"The inside looks good Dad. What's next?"

January

Dan failed to mention that Brady learned to walk in December!!

There's no stopping him now!!!!!

Mega Bloks Dump Truck

Budding Artist??

"How do I get Grandma on this thing?"

Cheese!!!!

 

"I can stir too Mama."

Brady LOVES to help!

He even helps with laundry...............

Just keeping in real Folks!

Busy December.... part 2

After a week in Florida, we were ready to come back and went from 75 deg weather to 8 inches of snow in Wisconsin. Brady had gotten to see his first snowfall (a decent snow storm that knocked power out at Grandma and Grandpa's house).

Then before we left, we celebrated Brady's birthday with part of the Householder crew. With this came Brady's first taste of chocolate cake, (which you can see he kind of enjoyed).

Then after we got home, we celebrated his actual birthday with cake and presents with the neighbors. By this time Brady was getting the hang of this presents thing and really enjoyed opening them. We learned the hard way that it is a bad idea to open the "best" gift first because he would lose interest in opening anything else.

But before Brady's birthday we got some exciting news that Brady's first cousin, Miss Adelaide Sophie was born Dec 14th. Unfortunately we wouldn't be able to see her until Christmas when we went to visit them in Illinois.

The next thing on Brady's agenda for December after his birthday was a haircut. Although his hair wasn't really long, it was long in the back (little rat tail) and on the sides where it was covering his ears. He did a great job and didn't seem to mind at all sitting in the chair and getting his hair trimmed.

He looked like such a little boy after that. We will leave Christmas and after for another post.

Busy December... part 1

It was a busy December for the Householder crew. It started right from the start with Shawnna's sister's wedding the first weekend. Brady was a one of the ring bearers in the wedding and Shawnna was the matron-of-honor. Brady got to be pulled down the aisle in his new wagon (an early Christmas/birthday present).

After almost 12 hours with only a 30 minute nap the boy was done. Which was a good thing because, we were ready for the 5 hour drive up to Wisconsin.

Earlier in the year, Shawnna and I had decided to take a vacation with just the two of us and had originally looked at going up to Door County, but were offered the chance to use some leftover timeshare points to rent a condo on Anne Maria Island on the Gulf Coast of Florida. So, we drove up to Wisconsin to drop off Brady and then to fly out of Milwaukee to Sarasota, FL.

The weather was far from perfect (these pictures are from the few good weather times we had) but it was relaxing and we ate some good seafood and one great meal at Harry's Continental Kitchen.

Happy Halloween!!

My favorite nickname for Brady is Chunky Monkey. It was only fitting that his first Halloween costume be a monkey : )

Look at that Smile! and those eyes!! This boy melts my heart!

Fall Fun - Pumpkin Patch

Nothing says fall quite like going and picking out a pumpkin from the field. So a couple of weeks ago we headed off to Anderson's Orchard just outside Mooresville to get pumpkins and some apples for baking.

First a family picture (only take number 5) and borrowed the neighbor's wagon.

Brady thought the pumpkins were pretty cool. But he was torn between the tall pumpkin or the round pumpkin.

Happy with his choice.

Then it was time to carve (or taste) the pumpkin.

The final pumpkin family.