Beginning of November

The other day we went to dinner and Bryant got a pair of fake teeth that he thought were so much fun.  By the next morning, they were broke and he was heartbroken.  So dad made his day and got him a pair of silly glasses.

We were getting ready to head to Whitehall the next day to celebrate Grandpa Ed's birthday.  Bryant wanted to make another cake for Grandpa (last year was river cookies).  So this year, he decided he wanted to do a fish cake.  While the cake was cooling, we took a family soak in the hot tub.  We let Garrett hang out in just his diaper, so Bryant wanted to hang out in his underwear and decorate his cake.

The finished product...a rainbow trout:)

Trav also found Iron Man tattoos with the silly glasses, so of course we had to put some on.

Doesn't he look tough?!!!

On Friday, we headed to Whitehall.  We couldn't believe how nice the weather was considering it is November!  We took advantage of the weather and played outside quite a bit.

Especially in the leaves!  I couldn't decide on my favorite pictures, so there is a lot of leaf pictures.

Bryant is such a good big brother and loves Garrett so much.  He put his arm around him for a picture without any prompting from anyone. 

Look at the excitement in his eyes when he got to jump into a pile of leaves!

Bryant also liked being buried in leaves and popping up to surprise everyone.

Garrett got sleepy and snuggled up with dad to watch Bryant play.

Then we headed out in the field to look for ducks.

We didn't find any ducks, but we did see a muskrat and also found Bryant a cattail.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Ed!

Bryant has always been a mommy's boy, but every once in awhile, he wants daddy to put him to bed.  I usually fall asleep with him, but this time I caught daddy sleeping:)

Bryant was laying in our hallway when I was getting ready the other morning and sometimes I get surprised at how tall he is getting.  I don't think this picture does it justice of how tall he looked that morning.

Daddy also found a surprise for Bryant at the goodwill store...a kids pair of golf clubs!  Bryant has been practicing his putting every morning before school:)

On Monday, Garrett had his 9 month checkup.  He's doing great and growing like crazy.  In comparison to Bryant (and Travis), he is taller, heavier and has the biggest head!  He was 29.5 inches long (89%), 23 lbs 6 ozs (94%) and I think 48 cm for head circumference.  Whatever his head was, it still is 99%.  He is a babbling, crawling everywhere, sticking everything in his mouth, pulling himself up and trying to walk around furniture, busy 9 month old.  His update is very similar to Bryant's at 9 months; however, I don't remember Bryant being as busy nor putting everything in his mouth.  I can't remember when we lowered Bryant's bed in his crib, but we've done it with Garrett as he already has managed to escape his crib.  I have a feeling Garrett is going to be a dare devil, just like his daddy...

Bryant has really been trying to be helpful as a big brother and if Garrett is into something that he shouldn't be, he scoops his brother up under the arms and carries him somewhere else.  Garrett is starting to understand what "no" means, but still does whatever he isn't supposed to be doing, but with a bigger smile on his face.  The other night Bryant told him not to play with the outlets and Garrett looked at him and laughed.  Bryant got all upset and sternly said "not funny Gare.".  

Here are the comparison charts.  The height picture amazes me...they are so similar!

We have a fun week with Thanksgiving that Bryant is really looking forward too, especially after daddy got to join him for Thanksgiving lunch at school on Thursday.  Trav's dish was a big hit with all the little 4 and 5 year olds...normally they don't eat all the sweet potatoes, but when you put marshmallows on top, there are no leftovers:)