Witch Hunt

Earlier this week my friend, Marie, and I took the kids to Gardner Village to "hunt" for all of their fun witches. Our reward was 25 cent chocolate chip cookies. It was a fun way to spend the morning!

Ben, Sam, Brychan and Grace (getting all 4 of them to sit still all at the same time was practically impossible)

Little Haunts

A few days ago, we went to Heritage Park for their "Little Haunts". They have trick or treating and different activities in many of the buildings throughout the pioneer village for little children. I love autumn and Halloween and this was a perfect activity to "celebrate" both.

Growing and Growing and Growing...

My baby is now 7 months old. I can remember vividly what I was doing this time last year being 4 months pregnant (griping because my clothes were too tight. Funny - still griping that those same jeans are too tight). Where does the time go?!?

Brychan is crawling all over the place at record speed. He is also walking along the furniture and will even go from one item of furniture to the next if he's positioned correctly. The other night he stood up in middle of the floor all by himself. His doctor guessed that he would be walking by 9 months. I'm afraid she may be right. Or that it may happen sooner. He just does NOT want to be little! His two bottom teeth are in and he loves using them! His favorite thing to do? Dump the soil out of my potted plant, by the handfuls, onto the carpet.

Grandma and Grandpa Davis sent a fun new toy that just happened to arrive in time for his "birthday". It was a hit! Thank you Grandma & Papa...he loves it!

Trip to the Zoo

Last week, we went to the zoo with aunts and cousins (and an uncle!). This was Brychan's first trip to the zoo, and he seemed to enjoy it much more than I had expected. As long as the animals were moving and were able to catch his attention, he would sit and watch what they were up to. However, I think he still had more fun watching his cousins!




Riding the antelope

Jacob, Michelle and little Zach

Ken & Ellie

Pumpkins for Sale!

On Saturday, Grandma & Grandpa Stander had a pumpkin party for the Primary children in their ward, so I took Brychan up to Twin Falls for the day. JR & Linda planted an entire pumpkin patch for this event, and the kids had a blast! Even though all the activities planned were obviously for older children, Brychan still had SO much fun! After the party was over, he was so happy to play with Grandma & Grandpa for a few hours!

Watching the kids play


About half of the 130 pumpkins JR picked for the event. Their garden is still full of pumpkins...

Brychan with his "loot". Each child was supposed to get 3 pumpkins. Obviously, we came home with a few more. Grandma & Grandpa put a few more in my car than I realized. So if anybody needs a pumpkin for anything...we've got you covered!

Photos with Jocie

Well, here's another slew of photos that I am so in love with! How on Earth did he get to be SO cute?!? His first tooth broke through last week so he wasn't feeling so great for his photos, and therefore not a single smile (until we were all done, of course). But they still turned out great anyway.

6 months old!

Brychan had his 6 month check up this week...he grew a TON the last month and a half!

Length: 27 1/2" (80th percentile)
Weight: 19.25lbs (85th percentile)
Head cir: 43.6cm (55th percentile)

He did great with the shots this go around. Not sure what the deal was last time. He is now sitting up by himself without any problems, rolls all over the place (he can get across the room in the blink of an eye) and the little stinker is already pulling himself up on things to stand up. He is oh so close to crawling; in fact, he took 3 little "steps" on his hands and knees the other day. Most of the time he leap frogs it - gets on all fours and just kicks off with his feet. And surprisingly enough, he doesn't seem to mind landing flat on his face. Although he's not doing any signs yet, he definitely understands them. If you sign "milk" to him, he opens his mouth like a little bird waiting for food to be dropped in...the same face he makes when he sees a bottle (his OR Tysha's; he's not picky). And his two bottom teeth are about to make their appearance. He's chewing on everything, including the legs of our chairs, his bouncy seat and anything else he can get his lips wrapped around. I can't believe how big he's getting! How can that make one so happy and so incredibly sad at the same time?!?