Happy Halloween!!

Brian has his 1st Halloween party today at daycare! Then tonight we will take him to some of our neighbors to trick or treat. I got him a monkey costume at Old Navy and he loves it!! He will actually leave the hood on..most hoods he pulls back off!

Hope you all have a great Halloween!!

transformation....

well....I couldn't get any night photos, but this is how part of our front yard looks. (He has lighting set up as well as strobes) This is Rob's favorite holiday and he goes all out. (This is the 1st he's put up the display in 5 years though.) It took 4 days to set up (2 different weekends) and on Halloween night he also adds fog. The fence you see he built. It's all wood that has been painted. To store, it comes apart and put in the attic above our patio. (which is why it took 4 days...1 weekend to get all of it down and then build the fence!)

Yes..that is a real casket. Rob said that he got it at Hood's (a store in St. Louis) and it was a display from a funeral home that had a fire (you can see up close that there is smoke damage). There is also a dinosaur that hangs next to the front door and the dark square on the upper side of the house (what looks like it's above the casket) is a hanging of a creature climbing out of a wall.

one more....

well...I was able to edit 1 more photo today..(this was pretty dark.) I should add that I've been stepping out of my comfort zone and using our dslr (digital slr). Not only using it alot, but also keeping it out of auto!! So, the photos sometimes come out dark when I don't have the settings right. Consequently, I have to go into Photoshop and edit. :-(

I took this one last weekend when we were over at my Mom and Dad's and Brian was playing outside. (You can tell he LOVES to be outside!!)

I'm hoping to get some photos at night of the nightly transformation that's taken place in our front yard. (It's been going on for the entire month...and will soon disappear until next year!)

Have a great week!!

15 months old....

Well...our little guy has grown in the last 3 months. He had his 15 month dr. appointment on Friday (26th). He got 4 shots (which he didn't cry TOO much!) and we found that he is off the charts in height and in the 95th percentile for his weight. He weighs 30lbs 10oz (!!) and is 32 1/4 in. tall! He's grown 2 inches and gained 2 lbs. since his 1 year appointment. He also has 12 teeth (all 4 molars) and he's teething again. Working on his eye teeth now.

Here are a couple of pictures I took while he was having fun playing outside at Nana and Papa's on Sat. Papa, Nana and Daddy were working on blowing insulation into the dormer and storage spaces and we spent a good part of the morning outside playing since it was SO nice! If Brian is nice, I'll try to get some more edited (I got up early this morning to do these!) and post later. (I got what looks like a good one of him in his Halloween costume!!)