Halloween display

Well..thought some of you might like this. Rob video taped our display Halloween night. Hope you enjoy!!! (The voice you hear is a recording that goes with the witch that Rob puts out only for Halloween night.)

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!!)

Time for new photos....

Hi!! I've needed to get some new photos of Brian up, BUT haven't been able to get any that are good. This weekend we were over at Papa's and Grandma's and I was able to get some good photos. I have some more to post, but they need some work done on them. So, I'm hoping while Rob is out of town Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (he will be in Boston Tuesday-Wednesday and then goes to Minneapolis Wednesday-Thursday. Will be back that evening.) I can get them done when Brian goes to sleep.

Brian was caught playing on the steps in the 1st and was eating a vanilla wafer in the other. He's running around now and understands ALOT! He'll pick up his toys (when we are getting ready to leave...wish he'd do it at HOME!!). He's also gone to the door when we've said "Do you want to go outside?" or "Let's go home!" He's also trying to repeat words. We've understood "pew", "sorry" and "dat" (that).

Hope everyone has a good week!

Ride'em cowboy!

Friday, Brian and I played "hooky" from our schools. It was a special day for Papa as it was his last day of work! So we went with Grandma to his retirement party at work. Brian enjoyed eating 2 (!!) pieces of cake (he RARELY eats that much sweets!) and playing at Papa's computer and desk (we couldn't take photos since it was actually at work). We (Brian, Grandma and I) came back to the house and B ate some lunch and played before we headed back home. One of the things B has found he likes to play with/on is my old hobby horse "Charger".

B also has his Halloween costume...he's going to be a monkey. I'll make sure to post pictures!! Rob's also been busy with work....he's going to Chicago (he'll leave early in the AM and back late PM) and will also be going to Orlando sometime in Nov. His big project is here at home...setting up the Halloween display. I'll have to get some photos and post later!!! Hope you all have a great week and had a good weekend!!