Happy You

Tonight we celebrated Cousin Johnny's 25th Birthday..we had a lot of fun hanging out with the big cousins..

Showing Mama her cowgirl boots before heading to the party

Singing "happy you" *hard to see but she puts her fingers in her dimples when singing Happy Birthday and she only sings "happy you"*

waiting patiently for oreo cookie ice cream cake *which is also why she has no dress on*

Our cutie cousin John Taylor turns 25!!!

Baby Wearing

I know I have stated this before but I LOVE wearing my baby. As she gets older, now 22 months, she is more and more independent and would like to be on the move by herself. However, there are times when she just wants to be held, snuggled and close to me. For these times I am ever so grateful for my friend Jenni Becker and her friend Tiffany Speck who is the owner and maker of Baby So Smart baby carriers (www.babysosmart.com).

I used the ring sling up until this month and decided I would see how Tori liked the Mei Tai carrier this week. *please do not look at my messy house or my lack of doing anything with my hair or face this day*

You be the judge and decide if you think she loves it as much as I do!

Trees

Our neighbors have three beautiful trees that separate the view from our house to theirs..we just met the neighbors this weekend, very nice family with 2 young boys.

The leaves have fallen off and Daddy raked, mowed, and bagged the leaves this weekend. We will miss all of these leaves during winter and look forward to them coming back in the spring.

Peek-a-Boo

Probably one of my favorite games/things to do daily...

Where's Tori??

"BOO"

Earlier Every Year

I can't believe that it is November already and as many of you know the holidays will be here before we know it. This year I decided I would keep my eye out for some deals on Christmas cards. I have decided on Shutterfly.com this year for our card. We have used them for our photo books and Christmas cards in the past and I found the perfect card for this year. If you are looking for some deals on cards check them out..

www.shutterfly.com

Sorry no preview of the card..you will have to wait until you get yours in the mail :)

xoxo,

Brandi

Outside Time

I love to play outside, some of my favorite things to do are ride my bike, take wagon rides and pick pinecones from our neighbors tree..we are so glad that the weather has been nice this fall to allow me to do all things I love outside!!

**her face is priceless**

Cuteness

Here are some random photos from this fall that Mama thinks are cute..well she thinks all pictures of me are cute actually :)

Coralee Jayne turns 1

Mama found more pictures from CoCo's birthday party!!!! It was such a fun day we wanted to share them with everyone!!!

Reading Time

One morning before school I wanted to read a book to Princess Pumpkin Head..yes I put her parts where they are all by myself..couldn't read a book with out a few "night nights"..what an awesome choice of story at 7:30am!!

Halloween 2011

October 19th was Spooktacular at school. I got dressed up in my costume and went from room to room not really knowing what was going on. We got candy, decorated cookies, made sucker ghosts and spider webs, pinned the nose on the pumpkin, and had a chance to get our face painted which I didn't choose to do! Overall it was a FUN night!

Then came our Halloween party at school on Halloween Day. Our party consisted of special snack in the afternoon. I loved the cupcakes and asked nicely for "mo mo mo peas". I decided that cheese puffs dipped in chocolate frosting was pretty good (check out my hands and face). Mama made Mummy juice boxes for me and all of my friends - aren't they cute? Snack time that day was a huge hit!! Before leaving I had to show Mama my leaves, pumpkin and scary bats that were on the wall outside of my class.

Later that night came time to go Trick-or-treating. We went to Auntie and Uncle Von's house. I practiced what I was going to say all afternoon but when it came time to say it at the door I froze. We went to 5 houses thinking maybe I would get the hang of it and finally say "trick-or-treat" but I never did. I had more fun eating candy and seeing all of the other kids come to Auntie's house!

Here are some pictures Mama took of me outside of our house...

Good Luck Charms

Mama and Daddy went to their first St Louis Rams game last Sunday while I stayed home and had a playdate with Ms Fran (co-worker of Daddy's). The Rams hadn't won a game yet this season and were playing the New Orlean Saints. Mama said they wouldn't win but she was wrong..guess they are good luck for the Ram boys!!

P P P Park

I LOVE the park..especially "ide" and "winging" (slides and swinging)..it was amazingly beautiful and warm last weekend so Mama and I headed to our favorite place..