Almost One Year

Brenna at 11 months:

She loves cats, taking off her socks and hats (thank you Amber), blankies, dropping food on the floor and then eating it later, looking at pictures of family, watching family vidoes, and eating.

She has 4 teeth now, can babble a lot, pulls up to standing in her crib, crawls very fast, and rotates her ankles when she is excited or sleepy.

Here is some of her babbling and at the end you can see her rotating her ankles a little. She does it a lot more as she falls asleep.

See how fast I can crawl!

3 Little Pumpkins Sat on a Table . . .

. . .and got disembowled. It was such fun. It was a year of firsts for us. Brenna's first pumpkin and Spencer picked out a white pumpkin to carve.

Brenna wasn't so sure about the pumpkin guts.

Even after it was cleaned out she still rejected it. Some pumpkins just can't win.

Ben made our refreshments, cocoa crispy treats which were super delicious, and I carved the pumpkins. My poor kids had to make do with my artistic talents and carving preferences.

Lauren's pumpkin is Princess Zelda after a stroke. Note the total lack of muscle function on the left side of her face.

Spencer's pumpkin is happy Link. Spence did not want a mean face at all because that would have made his pumpkin a bad guy. What a sweet face pumpkin.

Brenna's pumpkin is teething, can't you tell.

Lights out and candles on!

Brenna Can Crawl

Friday afternoon Brenna decided she could crawl! Now she gets around and bugs us all, especially the kids. She's not a pro yet so she doesn't go too fast, but I did invest in a new gate to put over the stairs going up and down. I think I also need more outlet covers. Fun times ahead.

Brenna is so Silly

I had to take a couple pictures of Brenna again. She got a cute little Halloween outfit from Iowa and she is now wearing a little hoody sweater that my grandmother knit. I'm not sure if I ever wore it, but I know some of my siblings did.

Also, a funny story. Ben and Brenna were sitting together on the bed. Ben was using the laptop and had a USB cable plugged into the laptop, but it wasn't connected to anything else. Suddenly the message "USB device not recognized" pops up on the screen. Surprised, Ben looks around wondering what could be connected to the cable. He turns and sees Brenna eating the other end of the cable.