athelete in the making

None of us can quite get over how much Brett has taken to sports. At just 11 months old, he is amazing us with his mad skillz. Can you believe Brett has already learned to play catch?! If you don't believe me, just watch the video below. Apparrently I (Mo) never took to playing with balls as a baby. Now all the neglected balls that I never played with are finally getting lots of use, because my son just loves 'em. He throws, chases, catches, dribbles....you get the picture. Now we'll just have to see which ball sport becomes Brett's forte. I'm thinkin' football. But he has a pretty sweet soccer dribble, too, and he made a basket the other day when he threw a ball into a container.



Can we say, ALL BOY?!

thankful

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Here are some shots from Brett's first turkey day...taken at Grandma and Grandpas' house.

Eyeing his very first turkey, mmm!

Compliments to Grandma, the Master Chef :)

Ready to eat!

I took this one with the camera timer...heehee, you can just barely see Brett through the candles. Oh, and he's all ready to eat - fork in mouth already. Ha!

cousin cuteness!

I saw this photo today and just had to swipe it for the blog. These are Brett's cousins, Alex (8 -center), Andrew (6 - left), and Annalise (5 - right). How cute are they?! Alex is such a studmuffin. He's about to be 9 in a couple weeks...I can't believe how fast he's growing up!

Brett has never met his cousins yet because they live way down in Texas...but hopefully soon!

Where's the fire?

Okay, I'm finally posting the much-anticipated pics from last Friday, when Brett became a fireman for a day (and night) for Halloween! It seems to take oh-so-much longer for me to post these days...I have just a faint memory of the blissful days when I'd blog while holding a sleeping newborn on my lap. Now I'm lucky if I can just check email before Brett is devouring the mouse, typing volumes of jibberish, or disconnecting the modem...you get the picture!

Anyway, I digress. Here are some of our fave shots from last Friday. :)

Note the intricate handmade little logos all over - even a dog tag for the dalmatian...and do you see the "water" spouting from the fire hose? This was such a fun little project!! Bonus point if you can figure out what that hose is made from. Hint: it's recycled.


"What's that, dispatch? A kitty up a tree? Roger that, I'll be there in a jiffy!"

Debbie got so many cute shots of the kiddos at the Athey harvest festival.

Fire Chief Brett and his fan club

Brett's big buddy Jaden came to the Athey Harvest Festival as a fireman too!


You can't tell from the photo, but the light atop Brett's stroller is flashing and he is shrieking with joy. Now I know what to pull out when he's grumpers. :)

Ahh, all in a day's work. Note the suspenders...they actually held up his way-too-big red rain boots. I thought this was a pretty ingenious idea, and daddy liked it because he wore these same ones when he was a little dude! :)

I must say, Brett was such a trooper on Halloween. He put up with me dressing and undressing him in his costume, eating dinner in the car on the way to the harvest festival, not to mention all the craziness when we got there...and he even stayed up for a little jaunt around the block for some trick-or-treating! What a sweetie. I'm so proud of our little guy.

Side note: We carved a pumpkin to look like Brett this year...complete with three teeth. Now he has four, and the pumpkin is starting to rot. I wonder how many teeth will be on his pumpkin next year?!