visit from Amy & Julie

Brock & Vaughn had some girls stop by on Sunday ! They are starting young! Amy & Julie stopped by for a quick visit. They were in awe of Brock's thighs!

halloween - SCARY!

Last halloween Vaughn had a tramatic experience at our neighbor Sue's house. He was a little scared of a moving skeleton that was the same height as our 2 year old. He promised Sue that this year he wouldn't be scared. Well - he wasn't scared at Sue's house this year! No, this year it was Roy & Carla's house :) He reached in to get the king sized snickers out of the bowl and a motion scensored skeleton hand came out to grab him. He proceeded to say their house was scary and ran to the end of the driveway! Then we went to Eric & Lisa's house. Lisa had gotten special treats for him - 3 king sized candy bars! She even got him a toy bat to match his costume,but after the skeleton hand he was a little scared still. We didn't get to too many houses. Brock was Batman's evil penguin. He hated his costume. He was fussy for the 1st two houses. We then went home and he had a snack and then we put him in the stroller. That seemed to do the trick. The night ended with Mommy & Daddy enjoying some wine with Eric & Lisa. We did get 1 trick or treater at 11pm. Mommy didn't think that was too strange at the time - he was wearing a cape.

Back to work

Mommy's 1st day back to work was last Wednesday. So far, Brock has charmed all of the lady teachers in his room (it must be his long eye lashes). Vaughn thinks it is pretty cool to go to the baby room to drop off Brock in the morning. Brock has yet to master the bottle on the weekend- he prefers the real thing.

fun pictures

Hey everybody!

My cousin is so cool!

vaughn - october 2008

I have started to use reverse psychology with Vaughn when it comes to potty training. I have told him I am going to stop asking about going potty and just change his diaper. It has seemed to work. He says no and then he goes to the toilet and takes off his pants and diaper and goes. Now if I could just have him go without suggesting it.

He is now into 5T and is getting taller and taller. Some of the funny things he has been saying lately have been - "I'm not so happy with you right now mommy" or at bedtime saying " I'm sorry I was cranky - I was just tired". Tony took him to the Haunted Trolley in Excelsior on Friday. He wore his batman costume and wasn't too scared. Apparently, a man jumped out of a closet to scare him and all he said was "don't do that again".

He continues to be a great big brother. The only problem is he tries to hug Brock and ends up smothering him. Brock gets this look on his face like "give me my space" Vaughn means well and I make sure the "babe" doesn't get hurt.

Cousins

Hug or wrestling move - you decide. When I asked the boys to pose for nanna this is what they did a few weeks ago.

brock - October 08

Brock has had a very active October. He has gained 2/12 lbs in less than 3 weeks. Today he is 14 lbs 10oz and 25 inches long. He smiles all the time and his active time is late morning early afternoon. He like to have quiet time and gets fussy when there is alot of noise or disruptions. He is extremely strong and can lift his head up. He like to sleep on his side too. His smile is funny and usually he tends to squint one eye and lift up one side of his mouth. He is starting to sleep now 4 to 5 hours at a time a night.