Trick or Treat!

This year Charlie and Bethany were white tigers for Halloween. The cousins looked like twins in their cute costumes. It was a little tricky to get some pictures of them this afternoon. They kept us on our toes trying to get them sitting together for a second to snap the picture :)




This is the best one we have!


They are on the move!


Still moving






My cute little tiger

On the Move

He's on the move! Charlie's been crawling for a few weeks now but I finally have a good video of it. This is mainly for the grandparents :) :)



The crawling started as army crawling and quickly progressed to full fledged crawling and he is FAST now! Bella better watch out. Charlie loves going after Bella's toy bin, her water bowl, and pounding on the door while Bella is sitting outside. About a week after the crawling began, Charlie began pulling himself up to standing. I found him standing in his crib one morning even :)

We've been enjoying this gorgeous weather lately. Brent's been golfing and hunting most weekends and we've spent time outside playing on the swingset and took a trip to Como Zoo this last weekend.

Here are some pictures:

Bella looks thrilled that Charlie is taunting her :)


My little scarecrow


Charlie loves our Target trips!

Where did my brain go??

I feel like I have been so scatterbrained lately. Actually not lately, it's been ever since last year when I was first preggo with Charlie. I thought once I got out of the new mommy fog of sleepless nights and frequent feedings and diaper changes that I would get my brain back. I must say I have never been a detail oriented type of person, but honestly have I always been this bad??? Does anyone else ever feel like this?

Well over this past weekend we went up to Lutsen, MN again. It was a beautiful weekend! Brent and Bella went hunting while Charlie and I spent lots of quality time together playing outside. Saturday evening we went to check out the beach at Lutsen Resort. Well while I was strapping Charlie into his carseat I put the camera on top of the car. I would NEVER leave it on top of the car and drive off, right? No, wrong. I kept saying on Sunday...where is my camera? We got home and realized what probably happened. Luckily a very nice person turned my camera in and it is currently being shipped to my house. We have so many CUTE pictures from the weekend captured on it, so I am very excited to get it and post some of them.

On a different note..... Guess who is mobile at our house??? Charlie started scooting/crawling last week! It's so cute, he will army crawl most of the time and if he's really excited then he'll get on his hands and knees and crawl for a few feet. He has already chewed on our broom, gotten into the dog's water bowl, and fallen/crawled off our bed (no bumps or bruises yet...luckily he landed on a fluffy blanket- phew!) Let the baby proofing begin! He doesn't want to be held/cuddled very often anymore. He wants to be on the go all the time. It's been pretty fun to watch this new milestone :)

Well I am going to bed to rest my tired brain.. :)

MIA

Our laptop has died.

It is currently being worked on so in a week or so we will know the damage to it, if it is salvageable or if we need a new one. In the meantime...I don't have access to a computer very often. This is why it has been since Sept 1 since the last update! I would love to put up all my very cute pictures I've taken lately, but I can't until we get our computer back. First because Brent's work computer won't read our camera card and second because ALL of our pictures are on our computer. I didn't save our pictures anywhere else so I am praying that we can get our pictures off of our computer...I would be devastated!

We just got back from a very fun weekend in Lutsen, MN. It was a gorgeous weekend!! We spent the weekend with my parents at a cabin that overlooked Lake Superior. It was like being in a tree house. The cabin was on a cliff and seemed like we were hanging over the water. It was beautiful to wake up that view. Charlie and I got to watch the sunrise a few mornings, trying to be quiet while everyone else sleeps in. We made yummy food, did some sightseeing in grand marais, hiked at Temperence Falls, the guys went golfing, and hung out by the fire at night. It was great!

Charlie just turned 8 months! He's becoming a very active little guy. He is on the verge of crawling. He will get on his hands/knees and rock and rock. He's taken a few "steps" (if you can call crawling that) and is ready to start moving forward to get where he wants to be. He must be going through a growth spurt and is eating 3 containers of baby food per meal and chugging down his bottles. He is so observant and seems to notice every little detail, from a drop of food on his high chair tray to lamp cords to a mosquito. It's very fun to see him grow and continue to develop his personality.

Here's a picture from this weekend! Enjoy this beautiful week! I'll post pictures when we get our computer back...hopefully it'll be soon!!