Just Brayden!

We recently got a new camera (Black Friday sale), so Dan has been quite the photographer lately!!! I only wish that we have made the investment sooner! 

Daddy's Hat

Silly Brayden

Of course we forgot to bring our "nice" camera on our winter walk this weekend! But I love these pictures that I was able to get with my camera phone...even with the sun glare. 

Modelling for Mommy

Playing in the leaves!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

In preparation for Christmas, which is quickly approaching, we have been learning about the real meaning of Christmas and about Santa too. We have also been admiring Christmas lights and decorations, making lots of holiday crafts, putting together gingerbread houses, and eating wayyyy too many treats! 

Making Christmas Ornaments

Christmas PJ's day

Marshmallow Snowman

Gingerbread Train

Santa Claus Lane

Pretending to eat the Christmas tree.

Decorating for Christmas!

Yes, the time has arrived! It may seem a little early, but I always love to decorate for Christmas over Thanksgiving weekend! So, we got out the Christmas tree and decorations this weekend and went to work! Brayden loved putting up the Christmas tree with Daddy and looking through all of our decorations with Mommy! We even got out his Christmas books and Christmas PJ's (thanks cousin Lori and Shari)! I had wrapped two of the Clifford's Christmas books and his Christmas PJ's as a small gift (and new tradition) for him to open while we decorated! Brayden loved the Clifford's Christmas books and I think I read it close to six times in a row before convincing him we should pick out another book! ;)

Getting ready to go decorate!

Decorating Brayden's Christmas Trees 

Opening new Christmas books and PJ's from Mommy and Daddy

All worn out and admiring our Christmas tree!

Thanksgiving 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving morning my mom (Nana) came over to help get some things decorated in Baby Sister's room. Aside from that, we hung around the house, played outside, and got ready to head to Dan's parent's (MomMom and PopPop) house for the afternoon and evening. It was a gorgeous fall day and Brayden even learned how to ride his tricycle in the morning before we left!! :) He still has not completely mastered the steering, but he can peddle on his own now! We were all so proud of him! 

It has also been so fun to teach Brayden about the Thanksgiving holiday and tradition this year! He certainly tries to take it all in and was learning about being thankful for all the blessings and small things in life. I love watching him learn! Next up...Christmas! We are really looking forward to decorating and starting to teach Brayden about the meaning of Christmas as well!

Thankful Boy!

Playing in the leaves at MomMom and PopPop's house

Hurricane Sandy

I am not sure where the past few weeks have gone! I feel like we have just been on-the-go. First, we traveled north to visit friends in Connecticut at the end of October, then hurricane Sandy hit, then Dan traveled back up north for a bachelor party in Rhode Island, and then I traveled out west to Las Vegas for my cousins wedding. Plus the normal day-to-day stuff, getting ready for the holidays, getting ready for our little baby girl that we can't wait to meet, and oh yeah, that thing called work! Phew! I am tired just thinking about it all. Anyway, I am back to blogging and catching up on some photos from the past few weeks!!

Notice the "ouch" on Brayden's nose...fell off of the work bench in the shed! :(

Delicious soft serve on a warm fall day in CT!

Playing in the rain and puddles from Hurricane Sandy

Loves playing in the rain!

Playing outside on a chilly fall day.

Playing with Hess Trucks from when Daddy was little and loving them!

Halloween 2012

So, Halloween is probably my least favorite holiday, but Brayden seemed to enjoy it this year. He had a great time tricking-or-treating at a few of our neighbor's houses and an even better timing handing out candy at our house! Brayden is a very generous candy giver too!!

Admiring the candy to give out.

Waiting...

Getting ready to go.

Look at all the candy I got!

Pumpkin Picking and Painting

So this week we headed up to Milburn Orchard again to go pumpkin picking! It was a little cold, but Dan was off work for the day and wanted to go with us, so we headed out to pick pumpkins! Brayden didn't mind the cold. He had a blast running through the hay maze, the corn maze, and picking out pumpkins.

We also did a little pumpkin painting this weekend. I wasn't too sure how the activity would go over, but figured it would definitely be better than attempting to carve pumpkins with Brayden this year. And that is was! Brayden had a blast painting his pumpkin and even painted Daddy's a little too! So now we have  brown pumpkins, haha.

And a few more just for fun...

floating in the bubble bath

cool dude

Apple Picking

This weekend we enjoyed a beautiful fall day at Milburn Orchard with wonderful friends, Lauren and Michael. We went apple picking and had a great time! 

Brayden also enjoyed a few apples as well!

Now time to make some apple crisp!

Nature

Brayden sure does love playing outside! We are trying to enjoy all these beautiful fall days and as much time outside as we can before winter arrives!

We even get outside on rainy days, as long as it is not too cold! And Brayden never passes up the opportunity to splash in the rain and get muddy!