Gone Witching at Gardner Village

Brock and I went with Luke's sisters and their kids to Gardner Village last week to the Witch Festival. It was so much fun!! There were people dressed as witches everywhere! This was our first time going, but next year we are definitely dressing up. Brock had a great time with his cousins, thanks for inviting us!! (L-R) Jace and Izzy Wetsel, Brocko Man, Gabe and Lincoln Sanchez. Izzy was dressed as a witch, but she's not wearing her hat in this pic so you can't tell. She was scaaary! :)

Mr. Mano sittin on a bale of hay all by himself. I love fall, babies look so cute bundled in their jackets don't they?!

Mommy and Brocko. I didn't even have to dress up and everyone thought I was dressed as a witch. I guess if the broom fits, ride it!

We walked past this witch and I thought I was looking in a mirror! Brockton didn't like her too much if you can't tell. Oh well it was a fun night!

My Bigger Boy

Brocko in his jumperoo toy, he loves this thing! Of course he has his finger in his mouth because he's holding his "loving". The minute you hand him his little blankie his finger goes straight in his mouth. I love that about him.

Brocko snuggling with his other "loving" aka his mommy. These moments are few and far between with a busy little one always wanting to explore, so I never take these moments for granted. What a sweet boy.

It's these moments that make the hard work of motherhood completely worth it. There is not a better feeling in this world than to have your precious little one fall asleep in your arms snuggling. I'm so lucky to be his mommy!

Brockton wanted to try out his cousin Lincoln's toy car the other day so I was pushing him around the room and he was just loving it! Boys just have an instinct when it comes to cars and stuff, no one even showed him how and he was steering with the steering wheel and everything.

He kept trying to stand up while inside and the car would slide back and he would end up underneath the car. He couldn't figure out how that kept happening! He looked like such a big boy in the toy car, I can't believe I have an 11 month old baby!!

Cake Class Week 4

I finished my last cake class for Course 1 a few weeks ago!! I thought I should probably post these pics to redeem myself from the pics I posted of the cake from week 2 of my cake class. This was a really fun cake to make and I'm so excited that I can actually do something like this! The next class I'm going to take is learning to do tiered cakes and fondant. Wish me luck!!

I've been inspired, so...

I'm going to start blogging even when I don't have pictures to post. Brock changes daily and I feel like if I don't write some of the little things down then I'll forget to tell you later, so cut me some slack if my first try is boring, I'll work on it.

So first of all, he is growing up so fast right now. He'll be turning 1 in a little over a month and its starting to freak me out. I just keep thinking - ok when I got pregnant I signed up to have a baby, right? What is this baby thinking turning into a toddler?! I'm loving every minute of it, but it is just starting to hit me that he's not going to stop getting older...ever... {sniff sniff}

Seriously though, he's adorable. I'm thinking that the stork may have gotten the wrong address when he dropped Brock off at our doorstep, but we are KEEPING him anyway!! Some of his new favorite things are:

1. Naptime.... Not because he likes to sleep, but because he's figured out that if he stands up in his crib he can pull the soft toy things off of his mobile and play with them, or stand up in his crib and bounce to the music in his mind, or just talk and sing as high and as loud as he can until his mom comes in to tell him that it really is time for nigh night, that wasn't a joke.
2. Letters. He has his name spelled out on the wall in his room and I'll point to each letter and say it's name and then tell him that it spells Brock. He'll keep pointing to it until I repeat the process about 20 times. He'd better know how to spell his name by kindergarten is all I have to say!
3. Say Jesus. He can audibly say the word which is amazing to me because most of the other words I try to teach him usually come out as dada, mama, or baba.
4. Watch Nemo. Finding Nemo is his favorite movie and he will watch it from the "first day of school" scene (I skip the beginning cause it makes me cry) until the very end of the credits... and if I try to talk to him while he's watching, he'll lean over and peek around my head so he still has a clear view of his movie. He even gets into some parts, like the part when all the fishes are saying "swim down", Brock will get really excited and yell right along with them. We decided it would be appropriate that his first birthday party was a Nemo theme. Or "Noono" as he calls it.
5. Flexing his muscles. I don't know if he saw his dad flexing in front of the mirror (hehe) or where he learned this one, but if anyone flexes their arms and grunts, he'll do it right back. It's a classic.

Well there's much more, but I have a feeling that if I keep going I'll never stop...

But I just have one more thing to say...I'm so glad that Brock has such a wonderful dad. He is so helpful with Brock, and has such a way with him. Sometimes I feel a little jealous that I'll never have the special bond with Brock that only a father and son can share, but I'm so glad that he has such a wonderful role model to look up to in his dad. I can always depend on Luke to pick up right where I left off when I have to go somewhere without them and Luke knows exactly what Brock's schedule is and what to do...it's really incredible. I'm so lucky to have two amazing boys in my life. I don't think I could love them more, but I know by tomorrow I already will.