It's raining LEAVES!!!

The big tree outside of our house has been losing its leaves like crazy, so we thought we'd set up a little photo shoot of the kids! It's still way hard to get all 3 happy and smiling in the picture at the same time! They boys had a lot of fun jumping in the huge pile, and burying each other. Here's a few of the many (ok.. about 70) pictures I took a few hours ago. It's nice to have digital because I know instantly if my photos have turned out, and if not - I just keep taking more!

OH! Brynley got her first tooth on friday! HOORAY! Her second one won't be too far behind, as she's still pretty grumpy! Hopefully it will break through and we can get this over with!

Michael's soccer season has come to an end so I thought I would share a couple of cute photos of him. Michael is SOO funny when he gets a goal. He gets SO excited, jumps up and down and gives us the big thumbs up! It is so cute! The picture of him with the huge grin is from right after scoring a goal, and the one of him jumping is just after that. My cousin said if there was a penalty for "excessive celebration" he'd definatley get it! He is pretty fast and extremely energetic. He is finally old enough to start grasping the concept of defense. Even luke will yell from the sidelines "Get in there michael" or "GO MICHAEL" it is SO cute!

HAPPY 1/2 BIRTHDAY BRYNLEY!!!

Brynley is 6 months today! It has been hard trying to teach the boys how old she is - when she's not even a year! So today when we got up I told them that Brynley was 1/2 today! Michael thought it was pretty funny!! She was weighed and measured wednesday and she was 14 lbs 4 oz, and 24 1/4 inches long. That puts her in the 5th percentile for height and 10th for weight! Such a little shorty! She is getting to be tons of fun, with lots and lots of personality. She has been trying out different sounds lately. A couple weeks ago it was a really deep low voice, and this week it has been a scream! The boys can always make her giggle - especially Michael! She's still as lazy as ever. She knows how to roll in both directions, but just doesn't care to do so! We have a jumperoo for her, but she hasn't quite figured that one out yet. She loves to be upright and held facing AWAY from you so she can see what all is going on. She is still a huge mama's girl, but we're working on that! She is still a great sleeper as well. She taked 3-4 naps a day and her bedtime is usually 7-7. She does still wake up twice within that time to eat - but over all I can't complain because she sleeps quite a bit!

Lil' Daredevil!

About a month ago we took Luke's training wheels off. He is amazing on that little Bike, his little bike - with those little legs going as fast as they can!! At only 3 1/2 - and he's only been riding a bike since may or june of this year. He is such a little dare devil too - before we took off the training wheels he was trying to pop wheelies! We told luke that once he got "good" at riding his old bike, we'd buy him his own NEW bike! He's so proud of his bike!

I"m still getting used to this new camera - Michael loves posing for me. he is SO photogenic! I was just messing around and was luck to catch such a cute picture! I love his smile in this picture!

Brynley has been a good sport about me snapping photos of her all the time. These are definately not the best quality of photos - since I was playing with different settings, but they definately show her personality. She is finally getting the hang of eating.. but only if I add some flavor! no plain cereal for her! So far she's had applesauce, squash and tonight we tried bananas - and she HATED them! Maybe she'll like the real ones better. Last night I gave her a piece of watermelon to suck on and she absolutely loved it - i think it also felt good on her gums to have something so cold!

Check back later this week and we'll post some soccer pictures of Michael!!