Portraits, Party and Marathon!

Last week we took advantage of one of our last nice fall days to get some 3 year pictures of Brody. He had fun running around while I tried to snap a few good portraits for the wall! It ended up being a great night.

Last Saturday we celebrated Brody's birthday with my family and some of our friends. It was a relatively nice day, so Brody was able to try out his new baseball trainer from Uncle Neal. I successfully created his cake again this year - Buzz Lightyear! I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but have to admit that I was pretty proud of the end product.

On Sunday Jim ran in his first marathon. My parents were able to go with Brody and I to watch Jim around the 17 mile mark and again at the finish line. What an experience! We are so proud of our daddy! It was so neat to see all of the people cheering on the runners and watching the participants reach their accomplishment at the end!

Baby Raguckas Update: I went in for my 28 week ultrasound yesterday. What a great day! It was so fun to get to see our little baby as they continue to grow. I was able to see it's little face pretty clearly and watch them move their fingers around. The baby's estimated weight is about 3lbs (right at the 50th percentile) and luckily my placenta has moved so we are on track for a normal delivery. Only 12 more weeks! I can't believe how fast it is coming!

The Big THREE!

It's hard to believe that it has been three years since our little man entered our life! It's been a little different this year remembering all of the feelings I had three years ago since I am pregnant with another baby now. It was an emotional day today!

He is becoming such a big boy. Often insistent to do things all on his own - because he is a big boy now. It is definitely hard for mom and dad to adjust to letting their baby boy do things all on his own!

Brody was so excited that it was his birthday this morning. We had to go to the ear doctor this morning and he was so excited to tell everyone there that it was his birthday, he was now 3 years old and he had on a new Buzz Lightyear shirt! He had a day full of treats today! He took cupcakes into daycare for everyone to celebrate with him and we had a cake after dinner tonight. We will have another party on Saturday with some family and friends.

After dinner we opened some presents. He had some more from us and also from Nanny, Poppy, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Brian. He was so excited to open them all to find so many cool Toy Story, Cars and Spiderman things! He ended up going to bed tonight in his new Buzz Lightyear Pajamas (thanks Aunt Kathy and Uncle Brian) with his new Bullseye, Jessie, Woody and Buzz Lightyear toys. He had to move some of his current stuffed animals out of bed to make room for the new ones!

After opening presents Brody requested going to feed the ducks. So off we went - luckily we have been having really nice weather here so the ducks were still here!

It's hard for me to believe that I could ever love this little guy more than I already do. But sure enough every birthday that comes around proves to me that I can love him just a little more!

Fall Time Fun

We had a family outing on Jim and my 5th Anniversary this year. We went to downtown Rockford to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant, then to feed the ducks and finally to finish off the evening with an ice cream clown!

Brody is becoming quite a techie! We recently decided to try out the wireless headsets that came with our trailblazer for the DVD player. Up until now he has contently watched all of his DVDs without sound (Jim and I prefer to listen to the radio rather than Shrek EVERYDAY!).

Brody has been saving up all of his money from using the potty! So Jim took him last Friday to buy a backpack with is money. He was so excited to get his Buzz Lightyear Backpack! (Nanny will be proud - it was on clearance for $5 at Kmart!). He had enough money left over that we went back to Kmart on Sunday to buy a Sponge Bob Backpack (even better deal at $2.50!).

He has been doing SO well with the potty. Typically he only has 1 accident a day if any and has even pooped on the potty 2 times out of the last 3 days! We are so proud of our big boy!

Last Sunday we took our annual trip to the Klackle Orchard located not too far from us. It has a lot of fun things for the kids to enjoy! We were to go for a wagon ride to pick apples (Brody even got to sit on the tractor!), an enchanted Pumpkin ride to see the pumpkin patch (Brody didn't want to get off to pick any pumpkins) and play in the HUGE sandbox with all of the trucks (his favorite)!

Today Jim took us on an adventure down the road to pick out our pumpkins. Brody was excited to find the surprise at the end of our walk. He even picked out a pumpkin for the baby (and tried to give it to my belly!).