Punkin carvin

Friday night I brought my lil pumpkin out to grandma and grandpa Smith's house to carve
pumpkins with his cousin's Ellery and Calvin...but
I'm pretty sure grandpa Tom and Brian had the most fun of all!

Grandpa's "cleaver idea" on how to carve a pumpkin...

We carved pumpkins while listening to spooky music,

um, not quite...grandpa had on cowboy music!

The boys being "boys" were had ants in thier pants...so Calvin entertained himself

by entertaining Breck! They WILL be trouble in a couple years :)

Then it was time to call it a night..

pumpkin carving watching take a lot of a little boy. Home we went!

Saturday we carved our two little pumpkins at home.

And made our pumpkin family

Jerod the big ugly guy :) Me the crooked smile and Breck the little guy with a nuk!

Between Breck trying to suck on the pumpkin top and trying to steal his nuk back...

I'd say we had a sucessful 1st PuMpKiN CaRvInG!

By the way everyone....

I'm FINALLY feeling better!
and I am SLEEPING thru the night AGAIN.
Just in time for Halloween fun...
pictures to come of Breck in costume...and his parents...i know SCARY huh!

Sneaky sneaky..

On my days off
this is what we do.
we are LAZY
we sleep IN
we BAKE cookies
we COOK chili in the crockpot for dinner
we take NAPS
and we BLOG
and while mom blogs
this is what BRECK does

i didn't realize how well he moves around the room...

he squirmed away from his toys

over to his halloween bag

and i found him eating TOOTSIE ROLLS?!?!

what a little pig,

or maybe mom and dad snuck into your candy bag and left wrappers behind

I'll

blame it on

DAD.

First snowfall

And he was AmAzEd by the
BIG
WET
FLAKES
coming out of the sky

how i adore that face...
and all the new things he learns and see everyday

Happy 1/2 birthday!

Breck James Barrick is 6 months OLD

no way!

6 months ago you were born:

you needed me ALL the time

you slept alot

you ate very little

you had lots of black hair and blue eyes

you weighed 6lbs 9 oz 19.5 inches long

you wore size newborn clothes

today:

you are independent

you want to move and try so very hard to crawl

you roll. you sit. you play.

Try to hold you...and you squirm!

you sleep very little.

you take three little naps 10am 2pm 6pm

you sleep from 8:30pm till 7:30 am (most of the time)

you eat. ALOT.

you love fruits and veggies.

you eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with your bottle 6oz of milk

you lost all your black hair and are now growing new hair that is much lighter

you STILL have bright blue eyes

your weight 19 lbs. 68th % you started of in the 24th%

your height is approx. 28 inches 87th% you started off in the 43rd%

you wear 6-12 month clothing!

you are longer in the torso "Barrick side" and wear 6-12 month shirts/onesies

shorter in the legs "Smith side" and CAN wear 3-6 month pants

and we LOVE every minute of YOU

Happy 1/2 birthday sweet boy!

weekend update

This weekend was pretty mellow..

and i like that

Friday

consist of ME going out with some old high school friends

to Carlito's (a crazy fun Mexican restaurant in town)

good for:

AMAZING food & pure entertainment

no. there's not a band, comedian, or even karaoke

just a little crazy and alot of fun!

Most of you know what i'm talking about without being to blunt...

and if you don't, come visit us and we'll show you!

And since we are old

we were home by 9!

Then i spent the night trying to talk to my husband who was trying to watch a "classic"

he informed me that EVERYONE has seen the movie "The Fly" ummm...ok

not i, and why would you want to see it...a man turns into a fly ewwwwww.

he also informed me is a love story! 1/2 man + 1/2 fly does not equal love story.

wierdo.

Saturday

Breck and i were up early making breakfast.

Then Jerod went out to check his deer stand in the pouring rain..sounds like fun to me.

When he got home we worked @ the house:

finished the basement entrance & finished staining the shed.

That evening we had dinner at the legion with all our friends to get together

with a friend and his girlfriend being home to visit.

Dinner was interesting to say the least...

busy baby who learned to grab things and restaurant(small space) don't mix!

After dinner we all gathered at our house

for a chilly fall night bonfire! It was great..so great...that SUNDAY, wasn't so great!

I'm to old for this :)

Sunday

LAZZzzzzzzzzzzy Day!

didn't even get out of p.j's.

Football game...ending in a Viking lose...boooo!

Happy weekend....that went wayyyyyyy to fast.

this n' that.....

these are random pictures that i must
post for future...
lately i feel as though my brain is fried and i can't
remember what i did an hour ago..let alone a week, month, year!

First time eating peas...

i think he likes em'

ok, but really he does now! after i made a ton

and told him he MUST learn to like them.

What a good listener!

Here's where Breck sits in the morning

while i do my hair and get ready!
He loves to look in the mirror and giggle...

maybe he'll be a hair dresser! :) ok....no

but maybe he'll understand how much time it takes

for a women to get ready and be a very understanding

young gentlemen hee hee.

The boots: Grandma and grandpa Barrick just got back from

a road trip. Missouri and Texas...and the brought back

cowboy boots and a western shirt!
So now Breck is going to be a cowboy for Halloween...pic's to come!

OH and they brought home tamale's for us

mmmm....the BEST Mexican food EVER!

Kind of like a corn breading with meat and stuff inside

wrapped in a corn husk and baked (take the husk off to eat)!

and this..

is Breck playing dress up!

or us dressing him up...

he just sat there with those glasses on

SOOOoo funny!

Like my dad...

I got dimples and a great smile that's contagious!


I lovvvvvvvvve nap time!

And kisses are my favorite!

When i grow up...

i want to be like my dad!

Some family...

This is what happens when Breck visits with my side of the family.
He gets tied to the chair.
This is the high chair at grandma and grandpa's house..
and since it has no buckle
we use dish clothes to restrain them!
He sat at the table and played
while my mom and i laughed at him!

Then there's this!

My cute little...

GiRL?!

Yup, I had to work and Aunt Stacie was at it AGAIN.

He had two blow outs at her house

he was out of clothes

so she ran down the basement to find Ellery's doll clothes/Ellery's old baby outfits

and dressed him.

Grandma had stopped in for lunch break and encouraged it all...

I came to find him napping,

butt in the air,

with a pink fleece outfit!

i was going to keep him dressed in pink till his dad got home,

but instead i took pictures

for Jerod to see and to look back and laugh at/embarrass him when he's a teen!

I dressed him one of his most manly outfits...

a crocodile outfit!

I have to admit.

I think he can pull off the cute little girl look :) poor thing!

Soo fun swinging....

Today we went to the park.

Note: it's October 20th and still 65 degrees out

but bite my tounge next week 40's and possible

snoooooooow (cleaver i am snow/noooo) ha!

So we took the kids to the park and Breck had his FIRST

swing ride?! (is that what you call it? ha)

HE LOVED IT.

His legs were kicking ALL over the place as he laughed!

I had some cute shots of his legs kick kick kicking..

but my camera didn't save them. bummer.

guess we'll have to go back tomorrow...LAST nice day

Next weeks forcast: 40 degrees and possible snow :(

we're not ready.

Busy boy. busy mom.

This week...being ONLY Tuesday...has been one heck of a week.

My little man STILL has an ear infection.

So between doctors visits, late nights, and a very unusual fussy boy,

I want the weekend.

So Breck is still sick and we realized it Sunday.

Our options were ER or wait till Monday...waited.

And found out his ears are still red.

So option one, another 10 day antibiotic and hope it works

or

shots for three days :( Was told they would be painful.

I opted for the shots, i know mean mom, but it would be a quicker

fix and we NEED that.

Day 1 shots cried ALOT but i think because his ears hurt ALOT

Day 2 shots didn't even cried, just gave a little grunt ha..i love my boy.

one more day. and lets hope we are DONE or we may have to see a specialist.

So PRAY for my little man...I AM.

BUT

besides that ordeal

he is HAPPY,

PLAYING,

SITTING. yes sitting!

SCOOTING. scrunching his legs up and pushes his head down

bulldozing his toys along the way.

GIGGLING.

p.s thats his new toy..i thought he deserved it since he had shots...

gowsh i'm a sucker already.

oh and he got new nuks today too because while in the store

he took his out of his mouth and launched it,

then decided he needed and it was GONE...so i opened a pack

right there in the store and gave it to him.

No sterilizing

(do people acually do that? I don't, just wanted to sound like a good mom..did it work?)

not paid for yet,

yes...mom of the year!

Weekend update

Trip to Mankato

these pictures tell the story...

• Jerod taking a nap while little miss J used him for her animals
• Out with the our friends:everyone is always amazed by her small hands ...and Jerod, well not much to say
• Mom to be with my little man...she's glowing...poor mama is so sick :(
• Jerod made an indent on that couch...it was his HOME all weekend
• Everyone out with us...and Jerod and Maddie, being Jerod and Maddie
• Little Miss J the kindergartner...and she LOVES to talk :)
• The daycare girls i miss so much
• We walked home over the bridge, i bribed them with drinks, and made a stop at the Circle a.k.a Ghetto bar
• Selly family making Breck giggle

WE enjoyed our weekend visiting old friends. I got to visit my old workplace, dinner

at Blue Bricks, drinks at Mums, a pit stop at the Circle, early morning but woke up to

a HUGE breakfast made by the Selly's, lazy afternoon and naps, Leeann Chin, more laziness,

steak dinner grilled by Selly's, bonfire, beverages, and the traditional late night GARY'S PIZZA

"team America....."

Thanks everyone for a awesome weekend and hospitality

You are to good to us...

we'll be back soon :) xoxo