ToeBell Has Arrived!!!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend we decorated our house up for Christmas in hopes that maybe Toebell would come back to visit us again this year. And that's all it took!! The next morning, Hayden woke up to Toebell hanging out under the tree. Not only is he back to visit with us this year but he left Hayden and Brynlee an early Christmas present and a letter from Santa!

Nate and I were in the other room and we over heard Hayden talking to someone. That someone being Toebell. He was telling him how he loved him so much over and over again. Later, as I walked into the room where Hayden was I saw Toebell all wrapped up in a blanket laying on a pillow watching Hayden play the Wii. Hayden said, "Toebell is cold and he wants to take a nap.".

Our Elf on the Shelf, Toebell (as Hayden named him last year), has been the best little Elf ever and we are so excited he has come back to visit with us again this year! Even if he is a little stinker! (Hayden calls him that cause he is magic you know and he moves from place to place in our house.)

MMM! Toebell your yummy!

Daddy Daughter Sweetness

Brynlee and Daddy share ice cream together almost every night. Daddy's favorite kind of ice cream to share is a Choco Taco and Bryn loves it too!! Nate will let her suck on it for a while then he takes it back and she gets pretty impatient waiting for her turn again. It is so cute to watch the two of them sharing something as simple as ice cream together. Nate's Daddy-Daughter time is cherished since Bryn is such a Mommy's Girl and this time makes his day! It's the little things that will always be remembered!

Even with a messy face, She is still the prettiest little thing I have ever seen!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope Everyone Has A Happy Thanksgiving!

Love, The Peterson Family

Turkey Time!

Grandma found a fun Thanksgiving project for the boys to make. Little Turkeys made from Oreos, candy, and frosting. Not only was it fun to make but yummy too!! We love making yummy projects!!

Hayden with a tad bit of tasting evidence on his face!

Hide & Seek!

Brynlee playing her first game of hide and seek with her Bubba!

Hayden didn't know where she was. It was funny watching him try to find her as she was making her cute soft little noises. I hope this is just the beginning of all the fun that our two little miracles with have together!

Brynlee.....7 Months Old

The time is going by so quickly! It all changed what seemed to be overnight!! She's CRAWLING!!!! Not only crawling but now pulling herself up to things. It still seems to be unreal to me! She is still so tiny but she is growing and changing right before my eyes!

More New Things About Bryn.....

It has been bitter sweet moments at the Peterson house this past month. It was time we packed up all of Brynlee's newborn to 3 month clothes. She is now wearing 6 month clothes and some 9 months jammies. Just another reality check of how big she really is getting!! Bye Bye to all the cute tiny little summer outfits and hello to the still little warm cuddly outfits!!

It's also time to take down the bed in Mommy and Daddy's room (not that she ever slept in it anyway!) and actually lower her crib down so she doesn't fall out. My heart just sank when I went into her room in the middle of the night and she was hanging on to the front of the crib and sitting on hers knees with her little head poking over the top. So Daddy lowered it down so now she is in what her Daddy calls her cage!

An update on Brynlee's little cyst on her lip...... At her 6 month check up the doctor checked out the little cyst on her lip that she has had since she was born and the good news is it's not growing. The bad news is that it is still there. The doctor was hoping that it would eventually break up and go away but it has done nothing as of yet. Which is both good and bad I guess. It is too early to medically have it removed so we will just wait it out and hopefully it starts to go away on it's own.

Brynlee has a new nickname, Brynee Bug! I gave her that name to her around Halloween since she was our little Ladybug! Now that it's over with she still remains as our little Brynee Bug!!

Precious Little Lady!

Yes, she can crawl and still have her obsession with her tongue!

Cutest Little Crawler Ever!

Halloween 2010 - Preschool Style!

Hayden had a fun Halloween celebration at preschool this year. They did such a cute program with some cute Halloween songs that Hayden has been singing all month long. In fact, he had the whole family singing the songs!! "I'm a mean old Witch with a hat... And I ride on my broom with my cat..." Those are the words that were mostly hollered out at home as we were playing!! Silly Us!!

Teacher & Hayden

The cute Kiddos followed up the singing with a little Halloween parade and some Monster Mashing! It was a cute program that we have enjoyed watching the past two years at Aunt Sand's Preschool and I think that Hayden has enjoyed all the fun Halloween activities he has done there too!! We couldn't have asked for a better Preschool/Teacher.

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

My little trick or treaters! Bynee Bug and Handsome (scary too!) Knight Hayden!

This was Brynlee's 1st Halloween and she was the cutest little bug ever! Hayden is getting so big. He wanted to be something scary and was picking out some crazy costumes but I figured I still have a little time that I can still persuade him on picking something that I want him to be. I was even going as far as spiderman and crazy characters like that but he wanted nothing to do with them. You know me, I'm not crazy about the whole character thing either. But we had to come up with something, so we, together, decided on this Knight costume. It was kind of scary but still little boy cute! I am afraid this will be my last year that I will be able to persuade him into something cutesy little boyish. After all, he will soon be turning 5!!!