Trick or Treat Time

We went trick or treating with the Simms' in their neighborhood this year. It was nice Brody had other kids to walk around with. Here is a picture of Buzz Lightyear and the Shark. I was surprised Brody was not shy at all. He walked right up to the door for candy.

It was pretty exciting Brody asked to go to the bathroom and was successful 3 times this weekend but nothing since. I'm excited he is at least thinking about it. I'll take what I can get.

We had a busy weekend with the play at The Rose, bowling birthday party and Halloween. I'm glad we don't have anything going on this weekend.

Fall Fun

Two posts in two days, I'm on a roll. We love fall at our house. Brody loves going to the pumpkin patches. We made our annual pilgrimage to Vallas with my parents and my cousin and her kids. Vallas is such a fun place. Last weekend Brody went to his first kid birthday party. It was at a little pumpkin patch is Council Bluffs. It was so funny to watch a handful of 3-4 yr old boys running around. Next weekend we are going to "How I Became a Pirate" play at the Rose children theater and then bowling on Sunday for his cousin's birthday party.

I still have my fingers crossed that Brody will decide he wants to start potty training. Right now he wants nothing to do with it. Sigh...

Piper is growing like a weed. Well a little weed. She still isn't very big. I hope she gets the Pellett petite gene instead of my Dworak/Gibler Eastern European genes. We tend to be a little on the thick side. Ha, Ha. She still goes to bed at 6pm every night. I thought she'd grow out of it but I guess my girl likes her beauty sleep. She is officially on the move. She army crawls all over the place and of course she doesn't want to play with her toys she goes after Brody's toys. Just think I only have 18 years of Piper driving him crazy.

Pre-Halloween Photo Shoot

Just a few Pre-Halloween pictures from our costume dress rehearsal last weekend. I'm not sure why they both turned the heads the same way in the picture of them together. I had to beg B to lay down next to his sister for a picture.

Brody's Birthday

Greetings~

Unfortunately, I don't have any good pictures from Brody's birthday party. He was too busy to stop and smile for the camera that day. There was just too much going on. He had a great time at his birthday party and of course he got so much new stuff.

Today we took Brody to the zoo. We left Piper with my parents and just spent time with Brody. We had a really fun day even though it was a little chilly. Brody is at a really fun age right now. He loved the animals and even introduced himself to some of them. "Hi my name is Brody Patrick". When we got home from the zoo I went back to painting Brody's room. I decided it had been the same color for 3 years and it was time for an update. I'll post a picture when it is all done.

Piper is doing great. She is really getting the hang of eating baby food. She wants to crawl so bad but she just can't figure out how yet. I'm not sure if I'm ready for her to be on the move yet. Brody already gets annoyed when she happens to get a hold of something of his.

Harvest is just getting started so that means I'll pretty much be a single parent for about 2 months.

We are going for our annual trip to Valas in a couple of weeks so I'll post pictures soon.

Trish

Piper's Baptism

Happy Labor Day Everyone!!!
We've had a great weekend. Miss Piper was baptized yesterday at St. Peter's Church by Father Kottas. It was great day with lots of family and friends not to mention beautiful fall weather. This week is Brody's 3rd birthday I can't believe he is 3 already. We are having a pirate birthday party for him on Saturday. I will post pictures next weekend from his party. Until then Arrr Matey!!!

Summer

Hi~
Wow this summer has gone by fast and Piper is getting bigger everyday. I can't believe she's 5 months old already. Brody will be 3 years old next month and we are having a pirate party for him. I don't have alot of new pictures of Brody because he doesn't hold still long enough for me to take them. Piper doesn't have a choice yet so I have a ton of pictures of her. We went to Okoboji again last month and had a great time. In the picture above Brody and Piper are riding the train at Arnolds Park. Piper already thinks her brother is cool. She smiles and giggles whenever he pays any attention to her. Right now Brody is sick, he has a fever we are fighting.

When we were in Okoboji I managed to prove to myself I was still young and I went water skiing. I hadn't been skiing in at least 5 years. I got right up the first time but the next day my shoulders and back we sore.

We don't have much planned for August but September will be busy with Piper's baptism and then Brody's birthday. I will post pictures from both events.

Trish

Okoboji

Hi Everyone,

I'm keeping my goal and making my June post. We went to Okoboji for a long weekend last weekend. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate for a lake weekend. It was only in the 60's and 70's and only sunny one day so no boating. We did some shopping and of course we went to Arnold's Park. It was nice to get away but I can't wait to go back in July because hopefully it will be hot so we can swim and boat. Here is a picture of Brody on his first fishing outing and a picture of Piper in the cabin.

Will post again soon. I hope everyone has nice Father's Day weekend.

Busy Weekend

Hello Everyone~

We had a busy weekend. The kids got their pictures taken on Saturday morning. Overall I think they turned out great. Unfortunately Piper was her super happy a half hour before pictures started. So when the photographer got to our house she was hungry and tired. Isn't that always the way.

Sunday morning we woke up early and went to mass at St. Peter's and visited one of my favorite people Father Kottas. Then it was off to the zoo. Brody loved the animals and the train. Piper did not like the train especially the whistle and when they let out the steam. That night we visited Grandma and Grandpa Gibler.

We got our in car DVD player installed in Jay's truck so we are ready for our trips to Okoboji this year. Hopefully it will keep Brody busy for the 3 hour drive.

Well that's all for now. I'll post again soon.

Miss Piper

It's Been A Long Time Coming

Hi Everyone,

I can't believe it has been over a year since I last blogged. In the last year Jay and I welcomed a baby girl to our family. Piper Elizabeth was born March 7th. Miss Piper is healthy and happy but don't let her fool you she's got fire in her belly. When she gets mad watch out. Unfortunately she already got sick. She was only at daycare 1 week.... All daycares should be bleach bombed weekly.

Brody is a great big brother. He'll be 3 this September. He's a very sweet little boy except when he's testing his mom :) He likes to watch Toy Story, Curious George and Sesame Street. He said to me the other day when we were driving "Look an octagon" I took me a second and then I noticed he was pointing to the stop sign. Telly was looking for an octagon on an episode we had watched a week earlier. Good old Sesame Street....

Jay and I are celebrating our 4 year wedding anniversary next week. We are going to Cascio's Steakhouse for dinner. Yum I can't wait. We are going on a cruise in January. I'm so excited even though I know I'll miss the kiddos.

I know I haven't been good about updating but my goal is to update at least monthly. So talk to

you soon.

Trish