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What's new with us? Well, we are both up to our eyeballs in schoolwork - especially Brian. It's unbelievable how many tests, case studies, proposals and such he has to do - not to mention studying for his big CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst - hope I got that right!) exam in December. You should see one of his books - maybe I'll post one of his exam questions next time just for fun. It looks like Japanese to me! He tries to read them to me and my mind starts to wander off to other things and all of the sudden he's looking at me and saying "you know?" and I'm like, "....uh....I think my phone is ringing...gotta go!" :) U go Bri!!


Brighton just keeps getting cuter!! Here he is modeling the new shoes my sister got him when we went to the mall - what a sweet auntie!



This is the face he uses to get me to stop doing homework and play with him - works every time.


If he can't be outside, he at least likes to keep tabs on what's going on out there.



I had one of those moments where I really needed some kind of change - nothing a bottle of Nice n Easy from the grocery store couldn't cure (okay, two bottles)! I bought it and then decided to maybe just return it and Brian called me a chicken so, of course, it was ON! I'm kinda diggin' on it, too!!



Well, I think most of you know already but Brighton crawled for the first time on October 23!! He is now a complete expert and is all over the place. He's been trying lots of new foods but we're still waiting for some teeth to show themselves so he can really get in on the action!

Grandma & Grandpa Bourne are in town this weekend!!! Will post pics next time!


P.S. GO UTES!!!!!

Halloween at Brighton's House

Arrrr mateys, surrender ye booty (and also any snacks you might have - this little pirate has a new obsession with food and if you have some and don't share...well, let's just say you probably oughtta share..).

A sea wench, her scurvy sailor, and the captain.





The captain after one too many treats.







Brian is surprisingly festive around Halloween. He even makes root beer with scary dry ice fog (and who couldn't love the sweet skull punch bowl he got - it "bleeds" your beverage out of its eyeballs, awesome!)

You don't think it's weird that we pierced his ear for a Halloween costume, do you? :)

He even raided the candy bowl, but thankfully he doesn't know you can take the wrapper off - sssh!



CUTEST. PIRATES.



EVER.



It snowed again a few days after Halloween, causing Brighton's little pumpkin to cry. The cold may actually preserve our pumpkins for a few days so we can get some more input on whose is best (we are very competitive with these kind of things).

Oh, The Fun B Has

Just a few of Brighton's favorite things:

Sailing in his 'boat',


eating toast


...and berries,


jammin' on his 'drumset',


jumpin',



relaxing with a good book,

bein' silly with Mom,

jeepin' with Dad,


and peeking out to see if Mom & Dad are awake yet (though this method quickly became obsolete once he figured out how to pull himself up and really survey the situation).

Long Overdue Updates - more to come...

My mom & my bro-in-law have bdays within a couple days of eachother, sooo we celebrated them together by going up to our favorite little picnic spot at Brighton (of course!). I made some freaking awesome shishkebabs and it rained while we ate them.

There were so many trees, though, that we really didn't get too wet and it was sooooo pretty. Fall rocks big time!!

I got to put Brighton in his little pack and trek around with him & his cousin Alaric, who is learning to talk - so much fun!!! These boys are cuter than a fuzzy monkey!

Also, Brian is totally the best & got me these SUPER SWEET shoes that allowed me to stand IN THE WATER and still have dry feet. Wow, I feel kinda invincible in them to tell the truth!


That was so much fun.








Then, just a short few weeks later, it SNOWED!!

Look how CUTE my guys are!!! Talk about snow babes- woo! We're so excited for Brighton to get to check out the snow once it actually sticks & we can do some sledding and snowman building.

Little B has been growing up like crazy!! He can pull himself up to a standing position like nobody's business and is now eating all kinds of different foods (well, "eating" is a relative term there, but he's working on it!) He is very vocal and loves to show off his incredible, resonant voice. I am sure that all of our neighbors are acutely aware of Brighton's developing vocal chords - oh well, how can they be mad at such a cute little guy? They couldn't, I'm sure! :)

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First Campout!!

We went camping overnight with some friends, and it turns out that Brighton is a natural born outdoorsman!

He was content the whole time and had a hard time falling asleep only because he wanted to keep taking in all the cool new stuff he was seeing!

He was totally mesmerized by the fire and also enjoyed socializing with everyone (including the dogs that came along).



























When he woke up in the morning, he looked up through the top of our tent and just beamed at the sky and treetops. I know what he means - it was so gorgeous up there and I'm glad that little B enjoys a good camp out!!! I figure they will just become more and more fun for him as he gets older.

My Little Bug