Halloween and more!!

Ronin had his first Halloween this past week and we have posted pictures on the website at http://www.brelan.ca/

The pictures are under Ronin because it is his first one.... we couldn't steal his thunder. Even though the majority of the pictures revolve around Quinn!

This past couple months seem to have flown by. It is hard to believe that all the sunlight in the evening is gone and that Christmas is just around the corner.

In preparation for Quinn's Halloween costume we decided to have a look at what Quinn looked like with her hair down. It is funny but she is just like her Aaji and Nead mosi, in that we don't see any of them with their hair down very often. Below is a picture of Quinn with her hair down... both Brenda and I had to take a second look at her... almost like a totally different child!!! Still so cute.

Ronin has really taken to getting himself in all kind of different areas now that he is crawling and pulling up on so many things. We were having dinner and then looked down and saw the little monkey making a visit.... Looks like he is in a fish tank. He sure loves his new sense of mobility!

Ronin has also started to venture onto some of Quinn's favorite stuff.... like the trampoline!! As you can see he doesn't need a tutorial to use it. He has seen his big sister show him how to do it long enough!! As you can also see.... Quinn is no where in sight!!

Not to be outdone, Quinn has really kicked up her creativity to find new ways to climb things that have been in our house for a long time... namely the high chair! She decided to relocate the piano stool over by the high chair and then climb up on that and then on the tray on the high chair. This is the best picture we have because it was only Brenda and Quinn around and Brenda didn't want to put too much space between Quinn and her in case the high chair gave way!

We can only imagine what the next few months hold for all of us.....

Teething Sucks!!

I don't think we realized when Quinn started teething that it never stops. Poor kid just doesn't get a break. Every day or so she is struggling with the chicklets and we are starting to see lots more little bumps coming, which mean there are new additions to the family on the way.

One of the main things that sucks about teething is that Quinn doesn't get a good stretch of sleep. She wakes up way more frequently. As you can see below she fell asleep in the jolly jumper. What kid falls asleep in the jolly jumper? Poor little princess was exhausted and it finally got the better of her. What we do like is that when we took her out and she woke up she didn't cry at all. She did give both of us dirty looks, but no tears.

Quinn has also recently improved her ability to get excited as well as stay stabilized. Previously a flurry of her hands would have send her toppling over. Now she is able to readjust and stay upright.