One Year Photos

Overdue Birthday Photos

We had a nice birthday party for Brenton on Thursday, January 8th. We wanted to be able to have my sister there for it before she went back to South Carolina. We crammed a lot of people into our small house, but we had a lot of fun. Brenton loved his cake, although after a while, he really wanted me to wipe off his hands. He's kind of funny about having messy hands.

Other than celebrating Brenton's birthday, January was a fairly quiet month for us. February is shaping up to be much busier!

To all my grandparents in Florida who have been waiting so patiently for long overdue photos from Brenton's party, I apologize. Here are the photos you've been waiting for....

Christmas and long over due update

Wow, I have been quite the slacker with updating. We had a very busy holiday season this year. Brenton took his first steps on the day he turned 11 months old. It didn't take long before he started walking. We enjoy watching him toddle around the house, chase the cats, and get into EVERYTHING. It amazes me the things he manages to find.

For Christmas we spent a lot of time on the road visiting family. We were in Mt. Pleasant with Paul's family on Wednesday evening. Thursday we were at home for the morning and part of the afternoon. We also had Paul's family over for brunch. We spend Thursday afternoon through Saturday evening up north (Gaylord) with my mom's side of the family. We spend Sunday with my dad's family and Monday and Tuesday with my parents in Owosso. We had quite a week of wonderful time with our families.

Here are a few pictures from the last month and holidays:

Brenton's new fort (the box from our new microwave)




Photos from our site visit to Shanty Creek (for my job) in November. We had a pretty cool room and a wonderful time.









Around the house and enjoying the snow






Christmas

Brenton trying on his new coat


Brenton and Paul's Grandpa


Christmas morning





Up North



Brenton on his new rocking horse

Happy Thanksgiving and Update

We have had a busy last couple of weeks since my last post. We took our youth group at church to an all-nighter in Kalamazoo that included a hockey game, games and activites at the WMU Rec Center, bowling, and a message. It was a fun trip that left us a little bit tired:)

Wednesday, the 26th, we attended a Thanksgiving Dinner that our college group at church put together. It is an annual event they use to reach out to college students who can't go home for Thanksgiving. They had an excellent turnout and we enjoyed meeting the students and community members who attended.

We spent Thursday in Owosso celebrating Thanksgiving with the Erickson family. Brenton had a good time playing with a few new-used toys. There is a video below that demonstrates how much he loves his new push car. I am also including a few new pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving!

Halloween Fun

It has been another busy few weeks around the Scoby house. We took our youth group at church on an overnight trip to Parma, MI. There, we were able to fellowship with a group of teens who were part of the missions project we did in Mt. Pleasant this summer. Brenton was able to go with us and we all had a wonderful time.

For Halloween, we had a nice visit from my dad, and we all enjoyed taking Brenton trick or treating for a little while. I have included a few pictures of Brenton in his Dalmatian costume below.

Today is Brenton's 9 month doctor's appointment (which is about 3 weeks late). I will try to post an update later today with all of the info from his appointment.



Brenton the Dalmatian





Trick or Treating (his dad helped him by eating all of the candy for him)




Brenton and Sarah



Brenton with his friends Tucker ( 8 months) and Nick (4 years)



Brenton is getting into his role and chasing the cat

Birthday and Getaway

We have had a busy last couple of weeks, so I am finally getting around to an update.  

At the beginning of October, we were able to spend some time with my sister, Mary while she was in town from South Carolina.  While we were visiting her in Owosso on the 8th of October, Brenton started crawling.  He had been army crawling for two months or so, but he finally was able to crawl on his hands and knees.  It was a very exciting milestone to reach.

On October 15, Paul turned 30.  We had a couple of family get-togethers to celebrate.  Paul and I were able to go away last Friday night and Saturday while Grandpa and Grandma Erickson watched Brenton.  We were able to go out to dinner in Big Rapids and then we went to the CMU-WMU game on Saturday.  It was a much-needed time away for us, and Brenton had a good time being spoiled.

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks:

Scrapbooking day at church with friends

 

Paul and Brenton opening Paul's gift on the morning of his birthday.

Brenton playing in the leaves

Our little prodigy

We had some fun with Brenton at music rehearsal the other night at church. He has been clapping a lot lately, so when I started hitting the drum sticks together during a song, he began to clap along. Then, I started tapping them on a chair and he started hitting the chair with his hands too. Finally, I decided to just give him the drum sticks and he loved hitting them on the walker and anything or anyone else in reach. It was so funny to watch. Here are a few photos I captured of our little drummer boy.