Pumpkin Festival

Tonight was the Pumpkin Festival & Chili Supper at Bright's preschool. Due to the rain & cool temperature, it had to be held inside. The boys had fun none the less.
There were 3 bounce houses in the gym. Brighton had fun in those & even got to play with one of his friends from class, Noelle. Noelle (the blonde with her back to the camera) is the little girl that Brighton told me he played with at recess on Thursday. He said, "Me & Noelle were pretending we were going to marry ourselves. Just for pretend." (We need to work on grammar!) I send him to preschool for a month & he's already talking marriage, they really do grow up fast!

There were other activities, such as the hay bale horse...

And the teepee village.

It was meant to be a pic of both boys in front of the teepee, but Rigley crawled away too fast. So here he is crawling through the village.

Hey, I Didn't Order a Cheese Pizza

Donovan picked up a sausage pizza for dinner tonight with the thought that we would pick the sausage off for the kids. While I was cutting up the boys' food, Brighton decided he would sample the sausage. He proceeded to pick almost every piece of sausage off the pizza!

My baby is ONE!

My baby boy turned one year old today! It's amazing how quickly it goes by, it seems like just the other day that the nurses and doctor were making guesses on how much he would weigh! (No one came close, Rigley held his 9 lbs 10 oz well!) We just celebrated at home as his party will be at Mimi's later.



After cake, Rigley opened presents. Daddy & Brighton had to help him at first.

It didn't take long, though, before he got the hang of it!
There were lots of breaks to play with new toys.


This was his reaction when Daddy brought out his big gift...
a kitchen!


Rigley has been through so much his first year of life, but he is doing so well. He cruises along the furniture and will walk while holding your hands (with and without his brace!). Rigley doesn't let his brace slow him down; he is incredibly quick while crawling in it and can even climb into the rocket at the play area with it on!

Rigley is also talking quite well. While he has a number of words that sound alike to the untrained ear, Mommy & Daddy can tell what it is that he is saying!
He can say:
-mama
-dada
-milk (muh)
-book (buh)
-ball (bah)
-brother (duhduh)
-dog (dahdah)
-Shocker (shahshah)
-shoes (shuuz)
-that (dat)

Photo shoot

I was trying to get a picture of Rigley to use for his birthday party invitations. He apparently wanted to show me how well he could display the whole range of emotions!

Brighton Nelson: Photographer

Brighton has many skills besides his ability to do kickin' personal training sessions. He has also developed an interest in photography. Here is a sample of his portfolio.

Standing tall

Rigley is pulling up and standing much more now. He does it even with his brace on, but its hard from him to get close enough to pull up on something with it on. He has mastered pulling up without it on!

Brighton Nelson, Personal Trainer

Brighton is quite the trainer! Here he is demonstrating a wonderful circuit including a reverse fly, jumping jacks, planks, and more!

We can't forget the bicep curls!

I guess he really does pay attention during Stroller Strides. He'll be guest instructing for me in no time!