DPP - December 3rd

We had friends over for dinner tonight! I tried a new recipe. It was yummy! It came from picky-palate.com. Thanks Aunt Sherri for telling me about that site!

Here's a picture of our dinner - Cheesy Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole


And a bonus that I took yesterday after I had already posted the DPP. Kyle is asleep and Brennan is chewing on his sweatshirt drawstrings.

And for those of you who must have a Fab Five or your day is ruined...
1. Brennan did great during pack-n-play time today. I've been trying to make sure he gets some independent playtime each day. Today I decided to try it in the pack-n-play because I know it won't be long until he is mobile and then there will be times when he'll need to be confined. I put some toys in there and he played for 25 minutes. He wasn't even fussing at that point, but I didn't want to press my luck.

2. As I mentioned above, we had friends over for dinner. It's always fun to spend time with Val and Kathryn!

3. Kyle came home from work a little earlier than expected and was able to join the girls for dinner!

4. The new recipe I tried was very good and I was able to get it all fixed even though we have a very needy dog and a 9-month-old baby.

5. One week from today we go to Kentucky!

DPP - December 2nd

Be sure to check out Val's blog too. She has now joined in on the DPP!

Check out my cute little monkey!

DPP - December 1st

I am glad to see some of my friends (Laura and Amanda) are playing along with the DPP too! They both even got pictures up before me! I have a feeling most days will consist of more than one picture. And since most days will probably be pictures of Brennan, I decided to start off with something different.

Looks like someone wants to come in the nursery and play too!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

If you are opposed to a mild form of child torture, you may not want to watch. :)

Am I the only one who finds this hilarious?! In my defense, he should've been able to get to it in just three rolls! He has become proficient at rolling from his back to his belly after finally learning to do it about three weeks ago. However, he will only roll in one direction from his belly (over his left arm) even though he learned to do that when he was two months old.

Just Because He's Cute

Enjoy some recent pictures!

I blogged earlier about how much Brennan loves this truck. He likes to have us push him up and down the hallway. These were taken over the course of several trips down the hall. His faces are priceless!

He was very proud of himself and started clapping.




These are just from yesterday.

Friday's Fab Five

I hope everyone had a very happy {and fabulous} Thanksgiving! Here's what's been happening around the Calton's this week!

1. We celebrated Brennan's first Thanksgiving. Even though we are far away from our immediate family, we are very blessed to have my aunt and uncle and their kids up here in Connecticut. We spent Thanksgiving with them at my cousin's new house. Beth and Luke's house is great. They are doing a lot of work to it and it was awesome to have Thanksgiving at their new place. I do feel like a terrible mother because I only took one picture of Brennan all day! I guess we were just too busy eating to take more!

2. Our Christmas tree is up! I love Christmas. I love Christmas music and decorations. I do get a little annoyed at how early Christmas decorations seem to come out. It seems earlier each year. But now that Thanksgiving is behind us, I am certainly in the Christmas spirit. We put up the tree and put out a few other decorations too. One year I really want to go all out with outside decorations. For this year I just have three bows outside.

3. I wrapped Brennan's Christmas presents today. We aren't doing too much for him since he is still so little. Plus we know he will be getting more presents from our families. If you can keep a secret, I'll let you know what we got him.

We got him the Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Songs 'n Smiles Sillytown.

We also got him the Laugh & Learn Fun With Friends Musical Table. (little girl not included)

And he is getting some Duplo blocks that we found at a consignment store.

4. Remember when I made these letters for Brennan's room? Well now I am going to make some for Amanda's daughter, Adah. I will show you the final product when I actually get around to doing it. I'm not sure if I want to show Amanda a picture before I send them to her though. Hopefully they'll turn out well.

5. Last, but certainly not least, this past Monday we had dinner over and Rob and Amanda's house! This was the 2nd time they've had us over for a delicious dinner! On Monday we ate hamburgers and watched UK play Oklahoma in basketball! Parker and Brennan have fun playing together. Brennan loved riding in Parker's police cruiser while Parker pushed him around. Maybe a car like this will be a birthday present!

Have a wonderful weekend!

The Stuff Boys Love

Their trucks!



Their dogs!



And their mommies! I mean, I am the one who got him to smile so big!