Happy Halloween 2010

What a Halloween weekend! Sharing you my adventure in pictures today...there are too many to share! After a kick-butt daycare Halloween Party on Friday....

Gavin, Brookie and I....I went as a hog farmer...because I didn't like dressing in any of the other costumes.

We went to Duluth - saw Karis & Steve while we were there too! They even brought me a huge bucket of Halloween treats!

Lunch in Canal Park - Angie's Cantina.

Then off to the Duluth Children's museum to see the "little builders" exhibit...

After that, headed to the train museums....wow, biiiiig trains.

And little trains....

And, big big trains....

Back to the hotel in Canal Park for some swimming with Daddy while Mom relaxed poolside:)

Happy boy...

We chilled by Lake Superior...

The lift bridge...family photo! Shopping for sunglasses with Mama at the Duluth Pack store, her favorite!

Back home to celebrate Halloween in STYLE!

Here I am, the hog farmer - right before my first year out trick or treating. I spilled food on my overals before we went out, so Dad was saying that I was covered in pig "&#$*@(" Ha!

Daddy took me treating while Mama stayed in and handed out candy - this year a total of about 60-65 treaters! Not bad, we got rid of ALMOST all of our candy. I'm sure Mom hid some in secret hiding spots for when the baby is craving something sweet! My Halloween ride...

At last, a couple videos for you, my favorites from the weekend. I hope everyone has a great week - T-minus 4 days and I take an airplane to CALIFORNIA BABY!

Not afraid of the water!!

Fun in Rogers, MN!

A few other a fun activites lately in Rogersville was......my buddy Gavin's birthday! We went to Pump It Up again, had cupcakes and played games! My favorite game was.....AIR HOCKEY!! Have I told you, that one of my favorite things to do lately is play hockey in the garage with Daddy? Yep, the other night I slept with my hockey stick next to my bed.

We went with a bunch of friends out for pizza and to Roger's homecoming football game!

I was cheering for the cute cheerleaders....

Here are my friends that we went with...Brookie, Addison, Noah and Zach that isn't in this picture. We went with all of their families which was so much fun! Now, I heard something about the daycare parents starting up a monthly card club? I guess, it's a thing where all of the parents get together and drink beer, but the kids get together too and we get to party and eat popcorn! yeah!

Tomorrow is Thursday and Friday is another special day. Our family is taking a road-trip to Duluth!! I heard it snowed there last night but, should be fun because we booked hotel rooms in Canal Park for two nights to swim and just RELAX as a family. I promise I'll add pictures from our little impromptu family vacation! I'm so spoiled...because next week on Thursday Mom and I head on an AIRPLANE to California for 5 days to chill with Gma/Gpa Durham! Yahoowhahoo!

Pheasant Opener 2010 & a STJ visit

The picture above is of my Gpa Becker and my GGma Becker! Last weekend Mom headed out of town for work for the week to Michigan, so I headed down to St. James with Daddy. While Daddy went pheasant hunting all weekend I had time to stay with Gpa, Gma, Zoie and Ellie! Pics below from my stay....looks like Gpa put me to work!
Ellie on the new Honda dirt bike.

We went to the dump - to dump all of the leaves we raked!

I colored with Ellie in her room. I slept on Ellie's bed while I visited and....slept 11 hours each night.

My favorite thing about staying at their house - the awesome breakfast donuts from Schmidt's Bakery. Yummm

Thank you Beckers for a great time! I had a BLAST and wish we could see each other more often!

I'm 23 months old and my Dad is....ummm, old!

Happy Birthday to my Daddy back on October 15th! We celebrated with a huge Mexican feast for dinner on Thursday night and then Dad & I headed down 'south' for pheasant opener. Thanks to Gpa & Gma Sherck, we got a couple new trees in our back yard for his birthday. Cool, huh? My new favorite thing to do is play on the laptop...especially sproutonline.com. I think I'll be a whiz by the time preschool comes....I'm a smart kid and am talking a LOT - putting 2, 3, 4 and more words together such as black truck, drive red car, garbage truck, more cheese please, love you mama, see ya name just for a few examples! Oh, nd I learned how to sing "Rain Rain, go away, come again another day" all by myself.

Momma is officially 22-23 weeks pregnant and feeling great for the most part! The baby is growing and kicking much more than she remembers with me when I was growing in her belly. He/she kicks a lot at night and Mom said she's been a little wrestless at night. Not me though, I've been sleeping like a ROCK in my new bed! Side view picture is below for those of you who haven't seen the growing mama in action lately. Please continue to pray for a healthy baby brother or sister! The other night, Daddy asked me if I was going to have a brother or a sister and I replied "sister" We will see!!

19-20 Week Ultrasound

Bill and I went to the 20 week doctor's appointment today with Dr. Sarkinen in Maple Grove. We had a great appointment with great news all around!! I've gained a total of 9 lbs from pre-pregnancy, the size of my tummy is measuring right on track, and the baby's proportions look good. During the ultrasound the baby was kicking and kicking and we also saw baby open his/her mouth open & close! The baby had a strong heartbeat of 146bpm. Looking back at notes from when Brady was a little peanut, things seem to be very similar. Does this mean #2 is a boy? We didn't find out today - and we don't care if baby is a boy or a girl. Please continue to pray that Mom & baby stay happy & healthy for the continuation of the pregnancy.

Yardwork, a Sandbox & Baby Julia

Happy Tuesday people. Posting a few updates for you today along with some pictures of what I've been up to....
I have been helping Daddy do some "lawn mower" lately. Sometimes when I say it it comes out "one more" but they know what I'm really saying. This last weekend was super nice - I spent a lot of time outside. Saturday while Mom & Dad headed to the Twins game with friends Rye, David, Jenna & Kyle - I had Myriah over to babysit. We had a blast! Even though I've been a little cranky lately because my two new eye teeth just popped through, I was soo happy on Sunday! I got a new sandbox from Gpa Sherck! I helped Gpa and Daddy fill it up....so, all you friends out there can come and play in my new box with me!

I was just helping out....that is one huge load of sand. I already have my digger & bull dozer sitting in the sandbox.

Other updates on my end? My new favorite thing is cereal. I love cocoa puffs and especially honey comb. I love eating it dry for a snack. I can now say 3-4 words together and most of the time my parents can catch what I'm saying but most of the time I just blabber. I'm talking A LOT. Lately, if Mom walks in another room, i'll say "Mama, where are YOU??" and when I wake in the morning and Daddy isn't in bed I'll say "Daddy at work." I have officially grown into a big boy and have been doing AWESOME at sleeping in my new bed. In over a week have only fallen asleep on the floor once. I really like my new bed....it's super comfy. Mom/Dad are very proud of me. I still have my pacifiers at night but know that I need to get rid of them before my little baby sis/bro arrives in Feb. Speaking of the little baby- Mom has her 20 week ultrasound this Friday. I'm sure we'll get some updated pictures. Please continue to pray for a healthy baby. I secretly want a brother but then again, could really care less.
Finally - congrats to Mama's bestest friend Jen, John & Jade and the arrival of her 2nd daughter & sister Julia Joy! She is precious and we are so happy for you!

My Daddy: THREE Emmys!

We were originally planning on being out of town this weekend to a remote trout fishing place with friends. Because of the abundance of rain & flooding, we decided to stay at home. Daddy wasn't able to attend, but his work peeps Steve, Mitch & Scott attended the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences event last night. As a total, the Ron Schara Productions team received FOUR Emmys. One to Steve Plummer for photojournalism and three to my Man About the Woods for On Air Talent, Producing and Writing. We got the silly picture below last night from Steve after the win since we weren't able to attend. Dad - no words to express that we are sooo proud of you and your peers at work for helping you all achieve this cool thing!

Fall is here - the annual trip to 101 Market

I know that Fall is FINALLY here because today we went to the 101 Market as a family to pick out 'punkin's!!' I've attached a few pics from the adventure...the only pic I didn't include is the one of my screaming/bawling because I DID NOT like the corn-cannon. They would shoot corn ears out of this gun and I HATED IT! (PS: I'm a wussy) I picked out the very best pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern and to help Mom make the delicious pumpkin seeds with a lot of salt! Family picture!

There was a petting zoo, I fed the animals - especially the Baby Kangaroo. He really liked the Honey Comb cereal.

Dad and I checkin' out the goats.

This was called the CORN PIT. FUN is one word that sums it up! It was a big huge bath tub thing of corn!!!....enough that we both found corn pellets in our 'shorts' after we got home. Ha!

We took a huge long bumpy animal ride that was pulled by an ATV. We went into the corn maze and out a bit, up and down hills. I thought it was fun...but Mom squeezed in there with me so I wouldn't be scared.

Daddy has been traveling a lot lately for work and it was soo nice to have him hang with us this weekend. We love you Daddy!

They also had go-carts...but I am too little so we just watched the other kids.

And, finishing with one last picture...I'm whining about something.

I hope you all have a good week! Lata!