Winter!

Just a quick little update on the Brent side of the family :)

Brent is a very busy man with work which is a real blessing for us! He currently has two apprentices, Kaden and Andrea's Burkhart as well as another new Carpenter named Cam that is working as their new finisher. I wish I could say that Winter is a welcomed arrival but when it comes to his job, Brent could definitely do without the cold weather! Hunting this year went well for Brent, we have two deer worth of meat in our freezer as well as some moose from the Tylers. Brent has enjoyed hunting this season but perhaps the most exciting news that he may have is that we now have a quad. This opens a lot more doors for where he can hunt as well as quad dates with his wife!

As for me (Chantelle) I have been very busy with a lot of little things. A lot of trips to and from the doctor's with sicknesses and what-not have been the story of my life lately. Those along with the baby appointments have made the doctors office almost like a second home to Marshall and I. All seems to be well with the baby, I have probably heard the heartbeat 5 times by now, had one ultrasound and another one on the 6th of December. This baby seems to be a lot less active than Marshall which excites us to see who this little one is and what their personality might be like!

Marshall is growing up so fast and will soon be a year and a half. He is talking a lot (most of it just excited babbles) but there are plenty of words in his dictionary, but too many to count. He is a very active boy and short of his sleep times he is rarely sitting still. He loves most people as long as they are not dressed in halloween costumes and that coupled with his social personality makes him a very loveable little boy and a joy to all! Marshall has a special affinity to other children and Grandpa's. Whether we are at church or the doctor's office, it is hard to keep him away from the grey haired men. There is a certain love that Marshall has for his puppies and even though he scares Blue sometimes they love him back. Our boy is getting taller and skinnier and no longer looks like a little boy as much as he looks like a toddler. He is a never ending teether, always having as many as 8 teeth starting to come up at one time, giving him a mouth full of pearly whites. We especially love the little gap in his front teeth it is a very distinctive feature that we love about him.

Marshall updated pictures

Marshall's favorite time of the day.
love that scrunchy nose!
Brent and his boy
Marshall's contribution to our gingerbread decorating party!
Marshall's first real experience with playing in the snow!

Bagpiper!

Remember this post? Where Logan had a dream...a dream of learning to play the bagpipes...It's been less than a year, and the dream has come true!! Check out Kari's blog (Kari is Logan's girlfriend...and Chantelle's cousin too!) For the first picture of said bagpipes. Sorry, no underwear this time:-)

Pictures of Mattea from October

Mattea update: 13-15 months

Ok I'm definitely behind on posting here!

In update news for Mattea, she is growing up too fast! She is talking a mile a minute now and even going potty on occasion! She surprises us everyday with new words and sentences such as "brush your teeth", "wash your hands", and "sit on your butt" (I guess I will have to really watch what I say from now on!). She will try to repeat any and every word we say and is also attempting to sing now (and is surprisingly on key every time!). She finally got 4 teeth at 13 months, so she is slowly catching up! She weighs 28 pounds and is 34 3/4 inches tall, as of her doctors appointment last week. So still well off the charts in all respects!

She is now in daycare, and apparently is the ring leader there and organizes everyone else. I guess that's the advantage of being the biggest and the only one that can talk. You end up getting exactly what you want!

Anyway we are loving her to death as usual and enjoying this new phase as she is rapidly becoming a BIG GIRL!

All of the pictures from this post are from the month of September, so she was 13 months old...