I Plead The Fourth

For the longest time Bradley has only had 3 lower front teeth. Well, finally, the fourth one started to come in this week.

New Talents

Bradley has reached a couple of developmental milestones that I would have rather avoided.  First, he can unzip things.  This means that he can now undress himself, as he did last Saturday morning.  The other new thing is that he can reach the faucet in the bathroom and turn it on.  We have a little stool for him, but it is not tall enough to reach the faucet.  I don't know how he hoisted himself up there, but he did.  What's next? Climbing over the gate?!

Big John

Grandma, Grandpa, and Great-Grandma came for a visit this weekend. We took them downtown on Sunday to show them the big city from the top of one of the biggest skyscrapers. You know that Bradley loves to do chores, so we let him help clean the windows.

While we were there, Bradley ran into his twin sister. They just stood there next to each other for a while. I don't think they ever made eye contact.
We stayed for sunset and looked at the trains afterward.

De-lic-ious

Some people like to dunk donuts in coffee. Others go for Oreos in milk. Personally, I like an occasional graham cracker dipped in a peppermint mocha. Bradley has a more refined palette. Tonight he was dipping cheese crackers in pureed green beans. He also tried Teddy Grahams in green beans, but that wasn't as satisfying.

This happened when we were out to dinner at Rock Bottom. When the check came, Bradley immediately grabbed it. A most gracious offer, but it rang hollow since he didn't bring any cash with him.

And in This Corner

At 33.25 inches, 25 lbs 7 ounces is Bradley "The Branch", undisputed cutest baby in the world! His weight is at the 46th percentile and the height is 78th.

Over 1 Billion Served

Not quite yet, but today saw the 1,000th visit to the blog. In an effort to hit our goal of 1 billion served, I realize we must expand globally. Therefore, a translation tool is now available. This is on the lower right side of the blog. Please tell all your friends, especially the ones in China and India.

A Trip to the Orchard

Brad, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa all went to the County Line Orchard in Indiana. The main attraction was a petting zoo. We saw goats, cows, llamas, chickens, and turkeys, but the only thing Bradley actually petted was a bunny. The orchard also had kettle corn and very good donuts. Click picture for a video.

Early Halloween

We did some early trick or treating in downtown Glen Ellyn on Saturday. Bradley was dressed as an angry bumblebee and daddy went as a suburban cowboy. An angry bumblebee cries and screams a lot and is usually upset by the presence of a hood or hat. Rather than catching runaway livestock, a suburban cowboy catches trains. Another difference is that a regular cowboy drives cattle to market, whereas, the suburban kind drives through the pick-up window at Wendy's to get 99 cent chicken nuggets.

Is that a trick or a treat?

Wednesday was dry and sunny so we went out and played in the yard after school. Due to his lack of mobility, it was a lot easier taking a picture of Bradley and the leaves last year.

October Flashback

Twelve months ago the main topic of conversation was about rolling over. Click here for all of last October's posts.