3 YEARS!

Garrett and I just celebrated our 3 year Anniversary.
I can't believe how lucky I am to be married to someone that is so
AMAZING!
He is the best husband, father, comedian, and listener.

This year he surprised me by...
coming home early,
carrying beautiful roses,
having the car all packed with our beach gear,
lunch, and dessert,
bringing his ipod with newly purchased country songs
(and he did an awesome job picking them out!)
and a magazine,
and took Bradley and me to the beach for the afternoon.

I couldn't have asked for a better way to celebrate our anniversary.
I love you babe.

Halloween...

Look at those teeth! I love it.

We went to a pumpkin patch with our friends Jonelle, Spencer, and Logan this year. Although the patch was a little lame, it was fun to go with friends.

Luckily for Garrett, the pumpkins got moldy before I took pictures to post and be judged. There's no way he could have won:)
Bradley picked out a cute white pumpkin and we decorated it with awesome face stickers.
"White pumpkin for a very white boy," said Garrett.

Bradley went to the ward trunk or treat as a monkey. The costume was too cute on him to resist. And it was very fitting since we call him Monkey Head -picked up from his Mamosh, and Banana Pants -picked up from his cousin Anne.


Me and Garre went to a thrift store and found some awesome ugly Halloween sweaters. And since we were scared people in the ward wouldn't get we were making fun of them, we switched. So Garre wore mine and it barely covered his stomach. So hot.
If that didn't make an impression, I know his chili did. It was awesome and everyone loved it. What a cook!

What you may have missed in October...

Bradley got a little too scared this time.

Garrett and I always tell Bradley, "You better watch out.
We're gonna get you. You better run!" And he loves it.
He laughs and runs away. Well this time he got a little too scared
and ran right into the fan. One, of many to come, funny home videos for the Roses.

I've been trying to put more videos of Bradley
up but the files are too large:(
He is just so cute and knows how to do so much!
I wish our families could at least see it on a video.
So tonight when Garrett gets home we will make short clips of
Bradley being his adorable, hilarious, and very advanced self.

A proud mother's brag:

• At the beginning of October Bradley (9 months) started to take his first steps without holding on to anything. As soon as Garrett got home from his trip Bradley's motor skills took off!

• By the middle of October he (9 1/2 months) didn't want to crawl anywhere. Without any support, he would walk around the whole apartment, friends houses, and church only getting wobbly and falling a few times.

• Now that he is 10 months old, he has mastered walking on all surfaces. Whenever we are out, and he is being held, he tries to jump out of our arms so he can walk on his own (and grab everything in his path... plants, trash, any items on the shelves at stores, ect). He is even really good at walking on grass. I still hover when he walks on the asphalt though. And he loves the stairs at our new place.

• Last week he also got his 5th tooth! He now has 3 on the bottom and 2 very big and white shiny teeth on the top. At least he got something from his mother besides her eyes:)

• Finally, he has learned a few tricks (mimicing Garrett and I) just in time for Thanksgiving. That is the whole reason we wanted a kid... to teach him how to do funny things so we could be entertained:)

I am just so amazed at Bradley's determination and
ambition to try everything.
I hate seeing him grow up so fast and cruise
through all the milestones I have been
anxiously waiting for. However, I know he has a lot more
to show me and even though he already
looks like a "kid", he will always be my baby Bradley.
I love him so much and can't wait to see
what he has to accomplish in the next few months.