Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

There is so much this year to be thankful for.. one being our little

butter-ball Brenna

She had her first Thanksgiving meal up in Brainerd with the Foys.

She got so much attention from the grandparents and great grandparent she slept really good after that trip!!

Here she is is with Great Grandma Foy and uncle Matt.

layin' around

Over the last few weeks Brenna has found her fingers and just loves to suck on her thumb. She now has started to grab onto things too like my hair and necklace.

She loves the jungle play mat that Uncle Chris and Aunt Anne Marie got her. I'll have to get a video of her on it... it's so cute, but for now here is a clip of Griffin and Bren doing what they do best! laying around and looking cute of course :-)

Back to work

On Nov 5th I headed back to work at Mercy Hospital.

The night before I got everything ready, my outfit, brennas outfit, diaper bag, milk supply, my lunch...being back at work was weird and was hard to be away from Brenna for 8 hrs. I made it through and its been getting better each day.

I start working more day shifts in december and then Brenna will be going to her in-home day-care called Little Lights which is just a mile away from us. My day-care provider has two little ones of her own, tons of educational toys and a great day care atmosphere. We are so excited to have found a place we trust and a a place for Brenna to thrive in while we are away :-)

Above is a picture of Brenna with a bonnet on that I use to wear when I was a baby. She is starting to fill out alot more and is fitting into her 3-6 mo old clothes now. We had to put away the newborn outfits for they were too tight!!! crazy to think!

Shes been holding her head up on her own

Gooing & Gaaing alot

Responds to her name

Full control of head

She has started to grab at toys hanging above her and also has found her fingers!!! mmmm

She has always been a good sleeper and has been sleeping through the night for almost 2 months now. Just like me she likes to sleep in too.

She is almost 2 feet tall and weighs just over 12 pounds.

Halloween Fun

Halloween fun

Over the weekend we took Brenna on her first Trick-or-Treatin' around

our neighborhood cul-de-sac. All the neighbors loved our little

chili pepper!

On Saturday night we went to a friends house for a costume party.

Momma Chili pepper, Baby Chili Pepper and Crazy Lady

HApPY HaLLOwEen



Last weekend my neighbors Kate & Chris had a Halloween party for all the young kids in the neighborhood.

Superman #1 is Isaac & his sister Morgan was a bride

Brenna-Chili pepper

Anna-Little Red Ridding Hood

Will- Superman #2


Lucy-Monkey

Ian-Tiger

Halloween is Kate's favorite holiday so she went all ou! There was brain punch, pumpkin shaped cheese, sausage, kit-kat fingers,haunted music, fog machine, and fun gift bags filled with spooky stuff.



This Friday the 31st all the kids will be getting back together to go trick or treating around the cul-de-sac to show off the costumes to the other neighbors. I know Brenna will stay nice and warm in her "Chili" outfit.



Here are some pictures from past halloweens at the Foy household..hehe






Mike as Dog
the bounty-hunter

Miranda as the
tooth fairy



















Our cat Squirt as "Squirt-enstein"

A bachlorette party where we were all devils and the bride-to-be
was the lovely angel.

Grandparents ga'lore!

On the 18th we had both sets of grandparents come up to visit. We had a fun filled day in Stillwater where we went for a lunch cruise down the St.Croix River in the ol'fashion paddle boats. (you may remember that mike and I got engaged on these boats back in 2004)

During the 2 1/2 hour long boat ride we enjoyed a nice lunch, great view and a fun family photo shoot.

The weather was great..a bit windy, but nice and sunny. It definitly was one of the last "Warm" days of the year. the trees and foliage were at peak for the season! Fall has arrived!

Since we were in the area we went over to the gazebo in Lowell Park that we got married at 3 years ago. Memories!!!!

We wrapped up the evening with Mikes homemade stew and playing some wild rounds of Catch Phrase.. things got a bit loud and crazy at times. That game goes down as one of the funnest to play especially after a few cocktails!
**no pictures were able to be taken during the game due to so much laughing we were all crying.. :-) "full of beans"

The Foy family

It's already the middle of October


and the leaves are falling outside while


the pumpkin-spice candles are


burning inside.


I try to get outside as much as possible these days before the weather gets too crummy.





Brenna is starting to get more on a schedule with eating and sleeping. She hardly fusses, unless she is super hungery..then watch out! :-)





I have been on the hunt for day care services when i go back to work Nov 4th. We checked out both centers and in-home places. I like the in-home better and will be making a decision on who to pick in the next week. It's hard to think that i'm not going to be with her every day. I'm enjoying every second with her and Griffin these days.





This weekend both sets of grandparents are coming for a visit to see their grandchild who is growing very quickly these days!!







"Little peanut"