Mr. Bentley turns 1

Bentley turned one on December 15th.  He started his day with lots of excitement by his daddy and sister. 

The Birthday boy!

Brooklyn told Bentley repeating that it's his birthday today.  She was the most excited.  She couldn't wait for him to come down stairs and see all the decorations, his cake and presents.  It's like Christmas came 10 days early for her. 

Bentley's high chair all ready for his feasts on his big day.

 Opening his gift from his big sister, first thing in the morning.

He had a great breakfast and played with Grandpa and Grandma.  

Party boy admiring the color snow outside the window. 

Bentley had the ultimate boy birthday cake that was simple to make and cute.  He loved the cookies on top and he is a big fan of confetti cake, just like his father.  

He wasn't sure at first.  Our children have always been pretty clean eaters.  Eric had to help him out a little and cut up the cake, at that point he finally dove in. 

We had to get a special picture of Bentley and Jeff (Grandpa) since it's both their special day.  

Birthday Boys!

Finished the day with opening gifts and playing with them.  What a special day for our little joy in life. 

Thanksgiving and the Cottriels

Happy Thanksgiving.  All the credit goes to the man of the house, Eric!  He made sure everything was cooked, hot and done on time.  I really am so thankful for him.

Grandpa Cotttriel had the honor or carving the turkey. 

 Brooklyn ready for dinner! 

Bentley ready for dinner! 

And it was served 

 what a happy man. right?

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and were able to spend it with wonderful people. 

Everyone who attended: 

Eric, Alyssa, Brookly, Bentley, Grandpa Cottriel, Grandma Cottriel and Uncle Kyle. 

You can't have a visit from the grandparents without crafts, games and fun right. Brooklyn made sure she kept them busy. 

The Grandparents also took Brooklyn to a Rec Center that had a huge water area.  They spend some quality time playing together and swimming. 

Grandma Colon visit for Halloween

 We picked grandma up and she was ready for a fun filled couple of days with the Hellers! 

Brooklyn had a list full of stuff she wanted to do with her Grandma.  

First they had to carve the pumpkin.  Since both were not fond of cutting and digging out the guts they opted out to decorating the pumpkin.  Grandma bought Brooklyn a princess set for her pumpkin.  

 Ta...da! 

Grandma even got to snuggle with Mr. Bentley for a while.  She is missing the baby stage so she had to get as much of it while he is still somewhat a baby.  Bentley sure did love being held by his grandma.  

 Next was to make a cake for our friend/neighbor next door. Once again..

Ta...da. 

A barrel of M&M's 

 Next stop was HALLOWEEN night... I totally didn't get any pictures of the kids the night of.  The darkness totally snuck up on us. 

Grandma took Bentley out Trick or Treating...But only for a few minutes.  A mixture of tiredness and being scare put him and grandma back home passing out candy. 

Every year for the past few years we have gone Trick or Treating with the Evens.  This year was no different, same silly kids but different costumes. 

 Brooklyn and Grandma played with babies, little people, games and crafts.  What busy girls.  Oh yes they also spent plenty of time in the bathroom putting on their make up and doing their hair. Typical Grandma! :) 

Grandma cuddling Mr. Bentley in his room.  Which didn't last too long. 

 He is a boy on the move. 

We had a great visit with grandma.  Thanks for coming out and spending time with us. 

Picture below or what we just took because grandma wanted some cute one with her and the kids. 

Photos

Visit with Grandparents Colon

At the Airport 

We started the weekend off with picking Grandma and Papa up at the airport.  Brooklyn was so excited to have visitors again.  She was counting down the days, yet again.  That evening we went out to dinner and enjoyed some BBQ and caught up with each other.

Grandma and Bentley

We enjoyed the weekending and the weather.  We played outside and went to a few different stores and eat good food.

Grandma and Brooklyn playing soccer 

Bentley looking at his Grandma 

Playing cooking shapes in the sun 

Visiting the horses 

Horses again

Playing with Papa and Grandma 

Cuddling with Grandma 

Painting nails 

Happy boy 

It was fun to have my mom in town on mother's day and Eric made some awesome food on Mother's day for me too.   We had a fun weekend and enjoyed having family in town with us.  Thanks again Jessie and mom for everything.