Clayton FINALLY got to go to his birthday party on Saturday! He says it was worth the wait. We shared with 3 of his cousins who also have October birthdays, Kobly was 15 at the beginning of the month, and twins Ava and Quin will be one October 20th. We had the big celebration in the gym at Emmanuel Lutheran School where we go to church. It was nice to have all the free space for the kids to run around in!
We had a bug themed party, and the kids that came got to start by making their own bug jar. There was pre-cut foam to decorate the jar but I wrongly assumed that the foam was self adhesive and we actually needed glue. Whoops. Then there plastic bugs and butterflies "hidden" all around in the gym for them to collect and keep as party favors.
Clayton and Reese trying to decorate their jars
Everett and Reese finding some bugs
Clayton and his jar
When it was time for the cake and candles, we all sang happy birthday to them.
Eating the cake!
Ready to finally open his gifts.
Digging in!
A treasure hunting truck with a metal detector on it from Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne
A crane truck and a monster truck from Grandma and Papa Branz
He also got two differnent and fun remote control cars (which he is doing really well with) and a teenage ninja mutant turtle action figure that he has really enjoyed. He also got a bug hunting flashlight and gloves, a puzzle, card games and clothes that we have not tried out yet!
Wyatt turned 8 months old on the 10th! At home he weighed about 17 lbs 9 oz and was 27 1/4 inches long. He finally started for real crawling yesterday! and is starting to get into things! The video was taken Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday, Oct. 4, the entire Branz family piled into a combine to help pick some beans out on the farm. Can you believe that all five of us fit in there? And Wyatt had his very first "combine nap"
We had a very busy day celebrating Clayton's 5th birthday! We visited Harvey's party (he will be 1 year old on Monday) at lunch time, then headed to JK's Pumpkin Patch to meet with Aunt Amy, then drove back home and had supper at La Cocina. It is also Wyatt's 8 month birthday today!
Buried alive in the corn pit at JK's Pumpkin Patch!
Just a precious little face in the corn
Reese was buried too, with his toy combine he was playing with
Wyatt checking out a sheep
I even let him sit in the corn for a while
Hay ride selfies!
Hay ride selfies!
Hauling the pumpkins back to the tractor
Mommy, Wyatt, Reese and Clayton!
Everyone had some refreshments before it was time to go
Here are my sad attempts at getting an "official" 8 month picture of Wyatt lol I will have to try again tomorrow!
But despite the lateness of the hour, we all still had a lot of fun at La Cocina for supper. They gave Clayton a Sombrero and some sopapilla and sang a version of Happy Birthday with maracas! It was great!
Wyatt isn't crawling yet (but honestly that could change by tomorrow). But he sure gets around! Here's some of the things he's been up to lately!
Exploring leaves on 9/17
Playing at the music table on 9/23
On Tuesday, I swore that Wyatt must be crawling when my back was turned because he can actually get around fairly well, but it's not a true crawl. So while I got lunch started I set up the time lapse on my phone to see how he was getting around. No real crawling, just scooting around by getting on to all fours, back to sitting, pivoting around, back to all fours, etc. You can see at the end he actually made it over to the toy shelf and pulled a toy off to play with it! This time lapse stuff is kind of fun.
Wyatt on Wednesday:
Then on Wednesday, he thought he would start to try to pull up in his crib. So we have that lowered now, just in case. (But it will be a while before he can reach the top rail to try again now, but he tries on other things around the house).
Just a happy boy after lunch!
Peeking at me after his afternoon nap
I have much more (I've been trying to catch that first official crawl) but it will have to wait for another day!
