Sorry to be MIA on the blog. It has been a VERY busy October and November. Matt and I have been traveling here there and everywhere. Matt had conferences in San Diego, DC, and Manchester, England. I had conferences in DC and Atlanta and made two trips to Ann Arbor. We have both seen too much of BWI. Bridger did get to come with me for one last free trip before he turned two. We went to Ann Arbor and he, Claudia, and Ezra celebrated being two and rekindled their friendship. He still talks about those two first friends and loves to see their pictures. Speaking of talking; he is talking up a storm now. He says tons and tons of words and lots of short sentences. He also remembers things very well which keeps Mommy and Daddy on their toes. It has been so fun to see his little personality develop. He is also very into pretend. We apparently have a tiger living in our basement and the tiger likes to drink coffee and sometimes takes the Number 10 bus to school. Speaking of the little guy in the midst of all the chaos, Bridger turned two on October 9th. We celebrated with a birthday party that same day. Both sets of grandparents were around to spoil him as well as some Mommy and Daddy friends that enjoyed the grilling and beer as much as Bridger enjoyed his cake and presents. Next year we will probably do the traditional kids party, but he is still a little young for that so we took the opportunity to see our friends who love Bridger too! Bridger has had some other quality time with the grandparents. We went to a local farm for apple picking with the Ross side and the Sr. DeCamps visited for a few days while Matt and I were both out of town. Bridger has definitely figured out that grandparents = fun and treats. He also figured out Halloween treats when he went as a monkey trick or treating in Annapolis. He learned the drill of "trick treat" by the 5th house and certainly loves candy (though most of his was given away). We took tons of pictures of all of this and hopefully most of you got the slideshow link. In a rare quiet moment in the last two months we spent the morning hiking at Patapsco State Park. Bridger is getting into hiking and loves to play in the fallen leaves. We enjoyed the fresh air and a little city respite.
Thinking about taking a dip in the waterfall..hmmm!
Checking out the leaves. 
All that hiking wears our favorite two year old out!
