Brayden as "The Bee"

Joining a family of girls, Brayden hasn't really had any hand-me-downs. . . so it's nice anytime that he can share some kind of tradition with his cousins. It's hard to ignore that cute little owl costume in the Pottery Barn catalog, but Brayden will be "The Bee" for Halloween.

Here's Jordan at 7 months old -- The Original Bee.

Here's Tia at 10 months old -- The Big Bee.

And now Brayden at almost 14 months old -- The Boy Bee.

I'm sure the costume will be much cuter once we get a black shirt and pants under it. Bray's cute in anything so, no worries. Next year, New Baby (the disappointingly vague and impersonal term that we now use in reference to our unborn child) will be "The Bee", and Brayden will probably be some goofy character that he'll be obsessed with at the time. . . oh please, oh please, don't let it be Elmo or SpiderMan!!