thanksgivingness continued..

fredin thanksgiving

Amber driving on Wii Mario Kart
















Our concentrated looks while playing
Wii Mario Kart












Me and Amber...she is getting so grown
up!













Thank you uncle Ryan for the antlers.
















One pic to prove what new low I stooped to
with our child...yeah...hair product. Just to
prove that he does have hair! It is just so light
you can't see it! He was sure a cute little boy
with that mohawk :)

fun at thanksgiving

my new adventure

Making baby food. Yep, today I MADE a whole batch of baby food for Liam. I never really had the desire to try to do this, but after realizing what large quantities are made with just 3 bananas, and 1 squash, I decided I should try it because it will save a lot of money. So I bought some fresh fruits and vegetables at the store yesterday, and spend about 4 hours in the kitchen this afternoon, making 4 ice cube trays full of baby food. (Next time it will not take near as long, since I will know what I am doing.) It is actually pretty handy. You freeze the food in ice cube trays and then you can pop out the food blocks and put them in freezer bags, and then freeze some more. As you will see from the video below, Liam was a little less than thrilled with the first couple of foods he tried. It must taste a lot different than the ones you buy in the store. I think it will take him a while to get used to it. Overall, the afternoon was a success, despite me spilling two pureed avocados all over the kitchen floor. Oh, and come to find out, my blender has a "baby food" setting on it...this makes things much easier :). So far I have made butternut squash, acorn squash, green beans, avocados, bananas, and apple sauce. This great website give tells you step by step how to start making baby food. We will see if I keep this up, but it was actually kind of fun to do this today.

So this video is of Liam playing with a sippy cup for the first time. I was actually very impressed that he knew exactly what to do with it. This evening he actually drank about 2 ounces of diluted apple juice out of a sippy cup. Yep...he is growing up way too fast. After the sippy cup video is the disgusted look on his face as he tried the avocado for the first time.

liam and lili

Liam and Lili are so interested in each other. Lil is such a sweet little baby. She gave Liam lots of kisses today. And when she couldn't reach is face she kissed his hand :) Lili is 11 months and Liam is basically 6 months. (Yes I understand, they look like they are about the same size :)

the latest

more farm pics

just wanted to share a few more pictures of us out at the farm...see post below.

the farm

Erin came home Saturday night and stayed home until Sunday evening. Mainly to go out to the farm one last time before grandma and grandpa move. This was going to be her last chance to get out there with basketball starting. Yesterday afternoon was so much fun. We were all out there, and Erin, Annette, and I walked all around their property taking pictures and just enjoying it. We found some really awesome antiques in grandpa's shed. Took a few of them for ourselves :). With their permission of course. I just realized yesterday how much I am going to miss that place! Walking around brought back memories of so many things. Fishing in the pond when we were little...playing on the hay bales...playing in the grain bins (and getting in trouble)...helping feed and water the cattle...riding the old horse grandpa used to have. Anyways! I wanted to share some pictures that I took around the place. We are so excited for grandma and grandpa moving on to this new stage in their life, and getting a new, huge, beautiful home! And the great thing is they still own the farm, so I'm sure we can go out there anytime we want :). Although the threat of getting snowed in during Christmas won't be the same :)





Old antique back door to grandpa's shed

















Grandpa has collected all of these
old Butler county tags













Old baby carriage mom and Marcia used
to play with
















The old barn that fell over


















Old oil cans

sweet pea