Big boy highchair

We've finally made the switch. When we tried a couple months ago he was barely taller than the tray so that wasn't happenin', but now he's crawling out of the Bumbo every time we put him in it so time to switch it up, ready or not. Big boy here we come!!!

 A little waffle to start out the meal

Love this face, trying to smile with a mouthful of food

Still gets soooooo excited about his baby food

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 Time to relax..........

Finishing off the meal with a little water in the sippy cup.

What's that you say?!?!?!?!

Going for a hike in the beautiful Rocky Mountains 15 minutes from your house, Alli?!??!!

uhhhh no...............I needed a workout after that Thanksgiving meal so we trucked ourselves down to Safeway, got some groceries, and walked back intermittently doing biceps curls with the grocery bags :) Don't judge. I have NO time to workout these days so this what you get. I was sweaty and am sore this morning so I think it was a pretty good workout. I'll take what I can get these days.......even the super weird looks we got at Safeway............ ;)

This is what our freezer looks like right now:

Mainly ALL food for Declan. Around the time I stopped breastfeeding, Declan was really starting to get into real people food and seeing as I live outside of Boulder, every person in the world was asking me, "oh, so you're definitely making your own baby food.......RIGHT?!?!" So I figured I'd look into it. Part of it was I was feeling guilty that I couldn't breastfeed anymore, part was that it was wayyyyy cheaper, and part was selfish - I like to cook so I figured this is just another excuse to cook more and clean less (Paul's the major dish washer in our house) :) I bought this book:

and started cooking. It has been AWESOME. I absolutely love it and I love knowing that Declan is getting fresh, healthy, mostly organic food. This summer and fall was especially great as I would go to the farmers market on Saturday, spend about $10-15 on fresh produce and he would eat for weeks. It has everything from basic sweet potatoes and butternut squash (something I had never made before and definitely wouldn't have thought to give Declan) to fun combos that he LOVES like peas, edamame and apples. The fruit recipes are great, Paul even eats the cinnamon apple one I make. It kind of breaks the rules about how everything thinks babies should eat bland food - we found out EARLY that Declan loves flavor (he was eating guac and salsa around 5 months) so there's tons of spices that the authors put in, totally safe, and yummy for the baby. Highly recommend this book if anyone is interested in making their own baby food! Plus there are some delicious recipes in the back for mommy and daddy ;) Can't go wrong there!

This is what it looks like before. This took about 30 mins from start to finish and Declan will eat it for weeks! Carrots and ginger, butternut squash and cinnamon apple raisins......YUM! All you have to do is freeze these, pop 'em out, put them in freezer bags and you have little individual portions to warm back up when your baby's hungry! Declan eats 4 of them at a time but who's counting.........

STAIRS

A couple weeks ago little buddy mastered the staircase............UP - not down. Here's a video the morning that he figured it out :) He's gotten extremely quick now and if Paul or I say "Declan, no" or  "I'm going to beat you" he turns into the fast and the furious and he is gone!!!!

Here is mama Yo Yo teaching Declan some baaaaaad habits ;) Thanks Yo!!!!

Daddy and his boy

I have pictures almost every single day of the two of them like this but it never gets old. Lucky for you I'm gonna post some more on here ;)

Wavin' buddy!

Declan up on the ladder helping daddy put up some Christmas lights. Safe, I'm sure....

Where's Declan?!?!

It has been SO cold recently here but mommy still needs to get some sort of exercise so we bundle up and head out for walks! By the time we get back poor Declan's nose is bright red and his cheeks are fuh-reezing. Hopefully it will warm back up soon and get back to normal CO winter weather cause this ain't cuttin' it!