6 month update

Get in my BELLY

 No surprise here - Kamden likes to eat.  Solid foods have been no exception.  I make his baby food... Not because I am some elitist mother that thinks her precious, perfect child can have nothing jarred or with preservatives.  I do this because I am thrifty and it is SO easy.  It started this fall with an incredible harvest of butternut squash and sweet potatoes (thanks, Mom!).  This is a picture of the sweet potatoes.  They were the biggest things I have ever seen:

We are still eating the harvest from this fall.  He has squash or sweet potatoes everyday, usually mixed with something else.  It is getting near the time where they might go bad so we are eating them as fast as he can.  His other favorite foods have been: avocado, green beans, and bananas.

 

He is pretty "involved" in the eating process so it gets rather messy!

 

If anyone has questions about baby food making - ask away.  It is a huge money saver and hardly takes any time at all. 

Great Grandma

Kamden only has 2 Great Grandparents.  This is a cute picture that was inspired by pinterest.

This is his maternal Great Grandma... or as the kids call her "Grandma Violet"

She is an amazing farmer's wife and at almost 85 is still living on her own and doing pretty darn good!

Key Overalls

My Grandpa basically wore Key overalls everyday of his life.  The first grandchild in the family was given a pair when she was born about 40 years ago.  They have been passed down and now we have pictures of all the great grandkids in them.  Here are pictures from our branch of the family tree...

 Kamden

 

 Kamden's Cousin B

 

Kamden's Cousin O

5 Month Update

Here is a reminder of how this chunky monkey got to this point...

Christmas Day

(I swear this is my last post about Christmas)

Christmas morning we always do our family celebration.  We open stockings and gifts and then Joe makes crepes.  It is a fun tradition we have started for ourselves.

The dogs are not completely forgotten... they are enjoying their xmas pig's ear (so gross but this is the only time they get them)

 Opening Kamden's stocking

 A present from Kamden's Great Aunt, Uncle & second cousin (or first cousin once removed... I still don't get all that nonsense)

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This year, we spent the rest of the day at Nana's house (Joe's Mom).  

Kamden & Nana

Kamden - enjoying his new present

 Aunt C... who doesn't need an awesome banana slicer? :)

Christmas Morning

(I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A "DRAFT" INSTEAD OF PUBLISHED.  SORRY IF IT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE BLOG)

Kamden got probably the worst present ever for Christmas... his first cold and subsequent ear infection.  He was feeling pretty awful on Christmas day but he handled it really well.

We spend Christmas morning opening our presents and Joe always makes me crepes.  It is a fun tradition we started a few years ago and we love it!