Pumpkin Patch

Props to HyVee!!! They created an awesome pumpkin patch in their parking lot. Honestly it's nicer than a lot of pumpkin patches that we've been too. We were really impressed. There's all kinds of activities for the little ones and the pumpkins are cheap! I might bring Henry back once a week until Halloween because we had so much fun. We started out the morning with pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks and a little shopping at Target. We stayed at the pumpkin patch for an hour or so and then went home for lunch. Then we went to the outlet mall to walk around, just because the weather is absolutely perfect. We had such a great Sunday!

 

My sweet baby boy!!!

 

Its a sandbox of corn!

 



 

It lasted until he started eating it.

 

 

We let him go down the slide (while we were holding him).

 

 

My amazing family. I am the luckiest girl on earth.

 

 

Love this picture!

 



 

Getting Henry to look at the camera when there is so much to look at is next to impossible.

This picture cracks me up! He looks like a full blown farmer!

 



 

All smiles!

 



 

 Mom.... please!

 

 

Sitting on the front porch :)

 

Our family of pumpkins. I had to get the white one! I think I might paint it. I also plan to go back and get more. They were so cheap.

More Life at the Lake

This past Saturday some of the Mom's I met through a support group at Mo Bap came down to the lake for the weekend. One of the Mom's parents has a house down here, so she invited us over. We left in the morning and spent 4 or 5 hours lounging, playing, and eating :) It was a blast and Henry got to spend time with other babies around his age. I'm so glad, because I hate that he's not getting the socialization he probably needs. We are trying to remedy that though by finding things for us to do during the day. That's been a little difficult because there's not much to do, but hopefully we can find one or two activities. We sat out on the boat slip while Henry chilled in the baby pool. He loves the water!

LOVE THESE TWO!!!

Big Boy Bath

We finally ditched the Fisher Price tub and thought it was time to put Henry in the big tub. He of course loved it. There's not much that this kid doesn't love. He has quite the assortment of sea creatures to play with. We have a few more bath toys on his Christmas list because he really enjoys playing in the tub. It has been a part of his nightly routine since his little cord stump fell off :)

This face cracks me up!

Park

We found a local park with an infant swing in Osage Beach and its close to the house. Thank goodness because I LOVE to swing and I have been dying to get this baby in one. We had so much fun. My goodness I take too many pictures. I can't help myself. I have no idea what I'm going to do with all of them.

Baby Food

I finally started making some baby food for Henry. I had the very best intentions of making ALL of his food. This was while I was pregnant. So much changes when you actually have the baby lol. I decided I would make things for him that weren't readily available as prepackaged.
So I made him some roasted red peppers with goat cheese, and zucchini. I also froze some canned pumpkin and added some cinnamon to it. I pureed some black beans and froze into cubes as well. Protein is so good for babies! He doesn't get very much meat yet, so I figured beans would be a nice alternative.

 

Peppers are part of the "dirty dozen" Try to always buy organic. I forgot so I did the trusty vinegar and water soak.

 

I roasted these peppers at 400 for 30 minutes. Looking back it would have been easier to roast bigger pieces because the skin chars while roasting and needs to be peeled. Hence...the roasted red pepper.

I pureed with a few good size chunks of goat cheese and Henry gobbled it up!

 

I roasted the zucchini at the same temperature and purred. It comes out the PERFECT consistency. I didn't need to add any water. Zucchini's are naturally watery veggies, so that's probably why.

 

Once pureed, I just spread the mixture into these silicone ice cube trays. I froze them overnight and then put each food into a labeled zip lock bag.

4th of July!

We had a great 4th this year! I think next to Christmas this is my favorite holiday. I love celebrating being an American!!! We traveled to Morrison this year. It was our first trip from the lake to Morrison. The journey was LONG. Henry was on a hunger strike and it took us almost 8 hours to get there. We stopped almost every hour to see if he would eat. It should have taken us around 5 or 6 hours. Oh well, we arrived safely and that's all that matters. We shared time between both sets of grandparents and were able to visit with a lot of people. Here are some photos!
I didn't get a chance to take as many photos as I wanted. I wish there were some with Grammy and Grandpa Deets and well as Henry's Great Grandpa Beckstrom! My Mom has one on her iPad though so I'll be sure to get my hands on that. Henry is lucky to have 4 Great Grandparents!

 

Much love from Grandpa and Grandma Beckstrom!

 

Is it me or does it look like I'm holding a toddler? He's huge!

 

Grammy!

 

He's so patriotic!

 

Visiting Great Grandma Shaw! 4 Generations!

 

Visiting Great Grandma Deets! 4 Generations!

 

This is just a photo that I took of the flag on our balcony at the lake. I love what our flag symbolizes!