New Friend Alert

Last week, our good friends Jill and Adam welcomed baby Lucas Michael. Congrats guys!

26.5 Inches

No, I'm not talking about how tall my baby is anymore... Ironically, that is the amount of snow that was dumped on Valparaiso in about 12 hours last night/today. There has been more since then, so I do not have an updated figure for you, but driving on some of the side roads feels as if you are in a snow maze. The plowed snow on the sides of the roads is literally taller than the cars. It is surreal. I tried to get some pics, but these do not even come close to showing how much there actually is on the ground right now!

Teeth

You heard right. Hankster had two teeth break through over the weekend. This resulted in Kevin and I altering our exciting Superbowl plans of the three of us going to Wings, but staying home was fine for me. (My how things have changed... while I was pregnant last year, the few years prior, the Superbowl was like a holiday at our house... lots of good food, friends and alcohol). After a day and a half of a crabby baby, we are getting back to normal. I cannot complain... he has not been this fussy EVER, and it really was not even fussy by normal baby standards. Here is my attempt at capturing photographic evidence of our first teeth. Look closely.

Adventures in Baby Food: Bananas

No pictures for this one, but bananas are a big hit! What I am now confused by is why anyone would feed a baby bananas from a jar?!?!? Here is the recipe I used to make his bananas:

Banana Baby Food

Ingredients:
Banana

Mash ingredient. Feed baby.

Optional: Mix in a little formula/breast milk to thin out if necessary.

Not hard. Not even a little bit.

Adventures in Baby Food: Rice Cereal

Good thing he likes the cereal... it is a staple!

Adventures in Baby Food: Pears

This is a new segment I will be featuring on the blog. Henry has started his adventures into solid foods. It is a slow process, but we are introducing one food a week. First up... Pears




Okay, so the pears were obviously not a huge hit. However, these pics were taken with pears from a jar. I made my own pear baby food and he actually loved that.

First Illinois Game

I will update with some creative writing later perhaps, but for now, I just wanted to get up the pics. Great game! Thanks Mom/Nana and Dad/Oly for taking us to the game.

Half Time Snack with Uncle Bryce

2/3 of the Olsen Family (Bryce was missing and Kevin was studying for the bar)