I really should update more often...

Lots of things have been going on!

First of all, Blake now has seven teeth. We have his 9 month pictures on November 1st and his 9 month check-up on November 3rd. He is growing up so fast. We also created an email for Blake. I am really excited about this idea because Alex and I, as well as the rest of our families, can email Blake whenever they want. When he is old enough, it will be really cool to have him read all of the emails from over the years. Thank you Alex and the Google Chrome commercial for the idea.

We had to take Duncan to the vet this week because he has been freaking out. I am not sure what his problem is, but the diagnosis was his knees could be bugging him or it is probably anxiety. We have one stressed out, anxious dog. He has gotten better recently, though, so hopefully it has passed. Here are the dogs fighting/playing (you can hear Blake laugh at them in the background):

The weather has been slowly getting colder (high of 46 on Friday with a chance of snow!). I love fall, but I don't know if I am ready for snow!

Here are some recent pictures of Blake:

Sitting in my Cars chair.

LOVES laundry baskets.

Eating yogurt melts.

Swinging!

Is this how you play in the exer-saucer?

Aubria is flying in tonight to visit us! We are super excited. I will takes lots of pictures and post them after her visit!

Our Most Recent Meals

How do you make a meal when you don't feel like cooking? This is how:

That's right. Rotisserie chicken, Country Crock mashed potatoes, and store bought pasta salad. Delicious.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, here we have asparagus with a maple-mustard sauce with salmon (mine) and swordfish steak (Alex's). Equally delicious.

Army Crawling

Well, Blake still refuses to crawl normal. He insists upon army crawling everywhere he goes. He is totally capable of holding himself up on his hands and knees, but he has decided it is easier to pull himself around on his stomach. Since he is already holding onto the couch and standing AND attempting to take a few steps, I don't know if normal crawling is in his future. I think he just might skip over that. Here he is at his finest... army crawling and saying, "Ma!" I hope you enjoy the nice 80's music from "The Wedding Singer" in the background!

He also picks and chooses weekly if he is going to say mama or dada. Two weeks ago, it was mama. Last week, it was dada. This week, back to mama. He has yet to say them in the same week for some reason, but hey, at least he's saying them!

Goodbye F150...

... Hello, 2005 BMW 330 ci - Alex's new car! The truck was pretty much about to fall apart with rust, so we had to invest in something new. I don't know too much about BMW's, but apparently this car has SMG (sequential manual gearbox) which allows Alex to drive the car as a clutchless manual like regular, from the steering wheel, or as an automatic. It also has a built in navigation system, which is pretty sweet! It was dark and rainy when we got it so my following pictures are not too great. Hopefully, I will have better pictures in a future post!

Park Fun

Blake and I spend a lot of time at the park. We pretty much try to go every day, unless it is raining (like today... boo). He loves looking around while relaxing in his stroller and swinging. Last time we were at the park, we got to see this:

Clearly, there was something going on, but I am not sure what! Here is Blake enjoying himself in his stroller:

Watching the hot air balloon.

"Hi, mom!"

On an unrelated note, I think this picture is super cute, so I had to include it:

Playing with daddy.

More to come soon!

Delicious Dinners

Two yummy meals:

Crispy Baked Chili Chicken

Honey Spice-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin

That is all. :)

Pumpkin Love!

What is the best thing about fall? Cooking with pumpkin! Here is my most recent pumpkin treat: pumpkin bars and cream cheese frosting! The link is as close to the recipes I used as I can find. My recipe came from an old magazine from my grandma. I used 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup of granulated sugar rather than 2 cups of granulated sugar.

We also had baked parmesan chicken for dinner. Again, this is a similar recipe, because I couldn't find the one I used online.  Delicious!