Aloo Gobi

As promised I took a picture of the Aloo Gobi...turned out quite well.


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Aloo Gobi Recipe

Liam's 6-Month Wellness Check-Up

Liam at 6 month wellness check-up from Mike and April on Vimeo.

Liam had his 6 month check up today and he is a big boy at 18 lbs. 6 oz. which makes him just above the 50th percentile for weight, he's 27.5 inches (about 75th percentile), and his head is in the 76 percentile! Dr. says he's doing great, and luckily so far has only seen him on on his well-baby check ups!

Haven't Posted In A While

Not a whole lot has been going on lately, so I haven't had much to post about. Things are well. We are so happy and relieved to not have to worry about the townhouse anymore. Although now we have a new project to think about...getting our yard in. We got a couple bids, and we finally figured out what we want to do, so we signed the contract today. Unfortunately, they are super busy and won't be able to start for about 6 weeks!! Although I guess this gives us some time to set aside some more $$ to pay for it. It will be so nice to be able to hang out in the back yard and not see ugly nasty weeds. Not to mention the awful fox tails that have been stuck to our dogs fur and our floor for the past several weeks, and the stray puncture weeds that fall randomly on the floor...those things really hurt! Anyway, we thought that we would start with the front yard this year and work on the back yard later, but we decided to just get it ALL done at once! We have a fairly large yard, and it's going to be quite expensive, but it's one of those things that just needs to be done, so we just can't think about the cost-just have to bite the bullet and do it! So here are our plans...Tear out the old dead lawn and weeds, grade/topsoil and new sod everywhere! Add some planters to the front yard with lots of bushes. Add a kidney shaped planter with large shade tree to the side yard. Lots of trees in the back yard, including a small fruit orchard off to the side of our backyard. We will have an area for our garden and also an area for a swingset in the future. We are excited to get it in, and I'll post before and after pictures when it is finally done.

6 Month Pictures

Our Sis-in-law's Family has all the equipment to take professional pictures, so today we went over there to take Liam's 6 Months pictures. They turned out really cute! Check them out.

You can see more on our Flickr site:http://www.flickr.com/photos/fayzpix/sets/72157605181560703/

Can You Guess Who This Is?

Happy 6 Months Liam!

It is so amazing to us that Liam is already 6 months old today! We started to feed him rice cereal a week ago, but we had to hold him in our lap because we hadn't bought a high chair yet. Before he was born I had seen some fancy (and spendy) Swedish ones online that I was pretty sure that I wanted, but since our dining space was pretty limited we were not sure we wanted a full size highchair. After seeing the Fisher-Price booster seat that Liam's cousin has, and also a friend of mine has, we really were liking the idea of having one that was small, portable, and inexpensive. So for Liam's half birthday we got him his very own booster seat. When we put him in it, his face lit up at the new experience of sitting up in a chair. We fed him his rice cereal, and he ate it pretty well. We also tried giving him an empty sippy cup to see what he would do, and he grabbed it and brought it straight to his mouth to drink from. We love watching him grow and change and experience new things. He is such an amazing and wonderful baby, and we feel so lucky to have him in our lives. We love you Liam! Happy 6 months, and many many more!

Ouch!

Tip for working out in the yard:
Be sure your shirt covers your back when you bend over.

Time Flies!

Ok, so I haven't posted an update for a while, and that is because I have been training for a new position at my work, so things have been quite hectic lately.

Anyway, Liam will be 6 months on Saturday!! We started feeding him rice cereal last week. It's a somewhat messy process, but he's starting to get the hang of the spoon.

Check out the first picture of me and him when he was only 2 weeks old, and our most recent picture at 25 weeks...he's growing so fast!