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Van is 10 months old and he is as active as ever! He has learned that he has a friend in Pilot and now will play with him. Van will get one of Pilot’s toys and bring it to him. Pilot will (and does) take the toy and drags Van around on the floor. Van has also learned to share – which sounds all nice and cute but really is not. His idea of sharing is putting a Cheerio in his mouth then taking it out and offering to an unfortunate bystander. He has also found cars! He loves his toy cars. Van will drive them all over the house,…

Did I mention we just got back from a super relaxing, food filled, family fun cruise to Alaska? Yep, it’s true.

We did our laundry, stored our bags, went grocery shopping and now needed to get out of the house. So we went for a hike up to Kwaay Paay Summit in Mission Trails. It was a fun two hour hike in which Van managed to throw his pacifier and hat overboard during the hike. Fortunately, both items were retrieved on the the way back down. Van trying out his new sun shade attachment… kind of. Almost to the top!

Okay, I am wide awake and ready hike! Check out my cool hiking boots. And then 30 minutes into the hike. 60 minutes into the hike. Zzzzzzz. Still asleep… Nearing the end… I think I hear him snoring! Maybe it was the nice straight path we walked that put him out 🙂

Okay, I am wide awake and ready hike! Check out my cool hiking boots. And then 30 minutes into the hike. 60 minutes into the hike. Zzzzzzz. Still asleep… Nearing the end… I think I hear him snoring! Maybe it was the nice straight path we walked that put him out 🙂

Warning: Graphic bird butchering images… For Thanksgiving we decided to make our own Turducken. Turkey- duck- cornish game hen. They are $80 at Vons and we managed to make it for about $30. A few days before Thanksgiving we de-boned the birds. The hen and the duck were fairly easy, but both of us had to work together and break out the heavy artillery for the turkey. After all the bones were removed (except for the turkey legs which we left on) we seasoned the birds with Tony’s Cajun seasoning and wrapped them up until Thanksgiving morning. Total weight after de-boning was 22lbs. of pure meat! Since the turkey was…

I just won a free Bebe Belay clip that Petite Saver was giving away! I love that I can use it as a paci clip now and later on use it to make an instant bib for Van (or Kenny). No need for disposable bibs 🙂 I am so excited! My mom told me about Petite Saver. If you haven’t checked out her blog, it is pretty cool. She lists sales and coupons for kid & baby items. Another great blog for giveaways is Penelope’s Pitstop (which I designed!) A few months ago I won a changing pad from her. Penny is so sweet and has great giveaways all the…