wedding week end

We were so excited for this day. Our friend Dan got married. So it was a weekend of good friends and reminiscing. Brock and I also got to get away together for the day. We missed Daegen but it was so nice to be able to just keep going and not get held up with little things. congrats Dan and Megan!

the couple and the boys

freedom!!

taking shopping to the next level

There are a couple things I had always told my self I would never do as a mom. naming just a few: wear stretchy pants, drive a mini van, push around the car carts in the grocery store, and have my child walk around with encrusted boogers on his face. So it looks like I have broken my promises except for the mini van one. evidence below>>>>>>>

new hair do

I finally looked at Daegen one day and thought, his hair is looking a little homely. I love the long hair look on boys but, he had more of a mullet, than a shaggy cut. So I made an appointment to give him a little man cut. Now he really looks like a boy. It took me awhile to get used to it. Its still so cute on him.

the mullet.

the first trim.

being so good.

trying to help. He is a little opinionated on his hair.

All done and now enjoying his sucker.

a boy and his dogs

Earlier this week I took Daegen to the doctors. I was worried about him having a nasty cough and runny nose, plus he wasn't sleeping well and just wasn't him self. It turned out that he had a double ear infection, poor little guy . Then right after I was done with Daegens appointment I had to run home and get Blitzlii to take him to the vet to get some stitches. The whole time blitzlii was in the back of the truck daegen was trying to look back and see him and saying Bliiippppphhhhlii.Then we dropped Blitzlii off and went to the pharmacist to get Daegens medicine. Then we get back to the vet to get blitzlii, and Daegen was in heaven there where dogs all over and he keeped repeating doooog, doooog. We get blitzlii in the car, he was to drugged to jump in the bed of the truck so I had him sit next to Daegen. Once again, Daegen was in heaven becasue the famouse blitzlii was sitting right next to him. The whole ride home I could hear daegen giggling and repeating Bliiiipppphlii, Bliiipppphhllii. After awhile it got really quite I looked back in my mirror and there blitzlii was laying in daegens lap and daegen was just petting the dogs head and was totally in little boy heaven.

It melted my heart, theres just something to be said about a little boy and is dog. Its amazing how much of a little boy he has turned out to be and he is not even 1 yet. The picture above is where you can see this little man most of the day. Every time he goes into the laundry room he says "doooggg, Blliipphhllliii, doooggg, blliipphhllii. Then he perches him self by the window and the just stares at the dogs. Some times I'll bring the dogs in the house and they usually annihilate him but he still loves it.

DB caught on video

Brock and I the other night were looking through videos of Daegen this past year and I was in awe of how I would have forgotten everything if I didn't have it on video. A picture speaks a thousand words wear a video speaks a million words, so I caught some of his jabbering and his curiosity on camera. I wont forget this stage. Also I would like to tell my dad :for the record Daegen does say Blitzlii and its not my imagination I have proof. Also if you tell me it doesn't sound like it I read a book were if the baby uses the word for something specific constantly its his word for that item and then you repeat the right word. So Dad it just for the record :)

11 months

look who's 11 months today. Its Daegen.... its Daegen. He has become such a boy in the last month. He loves his hot wheels and his dogs. He has even learned to say Blitzlii. He says hi and waves to people. He is always on the go and is very curious about everything. He opens drawers and cupboards and likes to take things out and throws them as far as he can( he is very strong). He likes to crawl up to me and say mama and gives me big kisses I mean mouth opened as wide as possible and drenches my cheeks with his loves (I don't mind the slime) then a gentle hug good bye and on to the next Daegen adventure. He loves to play peek a boo with his bib and blankets. He still loves food and will eat anything I give him which is nice because he will eat his vegetables.

gardner village

On Friday Brock and I took Daegen to gardener village. Daegen was a little apprehensive of the witches He mostly liked to look at them from a far. I just love the Halloween feeling of that place. maybe next year he will like it more?

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Halloween

We had a great Halloween. Grandma came over and had an orange dinner with us. Then Daegens girlfriend came over and they shared a couple of smiles and tugs and each others costumes. We had a couple of trick or treaters. Then we decided that we were to tired to go to any Halloween party's so Brock and I stayed in and watch 48 hour mystery and ate our left over Halloween candy.

two little love bugs

our orange dinner. sweet potato fries, cooked carrots and macaroni and cheese.

grandma and the monkey.

pumpkin walk

The week of halloween we went out with friends to a pumpkin walk. It was really cute I had never been there. This year the theme was "favorite commercial" I was loving it because it was mostly 80's commercials and I remembered most of them. Here are some pics below.

I thought those peas are so cute!!!

the Micheal jackson Pepsi commercial

here is the gang. (brock was missing he had to do HW)

daegen and I (It looks like he is sleeping)

there was an M&M in every scene.

murder mystery dinner

We had a mystery dinner with some friends. It was a blast. Thank you Allreds for putting it together, it was a lot of fun. we were all dressed as a certain character and had to act out the character. We didn't realize all our names were a play on words before we came, so we had a good laugh as we figured them out.

here we are trying to crack the mystery.

here I am Dee (the seducer) the rebel.

here is Del (toyds) the jock

prissy( the smart one)

Joe ( the business man)

rick( the rebel)

penny (the rich one)

cal(cal culator) the smart one

E.C. ( she was the cheer leader )

sneek peek of Halloween night

Ouch growing pains!!

cute little face with a fat lip!

Apart of growing up is learning how to do things on your own. Daegen has been learning to stand by himself and climbing on furniture and increasing his speed in his crawling technique.

So when Daegen and I were having a crawling contest he biffed it face first onto the hard wood floor. He had a few tears and a couple drops of blood but got right back up and tried again.

10 months

Its almost next to impossible to take a picture of this dude at least by my self. So the pictures get less perfect. This one was the only one that wasn't close up or blurry.

look at that cute #9 (upper left(his left) top tooth) . He has worked hard for these two front teeth lots of tears and sleepless nights.

Well, the lil' man is enjoying his food of course he will eat all vegetables even squash. He can say mama and dada and doooog and he also likes to growl at everything and response to everything with a RRRRRRRRR. I guess it perfect for the spooky Halloween season , but it doesn't go really well with a monkey costume:( his growl has been getting pretty deep, I'm afraid its going to ruin his vocal cords. I guess if it does we will have to take him to a speech therapist. Brock had to go because he had a raspy voice, father like son I guess. We can't forget the car noises he has worked really hard on too. We play cars everyday and he will make the sounds like a car and push it around .

He also has found himself quit funny and will laugh with or at himself can't decide. Brock and I have officially started the count down till he gets to go to nursery at church, he is a handful always wanting to move and touch every ones shoes and taking toys away from babies, we have 8 more months to go. He is such a sweet baby and I have found it hard for me to leave that sweet boy for more than an hour. He is so fun and full of life we love you Daegy buns :)

bird watching

this is Daegen attached to the cage!

So our friends had there house exterminated and they needed some one to watch there bird. So of course I volunteered because I knew Daegen would love it for a couple hours. I was right for the first two hours he was attached to the cage. Then after his nap he would go play and come back to check on the bird literally every 2 minutes (I was watching him it was hilarious). Then by the time the bird had to leave, daegen was not that interested. It was the perfect stay for our little bird friend.

I'm glad I don't have to get a bird now, the first two hours I was worried that I had to get a bird because Daegen was so interested, but that passed. whew!!

almost 10 months

This morning I realized that Daegen is almost 10 months. I haven't gotten any pictures of him in awhile. I mean I have tons of pics but not ones I would want to put up in my home or give to Grandma's and G.G's. so here I some I have a lot more I need to do. I have his Halloween costume and a cute hat I need to take pictures of him in. So this is what I have edited and there are more to come:

never ending tomato soup

Brock loves this soup!!! last year I made it and froze a bunch and it only lasted about a month. So this year Brock wanted more. So he some how got an in with a friend and ended up with a huge box of tomatoes. Since that box has hit our doorstep I have been making this soup morning and night plus some salsa and spaghetti sauce. Enjoy! Roasted Tomato Soup

2 1/2 pounds fresh tomatoes (mix of fresh heirlooms, cherry, vine and plum tomatoes)

6 cloves garlic, peeled

2 small yellow onions, sliced

Vine cherry tomatoes for garnish, optional

1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 quart chicken stock 4 cups / 2 cans

2 bay leaves

4 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves, optional

3/4 cup heavy cream, optional (Brock prefers the cream)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Wash, core and cut the tomatoes into halves. Spread the tomatoes, garlic cloves and onions onto a baking tray. If using vine cherry tomatoes for garnish, add them as well, leaving them whole and on the vine. Drizzle with 1/2 cup of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 to 30 minutes, or until caramelized.

Remove roasted tomatoes, garlic and onion from the oven and transfer to a large stock pot (set aside the roasted vine tomatoes for later). Add 3/4 of the chicken stock, bay leaves, and butter. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until liquid has reduced by a third.

Wash and dry basil leaves, if using, and add to the pot. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth. Return soup to low heat, add cream and adjust consistency with remaining chicken stock, if necessary. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Garnish in bowl with 3 or 4 roasted vine cherry tomatoes and a splash of heavy cream

Serve with good Bread

our stay with beth