First Haircut!

The past few days Blake has been in to wearing hats:

And putting things on his head:

It's true, his hair was getting extremely shaggy. Maybe he was embarrassed?

Time for your first hair cut!!

He actually sat really well through it! And the results:

Maybe a few touch-ups here and there, but overall not too bad.

This is Blake pointing to his new hair.

B is for Birthday

Blake turned ONE and to celebrate we threw him a big birthday bash. The theme.......letter "B" I know it's not that clever, but it was fun and a bit of a challenge to coordinate an entire party, food and all, around a single letter. Here's a peak at our birthday bash.

Ball pit.....full of cousins

Birthday gifts

Birthday cake

Blake's cake (clearly homemade :)

The winners of the Balloon contest.....Dylan and Sophie

4 generations of Steffens.......and if you look behind them, there's the banner I worked on for the past month that I didn't get a picture of!

and of course, destruction of the cake.

All in all, the party was a sucess.......except I was busy running around and did not get enough pictures. I have no pictures of party favors, food, decorations, family, etc. I should have hired a photographer! If you took pictures, please send them to me!

He Can Walk!!

Blake has been getting better and better on his feet recently. He usually only takes 2 or 3 steps at a time, but suddenly today he has been walking across the room! Just in time, as his birthday in only 1 week from today (and he's nearing 23 pounds....way too heavy to carry!) I was lucky enough to catch it on camera too! Sorry the video is sideways.........no clue how to rotate it!

My new ride....

Gotta love garage sales!  I got this red beauty for $2!  Blake doesn't quite know what to do when he's in it, but he sure knows how to make it move from behind........

The first supper....

No more baby food for this guy.  He's a very 'do it yourself ' kind of baby.  Dr. Boe gave us the go ahead to feed him any and all table food (within reason) and Blake is loving it!

I've posted before about making my own baby food.   Looking back I realize just how much money we were able to save and not to mention the added health benefits.

     

Here's a rough estimate of how much baby food I was able to get by using good old Dave's produce:

1 sweet potato = 6 baby food containers

1 butternut squash= 7  baby food containers

1 apple = 3 baby food containers

1 pear = 2-3 containers

1 lb organic carrots = 11 baby food containers 

Where's Blake??

I think this is the funniest picture ever.........

Yes it is right side up!  He was playing peak-a-boo behind our cubes.  I have yet to figure out how he was able to balance himself at this 90 degree angle.... without holding on to the edge of the cubes.  

Why buy toys?

These are some of Blake's favorite things, not to mention remote controls, cellphones, and glasses........

laundry baskets....

Any kind of box.......

saran wrap.......

baggies.........

cans and bottles.....  

         

and of course, under anything that he can fit!