Me and My Boys

Sorry but here's a million photo's of our little family. I had a hard time choosing so I just posted lots. Talon's best friend Kristopher Orr http://blog.kristopherorr.com/ shot our wedding photo's and for Christmas the Toth's got us a session with him again. He always does such an amazing job and now shoots 100% film. The colors are amazing. Thanks Fer!! Best Christmas present ever.... specially when you have to carry it home on a plane:)

Kinda looks like Momma..

Leo's passport photo 6 months

Me 6 months

We've been working on getting Leo's passport done so we can go to my cousins wedding in Portland the end of the month. I took him to Sears the other day to get his photo done. He'd been sick and had a fever but didn't seem too grumpy so we headed over. I guess you need to have a picture with the mouth shut and Leo was smiling and being so cute for every photo it was hard to get one that would work!! After about 15 min they finally got one that worked and when I saw it I instantly thought he looked so much like me when I was a baby. I went home and dug out this photo and you can tell me what you think.

Now we're laughing

This morning was total chaos at the Toth house. Started off like any normal morning. Leo woke up and he and I had a cuddle on the couch and watched a show. Then we had breakfast. He chomped down all his food like a champ and then I decided to let him play in his highchair while I went to the washroom. He was happy enough playing with his toys but I decided to try giving him a rice cracker to keep him entertained. He'd never had one before so at least I was smart enough to not just give it to him and leave. He thought it was pretty cool and shoved the whole end in his mouth..... all the way to the back of his throat gagging himself. He starts puking and out comes all of breakfast, all down his front, all over the floor, and all in the highchair. Not a smart move Momma:(. Well I hauled the puke covered Leo down to the bathroom and stripped him down and threw him in the tub. I called for Pops to wake up and come and keep and eye on Leo while I cleaned up the puke. While I was cleaning I heard a commotion coming down the hall. Talon's calling for my help so I go see whats happening. Leo started pooping in the bathtub so Talon pulled him out so he wasn't lying in poop and then he started pooping more all over the bathroom floor. Talon moved him out of the poop and set him down as he proceeded to control the poop situation as Leo start's peeing all over the floor now too. REALLY Leo?!! We both just looked at each other and started laughing. What a gong show. I started a chain reaction of stuff flowing out of our son and a once peaceful morning was over. Its morning's like this that I'm so glad I have a happy helpful hubby who doesn't mind cleaning up poop. No more rice crackers for Leo for a while.

Bliss Balls...

Mmmmm.... so I really can't stop eating chocolate BUT I've found a healthy alternative that satisfies my cravings, are not too bad for you, and are DELICIOUS. I love them and they are really easy to make.

1 1/2 cups Almonds
1/2 cup Pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup Walnuts
20 pitted dates
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
4 heaping Tbsp cocoa

First Blend up the nuts and dates in a food processor. If you're using a blender I would half the recipe and it will blend better. Pulse until every thing is ground up fine. Add vanilla and honey. Mix some more and then press into balls. Simple. You can play around and use any nuts you want, more or less cocoa(mine are pretty chocolaty), honey, dates, add raisins, cranberries, coconut, you get the drift. Yummy. Hope you try them and see how blissfully delicious they can be.

First Bites..

Leo was sure ready to eat solids. Right after he turned 4 months I decided to let him try eating some cereal. He's such a big guy and was always hungry so I started with cereal in with his formula for about a week and he seemed fine so I popped him in the bumbo and let him try eating. I've got a hilarious video on my iphone that I'll try and post but I can't figure it out tonight so I've just got some pics. It only took a couple bites before he learned how to swallow and after that he was chowing down. I tried making the cereal runny at first but he likes it nice and thick and its way less messy. Pretty soon he was eating lots of veggies too. Yams and carrots are a fav but he'll still eat peas and kale and beans too. Anything I stick in his mouth he eventually will eat. Here's hoping this means he won't be too picky of an eater. We've been letting him taste lots of stuff to try and get him used to lots of flavors. I think in another month we'll be just grinding up what we're eating and letting him go for it. Man this kid is growing up too fast.

Hair cut...

Well as you may remember we had a son born with loads of thick black black hair. After Christmas every time I would bath him there was quite a bit of hair in the tub after Leo's bath. I showed it to Talon one day and was sure it was falling out. He didn't think it was and I shouldn't be worried but a couple weeks later Leo turned into a little baldy. He rubbed off the back and sides and then the top was so thin and sparse. I decided it was time for a haircut. Couldn't let a son of mine look so scraggly. I'm happy to say that another month has gone by since then and is all grown back in. Not so black this time but still nice and thick.

Those were a couple before shots. So thin on top!!

He didn't mind the clippers at all.

Another Month...

Wow another month has just flown by. Its crazy I swear life just keeps going by faster and faster. In Feb we had my mom visit, Talon's mom, and then Talon's brother Jared and wife Lindsay. It was AWESOME having lots of visitors and we had lots of fun. Love it when we get to see our family so much. It sure gets lonely out here sometimes. Its still winter. We actually got snow when Carmen was here but I see buds on the tree's and Daffodils a blooming so I'm hoping that spring is just around the corner. I've got a few posts to catch up on. Got to mark those milestones of our little guy.