little ladies' man

This morning was Malakai's first Sunday in the nursery at church and he did great.

Tonight we went back and helped with child care for an event. As soon as we set Malakai down he was surrounded by all the little girls.

They were chattering about how cute he is and the faces he was making at them. It was a funny little moment and I'm so glad Ben captured it with his camera phone.

PS Kai's ultrasound on his head to check for excess fluid is tomorrow morning. Say a pray for him tonight if you please.

I'm not big on the celeb gossip...

but when I saw this I couldn't keep from sharing.

Don't know much about the Kardashians, but props to Kourtney for being honest!

photo Friday: cha-cha-cha-chaaaanges

I'm finding myself looking back at Malakai's first few days, heck, even his first few months and noticing what about him looks the same and what is different. I wonder what he'll look like as a toddler, little boy, teenager, and a man. Some days I swear he's going to end up being a clone of his dad.

So as I'm a bit disorganized and also because I forgot that it's Friday already, this post is a bit late. Since I don't have a monthly picture feature on my blog I thought that today I'd post some pictures of Malakai over the past 6 months to chronicle how he's changed.

July

This was taken with my dad's cell phone, one of my favorites from the day he was born. 

Look at that grimace!

Just three days old, so skinny!

my first attempt at making baby food

Earlier this week I began the process of making baby food for Malakai. We chose sweet potato for his first veggie. On Monday night after Ben got home from work I popped over to the grocery store to pick up the potatoes and some freezer bags. The plan was to make everything and feed it to him that night, but my attempt to multi-task didn't work out so great. I got the potatoes baked that night. I used the instructions on wholesomebabyfood.com which say to slice the skin and scoop out the "meat" from the potato, but they were so well done that the skin just slid/peeled right off. I tossed the insides into a sealed container and my project was "too be continued" as Kai enjoyed rice cereal once more.

Tuesday after Henry got picked up and Kai ate his rice cereal I went to work. I didn't want to run the blender while he was sleeping so he stayed in his high chair and watched.

My First GIVEAWAY!!!

Good morning all. (it's still morning for us West Coasters anyway)

I'm excited to finally announce my first giveaway. I never imagined that I'd be asked to do a giveaway on my blog, but I'm thrilled and hope to be able to do more in the near future.

I was just recently contacted by a representative from CSN about hosting this giveaway and obviously accepted. I knew CSN from other blog giveaways that I've entered. They have a lot of different websites and endless items. From bar stools, to baby toys, to kitchen essentials.

Which brings me to the giveaway item. Inspired by my desire to make Malakai's baby food on my own (a separate post on that coming soon), I chose to give a Kalorik Sunny Morning Hand Blender/Mixer in Lime Green. I chose it because I've read that hand blenders are great for pureeing baby food and it comes with a handy little mixing cup.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post. It can be about anything. This first entry is mandatory before acquiring additional entries. Also mandatory, having an easily accessible email address on your blog profile or leaving it in the comments.

For additional entries (leave an additional comment for each entry):

• follow my blog publicly- 1 entry
• blog about this give away- 2 entries! (please be sure to link your specific post to the comment)
• follow me on twitter & tweet with a link to this giveaway-1 entry
• add my button to your blog- 1 entry (again, be sure to leave me a link to your blog)
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The contest will be closed at midnight next Wednesday, February 3rd (one week from today) and the winner will be announced on Thursday February 4th.

Disclosure: I have received no compensation or merchandise from CSN


update: I'm participating in the Giveaway Blog Hop!