Bakewell Birthdays

Every year we get together for my dad and grandma's birthdays.  Their birthdays are three days apart, and we typically celebrate them at the same time.  Sometimes we travel home to celebrate and sometimes we meet halfway.  This year we met halfway!  I remember doing this my freshman year in college so we could be together as a family but I didn't have to make the entire drive back home.  Typically, mom would bring some of the clothes I had forgotten so I would have them to wear as the weather started to get cooler.  Remember the days when half of your wardrobe was at your parents' house (aka your house) and half of your stuff was in a dorm room or an apartment?!;)  This year we got homemade granola and Zander got a new toy!  We had a blast and pictures were taken to document the festivities.....

 the birthday girl

looking at his great-grandpa 

 Grammy

 

 the birthday boy... this picture was taken in the sun...oops!

 Aunt Linds and Uncle Boom

the Houstons

We announced we were expecting little Z at their birthday celebration last year, and they had to keep it a secret for a few more weeks until I was finished with the first trimester and we were ready to share the exciting news with everyone else.  Just as a reminder... here we are with Burke sporting a "I'm going to be a big brother" shirt last year. 

  Some other notable occurrences from the week....

Zander started eating real food..... we introduced bananas!  He is now having rice cereal with "lunch" at daycare, and we are feeding him a fruit or vegetable in the evenings.  We are starting with one at a time to ensure he is not allergic to anything.  Despite what you might see in the video... he actually loves eating his bananas now and is doing great with eating from a spoon!  Can't wait to see his facial expressions as we add more types of fruits and veggies! 
Also, he has been able to spend some time with daddy.  This picture shows Zander watching a video on the Ipad with him.  Somehow both of them were under the rainforest playing when I came inside after a run with my sister.