Then and now....

I've been reminiscing about the last 7 months of my life so I decided to go back through my photos and share some then and now shots with you.

THEN.....

(May-3 months old)

(Still a chunky boy at 3 months)

(June-4 months old)

(July-5 months old)

(August-6 months old)

AND BEST OF ALL.... NOW....7 months old!!!

Cooking 101

I recently came to the conclusion that Mommy does not know how to cook so I hijacked the kitchen and made my own baby food.

On the menu .....PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE cooked in a cast iron skillet!

STEP 1:

Gather all of your ingredients

STEP 2:
Mix all of the ingredients together and prepare for drooling

STEP 3:
Insert the cake into the oven

STEP 4:
Enjoy!

Now this is what I call food!!
Tomorrow's menu....cupcakes!

Road Trip!

I took my second trip this past August 9th & 10th. Mommy and Daddy took my up to Flagstaff, Snowbowl,then to the south rim of the Grand Canyon for my cousin Joe's memorial. It was what I would call a mini-vacay that started at 3:30am on Sunday and ended at 5:30pm on Monday.

Not to toot my own horn but I must tell everyone what a FANTASTIC boy I was. I spent a good majority of my day on Sunday in my car seat and I never cried. First it was the drive to Flag, then the drive for lunch, then the drive to Snowbowl, then the drive to the Grand Canyon AND then the drive back to the hotel where we arrived at 10:30pm. If I must....I would call myself a SUPER TROOPER!

Here are some pictures of the trip....

Here I am packed up and ready to go. Umm...I think we are getting closer! After our arrival off to lunch we went.

I'll take one of those please!

Here is our bed for the night

Here is our bench for the nightHere is our chair for the night

Here I am taking a moment to collect my thoughts before we head up to Snowbowl for the 1st part of Joe's memorial.All of the friends and family that have gathered.

Daddy and I in front the ski lifts at Snowbowl.

(Hee...hee...hee...Or the barf inducers for Mommy)

To the man (or woman) who invented the SUVs....a BIG thank you!My firsts sights of the Grand Canyon The Memorial

Mommy and I Out shopping the next day.

And finally on our trip home but we needed to make a stop at the truck station for a fresh butt and a drink.

I hope you have enjoyed my latest adventure!

Love LB!

Hippie!

My Mommy is turning me into a HIPPIE!Here I am in my BumGenius diaper and my new Baltic Amber necklace!

Don't worry... Granddad already thinks (and knows) that Mommy fell off her rocker!

Eating 101

Mommy decided to start feeding me some solids a little ahead of my 6 month birthday. She thought I was showing all of the signs of being ready like being able to sit up on my own, studying Mommy and Daddy while they ate and being able to easily lift things up to my mouth. So on Sunday the 19th Mommy brought out the cereal, bowl, spoon and breast milk-stirred it all up and here is what happened....

Day 1

First bite in....

First bite out....

I am not amused with this eating from a spoon bit and I would rather play with my rattle.

Day 1 ended in some whining and fussing so Mommy put the spoon down. I let her put about 1/2 of a 1/2 of a 1/2 of a spoon full of that cereal dirt in my mouth.

Day 2

First bite in.....

Seriously...you are not coming at me with that spoon again!

Here....let me try.
Day 2 ended in some more whining and fussing so again Mommy put the spoon down. I let her put about 1/2 of a 1/2 of a spoon full of that cereal dirt in my mouth.

Day 3

What! Day 3! This is absurd. I thought I made it clear on day 1 and 2 that I am not enjoying this thing you call cereal. You can not disguise the taste of dirt by pouring breast milk in it. HELLO!! I am smarter then that!

I am off to explore the taste of my toes in my mouth. I hope you have enjoyed the latest adventure of me, LB, at my expense!

XOXO

Our Loss

A tragic ending to a short and wonderful life.

I take comfort that you are with Grandma now.

You two will be greatly missed!

Love LB and the whole Gintz Family

Happy 4th of July!!!

As you all should this was my very first 4TH OF JULY and boy was it a lot of fun! I went to Grandpa and Grandma's for a BBQ. They made some really yummy shredded pork and for dessert a delicious strawberry rhubarb pie. Best of all.....I FINALLY went swimming!!

(Okay...so here I am in my festive outfit courtesy of Grandpa & Grandma (I think they like me). Did I mention this is a 12 MONTH romper)(Mommy and I)(Grandpa and I in the pool)(Grandpa yelling at Grandma that the fountain switch is on the left right)(Grandpa, Cousin A.J., Adie and I)(and ME being ADORABLE!)

So now you ask...what did I learn about the 4th of July? Mommy can pack A LOT of food away!! Let's see...it all started with a fork full of the shredded pork, then it was a pork pulled sandwich with onions, a scoop of pasta salad and hunk of bean dip and chips. She licked that plate clean and then went back for another pork sandwich and onions. A little later on I caught her eating a slice of the strawberry rhubarb pie and a slice of peach upside down cake. I then turn my back for one minute and she's eating more bean dip followed by some BBQ Lays Chip and by god another slice of pie!!!! We had to leave just so Mommy would quit eating!

Okay...I have to go now because it's time to go grocery shopping. I am sure I don't need to explain why...again.

Love to the USA from LB!