Clayton's First Haircut!

Today was the big day - Clayton got his very first haircut!! His hair was so long I was afraid they might charge me extra. :-) We went to Cookie Cutters and they were so nice. He got a little certificate that says "First Haircut" on it with a little bag that has some locks of his hair in it and has a place for his picture. He was a little unsure at first, but did really good sitting pretty still. He sure looks like a different boy now!

Sickness has struck!

The little man is sick. I hate to see him not feeling well. When he woke up the other day, this is what his hair looked like. I did have to chuckle. I was so looking forward to his first haircut last week (since he's now one), but of course we have to wait until he's actually well enough to go out.

It's amazing what you do for your child when he's sick. He wanted to ride in the bed of his dump truck and it's getting much harder for me to lean over and push him around the house. So, Aaron rigged up this handy-dandy way for me to pull him around without having to bend over! :-) Clayton LOVES riding around like this and doesn't want us to stop. (I think this boy needs a wagon for Christmas!)

This is for Aunt Cindy: While I was waiting for the video to load, I had to look at some old pictures of when Clayton first "played" with his dump truck. This is when he was only a month old!

First Birthday!

Clayton got to celebrate his first birthday twice!

The first celebration was in Indiana at Aaron's parent's house.

Yeah . . . a Colts ice cream cake!!

Time for presents!

Clayton was delighted with the little barn from his grandparents!

My favorite picture!

The second celebration was here in Ohio. It was so nice to have my siblings here (thanks to GBS Homecoming - and we missed you Kendall & Leanna).

My first attempt at a birthday cake!
(too bad Marianne B. lives too far away, now!). :-)

Kaley's birthday is 3 days after Clayton's, so they celebrated together.

Enjoying the chocolate ice cream!

All his cousins were just as interested in the presents as he was!

Caught the end of Kaley's.

Jiggin' at Old Fashioned Day

Clayton loves music and he certainly demonstrated this for us at Old Fashioned Day at UBC a few Saturdays ago.

It was pretty cold, so we did our best to make sure Clayton stayed warm.

It was so good to see my cousin, Rachelle.

Sarah (Rachelle's youngest girl) and Clayton enjoyed playing together.

Going inside to warm up!

The end of a long day.

The Little Monkey

Clayton recently discovered his monkey house shoes. He usually just carries them around and plays with them like a toy. I tried putting them on his feet yesterday and he loved them!

Homearama!

I love going to Homearama and we always enjoy seeing the new homes with Mark and Kristin. This year the homes were "scaled back" a bit and cost around $700,000 - $850,000 instead of over a million. Still way out of my league, but it's still neat to see how people decorate.

We started off by meeting for supper at this really cool restaurant called Mimi's Cafe. They have great food and since it was our first time there they gave us a box of huge muffins to take home with us. What a nice touch!

The chicken pot pie that Kristin and Aaron had was soooo good! Wish I could make this at home.

I had salmon with asparagus and so did Mark. Clayton sure enjoyed the mashed potatoes!

This was the neatest thing. These music notes were filled with scraps of sheet music. It looked so amazing. This was actually in a bathroom and there was an old saxophone in the corner of the shower!

The cribs for these twins were so pretty. And I just loved the names and sayings on the wall above the beds.

How cool would this be for a game room in your basement!

I thought this was a neat idea! This was in the entry way off the garage.

And what neat pictures for a laundry room!

I loved this gigantic fork and spoon on the wall of a kitchen.

Wouldn't an outdoor fireplace like this be cool?

This shower had a remote control so you could turn it on to warm up before you ever got out of bed!!

These were only a few of the many pictures I took. Some really neat stuff and some really strange stuff. :-) But, we had a lot of fun.

Clayton update

Here are some of Clayton's 10-month pictures.




. . . and he's off!



Clayton is walking! He's now 11 months old (no teeth yet, but he sure can move)!

Extra Zucchini?

I LOVE this recipe that is on my calendar for Zucchini Crescent Pie. You must try it. It seems like it has a LOT of spices in it - but it's definitely good!

You can click the link above, or here it is:

INGREDIENTS

2	tablespoons butter
4	cups thinly sliced zucchini
1	cup chopped onions
2	tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1/2	teaspoon salt
1/2	teaspoon pepper
1/4	teaspoon garlic powder
1/4	teaspoon dried basil leaves
1/4	teaspoon dried oregano leaves
2	eggs, well beaten
2	cups shredded Muenster or mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
1	can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
2	teaspoons yellow mustard

DIRECTIONS

	Heat oven to 375°F. In 12-inch skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add zucchini and onions; cook 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in parsley flakes, salt, pepper, garlic powder, basil and oregano.
	In large bowl, mix eggs and cheese. Add cooked vegetable mixture; stir gently to mix.
	Separate dough into 8 triangles. Place in ungreased 10-inch glass pie plate, 12x8-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish or 11-inch quiche pan; press over bottom and up sides to form crust. Firmly press perforations to seal. Spread crust with mustard. Pour egg mixture evenly into crust-lined pie plate.
	Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. If necessary, cover edge of crust with strips of foil during last 10 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Yummy!!!!

Clayton's Dedication

Clayton's baby dedication was Sunday morning at church. I was worried that he would not be still or quiet, but he actually did pretty good. The only thing was he kept grabbing Bro. Durr's microphone during the prayer. :-)

We were so happy to have Aaron's parents and Cameron, and Vicki and the children with us for the dedication and lunch!!

Clayton is officially done with baby food! Everything he used to like he would spit out, so now table food it is. He loves mashed potatoes!

Emme and Clayton - playing together like ole' buddies!