Thanksgiving 2016 - 15 months

Due to the wedding and taking several trips to Michigan earlier in the year we spent our 2016 holiday season at home in Chicago.  I made vegetarian cottage pie with lentils and mashed potato.  I'm drooling just thinking about it again. For dessert we made a baby friendly (low sugar) pumpkin pie with coconut.  Ohhhhh....it was so...amazing! Micheal definitely had a great time scarfing down all of his food!

First Solo Walk

Micheal's first solo walk around the neighborhood happened this past November on a beautiful autumn day.  For the first time since he was born we left the pram and baby carrier behind and just let this wee one explore.  He had an absolute blast!  The crunchy leaves made him so happy.  He found a colorful, full pile to roll around in and his joy was so intoxicating that he made a grown man pause and laugh as he was walking down the street.  Of course our trip was cut slightly short as Micheal inevitably stepped in a heaping pile of dog poo...but still, the day contained magic for the little guy.