Magic Bullet = amazing

I have had a magic bullet for like 6 years.  I am not going to lie...I have never used it.  Never.  Like I thought it was so cool and then it sat in my cabinet.  I moved it from college to my parents house to my condo back to my parents and now to it's spot in the back of my cabinet in our house.

Guess what?  I have been making smoothies in the morning and decided that I would give it a try because it would be less stuff to clean.  With a baby around, I need less things to clean.

I freaking love this thing.  That's all I have to say.  Here are a few smoothies I have been making in it.

Peanut butter and banana smoothie - 
Vanilla yogurt
Frozen Banana
1/4 cup (around) of peanut butter
Some milk

Strawberry banana smoothie-
Frozen banana 
2 frozen strawberries
One 80 calorie cup of vanilla yogurt
One 80 calorie cup of strawberry yogurt

All you do is put the stuff in and mix.  However...I started to defrost the fruit first because it blended better in the magic bullet and then I through a few ice cubes in and it's delicious!!

Charlie is not a big fan of milk...so I've been avoiding that and just threw in the ice cubes.  Quick, easy and delicious (and healthy) morning treat!!

Ok - that's all.  Just had to say this thing is amazing and I've been missing out for 6 years!!!!!!!!

Week 10 - double digits!

309.  Yep, that's how many pictures/videos that are "new" on my iPhone from just last week.  It's official...I'm a crazy mom that takes way too many pictures of you.  I'm SO happy we got our iPhones when we did because I literally do not know how I would survive or capture so many cutes pictures and videos of you without it.  Especially as I'm getting ready to head back to work - I'm already thinking of the pictures I want to take to put on my desk to stare at all day long!!

I'm not sure what happened to your sleeping - but it's totally regressed.  But we still love you. Even though I don't sleep.  You are worth it, right?

You were seriously SO much more fun this week.  Not that it hasn't been fun hanging with you before...but now you smile, laugh, make noises, look at me and all that fun stuff.  I feel like we are interacting a lot more and it's way fun.  We busted out a new toy this week - the jumper/excersaucer thing.  I just felt like you were getting bored just laying on your back...so I figured I would set it up and give it a whirl.  While you are still not 100% ready for it (your still too short...and head control is decent but it's not perfect!!)...you love it.  Mom is by your side the whole time.  You love the music and you LOVE the hanging monkey.  Not sure what your fascination is with him...but it's pretty funny.  You stare at him.  You smile at him.  And you laugh out loud at him.  Couldn't get enough of it!!

You met LOTS of new people and friends this week.  Your great aunt Pam and uncle Bruce came in town over the weekend from Iowa and you got to spend some time with them.  They loved you and said you were super cute!!!  We also went to watch the KU/KSU game at the Krumholtz's house and Kinley got to meet and hold you...it was good practice for her because she's going to have a little brother in December.  And guess what?  For our final event of the day, you got to also meet your BFF Arden!! We headed out to the Gower's house because Vanessa and Chris and Arden were in town.  The Matlocks came out with Jackson and then Heather and the Hartley's all came also.  It was so fun to have Jackson, Charlie and Arden all together.  Cannot wait until they get older and get to play all together!!!

We are also getting really really good at going places together.  It's fun!!!  So sad that our time together is almost over at home.  It goes like this.  Charlie in the car seat.  Milly and Willy in the kennel.  Lock the doors, strap Charlie in, grab mom's sunglasses and water and head out the door.  Boy our house is sometimes a zoo!!

You continue to grow and be so fun and cute and pretty much I cry thinking about not spending all day with you.  But it's good - for both of us.  You are going to try it out next week and I'm sure you will have lots of fun things to tell us.  Haha!!

There are tons of pictures this week - I had to pick from the 300 or so!!

Chubby baby!! 

Trip to the mall!!

Milly rocking the nap nanny - while the cover is getting washed

DROOL MONSTER

Rocking out on tummy time :)

Lucy!!

Charlie hanging in the crib checking out the mobile

Love this outfit!

Our trip to the plaza 

In his toy for the first time! 

Haha - mom in her hat

BATHTIME - lounging

Kinley and Charlie! 

Bffs nursing our babes!

Heather and Arden :) 

Molly & Charlie; me & Arden!!! 

Vanessa loving on Charlie

Love this picture!!

Another cute one :)

Playing with Bruce & Pam

Uncle Bruce loving on Charlie

Papa Rog with Lani & Lucy!

Nana B and her babies!

Jimmy's find at the Bruns house.  I wore this when I was 8

Lounging outside together

Love this outfit so much - he's growing out of it too fast!

NEW TOY!

Only one full week left with you my sweet babe!!

Oh the fun we have...

So it's easy to take videos...so I do on my phone.  I don't like listening to my voice on them....but what do you do when your 2 month old doesn't talk?  Haha.  Here are a few that I love from the last few weeks...

This one is really long (props to you if you make it the whole thing).  I kept trying to get him to smile and he kind of did!




This one is of him and Jimmy dancing - he was shaking his hips and then got pooped!



Yes, this is what we do.  Oh Charlie - you have taken over our lives for the better.

Week 9 with Charlie Bear

This last week was a good one.  Lots of growing, some shopping, mom got to go out to dinner with her bff for her birthday (and dad did great with Charlie!), we had a fun day off as a family and hit up the pumpkin patch and had our first party since Charlie was born.  AKA we finally deep cleaned our house and it needed it really bad!!!  So much fun with little Charlie bear!

Some other pictures from the week....

Mom on the treadmill...baby asleep...#goawaypregnancyweight

Scratching his head thinking while hanging on the mamaroo

WHAT is my hand doing??

Bumbo time!!  Holding on to mom for help!

Snuggle time with dad on his day off!

Breakfast at a Mexican place??

YUM - Charlie likes it

Check out my sweet shoes!!  (thanks Aunt Lauren)

HEY cutie pie!!

Chilling watching some football....

Monday morning walk with mom on a chilly morning

Headed to get our shots :(

The shots...so sad....but it's ok because there was lots of mama snuggle time during the day!

Willy wanted to make sure he was OK too

Another fun week in the books - more to come with our little man!!!!