9 months

My baby is almost 10 months old now... but I am slow and never posted his 9 month old pictures. He is such a big boy!! He did drop from being in the 83% to being in the 60% for his weight and height. But he is SOOOO smart and happy and just moving right along. He has been crawling since he was 6 months old, and now he can stand on his own and take up to 3 steps on his own. I am blown away by how fast he learns.

I do not deserve this perfect baby. I am so glad that he is mine!!

He is ALWAYS playing with my glasses and trying to take them off of my face and put them on his. So he was pretty excited to play with Aunt Bri's fake glasses that look a lot like mommys.

I am starting to plan his big 1st birthday party. I am thinking of having a sock monkey theme. He LOVES Sock Monkey. It is between that or Superhero. Hm.... Any suggestions?

Luck O' the Irish

We normally don't do anything for St. Patrick's Day... I think the most we have ever done is go out to dinner at MacCool's (an Irish Pub in Salt Lake). However, since we have William- I want to make all holidays extra special. So for St. Patrick's Day we all wore something GREEN...

He is DEFINITELY my Lucky Charm

I also made us a traditional Irish dinner: Corned Beef and Cabbage! I purchased the all ready seasoned Corned Beef from an amazing butcher shop, Snyder's. All I did was put the corned beef in a crock pot, added cut-up parsnips and carrots, frozen pearl onions and 3 cups of water. I cooked it on high for 4 hours. After the 4 hours, I added 6 wedges of cabbage and let it cook for 1 hour and 20 minutes more...

It was seriously the BEST corned beef and cabbage I have ever had. William even liked it!!! His favorite was the cabbage and carrots.

I also made some traditional Irish Soda Bread. Our friend Eric gave us his recipe. All it contains is flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk. You knead it for one minute and form it into a flat circle, cut a deep 'X' in the middle and bake it on 375 for 45 minutes. SOOOOO yummy!

I am NO photographer... but here is our meal!! It was SO good. We are definitely doing this EVERY St. Patrick's Day.. and maybe even more often than that :)

For dessert I made Green Velvet Cupcakes (found the recipe on Pinterest). I topped them off with an Irish Cream Frosting (also found on Pinterest AND not pictured). They were awesome as well!!!

Our little family!! I had a fun and festive day with my favorite boys. I am glad they enjoyed the food and we all had a great day. Hope everyone had a fun St. Patrick's Day!