Pumpkin Bread

I got a little carried away making Pumpkin Bread today... It was the perfect thing to do on a rainy day :)

I think I got this recipe from Jake and April Trent when I got married.
Pumpkin Bread by Alinda Shelley
3 C sugar
1 C oil
1 1lb can pumpkin
4 eggs
3 1/2 C flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cloves (ground)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
2/3 C water
Optional:
1 C nuts
1 C raisins
or 1 C chocolate chips
Combine sugar, oil, eggs, and pumpkin. Sift dry ingredients together. Add to pumpkin mix. Add water. Mix and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes in 2 large greased loaf pans, or 3 small pans, or different sized tin cans for round bread. (All the the bread pictured above is made from this one recipe!)

Awwww

Claire Habits

Claire Habits include:

 Sitting on her own next to the swing (when it's locked in place) and playing with her toys

 Being silly with Dad

 Sticking her arms and legs straight out while sitting in the Bumbo and rotating her hands and feet

Rolling and wiggling so that she's not on her blanket anymore (she's a true crafter-she went for my glue stick lid while I was crafting on the floor)

Making you smile back

 Making it hard to post just one picture of her doing something

fyi Claire has her first tooth on the bottom left when you're looking in her mouth-so cute!

Claire's First Music Lesson

I think she's off to a great start. 

Caught Eating an Elephant!

Happy Baby Girl

Claire likes to grab for anything she can reach. Here she's trying on mom's shoe. 

We've upgraded to her six month outfits and found this fun jacket.

When Lisa came to pick me up after school, she brought Claire in without the car-seat. Claire loved riding kangaroo style and was singing and smiling to anyone who passed by. 

Other news... Claire is now an ambiroller. She has mastered rolling from front to back and back to front. That makes things easier for us so we don't have to rescue her every time she rolls over. She also sits up by herself. She'll fall over every so often, but she can stay up for several minutes. 

I should probably warn anyone planning on seeing her for Christmas that I might be a bit of a jealous father. I've gotten into a habit of hogging her time whenever I'm home. I'll practice sharing her better so you can enjoy her too.

Sweet Dreams

Claire fought off the sleep until we turned on Pandora. One Michael Buble song, one jazz instrumental and a Jackson 5 song later she was asleep. We love that our baby loves music as much as we do!

Now the challenge is to tuck in her arms without waking her up. 

I love you I love you I loooove you!

 Who knew a man could look so handsome with a baby chewing on his finger

 Love the look on her face

 I wonder what she's thinking

Notice the upturned pinky-she's a natural lady