Shake it!!

Someone (who shall remain nameless) taught Josiah how to say "Shake your booty".  At first I tried to change it to have him say "shake your rattle" as it seemed more age appropriate but it's pretty darn cute when he says "booty" so I stopped fighting it and joined the laughter, enjoy:-)

Welcome to the family Callan!

My brother Marc and his wife Jen welcomed a new member of the Becker Boys club on Thursday, January 13th.  Callan Lawrence weighed in at 8 lbs. 9 oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long and is adorable!!  Welcome to the family little buddy, we are a little crazy but we have a LOT of love!!  

Greseth Muffins!

Ever since I can remember, it has been a special breakfast treat to have Greseth muffins.  I can vividly remember making them with my Grandma Greseth, Aunt Terry and my mom when I was little, it's a very special memory for me!  They used to let me stir the batter, put the muffin cups in the tin and help get the batter in the cups...after we taste tested the batter of course, yum!  While the batter is tasty, the final product is even better.  In order to make them "official" Greseth muffins you have to top them with dark Karo syrup.  A few people prefer them with regular maple syrup (not as good in my opinion) and some people even prefer them *gasp* with NO syrup (travesty if you ask me!) Josiah and I spent the day at home on Sunday just relaxing and hanging out so I decided it was the perfect time to bake his first batch of Greseth muffins and see how he liked them.  He helped me with all the things I used to enjoy like stirring, muffin cup placement and batter tasting and when he tasted the final product (Karo syrup and all) he LOVED them!!  Check it out:

Note the concentration!

"Mmm, batter!!"

"Want see it!" He had to personally oversee the baking process, cant' trust the timer you know!

Ready to eat!

Yummy!!!

And the love of stuffed animals continues...

Josiah has recently decided that stuffed animals are the BEST!  Unfortunately I couldn't get the video of his first best friend, Froggie, uploaded to the Blog so only those of you on Facebook have seen the first hand evidence.  Let me assure those of you who didn't see the video...Josiah LOVES Froggie:-)  Froggie is a stuffed Frog (clever name, I know) that he got from Grandma Sissy and it's almost as big as he is but he doesn't seem to notice, he lugs him around everywhere.  He hugs him, feeds him and talks to him non-stop!  The other morning I went in to get him up and he was talking to another stuffed friend, Blue Cow.  Blue Cow is a musical cow that he got from Uncles Noah and Josh when he was born and it's been in his crib ever since.  Here are some pictures and a short video of him and Blue Cow, it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship...hopefully Froggie isn't the jealous type:-)

Morning Mommy!

"Want a bookia (Nuk) Blue Cow?"

"Siwwy (That's silly!)"