Baking Mommy: First steps.

Mark and I witnessed Breckan's first two steps at 9.5 months - June 5, 2011. Breckan was standing by the play pen and was holding on and smiling away. I called him to come over by me, just mere steps away and he let go of the side of that play pen and BAM two steps to Momma! I was so ecstatic I looked up at Mark and said, "Does that count as first steps?!" I guess so! We then put him back and he did it again. It was so exciting.

Since then, he has been having more and more of those moments with more and more steps each time. Today, I just saw him walk 5-6 steps to me! What a big boy. It is hard to think that just 10 months ago my little boy just arrived into this world and he could only cry, eat, sleep and poop! Ever since his mobility came into the mix, I feel like our son is an entirely different baby. Bye bye colic, hello sweet, beautiful, giggly Breckan!

Not only is Breckan getting closer and closer to walking, but he is also showing those pearly whites! He has two bottom teeth and two top ones: the ones to the immediate right and left of his two front teeth. He is our little dracula! I don't think it is too common to have those come in first, but I had those lateral incisors come in before my two front ones too! I guess we are alike.

Because of all his teething this past week has been a little rough at night. He was up 4-6 times for about three days straight. Poor little boy! I am glad the pain is now gone to the point where he is back to his 1-2x a night waking.

A a totally different note, my lovely husband will be celebrating his first father's day tomorrow. I couldn't have asked for a better father for my son, and I am so grateful for all the sacrifices he makes so that we don't have to place Breckan in daycare. He is one dedicated Dad and we love him so.

As Breckan's first birthday is creeping up on us, I have been expirimenting with some things that I plan to have at his birthday. I am thinking of doing a little blue and black candy bar with candy along with some home-made goodies to go with the "little rebel" theme that we have planned. I am planning on making chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate dipped marshmallows, blue dyed rice krispie treats, and last but not least, cake pops. I have never done cake pops before so I experimented today with making them. They are a lot of work, but oh my gosh!!! So adorable and cute. Cake pops are basically baked cake that has been cooled, mixed with my homemade buttercream frosting (so it is a roll-able consistency) and rolled into balls and then dipped in candy melts on a lollipop stick! These cute treats are perfect for little bite sized snacks. I decorated my experimental ones for father's day tomorrow and wrapped them in treat bags and tied a ribbon around them. SO ADORABLE! I will be posting a photo of my work shortly.