Groundhog Day

Blakely is now 6 weeks old. It seems like one long, continuous day. Make that one long, continuous night. You know the drill.

Eat

Burp

Sleep

Snuggle and play with Poppa

Bathe

Lay around and look adorable

To break up the routine, we've mixed it up with the following:

Modeling baby spa wear

Heading out to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose

Baking GF pumpkin chocolate chip quick bread

Here's the recipe

1 box of GF Betty Crocker yellow cake mix
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pie mix)
1/2 cup softened butter
3 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 9x5-inch or 8x4-inch loaf pan with shortening.
2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, pumpkin, butter and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Mix in chocolate chips. Pour into pan.
3. Bake 9-inch loaf 55 to 60 minutes, 8-inch loaf 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Place sheet of foil over loaf to prevent overbrowning.) Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.

Walks in the crisp fall weather

Heading to Target to do a little shopping

Visit with friends

Life.is.good.