Isaac showing off his awesome laugh. Hard to believe he had his 4 month shots today!

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Joel and Sarah spent an afternoon last week making one of Joel’s favorite treats… Pumpkin Muffins. Much like one of those cooking shows, Joel wants to show you how it’s done so you can make them too! Check it out:

PS> If there were an award for some kind of simultaneous single-handed-toddler-wrangling / video-taping / baked-goods-making sport, Sarah would totally win.

Here’s the recipe if you want to try this at home! Sarah points out that one of the best things about this particular recipe is that the muffins are completely edible whether or not they’ve made it to the oven.

Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

1 box chocolate cake mix (dry)
1 small can pumpkin
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tbsp cocoa powder

Mix well and bake according to box

When we last saw our heroes they were hunkered down in University Place, blissfully celebrating Joel’s first birthday, attending the Puyallup fair and other “South Sound” type things. Here’s a bullet style list of what’s happened since then (which should get us back up to speed).

• We spent Christmas in Montana with Gpa & Gma B
  
• We moved from Tacoma to Seattle (Ballard to be precise)
  
• Joel learned his ABCs
  
• We rebuilt our garage
  
• Back to MT, where Gpa B took us for a boat ride
  
• Two words: “Oh shoot”
  
• Joel disgused himself as a giraffe
  
• Pumkin patch pillaging galore
  
  

Last, but certainly not least, we learned that Joel will soon have a little brother! That’s right, we’re expecting again, and another boy at that. While of course we would have been overjoyed either way I must admit I’m glad that we’re having another boy. I know what a blessing it was for me to grow up with brothers and am glad that Joel will have the same opportunity. As for child the third… well we’re just taking it one step at a time.