Yummy

I love to cook. It is a great passion of mine. I am always buying new cookbooks and trying stuff out. Most of the time though, I just start throwing things together and pray they taste good. I love it when food appeals to all my senses, taste, smell, sight.... It makes it so much more enjoyable to eat. So, the other day, as I was giving Jack some baby food from a jar, I thought to myself, this is so nasty. It smelled bad, it was bland, and it was the color of poo. So, I went to the store, bought fresh fruits and veggies , and went to town with my steamer and food processor. I was up until 1 o'clock in the morning. I ended up with a rainbow of culinary delicacies! What child would not like these? From top to bottom: Beets w/ bananas and apricots (surprisingly tasty), the "classic" sweet potatoes, Broccoli with Parmesan cheese, spinach and zucchini w/ chicken broth, spiced apples w/ blueberries, and butternut squash with a dab of brown sugar and cinnamon. Yum! Then, I just bagged them in small portions and stuck them in the freezer. (They will be wonderful to sneak in my families meals, too.) I hope jack enjoys them as much as I enjoyed preparing them.
Proverbs 31.15 She also rises while it is yet night, and provides food for her household...

Dear Grandma

Maggaw, we love our wagon and bike trailer!

Love, Mia and Jack

All in a Day's Work

I did landscaping today in our backyard. Can you believe it? And I did it all by myself. I have not worked that hard in....oh... my whole life. I had sweat dripping from my brow! And I'm pretty sure I lost some lbs. too! We had a garden area in our yard that was surrounded in bricks, so I used those to line our landscaping by the deck. Then I planted the shrubs I bought yesterday. They look really nice with the other plants I moved in from around the yard. We also had these cement blocks in another part of the yard that you couldn't really even see, so I moved all of those, along with all the dirt from the brick line I had just dug out, to the tree in our yard. Then I had two huge hostas that I transplanted from other areas in the yard. I can't wait to fill it with some flowers, too! I also planted a some grass seed, which I'm sure is entirely gone from flash flood/hail/tornado!

Postpartum

This is just a question to throw out there into the void: Is my hair ever going to stop falling out? Seriously!

Jack's First Real Haircut

Jack got a haircut yesterday. I was so nervous. I have trimmed the back and sides several times to camo his bald spot, but I have never cut the top. I just love his hair fluffy on top, but it had gotten too long. I should have fed him first because he got a little angry with me!

My Pots Runneth Over

Today Katie came over to help me plant flowers, something I've never done. After six hours, four different stores, a tantrum, lunch, and dirty fingernails, I have GORGEOUS FLOWERS, HERBS, and SHRUBS! Thank you, Katie, SO MUCH, I love them!

What's new with us...

Heath: Well, like I said, Heath is now done with two years of school. The only downfall is, now he gets to spend almost every waking moment studying for Boards, June17. God give us GRACE!
What else? My Uncle Cubby and his wife had their first baby, Maddox. (Mia thinks his name is Maggots!) He was 9 lbs. 20 in., and he makes my boy look like an albino! So cute, that dark skin and hair! And his voice is so sweet, like a little bird in distress.

Mia: Big girl potty time!!! Yea. I won't call it potty training, because we haven't really been "training" her. She just woke up with a dry diaper one day and decided she was ready. So besides a few accidents over the weekend, she has been doing very well. Mia has also developed a fondness of dresses. Each day I try to put anything but a dress on her is a screaming battle. So, needless to say, every time I am out and about, I pick up a dress for my little lady. If Mia ain't happy, nobody happy! Also, we have begun some behavior modification. Mia has been a thumb-sucker since birth. It has always been adorable. She usually holds Quack's tag by her nose in one hand, and twirls her soft, baby-fine hair with the other. I have always loved it. However, lately the twirling turned to twisting, and the twisting has led to getting her fingers caught in her hair, and her hair falling out. It is just so sad because she has the cutest little hairstyle with a huge thin patch on one side.
So, shout out to Matthew Laughlin, we now tape a glove to her left hand. The first night we taped both hands, so that she couldn't suck her thumb, but Heath and I were too heart-broken from the hours of tears. One day, she can blame Jo-Jo for giving us this idea!

Jack: My boy turned into an all out thumb sucker. I just don't know how I feel about this since we now have a half bald child, but it is cute. And, he will not take a bink anymore. He is just changing so fast. He now eats some food. He did not like rice cereal so I found him some Muesli with apples by Beech Nut, He Loves It! He also likes whole peas, mashed potatoes and gravy, and ice cream from Coldstone! You see, it has become a family tradition to go eat ice cream every Monday night, in downtown Spfld. We can't just leave Jackson out. My sweet Baby Boy.

Me: I have been pulling lots weeds and holding my kids whenever I can. Time just goes by too fast. So my housework has gone by the wayside. I just can't stand it anymore, so that's my goal today, CLEAN HOUSE! We'll see if it actually gets done. LATER!