Baby's FirstS!

We are FINALLY back up and running!!! YEEEAAAA!!!! Here is some of what we've been up to lately...lots of firsts!

Sweet Pea is styling in his first pair of shoes!

Pool party!!!!

Daddies and their boys!

We love the water!!!

Look how long that hair is...was! We just had our first hair cut! I could not handle the hair going partway down his nose any longer!

We don't mess around with our hair, we go to the best salon in town!

Sooooo much better! Thanks David!!!

More of what we've been up to, to come!

Happenings

Well, it's been WWAAAYYYY too long since I've posted! I'm still annoyed because I can't get pictures to post and do you have any idea how many pictures I have???!!!!! Errrr, I can't figure out if it's blogger, our internet or our computers....hmmmm....

Anyway, our little Sweet Pea is trucking along and has been so busy! We're 19 weeks today! At our four month check up, he was 14 pounds and 25 inches long...he's in the 95% for his length!

Here's a little of what we've been up to....

• Rolling over! He just did this for the first time on Sunday! Yea for Sweet Pea!
• Solid foods!!! He LOVES cereal and is such a good eater! In fact, he is down right mad when his meal is over with! We started veggies this weekend! Grandbunny came down and we made a little over 2 weeks worth of fresh veggies! So far we've had butternut squash and he LOVED it! Tonight we're starting yellow squash...mmmm....
• Back to work for this mommy!!! Tear! Last Monday was my first day back at work, it was sooo hard leaving him, but I just love our babysitter so that makes it much easier. He seems to really like her, so that's a plus!

That's what we've been up to in a nutshell...we are still here! Maybe next time I'll be able to share some pictures...maybe, hopefully!

Annoyed!

So...I'm just seeing if I can even put a text only post up. We finally have our internet up and running and now I can't even put picture posts up! How sad...and I have some CUTE pictures I want to share too...lots of firsts and lots of updates, but what fun is a Sweet Pea post with no pictures of our little Sweet Pea?! We shall see if this works and I'll have to keep on tryin' to get some pictures up!

What a week!

What a week we have had! I am so mad...our internet has been out all week (I'm borrowing internet right now!), I've been out of a car and in a rental since Tuesday, we had the pool repaired (drained and refilled back up...not looking forward to the next water bill now!) and more importantly...I have some really cute pictures to post and lots to update on!!! We will have a BIG post o' pictures and updates on our little Sweet Pea coming soon...if we can ever get back up and running! Ha! Good times! Until then...have a great weekend!!!!

Pizza Roll Ups!

I have always loved to cook...thanks mom! Now that we have our little Sweet Pea, it's sometimes a little harder to get dinner going... Here's an easy, quick and yummy dinner or even party food idea...Pizza Roll Ups!

Here is what you'll need...

• 1 tube of refrigerated pizza crust dough
• 1 package of Italian blended cheese
• 1 package of sliced pepperoni
• Anything else you normally might like on your pizza also works!
• 1 Egg white, beaten
• Marinara sauce for dipping later!

Divide the pizza dough into fourths and roll out...be careful not to roll it out too thin!

Sprinkle with cheese and top with pepperoni or other pizza toppings. Carefully roll up like a log. Tuck and pinch the ends closed. Place on a greased pan (I line my pans with foil for easier clean up!) and brush with the egg white. Poke two holes on the top of each roll to release the steam.

Bake at 400 degrees until golden like this!

Serve with marinara sauce for dipping!

Add a salad and you have dinner!

Wonderful Wednesday

Wednesdays are our busy day...

"Mommy, wow, I'm a big boy now!"

We decided to tryout the Bumbo chair the other day and Sweet Pea sits really well in it! In fact, he really didn't want to get out of it!

We went to Kindermusik yesterday and we had a ton of fun! The theme was water so we focused on how water looks and we played some instruments that made sounds similar to water. Bradley and Cooper liked the scarf water activity. It was supposed to simulate the motion water makes with the ripples in the scarf. Well, Sweet Pea liked it for the most part until his acid reflux started bubbling it's way up.

We also got to play the drums! Sweet Pea really liked getting to tap on the drum...we might be making a homemade drum here one of these days!

Look how big he is! Bradley is two months older than our little Sweet Pea and they are just about the same size! I'm anxious to go to our four month check up to see how much he weighs now and how much he's grown!

Summer Days

Sweet Pea loves his swimming pool...well he loves to put his feet in!
Toes in the water!

Always take some time to smell the flowers!

One of our many expressions!

Visiting with Aunt Heather and Uncle Eric last weekend!

Going out for Mexican food! Yummy!

Our new favorite place to sit...at our table in the high chair! Sweet Pea has decided that he now prefers to be with us at the dinner table so we set up the space saver high chair last weekend and he's lovin' it!...we highly recomend this chair by the way! It reclines to adjust to his body and how he can sit and hold himself up! It's fabulous!

Baptism Time!

We had our little Sweet Pea Baptised this Sunday!

The Baptism Gown!

This gown is so very special to me and my family as it goes waaaayyyy back. We believe it is at least 100 years old and that it was possibly first worn by my Great grandmother! It was handmade, but we're not sure by who in the family. The detail and handwork in it is just amazing! It's also been worn my by great aunts, my grandfather and all of my cousins, myself and my brother! We are so very thankful what this little Sweet Pea was also able to wear it!

Us with Aunt Heather and Uncle Eric...they came down for the weekend!

Grandbunny and Grandpa Jeff

Mommy and her Sweet Pea!

Our Pastor

Hubby's side of the family!

The proud Mommy and Daddy!

"Hey Daddy, how many more pictures are we going to take?!"...LOTS!

My side of the family!

We all wore this special gown!

The proud grandparents!

(Left Grandpa Jeff and Grandbunny and on the right, Grammy and Grandpa Dale)

All of the Aunties and the one and only Uncle!

The Great Aunts!

We had lunch at our house afterwards...who doesn't love to have their picture taken while they're eating?! Ha!

Whoopie Pies anyone?! mmmmm...

3 YEARS!!!!

3 months ago we were here....that time has gone by fast...

3 YEARS ago we were here....that time has gone by REALLY fast!

It's crazy to think that today we've been husband and wife for 3 years already. It doesn't really seem like it's been that long though.


Our fun wedding party!

Ahhh...one day we will go back here!

We are now a happy family of 3 and we'll stay right here for right now!

Easy, Cheesey Dinner!

I actually got this recipe from a friend who I taught with a few years ago. Is it SOOOO easy and quick too! It's a taquito casserole...yum!

Your ingredient list:

Taquitos...bet you couldn't guess that!

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

1 can of rotel

1 package of Mexican style cheese...you can also use just cheddar.

Here's what you do...

Combine the soup and rotel.

Place one layer of taquitos in your greased casserole dish, put half of the soup mixture on top, sprinkle with cheese. Put another layer of taquitos on top of the cheese, put the rest of
the soup mixture on top of the taquitos and top with cheese! Wow...easy, right?!

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until it's bubbling.

Dinner is served!


And well, I can't not post a picture of my two favorite boys!

How sweet it is!