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Monday, October 15, 2012
Top Baby Blogs
I've been inducted into the Top Baby Blogs!
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Kitchen Action
I didn't think there was going to be much going on in my kitchen today other than breakfast - made by Pastor Husband, not by me. He wakes up way too early for me to get up and make food. So, usually, he gets up and makes enough oatmeal for himself and Baby Girl. Lunch wasn't at home either because there was a chicken bowl fundraiser after church. We were raising money for the young adults' retreat.
**Pastor Husband just confessed! He used one of Baby Girl's frozen fruit cubes for his own oatmeal! Haha, I told him he was going to have to tell Baby Girl about it.**
After that, once we were home, we ALL took a three hour nap! Baby Girl would have kept on sleeping if I hadn't gone in there to wake her up. It was around 5pm when we all rolled ourselves from slumber and remembered that the world was still spinning. We decided to go grocery shopping and eat as cheaply as possibly at IHOP. A great thing about this place - kids eat free every day! Baby Girl might have had some pancakes and eggs. It was cute too because we just cut it nice and small and she ate it all by herself. Picking up one piece at a time. I almost cried.
We decided to go shopping tonight rather than tomorrow because I wanted to do that thing where you make ready-to-throw-into-an-oven meal for a friend of ours. She needs some help and I remember the days of working full-time and the last thing you want to do is make dinner after a long and no-good-very-bad-day. I can't imagine doing that while pregnant and raising two young boys. I took on the challenge of making four meals, none of which take any type of cream-of-anything soups. For about an hour my kitchen had chopping, boiling, and measuring. Here are the results: Cilantro Lime Chicken with Corn and Black Beans, Pineapple Chicken, "World's Best Chicken", and Garlic Lime Chicken. Thank you to "Pretty Providence" for your easy recipes!
**Pastor Husband just confessed! He used one of Baby Girl's frozen fruit cubes for his own oatmeal! Haha, I told him he was going to have to tell Baby Girl about it.**
After that, once we were home, we ALL took a three hour nap! Baby Girl would have kept on sleeping if I hadn't gone in there to wake her up. It was around 5pm when we all rolled ourselves from slumber and remembered that the world was still spinning. We decided to go grocery shopping and eat as cheaply as possibly at IHOP. A great thing about this place - kids eat free every day! Baby Girl might have had some pancakes and eggs. It was cute too because we just cut it nice and small and she ate it all by herself. Picking up one piece at a time. I almost cried.
We decided to go shopping tonight rather than tomorrow because I wanted to do that thing where you make ready-to-throw-into-an-oven meal for a friend of ours. She needs some help and I remember the days of working full-time and the last thing you want to do is make dinner after a long and no-good-very-bad-day. I can't imagine doing that while pregnant and raising two young boys. I took on the challenge of making four meals, none of which take any type of cream-of-anything soups. For about an hour my kitchen had chopping, boiling, and measuring. Here are the results: Cilantro Lime Chicken with Corn and Black Beans, Pineapple Chicken, "World's Best Chicken", and Garlic Lime Chicken. Thank you to "Pretty Providence" for your easy recipes!
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| Baby Girl's e-ticket ride. |
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| The beginning of the action! |
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| My Autumn centerpiece until we eat them!! |
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| After the action. |
Friday, October 12, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Wordy Wednesday
Definition for fundraising:
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Baby Girl is a CHOC baby and it definitely helps to put Pastor Husband's heart and my heart at ease. We take her there for her check-ups and it was through CHOC that she had her MRI. This is walk is for CHOC and all the many many babies and kids that go in and out of their doors whether it's for routine maintenance (haha!) or something more serious.
My mom and I, along with Baby Girl, will be walking for CHOC and their children this Sunday...if we can raise $50 by Saturday. Here is the link to my personal donation page. Any contribution is appreciated and I thank you so very much!
Jennifer's Donation Page
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
What's In Your Sock Drawer?
I found $20 in Baby Girl's sock drawer. I think we may have a lunch date today!
I've been lazy and I'm sorry! I missed all of last week. I kept telling myself to do it, to just write, and I never did. I've been incredibly tired because I haven't been sleeping very well. Then I'm tired the next day and take a much longer nap than needed, which then equals to me not being tired when it's time for bed. So, I stay up, watching something, read something, or just toss and turn throughout the night. It's awful. Last night, I did manage to go to bed at 10pm and, I believe, fell right to sleep. I feel like a human being this morning.
I think I forgot to mention that I'm an aunt of twin, identical baby girls! We finally got to meet them yesterday. Too precious and so tiny. They're probably about the weight, maybe a tiny bit more, as Baby Girl was when she was first born. Around 6 lbs. 10 oz. I just don't remember her feeling so small. After holding one of them - I really never knew who I was holding - I picked up Baby Girl and she felt like a five year old in my hands. Perspective is a silly thing.
It was weird how automatic it was helping to take care of them during the day. I didn't hand the baby - we'll call her Baby Twin - off when she started crying. If a diaper change was needed I did it without thinking twice. Before Baby Girl came into my life the longest I had ever held a baby was probably under five minutes. I guess, just as a mom, you just do. You just do what needs to be done because that little baby deserves nothing but all the care and love in the world.
I've been lazy and I'm sorry! I missed all of last week. I kept telling myself to do it, to just write, and I never did. I've been incredibly tired because I haven't been sleeping very well. Then I'm tired the next day and take a much longer nap than needed, which then equals to me not being tired when it's time for bed. So, I stay up, watching something, read something, or just toss and turn throughout the night. It's awful. Last night, I did manage to go to bed at 10pm and, I believe, fell right to sleep. I feel like a human being this morning.
I think I forgot to mention that I'm an aunt of twin, identical baby girls! We finally got to meet them yesterday. Too precious and so tiny. They're probably about the weight, maybe a tiny bit more, as Baby Girl was when she was first born. Around 6 lbs. 10 oz. I just don't remember her feeling so small. After holding one of them - I really never knew who I was holding - I picked up Baby Girl and she felt like a five year old in my hands. Perspective is a silly thing.
It was weird how automatic it was helping to take care of them during the day. I didn't hand the baby - we'll call her Baby Twin - off when she started crying. If a diaper change was needed I did it without thinking twice. Before Baby Girl came into my life the longest I had ever held a baby was probably under five minutes. I guess, just as a mom, you just do. You just do what needs to be done because that little baby deserves nothing but all the care and love in the world.
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| Baby Twin and Baby Twin :) |
Monday, October 1, 2012
Pinterest Projects
I try to only pin projects and recipes that will actually happen in reality, but sometimes things are so cute or look so yummy I have to pin them because you never know...I may pull it off one day. The last two Pinterest pins I've accomplished were for cleaning. I know, it sounds boring, but I can't believe how well they actually worked! I was completely sold and will now us these cleaning tips all the time.
The first one is for the shower head. I cleaned it every time, but I decided to do this deep-cleaning idea: Shower Head Cleaner. I liked it for a couple of reasons. One, you can just follow the directions and then leave it. There's no elbow grease that needs to be put into it. Put the baggie with the cleaner in it and let it go. The second reason I like it is because it's not full of chemicals. There are the two simple ingredients that I assume are in every household. Try it, it works wonders.
My second cleaning miracle was on the fruit I gathered up today from Sprouts. I somewhat clean produce when I buy it, but since I peel most everything to make it into Baby Girl food, I don't worry about it too much. Stuff that I eat really just gets a glance over. I decided to try it tonight since there was time while I was putting away other groceries. DIY Fruit and Veggie Wash is pretty dang awesome. I put in apples, pears, and strawberries. Everything, after ten minutes, did look great, but it wasn't until I pulled the fruit out and drained the sink that I was impressed. The stuff left in the sink was dirt, almost like a dust.
I can't believe that was on the fruit! I am now a believer in thoroughly cleaning all produce.
Try it out for yourself because I think you will love the results!
The first one is for the shower head. I cleaned it every time, but I decided to do this deep-cleaning idea: Shower Head Cleaner. I liked it for a couple of reasons. One, you can just follow the directions and then leave it. There's no elbow grease that needs to be put into it. Put the baggie with the cleaner in it and let it go. The second reason I like it is because it's not full of chemicals. There are the two simple ingredients that I assume are in every household. Try it, it works wonders.
My second cleaning miracle was on the fruit I gathered up today from Sprouts. I somewhat clean produce when I buy it, but since I peel most everything to make it into Baby Girl food, I don't worry about it too much. Stuff that I eat really just gets a glance over. I decided to try it tonight since there was time while I was putting away other groceries. DIY Fruit and Veggie Wash is pretty dang awesome. I put in apples, pears, and strawberries. Everything, after ten minutes, did look great, but it wasn't until I pulled the fruit out and drained the sink that I was impressed. The stuff left in the sink was dirt, almost like a dust.
I can't believe that was on the fruit! I am now a believer in thoroughly cleaning all produce.
Try it out for yourself because I think you will love the results!
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