Making Cookies

Monday we spent ALL day at Deb's making cookies for Michala's Baby shower that is this Saturday. We used a sugar cookie and gingerbread cookie recipe from martha Stewart's website. They tasted pretty good. The sugar cookie dough was crumbly, so they took much longer to make. So next time I make sugar cookies, I will use a different recipe. The gingerbread turned out pretty good though.

Free or almost Free Huggies Wipes

Get the coupon below for $3/2 Huggies products. In CO if you buy the travel wipes for $1.47 each you get them free, so stock up. In many areas they are $1.97 each so you would just pay 47¢ for the travel wipes.
The coupon says only one per transaction, but at my local Targets they've been letting me use more. Expires 1/10/07.

http://www.huggieshappybaby.com/offers/target/BannerCoupon.aspx

New Haircut

I got my hair trimmed and hi-lited yesterday. Gavin got his cut too. He was almost asleep when we arrived at the salon. So I set him in the chair and for about 10 minutes he just sat there like a big boy. I was so surprised that he was so still and good.

In the Fast Lane!

Things have not slowed down in the last month. We went to Estes Park. Clint's cousin Micah came to visit a few day after we returned from Estes Park. And my parents cames a week after Micah left. I've had many things to blog about, but just been to busy. We had a nice visit with Micah and my parents. And it seems that when we didn't have company we were visiting with friends, going to parties, rearranging upstairs, working late, planning a baby shower, being snowed in or doing a number of other things that needed done around here. And looking at my calendar for January it doesn't seem that things will be slowing down any. Every weekend from now till the end of January something is going on. So hopefully somewhere in between everything I will find some time to blog more. I miss sharing what has been going on. Here are a few pictures from Estes.

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Craziness

I've tried to post since Wed, but blogger wasn't working correctly... so now there are a few posts from the past few days that finally published. So much for doing NaBloPoMo. After having to go to TN last minute for my brother's wedding, Gavin having a cold, me getting sick this weekend, cleaning for company we've had since Thursday... I haven't had much time to post. So a quick update.
Gavin is totally walking all over the place on his own, from one room to the next. And has been since we were in TN. We made it home safe and had a great plane ride. I love flying Southwest. On the flight to TN we had one extra seat and on the way home we had the whole row to our self. It was great. Gavin was able to play and move around without disturbing anyone...even though he liked walking up to the next row and looking at and talking to the nice lady and little girl behind us.

When we got home Gavin had a cold and I had a sore throat for a few days. Thursday we went over the Smith's for dinner and games and Nana and Grandma flew in that evening. We've had a nice visit with them. Friday we went over Sherry's and baked cookies... lots of fun. There were about 5 of us and we all brought different cookie recipes... so we each went home with a variety of cookies.

Saturday I went to see Pride and Prejudice downtown with a group of 20 friends. I started feeling nauseous during dinner. And didn't make it through the play. I had to call Clint to come pick me up. I had heard earlier that day that some of our friends that we had dinner with on Thursday had come down with a stomach virus. Well I got it too. I was dissapointed that I didn't get to enjoy the play. But I'm finally feeling better today.

Nana and Grandma leave in the morning and then we are going to Estes Park and staying in a cabin Wednesday though Sunday. So I won't be posting much more until we return.

4-D Ultrasounds

My friend is expecting a girl in January. Yesterday she had her 2nd 4-D ultrasound and invited me to go with her along with her family. When I was pregnant with Gavin we didn't want to have a 4-D ultrasound done. It freaked me out too much. But after going yesterday, it was the coolest thing. The baby kept hiding her face. Finally after my friend laid flat on her back the baby turned so we could see her face. You could see all her features, she has her mom's nose and her dad's lips. You could even see her hair.

Good Mail

We received a great package today from my aunt Patty in Germany. The cookies look delicious. Isn't the sweater adorable. Her friend knitted it for Gavin.

Wordless Wednesday: Today's Snow

Sunday Linkage

• Baking With Honey I have been looking for directions on replacing sugar with honey, still looking for one that replaces sugar with Agave Nectar.
  

• Simulated Collage

• Walgreens is offering a free 8″x10″photo with code FREE8X10 and free in-store pickup.

Wedding Pictures

Quick Update

We made it to TN. Great flight... Gavin was great on the plane. There was an extra seat next to us so that made it easier. More later....

Headed To TN

One minute I'm going to being staying home all weekend and the next I'm flying to TN tomorrow.

My sister calls me Monday to tell me my brother is getting married on Friday. I knew he had gotten engaged recently, but did not expect the wedding to be so soon. So I looked real quick to check on flights and they were around $600. So I figured I wouldn't be going to the wedding.

I checked the weekend web fares this morning on Frontier and they had a flight from Denver to Nashville for $198 leaving on Friday, but it was a late flight so I wouldn't be arriving until close to midnight. That wouldn't do me any good... the wedding was going to be at 1pm. So I had my mom and sister search some more. I even tried to get my brother and his fiance to move the wedding to Saturday.

My sister, brother and mom called and said to just get a flight for Thursday and they would help with the difference in price. They lowest we had found was $470. So when arriving home around 5pm tonight I checked prices again and was able to find a flight with Southwest for $437. I booked and let my family know and headed to my hair appointment at 5:45. Then I came home and packed fast. I picked Gavin up from a friends at 9pm. And now I'm headed to bed. I will be leaving for the airport by 7:30 in the morning and won't return to CO until Wednesday.

What a crazy day....

Sippy Cups

We've tried getting Gavin to use many different sippy cups the last couple months. We've bought so many different cups, but he couldn't figure out that he had to suck on it for the water to come out. We even tried using a straw. The only way he would drink anything was out of a cup or water bottle. Then today my friend Jami was watching him and she realized whenever she watches him he never drinks anything(except an occasional sip out of his water bottle). So when they were grocery shopping she bought him a Gerber Nuk Learner Cup and it worked. It has a softer nipple, maybe that's why. At least now I can rest assured that when Gavin is away from me he is getting something to drink.

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

You Are an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

On the surface, you're a little plain - but you have many subtle dimensions to your personality. Sometimes you're down to earth and crunchy. Other times, you're sweet and a little gooey.

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

After soaking the pumpkin seeds in salt water overnight I roasted them in the oven on 350 for about an hour, checking on them every 15 min or so and turing them over. The 2nd batch I made I sprinkled with some cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. To me the 2nd batch tastes way better than the 1st batch with just the salt.

Pumpkin coming out of my ears!

Tonight I spent hours baking pumpkins, scraping out the seeds, pureeing pumpkin and baking more pumpkin. I pureed 30 cups of pumpkin and froze it. I will be making lots of pumpkin bread, muffins, pie and cheesecake this winter and be giving some of the pumpkin away. I received two pumpkins for Free on Thursday. I was driving by a pumpkin patch and I saw all the pumpkins being cut open. So I stopped with a friend and asked what they were going to do with the leftover pumpkins... there were hundreds. They said they were just taking the seeds out and throwing the pumpkins away and he said we could have a couple. So we each got two pumpkins. And that is why I've been in the kitchen all evening pureeing pumpkin. Tomorrow I will roast the seeds.

Anyone have any good recipes for pumpkin?

Don't forget to "Fall Back" tonight!

What happened to my pants?

So a quick post before I retire to bed. Just wanted to post a picture of how Gavin was dressed this morning when Clint brought him upstairs. It was too cute. I was running late and had asked Clint to help get him dressed. Guess he didn't see the pants I set out. It would have been fine if it wasn't only 35 degrees outside.

NaBloPoMo Everyday!

I joined NaBloPoMo, in, an effort to post on my blog everyday in November. Maybe this will get me going on my new blog. It may be hard though because we will have company for almost a week and will be going on vacation in the mountains for almost a week. Hopefully I don't run out of things to post about. Guess I'll see how it goes....

Today I was on a cleaning/organizing frenzy. While Gavin took a two hour nap I cleaned, de-cluttered and organized my bedroom and one of the bathroom closets. Then this evening I organized the pantry. Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to try to work on a different part of the house each day and get it organized and cleaned. I will post my plan in the next week of so.

Fall Y'all Giveaway!

Check out the cute Tag Security Blanket giveaway here. And her website here. She has some very cute stuff in her boutique.


Also, Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway is being hosted here. Check it out.

Da-Da

So Gavin has started making many more sounds lately. Yesterday morning Clint and I both thought he said Da-Da, but we weren't for sure. Then in the afternoon Gavin and I were shopping at Ross with Kara and he repeatedly said Dada. He has said it many more times throughout the day, but as soon as we repeated it he stopped saying it. He also started clapping this week, instead of clapping both hands together he claps the back of his hand... it's so cute. It's so exciting to see him catching on to new things and paying more attention when we show him how to do something new.

After shopping we(Kara, Gavin and I) met Clint, Simon, Mike(who had been playing Fisbee Golf) and Deb at C.B. & Potts to have dinner and watch the 3rd game of the World Series. After dinner we all went to our house to finish watching the game. We almost rented a movie to watch, and should have since the game wasn't even worth watching. The Rockies lost their 3rd game in a row, and went on to loose tonight too.

Earache: Recipe for Ear Drops

The other night Clint went to check on Gavin and he had fallen asleep holding onto his ear. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Then today he kept tugging at it. He's been teething and drooling for a few days. So I think he may be getting an earache too. I got this recipe from a friend of mine for ear drops. I'm going to give it a try, and hopefully we won't have to make a trip to the doctor.

Ear Drops
1 Garlic capsule
1 tsp Olive Oil
5 drops Tea Tree Oil
1 tsp CBG Extract(can be used alone)
4 drops Lavender

10 Months

Little Man is 10 months.... wow!




Here is an update:

• Taking about 10 steps now
• Making more sounds (faaa, vaaa)
  
• Saying mama more
  
• Starting to wean
• Got the wave down... anytime you see someone or someone says hi or bye
• Plays by himself more, but still have to be able see mama or daddy
• Smiles all the time
• Cross pointer and middle finger (usually when nursing) but just noticed you could do this the other day
• Learning to clap, haven't quite got it down yet... but get very excited when we help him
• Sitting still at the meetings
• Love dogs...like to watch them run... especially Tanner and Gunner

sick of being sick

Wednesday night we had girls night and watched Evening and all brought Mexican for dinner. It was a good movie and the food was great. But as soon as I ate I felt nauseous and have been sick since. I thought I was getting better on Saturday, so we went to the Golden Gate State Park to enjoy the afternoon in the mountains. There was a 30% chance of scattered showers at 3:30. 3:00 came and it was sunny.... as soon as 3:30 hit it got really dark and we could hear thunder. Within a couple minutes the ground was covered in snow. So we headed back and hit the mall. We were able to enjoy a couple hours in the mountains and grill out and sit around the fire. Little Man got a lick of his 1st sucker and loved it.

5 days of being sick and I think I'm finally over it.

I'm working on weaning Little Man. Jackie watched him for me while I was sick Thursday, Friday and today... so he is only nursing in the morning when he wakes up and only 1 night in the past 5. He even drank some goats milk the other night before bed. But now he has a fever and I'm afraid he will want to nurse a lot tomorrow. Guess we will see how it goes.

9 months

Took Little Man in for his 9 month checkup. He weighed 20lb 10oz. and was 29-1/4". He's growing so fast almost walking. The doctor said he could face forward in his car seat now. Which he loves being able to see everything now and the new car seat seems much more comfortable.

• Taking a couple steps
• Eating everything and anything... love eating anything mom and dad are eating
  
• Getting into everything
• One of his favorite things to do is open and close things... cabinets, doors, books
• Wave
• Imitate what others are doing... trying to make the same sounds, move hands the same way, etc.
• Love to dance
• Give High 5's
• Loves being outside
• Tries to sing to music or if you sing
  

Park Fun

We went to a graduation party at Webster Lake. A beautiful day. Little Man loved the swings. The guys played football. We ate Mexican food. Lots of fun!

camping

We had such a fun relaxing week in the mountains. The 1st night it rained and we heard a bear outside.

Sleeping, crocheting, reading, hiking, relaxing, sleeping, playing, making smores, playing cards, sleeping.... that's about all we did. Little Man loved being outside all the time and the weather was wonderful. He enjoyed being in his swing and playing in the dirt. The day we left he took a couple steps on his own :)

Hi!

I'm going to give blogging a try. I don't enjoy writing... so maybe this will help me get my thoughts down. I'm going camping this week up at Reverends Ridge in Golden Gate State Park. Will post when I return.