Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Our Week in Snapshots

Happy Tuesday! This past week was a looong week. I was sick with a cold, which is never good when you stay at home all day taking care of a baby. I was so worried that I was gonna pass it on to Noah, luckily I didn't. He had a couple days of sneezing but got over that quick, thank god. By the end of the week I was feeling better. We had a pretty calm weekend ..stayed home mostly and on Sunday we headed to the Zoo with family. It was a beautiful day and the weather was perfect!


                            
                                 A few pictures from the zoo...
                                Noah and his cousin Dylan



                                The monkey's name was Noah ; )

                                            Klaly, Jazzy, and Dylan





                                He loves those fingers!


                                Ordered some books from Amazon

      Noah today at his 6 month check up. 
My little chunker is 20lbs and 28 inches. Everything went really well. His doctor said he's progressing very well and is a very healthy baby.
<3



Love J

Monday, February 27, 2012

Half Birthday


 My little pumpkin is 6 months old today! I can't believe how fast time is going by.
 It's so exciting!! These past 6 months have been so wonderful. It's been so amazing watching him grow. This little guy is my everything and that little face melts my heart. Happy 6 months my sweet baby.


Love J

Monday, February 20, 2012

Thrift Store Finds

We went to a few thrift stores this past weekend. I didn't have much luck finding anything for myself or for our home, but we did find some cute things for Baby...


                                             Dino Hoodie, $3.99


                                       Dino Shirt, $3.99 ... (We love dinosaurs, as you can tell)


                                    Converse All Star High top $2 , This was by far the best find!
 I had been planning on buying Noah a pair, I found some at a few stores for $34-45, But I thought that was way too much for a pair of baby shoes that he'll out grow in a month or two. I was so happy when I found these. The price was amazing and they're in great condition.


Baby Einstein DVD $4



We found some great stuff. Everything was thrifted from a local mother and baby thrift store. This store is amazing they have so much neat stuff. Tons of books, old classic board games and racks and racks of baby clothes. It has become our new favorite little place to shop. 
                                                     http://www.motherssecret.net/

Happy Monday!


Love J

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Our Week in Snapshots


                                A little present from Dada

                               Avocado mustache

                               This is how Mama gets ready, with a cute little baby on my lap.

                                Laaaazy Town     

                                Making baby food, avocados and bananas. Yum!


                                Papa and Baby



                                                               Have a Great Week!


                                                                       Love J

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting

We made these cupcakes Monday night just in time for Valentine's Day. They were super yummy, a perfect valentine treat. 
Here's how ours turned out and the recipe.


 INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
3/4 cup warm water
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons safflower oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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 Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Line muffin pans with paper liners, set aside..
Sift together all your dry ingredients 
Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, oil , vanilla, and mix until smooth
Fill baking cups about 2/3 full.
Bake about 20 minutes







FROSTING

Ingredients
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
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Combine all ingredients in a bowl
using an electric mixer, beat until smooth
 




  YUM!

   Happy Baking!


Love J

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

My Valentine

                                



                                                                  Happy Valentine's Day!
                                                                                xoxo



                                                                               Love J

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Sunday Funday


Had a nice relaxing day. We went out and had some breakfast and did a little grocery shopping. At the store we picked up some ingredients to bake some valentine treats this week. I love Valentine's Day, always have. Not for the gifts or anything like that, I just love all the decorations....all the hearts and girly colors. I'm a true girly girl at heart... and there's so many cute craft ideas. I wish I had the time to do them all.




                                                                Morning cup of coffee

                                                           The cutest of all the cutest!

Here's some cute Valentine crafts.. : )


                                                                 Heart Shaped Tea Bags


                                                                      Crayon Hearts

                                                                     Heart Garland


                                                                     Happy Sunday!



                                                                          Love J





Dear Noah,

Hello my sweet Baby!
Today is Saturday and we usually spend our Saturday mornings with a morning walk, making some breakfast and getting ready for the day. We head out to church or out for an adventure. Today, Dada took you out to church and to spend time with Grandma while I stayed home. Mama had a looong week and I've been so exhausted! This past week Dada has been a little sick so I've been trying to give him a break by taking care of you while he rests, especially at night.
You have the BEST Dada and he always helps out with your night wakings. He helps to feed you, change your diaper and get back in the crib and off to dreamland. So since he was feeling sick I wanted to give him lots of rest at night, so his days at work wouldn't be so bad.
Today he's feeling better, and wanted to give me some alone time to relax and unwind, but I did everything except that..haha. While you two out I cleaned the whole house, put laundry away and organized things. It's been about 4 hours since you left and I miss you oh soooooo much! Hurry and come home so I can snuggle you and give you millions of kisses! As I'm typing this I'm curled up with your blanket.... Hurry home.

    Love Mama

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Our Week in Snapshots

This past week was great, the weather has been perfect so we really took advantage of it by being outdoors as much as we could. Every morning me and Noah went out for a walk. Where we live there's wonderful small lakes and ducks everywhere! The ducks follow us as we walk around and Noah loves watching them swim around. 
 Over the weekend we went out and did a little shopping at an outdoor mall and went to an old part of town where there are vintage shops, small cafes and great places to eat...























                                                                    Have a happy week!


                                                                           Love J