Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Baby Shower
A few weeks ago (actually more like a month ago - time is going too quickly these days), I arrived at a friend's house for a meeting for church and instead was greeted by a SURPRISE baby shower for Asher. It was really great -except for the part that I was smelly and in my comfy clothes {read: grungy and not showered or maybe even looked in the mirror that day}. Asher got some adorable clothing and things and I got to eat loads of cookies and stay out late with my girlfriends. My amazing friend Laura did all of the decorations, she should go professional with this:
The instigator/trouble-maker, Angell, and one of her cute accomplices:
Fun night!
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Visit from Uncle Micah
Be prepared for an onslaught of photos. My brother Micah came out to visit us and I had to document everything. And boy did we have a busy weekend: apple picking, pumpkin patch, corn maze, car tour of our favorite places (campus, Short North, Victorian Village, German Village), Audubon center, pumpkin carving, zoo, and HALLOWEEN! Of course we had to introduce him to our favorite eats: Jeni's (ice cream), Figlio for dinner, DK Diner for donuts and breakfast. The one activity I did not photograph was the zoo but I'm not sure I want to remember this particular visit as we lost Cadie and had to call security to help find her. Yep, I'm a great parent. Here come the photos:
Corn maze, we didn't need to call security or 911 to get out.
Be prepared for an onslaught of photos. My brother Micah came out to visit us and I had to document everything. And boy did we have a busy weekend: apple picking, pumpkin patch, corn maze, car tour of our favorite places (campus, Short North, Victorian Village, German Village), Audubon center, pumpkin carving, zoo, and HALLOWEEN! Of course we had to introduce him to our favorite eats: Jeni's (ice cream), Figlio for dinner, DK Diner for donuts and breakfast. The one activity I did not photograph was the zoo but I'm not sure I want to remember this particular visit as we lost Cadie and had to call security to help find her. Yep, I'm a great parent. Here come the photos:
Corn maze, we didn't need to call security or 911 to get out.
I can carry my own!
Eric found his, or maybe that is mine that he is fetching from the far corner of the patch.
I'm strong mom, I'll carry yours too!
Maybe Micah can carry it.
Yum! 20 lbs of apples.
Spider web at Scioto Audubon Metro park.
Getting creative with the pumpkins
Scary family.
Micah made Cadie's day by bringing a costume - 3 wishes please.
It was great to have him here!
Asher 2 months
Seriously don't know how this boy is already 2 months old. At 2 months he is 12 lbs 5 oz and 24 inches long. He is stretching out his 0 to 3 month clothes. Checked in Cadie's baby book to find that she was 12 lbs 10 oz and 24 in at the 2 month mark. Asher started out smaller but is closing the gap quickly. Probably because he eats ALL THE TIME. still. Love him. I can't complain, he is a pretty mellow fellow. Even with a sometimes overly doting sister.
Seriously don't know how this boy is already 2 months old. At 2 months he is 12 lbs 5 oz and 24 inches long. He is stretching out his 0 to 3 month clothes. Checked in Cadie's baby book to find that she was 12 lbs 10 oz and 24 in at the 2 month mark. Asher started out smaller but is closing the gap quickly. Probably because he eats ALL THE TIME. still. Love him. I can't complain, he is a pretty mellow fellow. Even with a sometimes overly doting sister.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sous-Chef
I've been trying to get Cadie more involved in the kitchen as dinner prep time is usually the craziest time of the day. Imagine a fussy baby (he is a pretty mellow baby but right around dinner time he usually needs to be held), a 3-yr that needs attention, and a hungry/cranky mom trying to figure out what to throw together for dinner. I enticed her the other evening to help out by asking if she wanted to "paint" our food.
Homemade pumpkin ravioli! She loved it and soon took over from just "painting" the pasta edges to putting together the entire raviolis.
She assembled about 36 all by herself!
The best part- I think because she was involved in the cooking, she gobbled her dinner down without the usual fight.
The recipe:
For the pumpkin filling, in a food processor mix:
1 can white beans (I used Great Northern)
1 cup pumpkin
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
tsp garlic powder
Spoon about 1 Tbls filling in the middle of a potsticker wrapper, "paint" egg around the edges, place a second wrapper on top and press the wrappers together around the edges.
Cook in boiling water for about 4 minutes - until raviolis float to the top. Serve warm with a pasta sauce.
Adapted from J. Seinfeld's recipe from "Doubly Delicious."
yummy!
I've been trying to get Cadie more involved in the kitchen as dinner prep time is usually the craziest time of the day. Imagine a fussy baby (he is a pretty mellow baby but right around dinner time he usually needs to be held), a 3-yr that needs attention, and a hungry/cranky mom trying to figure out what to throw together for dinner. I enticed her the other evening to help out by asking if she wanted to "paint" our food.
Homemade pumpkin ravioli! She loved it and soon took over from just "painting" the pasta edges to putting together the entire raviolis.
She assembled about 36 all by herself!
The best part- I think because she was involved in the cooking, she gobbled her dinner down without the usual fight.
The recipe:
For the pumpkin filling, in a food processor mix:
1 can white beans (I used Great Northern)
1 cup pumpkin
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
tsp garlic powder
Spoon about 1 Tbls filling in the middle of a potsticker wrapper, "paint" egg around the edges, place a second wrapper on top and press the wrappers together around the edges.
Cook in boiling water for about 4 minutes - until raviolis float to the top. Serve warm with a pasta sauce.
Adapted from J. Seinfeld's recipe from "Doubly Delicious."
yummy!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
TIMBER!
One of our large trees is an Ash. Unfortunately the introduced Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that is making its way across the East, has been found in our town and it is only a matter of a few years before all of the ash trees in town will be infected. There is no good treatment, especially for large trees. As our tree had some dead limbs already that worry me everytime we have a wind storm, we made the decision to take the entire tree out. It was a sad day but somewhat exciting. It will be nice to have a non-shady area in the yard that so that we can finally grow veggies in our own yard.
Some pictures of the action:
The tree really was large! Our neighbor remembers when the tree was planted 45ish years ago. It was probably 4 feet across at the base.
Plenty of firewood for our little fire pit!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Asher 1 Month
Time flies when you are not getting any sleep...
Asher weighed 10 lbs. 5 oz at his 1 month checkup, an increase of about 2.5 lbs from birth. He is chunking up - probably because he is nursing every two hours round the clock {still!}. We celebrated by having a campfire in our backyard. Cadie has been praying for "my tent and campfire to be set up" just about every prayer she says so I guess it was time for her parents to come through for her - at least partially.
We roasted hot dogs and marshmellows. Smore anyone?
Here is a 1-month close-up of the boy. Poor kid has been dealing with a lot lately, cradle cap, baby acne, and THRUSH- yuck! Luckily, he managed to avoid Eric's cold.
Time flies when you are not getting any sleep...
Asher weighed 10 lbs. 5 oz at his 1 month checkup, an increase of about 2.5 lbs from birth. He is chunking up - probably because he is nursing every two hours round the clock {still!}. We celebrated by having a campfire in our backyard. Cadie has been praying for "my tent and campfire to be set up" just about every prayer she says so I guess it was time for her parents to come through for her - at least partially.
We roasted hot dogs and marshmellows. Smore anyone?
Here is a 1-month close-up of the boy. Poor kid has been dealing with a lot lately, cradle cap, baby acne, and THRUSH- yuck! Luckily, he managed to avoid Eric's cold.
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