days13-19 of 2011

jan.13.11 - painting in the locker room. trying to help daddy.

jan.13b - check out my new trick

jan.13c - the naked engineer

jan.14.11 - i finally can drive this thing on my own

jan.15.11 - the raider game

jan.15b - playing ball after the game

jan.16.11 - we can finally see the grass!!!

jan.17.11 - baby #2 we wonder what you are.

jan.18.11 - no nap = meltdown tuesday

jan.19.11 - wedding dress shopping

calzones anyone?

i have had several people ask me about making calzones. so due to popular demand, here is the easiest meal you will ever make for your family...and its kid friendly!!!

Calzones...
ingredients:
-defrosted frozen bread loaf or refrigerated pizza dough (located near pillsbury rolls)
-ricotta cheese
-mozzarella cheese
-and whatever you like in a calzone (we fill ours with pepperoni, mushrooms, onion, and green peppers)

directions:
-heat oven to 425
-spray cookie sheet with pam
-roll out dough or defrosted bread loaf onto cookie sheet
-cut into half or thirds(depending on how big you want your calzones)
-spread out ricotta on half the calzone
-then alternate layering mozzarella cheese and toppings
-fold over dough and pinch sides together
-put in oven for 12-15 mins. (keep in oven until golden brown on top)

*side note: i put a little piece of the toppings that are in the calzone on top so i can know which calzone is which

15 months already?

Today I took my little boy to get his 15 month check-up. Here are his stats:
weight: 21.2 lbs - 10%
length: 30 in. - 20%
head: 18.75 in. - 60% ahh, that Bluster head!

Eli has such a funny little personality. He is busy, busy, busy. He still loves to take baths and hates to get out. He is starting to have a mind of his own and loves to show this off by pitching fits when he doesn't get his way! He talks all the time (who knows where he gets that from?). Some of his favorite words are: juice, cheese, bath, bye-bye, please, hot!, shoes, socks, Boo, ball, and sometimes he says NeNe. He has started crossing his hands when its time to pray and loves to get positive reinforcement when he does something right. He smiles a lot and has lots of crazy faces. Anything to get some attention.

I realized today while rocking him before his nap that I only have 5 short months left with him being the only child and I want to savor these moments. I can rock him until he falls asleep in my lap. Who cares about bad sleep habits! Sweet memories mean so much more to me. Or I can sit on the floor and play with him without having to think about anyone else's needs. I hope to enjoy every moment and when my patience wears down, I need to remember that I am about to have to stretch my time between two little ones.

Here is what my little one has been up to lately.

Climbing into chairs...

Making funny faces...

and more faces...

and mean faces...

eating a lot of meat...

playing "old mean bull"...
(his horns go the wrong way)

sledding...

enjoying time with cousins...

swinging...

pitching fits...

and learning football plays on his magnadoodle...

weeks 1&2 of 2011

White Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope yours was filled with joy, Christ, family, and of course, food! We had a great time with Eli. He enjoyed all the events of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We had lots of fun going to Atlanta to spend Christmas Eve with Em and Josh and the rest of our family. We swapped Secret Santa gifts and then headed to Apostles for the Christmas Eve service. It was a delight to hear Mere sing...Eli loved watching her. Then headed back to the house to spend some time with Eli. He opened one gift, which was a magnadoodle. (More on that later!) Then we read the Christmas story (Luke 2) and put him to bed.

Santa then got busy and when we woke up in the morning, Eli had lots of gifts to play with. After some playtime, we headed up to NeNe and Boo's house for breakfast and more presents. As we pulled in the driveway it began to snow and didn't stop until the next morning. Chris, Eli, and I had fun playing in the snow, sledding, making snow angels, and throwing snow balls. Here are a few pics from Dec 25 and 26. Enjoy!

Christmas Day

Day after Christmas. Eli loved the snow!

Watching Mommy make a snow angel...probably wondering what in the world I'm doing.

The beautiful snow-covered Ford Focus...oh yeah, and our house!

Eli and Daddy

Eli checking the snow out.

Sledding

First Hair Cut

Friday I took Eli to get his first haircut. Thank goodness Boo showed up for a second to give me some coupons from Mom or I think Eli might have screamed the whole time. He was very unsure at first but warmed up quite well after Miss Beth gave him a sucker! The mullet is now gone and he looks like a little boy instead of a baby.

Beth trimming as Eli eats. I would hold the sucker down low so she could cut the bottom of his neck.

After the cut.

Mean face.

From the back.