tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:16:18 +0000PicturesAccomplishmentsFamilyNutritionParentingCloth DiaperingDog ParkGetting OutsideRecipesBloggy NewsDiaper JungleDiapers by DebMinnesota TwinsVideosVisitsWalking6 months8 monthsBaby FoodBaby KicksBaby-ProofingBreast Cancer 3 DayBum GeniusDiaper LeaksEric CarleFamily RoomFather's DayFavoritesFruitsGiveawaysHempHome ImprovementsJoey-BunzLittle ThingsMemoriesMenu Plan MondayMicrofiberMom Living HealthyPlay TimeRemindersRice CerealSoftballStarting SolidsSweet PotatoesTeam HotboxTeethingVacationVegetablesVery Hungry Caterpillarbaseballbedtimecry it outdoctorfoodhttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Greta @ Mom Living Healthy)Blogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-86404962143255054Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:21:00 +00002010-08-20T13:24:50.965-07:00I've been overloaded for the last few months with pictures of our family that I'd love to share with all of you. I just haven't posted any here on the blog because it takes SOOOOO long to upload them and then I have to mess around with the format. All of that really gets to be a pain. BUT, I don't really want to share ALL of my pictures on Facebook for everyone to see either. So, I've been http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/08/looking-for-better-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greta @ Mom Living Healthy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-6097711797130271218Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:39:00 +00002010-06-15T20:53:04.615-07:00PicturesLet's start off with one of Frank. His name is in the title of this blog, but I'm afraid that there's another little guy who likes to steal the show. Other fun pictures of late are mainly from our time spent here at home. Here is Nolan shooting hoops. He loves it when we shoot too, and will repeat "too" until one of us comply. Also, not to brag, but he's quite the Joe Mauer, catching balls http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/06/random-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greta @ Mom Living Healthy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-5047923909498507780Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-06-02T06:36:46.267-07:00Pictures Many times when I'm cooking, Nolan will come in and play with our pots and pans...cooking up a soup of his own. I just think he's so cute, concentrating on stirring up his cars with the ladle. Hard at work Who wants a sample?http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/06/car-soup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greta @ Mom Living Healthy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-819706157165732162Sat, 29 May 2010 02:39:00 +00002010-05-28T20:05:45.461-07:00AccomplishmentsVideosWe've been practicing counting quite a bit with Nolan, and today we had some fun singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game. I caught the action on video...enjoy! By the way, he's 18 months old now...can you believe it?!http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/05/onetwothree-strikes-youre-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Greta @ Mom Living Healthy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-8399038933742705305Mon, 17 May 2010 22:39:00 +00002010-05-17T15:39:17.468-07:00Getting Outside He loves his slide. And his basketball hoop. And his tricycle. And just being outside in general.http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/05/quick-picture-for-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-7216456405185682997Tue, 11 May 2010 01:57:00 +00002010-05-10T18:57:04.009-07:00Sadly I have no new pictures to share with you this time.  We did order a new camera though through Amazon as my Mother's Day present.  It should be here later this week or early next week, so after that I'll have more pics to share.  I'm really happy about this camera...it's a good model that will be a huge step up for us.  It's not an SLR camera, but I figure I will really http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/05/camera-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-4928485847763300181Tue, 04 May 2010 22:23:00 +00002010-05-04T15:23:46.777-07:00Getting OutsidePicturesWell, the sad news is that our camera is going haywire!  It will not show anything when you have it in the camera mode.  I was able to get the last of our pictures off of it, but I think it's pretty much toast after that.  We do have my old camera from WAY back (last picture taken on it was on my deployment to Iraq in 2007, but I had it for a while before that).  That thing http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/05/backyard-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-6345005385707965457Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:35:00 +00002010-04-15T08:35:39.314-07:00FamilyPicturesThese are a few pictures from this month so far.  It's been a good and busy month for us.  We sold our Minneapolis house last Friday and are now settling into life in a small town.  So far it's great!  We like our neighbors and love that there are so many other young families with kids around Nolan's age.  Many people are out on nice days playing in their yards and takinghttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/04/tractor-rides-and-coloring-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-2772786967986119352Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:49:00 +00002010-03-08T13:53:01.910-08:00PicturesIt does seem like all I do on this blog is post pictures...oh well, that is all I have time for currently. I have a little boy running around who takes up a lot of my spare time! I love it...he is such a joy to have in my life :) Here are some recent pictures from February and this past week.Visiting friends in Medford, Wisconsin.  Nolan got to put on his snowsuit and play in the snow. http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/03/some-new-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-8873126877809557992Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:18:00 +00002010-01-29T08:18:59.824-08:00PicturesJanuary has been an exciting month for Nolan.  He's really figured out that he can now talk and his vocabulary is quite extensive for a 14 month old.  His words to date include: Mommy, Daddy Hi, bye water (probably his most frequently used word) banana cheese please (this one Grandma Teri taught him!) spoon, bowl key door up, down As you can see, most of his words revolve around foodhttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-5153226369229784088Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:55:00 +00002010-01-10T18:55:54.705-08:00PicturesSince I haven't posted in so long, I wanted to at least put up a few pictures from the last couple of months here.  Here are some of the highlights of November and December. First Birthday Party Cake Frosting was everywhere...even in his hair Fun in a leaf pile Cancun, Mexico with Grandpa Garth (Hiromi, Great Grandpa Don and Janet not pictured) Whoa! Our Cancun group Loving the beachhttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2010/01/random-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-3317642302507027106Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:29:00 +00002009-11-18T17:52:56.616-08:00AccomplishmentsVideosI meant to post this much earlier, but with the new editor in blogger, I couldn't figure out how to upload videos. So today when I saw my friend Sarah's blog and all of her videos, I knew there must be some way to do it. By switching back to the older version, I was able to do it. Enough of that mumbo jumbo...here's the video. He started walking at about 11 months and is getting really good at ithttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/11/nolan-is-walking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-466054484649279764Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:14:00 +00002009-11-05T18:14:54.073-08:00Pictures We've made it a point to take Nolan to the playground at the park near our house several times this fall.  He likes the swings and to be in the sand, playing with sticks and rocks (tasting them especially).  Here are some recent pictures of our playground adventures. http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/11/playground-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-6342860513924319874Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:06:00 +00002009-11-05T18:06:48.229-08:00FamilyPictures For Halloween this year, our family went as the Rubbles...Barney, Betty, Bamm Bamm and Dino.  Nolan had fun with his little club.  Every time we said bam bam, he would start shaking it!  He didn't like his head piece very much though and would try to pull it off every chance he got.  On Halloween we went Trick or Treating at the mall and stopped at Grandma Carol's and Grandpahttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/11/bamm-bamm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-737000470475609542Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +00002009-10-25T14:50:13.234-07:00AccomplishmentsThis is just a quick update for you all, but our little guy is a walker now!  On Thursday he took a step to me on his own (apparently though he's been doing that at daycare too, but I just don't count it until I see it!).  Then on Friday he took 2 steps.  On Saturday he was an ambitious little guy and took 5 steps or so.  It is funny because we were at a potluck get together http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/gimme-three-steps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-4304255899273090952Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:28:00 +00002009-10-19T19:28:54.708-07:00Dog ParkPicturesWalkingWe have now owned our house and dog Frank for two years!  Yes, we got both the house and Frank on the same day :)  These two years have really flown by!  When I think of the things we wanted to accomplish with the house, I realize we have done quite a few things.  We finished up the upstairs and the basement, painted the exterior and turned Nolan's room into a nursery.  http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-7820433309601623122Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:59:00 +00002009-10-18T19:48:20.148-07:00Bloggy NewsMom Living HealthySome of you may have noticed that you're not just receiving posts about Ryan, Nolan and Frank. I've been writing about menu planning, recipes, cloth diapering etc. Well, what can I say. I just enjoy this whole blogging thing so much that I want to write about other topics too! For me, this is a process that allows me to learn new things and to share all that I am learning. I started this blog in http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/introducing-mom-living-healthy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-7733348478636511941Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:12:00 +00002009-10-15T20:46:43.940-07:00Bum GeniusCloth DiaperingDiapers by DebPicturesHere are a couple of pictures of Nolan in his cloth diapers. We use them almost exclusively when he is not at day care. If you missed it here is a previous post in which I discussed cloth diapering. So far we are 10 months into using cloth diapers and are still going strong! I'm showcasing my two favorite brands of cloth diapers. The first, a One Size Pocket Diaper, is from my friend Deb, who http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-cloth-diaper-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-3180672475543966219Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:29:00 +00002009-10-15T19:34:00.237-07:00GiveawaysNutritionHi all! I've been learning a lot from the Kitchen Stewardship blog about super foods and nutrition. Right now she is giving away a book called Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck. How awesome is that?! If you're interested in the book, click here. If you want to find out more about the Kitchen Stewardship blog, you can find the site here.http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-at-kitchen-stewardship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-3965008957603983706Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:25:00 +00002009-10-16T19:15:00.860-07:00NutritionRecipesI made this chicken with gingered brown rice for dinner last night. While my husband didn't like it as much as the tomato soup from Monday, he thought it was pretty good. I REALLY enjoyed the rice. It was my first time using crystallized ginger and I thought it added a nice flavor. Be aware that this is a sweeter meal due to the orange marmalade and ginger. I got this recipe from the Betty http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/chicken-with-gingered-brown-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-1775913563831356516Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:56:00 +00002009-10-12T17:07:53.243-07:00NutritionRecipesLast night when I asked Ryan if he had any requests for dinner this week, he said he wanted grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Normally, we use Campbell's tomato soup made with milk instead of water. I admit, I do really like that version of the soup. However, I wanted to try making a tomato soup on my own. I found this recipe for Fresh Tomato Soup in the Better Homes and Gardens Cookhttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/fresh-tomato-soup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-2661160880317274439Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:49:00 +00002009-10-15T05:45:58.554-07:00Menu Plan MondayNutritionRecipesI've been planning out our dinners for the last month or so and am really enjoying the process. It helps me in several ways. I waste less time each day wondering what we should have for dinner. I save money because I know exactly what I need to buy at the grocery store and I also cut down the number of trips I need to take to pick up groceries.This is the first time I've actually participated in http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/meal-plan-monday-1st-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-6074961646241606238Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +00002009-10-10T13:06:50.209-07:00Family RoomPicturesPlay TimeWe recently had our basement painted and carpeted so that we could use the space as a play room. The four of us (Frank included) have really been enjoying the time we have spent in our new space. Nolan has lots of space to play without fear of him hitting his head or teeth on the wood floor. Frank has more area to run and has been chasing stuffed animals all over the room. I have some workout http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/we-recently-had-our-basement-painted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-1204697624992522388Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:04:00 +00002009-10-06T14:12:40.106-07:00PicturesFall is here and Nolan is loving every minute of it so far! We went to the Apple Farm a few weekends back and Ryan picked out this pumpkin for future carving. I introduced it to Nolan thinking he might like looking at it because it was so bright. It was sitting on our kitchen table at first, but then we needed the space and I set it on the kitchen floor. Not too long afterward Nolan made his http://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/10/pumpkin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47969421125571407.post-6559793914196769268Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:29:00 +00002009-09-23T18:53:18.870-07:00PicturesI suppose I'm way past due to post some new pictures of the little man. We're just having too much fun with him these days to spend a whole lot of time on the computer!! Here are a couple of my faves: I'm 10 Months Old! Hanging out with Cousin Chayton Ryan and Nolan at the Fair First time at the playground Hmm, I'm not sure I like the taste of this stickhttp://gretaandherguys.blogspot.com/2009/09/fun-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0