Josh, Em, our pet Monkey and a little Peanut

BEEF BURGANDY (CROCK POT)

2011-02-11T13:15:00.002-05:00

Makes 4-6 servings
1.5 pounds beef cut into 1" pieces
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup red wine (You can use cooking wine, but seriously tastes better with real wine)
1 small onion chopped
1 can 4oz sliced mushrooms
1 package dry onion soup mix
1 tablespoon minced garlic

Freeze in Gallon Size Freezer bags. Crock pot on low 6-8 hours. High 4-6 hrs. Serve over spiral noodles (stroganoff?)

Easy Teriyaki Chicken (crock pot)

2011-02-09T16:46:00.006-05:00

Quickly I'm going to answer a question. I pull out all my oven (in Pyrex) meals in the morning so they defrost on my counter top . So the cooking time is the same. If you pull them straight from Freezer to Oven, which is fine, it just keeps your oven on longer, cook for an additional 30-45 minutes. Oh and I don't preheat, I just plop the food in right when I turn on the oven. Some ridiculous part of me thinks this helps the frozenness adjust better to the hottness. Slowly getting warmer :)

Made this yesterday so I cannot tell you if it tastes good, but it smelled good :)
By Barbara Shie, Colorado Springs, CO

2-3 lbs skinlees chicken pieces.
20 oz can pineapple chunks. (juice and all)
dash of ground ginger
1 cup teriyaki sauce

With the chicken there are options, I bought at Harmons already cubed fresh chicken breasts. Same price per pound, why wouldn't you. They didn't have enough so I had my butcher cut more, so if your store doesn't sell it that way I bet they can do it for you. Or you can get the fresh chicken breast strips and then just have to cut the additional direction, or you can get the entire breast and cube it your self. cut into about 1-2" pieces.

To save dishes, I just pulled out my gallon size freezer bags wrote on them and then dumped everything in them. Seal TIGHTLY squish it all around to mix and plop in the freezer.

Place bagged goods in slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hrs or high 4-6 hrs. I'd serve over instant rice with a side of veggies:)

Lasagna

2011-02-09T01:23:00.003-05:00

This one's going to be quick. You can freeze lasagna. So your favorite lasagna recipe will work.
Its a time consuming meal so I always like to make more then one batch and freeze extras. It is also one of the more expensive meals. This one you'll want the Pyrex for as well.
I'm giving you my friend Liz's recipe. You'll have left over sauce. Just put it in a freezer bag and use it for spaghetti. Sometimes I'm lazy and I'll just buy the already made sauce in a jar (Ragu, Prego...), but making it yourself is much cheaper.

"K so I don’t have measurements cuz I don’t measure anything…

This will make a 13x9 pan, sometimes a 13x9 pan and 9x9…

I generally have sauce left over, but I don’t know how much…

Sauce

1 lg can of crushed tomatoes (at the grocery store – don’t know the size but it’s the lg can – not lg costco size:))

1 reg can of diced or cut tomatoes

1 reg can of tomato sauce

1 small can of tomato paste

Italian seasoning

Oregano

Basil

Parsley

Garlic powder

Chopped onions (fresh or dried)

Pepper

Salt

(if you add a little bit of sugar it will make it less spicy if you like less spicy)

Simmer for a few hours to blend all the flavors (or as long as you can :). Simmer while you are preparing everything else. The flavors will blend during the weeks it spends in the freezer)

Brown Ground Italian Sausage and add to sauce (you could also do ground beef, or meatballs, or Italian links for spaghetti too:)) (if doing italian links squeeze out of the skin and brown then add to sauce)

Cook one box of lasagna noodles (you need 9 unbroken ones and can have an equivalent of 3 broken ones to fill a 13x9 so when you do a whole box you can generally do the 13x9 and 9x9 since you have enough sauce)

Rinse noodles and lay flat on the counter

Cheeses

1 tub of ricotta cheese (I like the lowfat precious brand – there are two sizes, you want the larger size)

1 egg

Italian Seasoning

Italian Bread crumbs

Parmesan cheese

-mix above ingredients together

Grate a ball of mozzarella cheese (I like the low fat precious brand)

Lasagna

Spread a little bit of sauce on the bottom of pan

Lay 3 lasagna noodles and the cut/broken ones to fill the bottom of 13x9 pan

Spread sauce over each noodles

Drop small spoonfuls of cheese mixture

Spread grated mozzarella cheese over top

Layer more lasagna noodles on top and press down to evenly spread cheese mixture

Repeat sauce, cheese mixture, mozzarella

Another layer of noodles again pressing to evenly spread cheese mixture

Sauce and mozzarella

Put in Freezer or Bake in oven 350 degrees 30-45 minutes till top is golden brown

Dinner tonight / Freezer Meal Meatloaf

2011-01-28T17:26:00.004-05:00

Tonight we are going over to a friends house for dinner. Sales presentation dinner :(. But free food and a room for the kids to be away from me. SOLD. I however won't be buying anything. I will be thankful for that salesman in my prayers tonight though :)
I made up this recipe so if you hate it, you suck! Or mess around with it until you like it. It's fun to create.
This is one that you need to put into a pan/Pyrex/casserole dish. Or sometimes I put it in a big loaf pan and then seal it with a food saver, if you have one.

1 lb. Lean Ground Beef
1/2 lb. Ground Pork
1 1/2 tsp. Crushed Garlic Cloves
1 Egg (slightly beaten)
1/4 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1/4 tsp. Basil
1/4 tsp. Thyme
1/4 cup Oats
2 tbsp. melted butter
1/4 cup minced onions
1/4 cup Parmesan
1/2 cup Mozzarella
1 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 -1/2 cup Spinach (you can just put the leaves in whole. When you start mixing with your hands it breaks up the leaves. BUT if you really don't want your kids to know its in there, finely chop them up before putting them in the bowl)

Combine above ingredients in a bowl. Squish together with hands :). Shape into a loaf. once in loaf shape, poke a few finger holes through out the loaf. Pour another 1 tbsp, Worcestershire sauce into the various holes.
Surround with 3 cups (75% cooked) Wild Rice Blend. I under cook the rice because they with soften some with the cooking of the meatloaf juices:)

Note: My friend kept thinking this was not cooked because it was still pink in the middle. The pork makes it a little pink so don't keep cooking it until it's brown. It will not get completely brown :)
Also it's been a while since I cooked this. Just guessing here, 365 for 40-45 min (if its completely thawed) longer if partially frozen still....

Have you heard of this!!!!

2011-01-28T17:08:00.002-05:00

I want a referal bonus!! HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY FOR A BOX OF DIAPERS!!! YES I'M SCREAMING IT. I PAY $23.51 FOR THESE NAME BRAND DIAPERS. Here's how...
Go to Amazon.com. Sign up for the mom's club. Just type mom's club in the search box. That gives you free 2 day shipping, just wrap the kid in a dish rag if you are completely out of diapers. It's only two days. Or I bet if you are like me, you can scrounge up enough to last 2 days. Car, diaper bag, church bag, downstairs, moms house.....
Then sign up for "suscribe" next to the item you want to subscribe to, wipes are a great deal too. Mom's club saves you 15%, Subscribing saves you another 15%. Subscribing just sets it up so they are delivered regularly. Every month, 2 months 3 months or 6 months. You can ALWAYS change your subscription. I just got an email saying mine was about to ship, but I still have quiet a few, so I just pushed it out 2 weeks. AWESOME!
GO DO IT NOW!!!

Taco Soup

2011-01-27T21:19:00.003-05:00

This recipe came from Jenny

This is what we are having tonight. This is the easiest of the last minute, because it doesn't even really need long to defrost. This is the one where, "Oh crap I have been gone all day and didn't pull something out before I left."
This one is a great beginner one because you just put it in a Ziploc gallon freezer bag and lay it flat like a book. They stack up nicely and take up little room in the freezer. Do this one even if you aren't going to always eat freezer meals and just need that last minute meal. Much cheaper than eating out and better for you.
I always have sour cream in my fridge. It doesn't expire for a long time and a bunch of my freezer meals are Mexican :). I also always have cheese, who doesn't. I always have tortilla chips too. Even if they are stale, they taste great crumbled up in this soup. (if you don't have anything to top it with (sour cream, cheese or chips, it still tastes great)
The canned beans and corn are great to buy in case lot sales and just have in your food storage

Taco Soup (serves 12 skinny people, more like 8-10) So divide one recipe into 2 bags unless your Mormon or a polygamist.

2 lbs ground beef (I buy in bulk at Costco)

1 envelope taco seasoning (I also buy the huge container at Costco, its 2.25 tbsps)
28 oz crushed tomatoes
15 oz salsa
15 oz canned corn (or I can use frozen)
16 oz kidney beans
15 oz black beans

Defrost and cook in sauce pan. You can serve the soup with cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips

(whatever you have on hand).

Side note When you are doing this in larger quantities, it is hard to brown more then 2 lbs of ground beef at a time. So just do one recipe at a time but get everything out for 3 (6 meals for a family of 4-6). Ground the beef, put in big mixing bowl, add other ingredients, divide into two bags. REPEAT. You can use all the same dishes so it is still a time saver.

Other side note, write on the bags with a sharpie ("Taco Soup, 1/27/11, Heat in saucepan, top with sour cream, cheese and crumbled tortilla chips") BEFORE you put in the taco soup. Much easier :)

More recipes at a later date

Freezer Meals

2011-01-27T21:03:00.003-05:00

I've had several people ask me about freezer meals. We pretty much live off them, since I only now have time to cook once a month. BONUS only really have to clean up once a month too.

Here is the low down. I make 3 meals, 6 times each recipe. Basic math there you have 18 meals. I bet you are thinking, "But Emily there are 30 days in a month." Well we all have pizza nights, eat at parents, eat out, eat cereal, you understand... 18 should be plenty.
Once a month. For me it's the first Tuesday. Set a day, rent a new movie from redbox and stick the kids in front of the TV. Or I get together with a friend and we help eachother. Take turns doing the shopping for both of us. And we are both there if one needs to stop and help with the kids.
It will take a while to build up stock so you can't live off only freezer meals the first few months, or you are rotating between 3 meals. Boring to my palate. But once you have a good rotation, you'll not need to cook again :) other then the first Tuesday.

Best investment I ever made was buying a deep freezer. Look on craigslist, or your local classified ads.
Second best investment. Pyrex freezer wear with the tight seal lids. Kind of expensive, I bet your thinking. Well start off with buying an extra dish when you go to the store. They are about $6 each. When I first started I used the cheap foil like throw away pans. Well those are $2 each and don't hold up well or keep the freezer burn out. You can see how using your Pyrex just 3 times (again with the basic math) pays for your investment. Also tried putting them in foil, NASTY! Foil will change the taste of your food. Not good. You can look online for other ideas, but I have tried them all. Just buy the Pyrex, save yourself some heartache.

When you put your meal in a ziplock bag permanant marker right on it, what it is, the date (meals are only good 6 months or a few months longer in a deep freezer), and directions on how to cook it if you haven't memorized it.
If it's in Pyrex, put a piece of painters tape and write the same stuff on it.

Things that have not worked for me, but may work for you;
Freezer meal swap. You make like 10 of the same meal at your house and swap it with a group of people. Reason this didn't work, I'm a picky eater, I'm a germaphobe (did you wash your hands?), I'd have to drop off my containers beforehand or use disposable pans, above mentioned problems.

Now I wake up in the morning, think what's for dinner? Are we both home (if not it's mac n cheese, cereal or McDonalds)? Are we going out? Then if I determine that its a family meal night, I go out to the garage and pick a meal. Set it on my counter for the day. I plop it in the oven, 30-60 minutes before my husband is supposed to be home. If you are one of those good families that had veggies with dinner, heat hose up at the same time.

Middle of the night woes

2011-01-27T15:26:00.002-05:00

I lay my head on my pillow tonight and the first thing that pops into my mind is, "I'm not sure I can do this!"
Like I have a choice. I already have 2 kids. It's not like I can return them. Walk up to the counter at the hospital, "I'm sorry, this just really isn't working out for me."
And who do you ask for for help? Everybody I know has their own kids and is probably feeling the same way. At least I hope they are. I hope you all want to cry or scream at the end of the day. It comforts me, imagining a world full of crying moms. I can't be the only one. And if you do miraculously have it all under control, why would I want to ruin that for you by sending over my 2 little nightmares? I can't hold it together with mine, I certainly don't want yours!
Tonight we attempted to clean out the garage. All I wanted to do was get rid of all the baby stuff. I want to be DONE! I want to move on from this stage in my life. All the older people say, "It goes by so fast. You're going to miss it." oh hell no I won't! I am never going to miss days like today, where the whining and crying NEVER stops. Where it takes all my self control not to hit my children. Where my voice is hoarse from yelling. I think the child needs a hearing aid because he cannot hear me. You old people have selective memory.
Do you have any idea what I would give for a good nights sleep? Well I'll tell you, I'd give my first born. Or my second. You pick!

Remember this?

2011-01-21T13:52:00.002-05:00

http://blog.omner.org/2009/03/3-for-free.html

Well I obviously didn't! I am scrapbooking and going through our old blog posts to journal on my pages and discovered this. So Sorry!

Jamie and Ali, your wonderful, NOT strange gifts will be in the mail first thing Monday. Sorry they are so late!

Please read

2010-12-20T00:08:00.003-05:00

I wish I could write like this. I wish I could wear a sign.

http://bravegirlsclub.com/archives/2151

Sunday Woes

2010-12-06T12:19:00.002-05:00

Why do we go to church? It is exhausting! This Sunday was fast and testimony meeting. My favorite :-p

First guy gets up to bear his testimony. He starts crying. Aiden asks, "Whats wrong with him?". Josh says, "He's sad because you won't sit still." That actually made Aiden sit still for about 2 minutes.

A lady gets up and starts crying. Aiden asked,"What's wrong with her?" I said, "I don't know."
Aiden says, "Why did her not get her nap? Where's her mommy?"
This continues with each new crier :)

Eggs (by Josh)

2010-12-06T12:16:00.001-05:00

Josh posts to the kids private blogs a lot. This was too funny not to share :)

"Aiden loves eggs. This has been compounded by his love of dinosaur
train, the opening title sequence includes the dinosaur eggs hatching.

We went to the stakes live nativity last week and just before you get
to the manger scene there is a chicken farmer inspecting his eggs. I
think aiden almost totally missed the baby Jesus he was so excited to
tell everyone about the eggs and how they were getting ready to hatch.

This morning while getting ready for church he found some Easter egg
coloring stuff. He asked if we could color eggs even without a bunny
(he named both his bunnies Easter). Em set up a few egg shells for him
to color while I made pancakes after church.

After pancakes he brought one egg over and gave it to me. I told him I
named it sir eggs-a-lot the green. He named his other egg ass-a-lot"

I AM Thankful.

2010-11-10T23:03:00.004-05:00

I have missed a few days. I didn't realize how hard this would be. It has been a good exercise for me though. (and the only exercise I'm getting ;))While I go about my day I try to pay attention to the things I'm thankful for in case I write about them. It just so happens that by the end of the day, I'm exhausted. I don't know why.....
I hesitate to write this because it may be held against be at a future date.
Today I am thankful for my husband. (and spell checker). But mostly my husband. Josh and I are opposites. We have some hard times. Neither of us are easy to live with. But when I stop and really see what kind of men are out there I realize how lucky I am.

I can honestly say that I have no fear of my husband ever leaving me or ever cheating on me. That is huge for me. I may go out for cigarettes and never come back, but he won't. I may regularly ask to hire a pool boy, even though we have no pool, but he would never want a pool boy. Or girl.

He is a great dad. He does struggle with the 3 year old, but who doesn't. I know I can leave anytime I want. Not permanently, but whenever I need a break, he is happy to help. That may be because he is sick of me moping or yelling, but he never says no when I want to go out.

I am a light sleeper. I am somebody who NEEDS her sleep. He takes the baby in the middle of the night if Owen's not sleeping. He takes him in the morning (O is an early riser) so I can sleep later.

Every Halloween he dresses up in costumes, some he doesn't like, for me and my favorite holiday.

Plus and most importantly, he puts up with my crazy. I think most of us are a little crazy. Well I am a lot. And a whole new kind of crazy that the likes of you have never seen :).
I mostly can't stand my husband, but I sure miss him when he is gone. I hate not being able to talk to him when ever I want. I hate not having his presence in the house. I hate not having somebody to punch 5-10 times a day :p. He is sorely missed.

I love you honey.

29 Days of Thanksgiving ;)

2010-11-07T17:33:00.004-05:00

Can I be thankful for Pepto twice? Yep it's that kind of week.

I missed yesterday, bummer.

Lately I have felt like I have no control in my life. It is killing me. So today I CLEANED our family room. Scrubbed walls and baseboards, sorted, organized.... It was something I could put all my anger towards.

I had my temple recommend interview. I cried to the Bishop. I wanted him to fix all my problems. He didn't. But I left with a sense of peace. That if I want my problems fixed I need to fix them. Or just let go. Let go of my contention. I have been trying but I guess I need to be more creative.

I am thankful for Temples. They are beautiful and peaceful and lately the only place I can go and feel calm and like things will get better.

Here is the beautiful temple we were married in. It's alright to be jealous ;)

My greatest blessing

2010-11-06T00:04:00.006-05:00

This little boy is the love of my life! He melts my heart. I have never been able to stand to hear him cry. He is sleeping now and as I hear him cough it hurts. I was scrolling through pictures of him to post and there's about a thousand I want to put up.
It bring tears to my eyes, how much I love him and how much joy he has brought to my life. He is the most wonderful gift. I would not live without him.

2010-11-04T22:52:00.006-05:00

Oh and I'm thankful for Pepto Bismol! Been drinkin' that stuff like a drunk with his sauce. Then Josh brought me home the tablets (along with the puker). So now I'm poppin' those like an addict :).

WOW! Two thanks in one day! I must be so blessed!

30 Days of Thanks. Day 4

2010-11-04T22:30:00.002-05:00

It was as if, my decision to do this, was also a way for the fates to try me. Like they are saying, "Oh you think you have 30 things to be thankful for? I'll show you!"

Today I was sick. I woke up in the middle of the night. That's no surprise, but it was at a different time then the baby. I was super nauseous! Then all day I was have stomach cramping and nausea. I thought it was possibly food poisoning. Josh took the kids out for errands so I could take a bath and relax. As soon as they came home, Aiden called for me. I picked him up to say hello, and he threw up all over the both of us. Thanks for saving that for me buddy.

So granted, I know I have a zillion things to be thankful for. It's just been a rough week, and thinking of the good is hard. It's much easier to dwell on the negative, like vomiting, a bank that double paid your mortgage by accident and now you have no money, a tenant who falsified applications and had her ex husband move in to our property. Totally illegal! It continues, bully guy from island park calling and leaving me a nasty message, another tenant late with rent. Oh and I'm in the Relief Society Presidency, sort of, and I found out that they decided as a ward to only provide ONE meal to new baby families. WTF! I know, that got me all worked up.

I can tell you this, Josh is very thankful for all this other stuff that is bugging me because it takes the attention off of him and I'm not angry with him this week. He actually said that.

So I rack my brain. Think happy thoughts! Today I am thankful for music and the technology we have to play it. ie my Iphone/ipod. I have the strangest mix on my ipod. From Lincoln Park to Miley Cyrus to Peter Paul and Mary to Alan Jackson. Crazy! But oh how music can help to take your mind from things.

If I had some sense, I would know how to add music to my blog so you to could listen.

Whoops, but still Thankful.

2010-11-04T14:47:00.005-05:00

Last night while saying my prayers, I got to the "thankful" part and realized, I had forgotten to blog. But I didn't want to get out of bed. So it's late. But I did decide what to blog about last night so it still counts as yesterday.
On a side note, When I got to the "I'm sorry/repentance part" of the prayer, I told the Lord I was a douche bag, hehe. Bet he doesn't here that from most of you :) Now what did I do that caused me to be a douche bag, you ask? I saw a homeless guy on the corner with a sign.......

And I threw eggs at him.....

Just kidding. I looked the other way. Sat there at my red light and wouldn't even look his direction. I felt immediatley bad especially since I have dollar bills in my truck compartment just for that. I must have been in a bitter mood. So now I feel like I need to hunt down the guy, but I don't know what he looks like because I didn't look at him.

I am thankful for this Little Beauty

Our house is small compared to most of our friends. Our house is old. But we have invested so much time and money into it that it's ours. Plus it doesn't help that we are completely underwater on it so we will be living here forever! But at least we have a house. A place to lay our kids' heads to sleep.
I drove by the homeless shelter one Saturday morning and I saw little kids outside playing and riding a big wheel. I don't normally think of children as being homeless. Having to stay at a shelter and share toys, that will never belong to them. It broke my heart and still does.
So I love my little house that is constantly cluttered with toys that my children can play with whenever they want.

Thanks but no Thanks

2010-11-02T20:50:00.004-05:00

Today has been a hard day. I am easily angered. I wish my emotions did have such an effect on me.
So in my bad mood I try to think of things I am thankful for.... Of course there is always the other 2 boys but I'd like to write about my appreciation of them, when I'm in a better mood.
So today I am thankful for my freezer!
It stores all my freezer meals for the many nights I don't feel making a meal. Like tonight. But instead of a freezer meal we had candy. Another thing I am thankful for:)

Giving Thanks

2010-11-01T23:37:00.004-05:00

Day one.
Day one is easy. Which of my boys to pick. Well this is the one...

I am so thankful for Owen. He is the most wonderful baby. I know many people who have easier babies, but for us, having Aiden first, Owen is a gem. He is so happy. You can always get a smile out of him, well except for the Halloween photo shoot, who knows what that was about.
I can't imagine our lives without him. Although it is easy to forget about him because he is so good. I really wanted to be done having kids after Aiden. I'm so glad Josh wanted more and we got little Owen. I may never sleep again, but he is so worth it.

3 Year Stats

2010-09-21T23:05:00.003-05:00

Aiden went to the doctor the same day as Owen, but I wanted some cute 3 year old photos to go with it.

His stats:
29 pounds. 20th percentile.
HIP HIP HOORAY!! On the charts, Finally!
Although, we have cut his hair now, so he probably weighs less.
37 inches tall. 50th percentile

Meh-he-co!

2010-09-06T23:35:00.010-05:00

Josh got an all expenses paid trip to Cabo San Lucas Mexico, from work! It was exciting but I had to leave my little boy. Not Owen, cuz he's still attached at the boob. I cried every day except the last because I missed Aiden. But it definitely was not a kid friendly resort. He would have turned that place upside down!

How do we begin? The flight was nice. Aiden has never been a good flier, so this was a pleasant change. We get off the plane in Mexico and are pretty much accosted by timeshare salesman! They lie and try to scare you. They wear official badges and tell you they are with airport transport. That they need to see your documents... We've all seen the movies where somebody gets wrongly locked up in an international prison, so there was some fear in me. Not sure if these people really NEEDED to see my info... This happened twice. Mexico was hard for me because every where we went people were trying to sell us something and sometimes forcefully. It got to the point where I found myself being rude. Which under normal circumstances, I don't mind being rude, but on a nice relaxing vacation, I just wanted to be friendly :).

When we did make it to our transport car, finally, they had a big boy car seat for Owen. He was a little confused as to why he was sitting forward and upright.There were several of Josh's co-workers on this trip....
So we had to be social, neither Josh or I enjoy this, so it was uncomfortable at first. Also these were sales people. Josh was 1 of 3 engineers. Sales people like to socialize and have a good time. Poor Owen was up way too late, way too many nights. On this vacation it got to the point when we would finally get back to the room, I would just lay him down and he would crash! This is another swaddle baby, who at home has to be tightly swaddled. But here he was just pooped. One time I insisted on bathing him before I'd let him sleep. So I got him out of the tub, wrapped him in his towel and went to get his jammies. In 2 seconds he was asleep.
Besides the social aspect of it, we mostly just lied around by the pool. They had amazing bed like cabanas. It was a dream.

Sippin Margaritas (virgin) by the pool

View from our Cabana

We stayed at one of those yuppy resorts that actually had a spa treatment for your dog. We found this little cabana. I'm guessing it for for a dog, since they were more dog friendly then kid friendly, BUT Owen fit perfectly :)
(click on this one. it is too cute enlarged)
Kayaking trip. Owen and I rode in a motor boat.

Our Hotel

Hard Rock Cafe. Of Course!

There is a seal on the tip of the rock. Pretty dead center of the photo.

View from our hotel room

Partying way too late one night :)

I'll leave you with Owen playing with a Mexican baby toy. He loved it! That thing got chucked in the garbage when the second bell came off. Why the second, cuz after the first, he just couldn't bear to part with it. Mother of the year I know. Can you say "choking hazard"?

Out of Order

2010-08-27T11:46:00.002-05:00

http://blog.omner.org/2010/08/owen-is-6-months.html

I changed the date so it would consist with his 6 month b-day, so scroll down or click on the above :)

Dieting Sucks!

2010-08-09T15:56:00.001-05:00

I decided to only weight myself once a week so I didn't get discouraged after week one I lost 4.5 pounds. Which I guess is good but I want to actually notice and feel smaller.
I am just counting calories and only eating 1200 a day. When you are being strict on how many calories you eat, you find yourself doing crazy things. Like licking the containers. By darn it, I have to count those calories, I better get them!
The reason I am dieting is because Josh was honored to be part of "The President's Club" at his work. I think this means when playing scrategories and you have to list a "President", if the letter is J or A, Then I can now put Josh. But anyway the company is paying for the club to go on a expenses paid trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. That means swim suits, in front of the people Josh works with. I'm terrified!
Wish me luck for week 2. I'm shooting to hit 10 pounds in 2 weeks.

Owen Is 6 Months!!!

2010-08-04T23:33:00.003-05:00

Have I told you how quickly this has gone by? I mean with Aiden it dragged on. His first 6 months felt like an eternity. But with my little Owen, time has flown! For the most part he has turned into a good baby. The most part....

I LOVE that he has hair. To you it may not seem like much, but to us it's a lot!

Stats:
Weight: 14lb 7 oz. 8th percentile.
We call him chubby. Strange, but Aiden never really made the charts for weight.
Height: 26.25 inches 50th percentile.
Head: 44.5cm. 75th percentile. "It's a virtual Planetoid."