Menu Plan Monday - Aug 16th

My hubby is on afternoon shift for the next 2 weeks, so I'm really only making dinner for Hailey and I.  I don't usually have much time to get something on the table with because baby boy doesn't like being in his excersaucer for too long, but I need him to stay put while I'm in the kitchen cooking when Dad's not home to help watch him. So quick and easy meals are in order!

Monday -  Chicken strips, side kicks, and corn on the cob

Tuesday - Breakfast for dinner - Eggs, sausages and cheese on toasted English muffins, with celery and apples on the side.

Wednesday - Roast beef in the crock pot, mashed potatoes, corn

Thursday - Leftovers

Friday - Soup and egg salad sandwiches

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Birthday card for Daddy!

Every year for my husbands birthday my daughter Hailey and I like to make a nice card together for him. This is the card we made him this year for his 32nd birthday.

I made the cake picture on the front using Paintshop Photo Pro X3 (lets say psppx3 for short) and then I printed it out.

My daughter drew the out line for the picture on the inside of the card using psppx3 and then colored it in with coloured pencils once it was printed out.

I asked her what she wanted to say in the card and then I typed it out again using psppx3 with the font we made of her own printing.  I just did the outline of the font, so she could colour the words in with coloured pencils after it was printed.  

It says:

Roses are RED

Violets are BLUE

I just wanted to

tell you that

I LOVE YOU!

I think you are the best

DADDY EVER!

Then we cut the papers and glued them onto card stock.

Dave loved the card and Hailey was very proud of our creation.

8 months.

8 months. I can't believe it's been 8 months already!

8 months ago today you entered our little family, and oh what a joy it has been having you with us. Your sister just adores you and loves to spend time with you. She worries about you a lot now that you are determined to stand all the time and move around the furniture. Your not so steady on those little chubby feet yet buddy, and sometimes you fall and hurt yourself. Your sister is right there trying to prevent that from happening all the time. You really light up when you see her, I know you love her just as much as she loves you. It's such a wonderful thing to watch, the love between my two children.

You had a doctor appointment last week and you were 22 pounds, and 31 inches tall.  Such a big boy! The doctor is not concerned that you still have no interest in eating baby food and only want breast milk because you are still growing well.  You still do not have any teeth, but I'm pretty sure they will be here soon. 


This last month has been full of new adventures buddy, you learned how to sit yourself up, you figured out how to crawl forward, you started saying dada, and then you even learned how to stand yourself up holding onto things.  You were so proud last week when you first grabbed onto the couch and lifted yourself up to stand, you want to get ahold of some library books that Hailey left on the couch, when I called your name you looked at me and had the biggest smile on your little adorable face, as if to say 'look at me, mom!  I did it!" So precious.  Now that is all you want to do all day, stand up.  Couch, chair, legs, bath tub, doesn't matter what it is, your trying to stand up holding on to it.  You are so determined and brave, I think you will be an early walker, my guess is between 9-10 months old and you'll be taking your first steps.

I wish I could find a way to slow time down and have more of these sweet baby days. 

I love you my sweet boy, more than words can say.

Mommy :)

My Little Nursling

Ryan wants nothing to do with anything going into his cute little chubby belly if it is not mommy milk.

He also wants nothing to do with my milk unless it's straight from the mommy tap.

He will not take a bottle.
He will not take a sippy cup.

On a good day he'll eat a tiny bit of baby food at dinner with us, but he really doesn't care for it at all.
If I persist even though he's not interested I can usually get him to open up and try some, sometimes after the first bite he will keep opening up for a few more bites, but that is it. Then his little lips go on lock down.

That is on the odd good day.  Most days I end up with pureed baby food all over me.

He will be 8 months old in 3 more days.

I know it's not important that he eats baby food right now.
I know that my breast milk is all he needs nutrition wise.
I know he is getting enough milk from me because he's still gaining weight well.

But it would be really nice if I could leave him for a longer than 2 hours once in awhile without worrying about him getting hungry. 

What I really want is to go see Eclipse before it's not in the theater anymore.

I'm just so worried about leaving him for that long. 

I know he CAN go 3-3:30 hours between eating, but most of the time he wants to nurse every 2-2:30 hours. 

The movie is about 2 hours long and that doesn't count travel time to and from the theater, and getting tickets, and the previews.

The movie wont be in the theaters much longer... it went from being in every theater in our city, to only showing in 2 theaters.

 I know if I'm going to see it, it better be soon. I just need to find a way to do it, or give up, and come to terms with not seeing it in theater, which would make me very sad.

Look how cute that little face is, how can I leave him and risk him being hungry?!

What is a Twilight obsessed mom to a booby boy to do?

Menu Plan Monday - Aug 9th

Monday - Tonight we had take out because we had some thongs to do and it's been awhile since we've done that.

Tuesday - Ham, mashed potatoes and broccoli

Wednesday - BBQ pork chops, twice baked potatoes, corn on the cob

Thursday - Peameal bacon roast, hash brown casserole

Friday - Leftovers

I also plan to make Cocoa Brownies and Cookies and Creme Pudding Pops with my daughter.

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Tackle it Tuesday - One cupboard at a time

We live in an apartment, a rather small one for a family of 4.  When we moved here one year ago, I was going threw a difficult pregnancy and couldn't do too much work around here without tons of pain in my hips. So I just tossed everything in the cupboards as best as I could and  figured I would fix them up later.  Ryan was born in December and has taken a lot of time, he's not a great sleeper (naps only 30 minutes at time) and nurses often, and then there is Hailey needing me too, so I haven't had much time or energy to tackle them.  So I figure if I just do one cupboard at a time that eventually it will get done!

So here is my first cupboard done (I started taking things out before I thought to take a picture)

It doesn't really look all that different, but it's a lot better than it was before.

I just wish I could make the top shelf with all the baking stuff look neater.

Menu Plan Monday - Can't believe it's August!

Where is the summer going?  It just started, there's no way it's August already?  Craziness! Little more than 1 month left until my daughter starts Grade 2!

Monday -   Mac and cheese, green beans (dad's not home for dinner tonight, so something simple for Hailey and I)

Tuesday -  BBQ Chicken, baked potatoes, corn on cob

Wednesday -  Pasta and meatballs, broccoli

Thursday -  Leftovers

Friday -  Out to eat

Saturday - BBQ hamburgers, fries, fruit

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