The Spikes
The Grandpa Orin Comb-Over
The Faux-Hawk
Which one do you pick?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Take Your Pick
Over Thanksgiving, Auntie Molls decided it would be fun to experiment with different hairstyles for our little man. So out came the gel and comb, and she went to work stylin'. Here's what she came up with:
The Spikes
The Grandpa Orin Comb-Over
The Faux-Hawk
Which one do you pick?
The Spikes
The Grandpa Orin Comb-Over
The Faux-Hawk
Which one do you pick?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!
Here in our household, we LOVE to decorate for the holidays!! So we broke the rule of waiting until after Thanksgiving, and instead put our tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving. We knew we would be gone for a while over the holidays and with my long-term subbing coming up, it would just be too crazy to do after Thanksgiving. And it is way too much work to only enjoy it for 3 weeks. So here is a little look inside of our home. Enjoy!!
We changed it up this year and did a "pretty" tree. We will have lots of years to put little kid ornaments on the tree.
Our stockings are hung!
My mom and I worked together in making Orin his Christmas stocking.
Scouty, the Elf, has made his appearance for the first time this year. We started this tradition last year (Ryan named him), but it is all the more meaningful now that we have Orin. Each night, Scouty flys to the North Pole to give Santa a report on Orin's behavior. In the morning, as soon as Orin is awake, we search for Scouty's return from the North Pole in a new hiding place around the house. This has been a lot of fun for all of us. I can only imagine it becoming more exciting as Orin gets a little older.
We changed it up this year and did a "pretty" tree. We will have lots of years to put little kid ornaments on the tree.
Our stockings are hung!
My mom and I worked together in making Orin his Christmas stocking.
Scouty, the Elf, has made his appearance for the first time this year. We started this tradition last year (Ryan named him), but it is all the more meaningful now that we have Orin. Each night, Scouty flys to the North Pole to give Santa a report on Orin's behavior. In the morning, as soon as Orin is awake, we search for Scouty's return from the North Pole in a new hiding place around the house. This has been a lot of fun for all of us. I can only imagine it becoming more exciting as Orin gets a little older.
Thanksgiving
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving vacation!! I felt like we had been on "vacation" for a long time! We left Tuesday night and came back on Sunday. We packed in a lot during our time away and loved every minute of it. Especially all the mornings of sleeping in. Thanks Mom!!
We spent a lot of time just being together as a family and visiting with my parents, sister, and grandparents. Benny had to spend the holiday in London. We missed you, Benny! We also got to see Ryan's parents for a few hours on Thanksgiving. They happened to be celebrating in the same town. We are so blessed and thankful for wonderful families, parents, and grandparents. It was so great to see everyone!
Mom hosted Thanksgiving this year for all of us. I didn't take any pictures of the food, but it sure was delicious! Here are a few recipes from our meal. I found these two on other blogs I follow. I'm not usually a fan of green beans or pumpkin, but both of these recipes were amazing! They will definately be made again!!
Green Bean Bundles
Kelly's Recipes
Ingredients:
2 or 3 cans of whole green beans
Bacon slices
1 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
tsp of garlic salt
Wrap a handful of green beans in half a slice of bacon. That makes one bundle - keep going for as many bundles as you would like to have. Melt a stick of butter and stir in one cup of brown sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you would like it). Add a teaspoon of garlic salt. Pour over bundles. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Then put under the broiler for 4-5 minutes at the end
Pumpkin Crisp
Jenny at Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Set aside 1 cup cake mix for the topping. Combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg, and melted butter or margarine. Pat into a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, 2 eggs, spices, 1/2 cup sugar, and milk. Pour pumpkin mixture over the cake mix crust.
3. In a small bowl, combine 1 cup cake mix and 3/4 cup sugar. Cut in 1/2 cup softened butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle mixture on top of pumpkin mixture.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 minutes.
We joined the crazies on Black Friday at 3:30 am!! There were just too many good deals to pass up. Plus, I really enjoy the craziness of it all. We ended up getting most of our Christmas shopping done. Yay!! Ryan and I divided and conquered spending most of the day apart shopping for each other and our little man.
It was so good to see family and to spend time together as our own family unit. Now we can't wait until Christmas!!
Great-Grandma and Orin
Great-Grandpa and Orin
Our little family- We forgot to take a picture until the end of the night which is why Orin is in his pajamas!
Auntie Molls
Grandpa and his Little Man
We spent a lot of time just being together as a family and visiting with my parents, sister, and grandparents. Benny had to spend the holiday in London. We missed you, Benny! We also got to see Ryan's parents for a few hours on Thanksgiving. They happened to be celebrating in the same town. We are so blessed and thankful for wonderful families, parents, and grandparents. It was so great to see everyone!
Mom hosted Thanksgiving this year for all of us. I didn't take any pictures of the food, but it sure was delicious! Here are a few recipes from our meal. I found these two on other blogs I follow. I'm not usually a fan of green beans or pumpkin, but both of these recipes were amazing! They will definately be made again!!
Green Bean Bundles
Kelly's Recipes
Ingredients:
2 or 3 cans of whole green beans
Bacon slices
1 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
tsp of garlic salt
Wrap a handful of green beans in half a slice of bacon. That makes one bundle - keep going for as many bundles as you would like to have. Melt a stick of butter and stir in one cup of brown sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you would like it). Add a teaspoon of garlic salt. Pour over bundles. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Then put under the broiler for 4-5 minutes at the end
Pumpkin Crisp
Jenny at Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
Ingredients:
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Set aside 1 cup cake mix for the topping. Combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg, and melted butter or margarine. Pat into a 9x13 inch baking pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, 2 eggs, spices, 1/2 cup sugar, and milk. Pour pumpkin mixture over the cake mix crust.
3. In a small bowl, combine 1 cup cake mix and 3/4 cup sugar. Cut in 1/2 cup softened butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle mixture on top of pumpkin mixture.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 minutes.
We joined the crazies on Black Friday at 3:30 am!! There were just too many good deals to pass up. Plus, I really enjoy the craziness of it all. We ended up getting most of our Christmas shopping done. Yay!! Ryan and I divided and conquered spending most of the day apart shopping for each other and our little man.
It was so good to see family and to spend time together as our own family unit. Now we can't wait until Christmas!!
Great-Grandma and Orin
Great-Grandpa and Orin
Our little family- We forgot to take a picture until the end of the night which is why Orin is in his pajamas!
Auntie Molls
Grandpa and his Little Man
Sunday, November 29, 2009
9 Month Appointment
Orin had his 9 month doctor's appointment on Tuesday, Nov. 24 before we left town for Thanksgiving.
Here were his stats:
Weight: 20.6 pounds (55%)
Height: 29.5 inches (90%)
Head Circumference: 44cm
Doctor M wasn't concerned about his eating habits. She reiterated that most babies around this age will become less and less interested in the bottle and instead become more interested in solids. Plus he is thriving and growing consistently so she said not to worry about it. I have to say that now that I have cut him back to making sure he takes only 6 ounces every 4 hours, he seems to be doing much better with the eating. He still fights it and needs to be entertained most of the time, but he will get it down. I am the only one that can succeed in getting him to take 6 ounces each time so I guess it is good that I'm home most of the time to get this accomplished!
The doctor also mentioned to start introducing more textured solid foods such as cottage cheese and yogurt. We tried the cottage cheese and he gave us many funny faces. Orin wasn't a big fan! We'll keep trying though!
Doc was pleased with how Orin is thriving and growing. She even spent several minutes holding him and talking with him. This was the first appointment with her that I was really pleased with how things went and with how well she answered our questions and concerns. We'll be seeing her again in three months when our baby turns one. How is that possible already??
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Orin also got to endure the allergy testing on Saturday after Thanksgiving. That wasn't very pleasant to watch, and I'm sure Orin would say it was even worse to have it done! But good news...no allergies!! We are so thankful for the results! And I think my parents are even more excited that they won't have to get rid of their dog and cat! It was totally worth it having the test done and knowing that we don't need to worry about any allergies at this point.
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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I'll share more about our happenings later.
Here were his stats:
Weight: 20.6 pounds (55%)
Height: 29.5 inches (90%)
Head Circumference: 44cm
Doctor M wasn't concerned about his eating habits. She reiterated that most babies around this age will become less and less interested in the bottle and instead become more interested in solids. Plus he is thriving and growing consistently so she said not to worry about it. I have to say that now that I have cut him back to making sure he takes only 6 ounces every 4 hours, he seems to be doing much better with the eating. He still fights it and needs to be entertained most of the time, but he will get it down. I am the only one that can succeed in getting him to take 6 ounces each time so I guess it is good that I'm home most of the time to get this accomplished!
The doctor also mentioned to start introducing more textured solid foods such as cottage cheese and yogurt. We tried the cottage cheese and he gave us many funny faces. Orin wasn't a big fan! We'll keep trying though!
Doc was pleased with how Orin is thriving and growing. She even spent several minutes holding him and talking with him. This was the first appointment with her that I was really pleased with how things went and with how well she answered our questions and concerns. We'll be seeing her again in three months when our baby turns one. How is that possible already??
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Orin also got to endure the allergy testing on Saturday after Thanksgiving. That wasn't very pleasant to watch, and I'm sure Orin would say it was even worse to have it done! But good news...no allergies!! We are so thankful for the results! And I think my parents are even more excited that they won't have to get rid of their dog and cat! It was totally worth it having the test done and knowing that we don't need to worry about any allergies at this point.
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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I'll share more about our happenings later.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
9 Months
Someone is 9 months old today! I can hardly believe it. On one hand it seems like he has been with us forever and we can’t imagine life without our little man. And on the other hand, it feels like just yesterday when we got to hold this precious baby boy for the first time.
Here is what he is up to at 9 months:
• Wears 12-18 month clothes pajamas
• Just moved up to size 4 diapers
• Weighs around 20 pounds
• Sill loves to roll everywhere
• Does no form of crawling to get around
• Just learned today how to go from laying down to sitting up
• Loves to look at and read books
• Prefers to play with toys that light up or make sounds
• Has the cutest smile in town
• Smiles and laughs a lot!
• Eats four 6ounce bottles (24 ounces)
• Eats a jar of baby food after each mealtime bottle- loves the jarred food!
• Very little fighting of the bottle has occurred this week- probably due to the healing of the ear infection
• Had his second ear infection this month
• Amoxicillin makes for some really nasty diapers and blowouts!
• Drinks water out of a sippy cup after each meal of solids
• Has really discovered his voice box this month- screams and growls a lot!
• Says dada and other random sounds
• Is very aggressive- he loves to kick and slap when being held because he is so excited!
• Busy, busy, busy constantly getting into something
• Hates any kind of textured food, even the homemade baby food
• Takes two naps a day: 9:30-11:30 and 1:30-4:00
• Bedtime routine starts around 7:30 and he is usually in bed around 8:15
• Still no teeth
• The wild hair is finally starting to lay flat which makes me a little sad.
• Is extremely quiet and content in the car (unless it is a long trip)- he is very curious and loves to look out the window
• Smiles from ear to ear and gets super excited when Daddy comes home for lunch and at the end of the day
• Loves to grab our faces and to give us kisses
Thursday, November 19, 2009
A Special Thank You
To my blog friend, Neil, and his Mom:
Thank you so much for the adorable tie onesie!
I am told that I look ready for prep school when I wear it.
It was so nice of you to think of me and to send a picture!
Maybe we could meet up someday when we are a little older.
Thank you so much for the adorable tie onesie!
I am told that I look ready for prep school when I wear it.
It was so nice of you to think of me and to send a picture!
Maybe we could meet up someday when we are a little older.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Date with Mom
In less than two months, I will be sitting at a Brad Paisley concert with my mama!
Watching this man rock it on stage will surely, without a doubt, make for a fun-filled and exciting evening.
We are really looking forward to the concert since it will be the first time we get to see him live. And since my mom and I are about 3 hours away from each other, it will make for a fun time to be together just the two of us.
Really, Brad is only the beginning to several other amazing country artists that will be headed to our area in the year 2010. Tim McGraw, Reba and George Strait, and Taylor Swift. I better start saving my money!
Watching this man rock it on stage will surely, without a doubt, make for a fun-filled and exciting evening.
We are really looking forward to the concert since it will be the first time we get to see him live. And since my mom and I are about 3 hours away from each other, it will make for a fun time to be together just the two of us.
Really, Brad is only the beginning to several other amazing country artists that will be headed to our area in the year 2010. Tim McGraw, Reba and George Strait, and Taylor Swift. I better start saving my money!
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