Yum

Paul enjoys cooking and baking, and the things he does he does *very* well. A few weeks ago he decided he wanted to master Chocolate Chip Cookies. He had no complaints from me!!

He has found the perfect recipe for these delicious treats (that he keeps hidden in his cell phone... sorry, I can't share it! I don't know it!) These cookies really are VERY yummy though!
He makes a double batch and the shapes them, then sticks them in the freezer. That was his feeble attempt to keep me from eating too many of them :)
But raw cookie dough tastes almost as good as a just baked cookie. And frozen cookie dough doesn't take very long to cook.




The pita bread I made the other night tasted really good! We ate it all before I got a chance to take a picture! But I highly recommend the recipe!!

Would you like Lemon with that?

I don't claim to understand Judah - I just love him. And some days that is harder to do than others. Um, yes. I just publicly said that some days the cute little chunk of fat with blue eyes and 5 1/2 teeth is harder to love on some days than others.

He has some how gotten into a picky eating stage. Tell me - how does a not quite 13 month old know how to wrinkle up his nose at food?! And how does the food he liked yesterday suddenly become worthy of that wrinkled up nose? I don't get it.
But, for today, I seem to of found the fix all for his food - everything he eats is sprinkled in lemon juice. And he loves it. *I did tell you I don't claim to understand him.*
Right now he is eating carrots, chick peas and toast with cream cheese - all marinated in lemon juice. And he thinks it is funny.

Oh - and before I forget, the editing program I use is Microsoft Digital Image Suite Anniversary Edition - I was going to link to it, but Amazon was selling it for $149. I bought it one and a bit years ago for $70, so it must be something different. I have never used any other program, so I couldn't tell you how it compares. I am happy with it.

Little Miss Housewife

I found a recipe HERE for Pita Pockets, so I decided to try to make them myself... the dough is in the process of rising right now (and Judah's down for a nap - so I thought I would post while the opportunity presents itself!)
They look delicious on Tammy's site and on Chelsea's blog, who inspired me to make them :)
I am excited about my home maker attempts, and hope they turn out!! Paul's going to be awhile till he gets home still, so if they're a disaster I'll trash them and he won't even know ;)

I discovered I can do cool stuff like this with our window!! I can't wait till Paul is home during day light hours so I can try it with him - trying to take a good shot of myself is nearly impossible, and getting one of Judah is impossible.

I had an ultra sound on Thursday, here are the two pictures from that.
With ultra sounds being every two weeks I am getting quite a collection of pictures!

A few people have asked me about photography tips. I really only have three:

1. Take lots and lots of pictures. Hopefully a few of them will be keepers!
2. Invest in a good photo editing program. You can make almost any picture look good with some editing.
3. Buy a tripod and use it - I guess that one is only important if you're wanting to be in the pictures yourself, or if you're trying to get close ups of nature.

I took this picture of Judah today - first one is the untouched original, the others are all the same pose, I just used different filters or changed the colors around. I am trying to decide which one is my favorite - I want to get some pictures printed and framed of him :)

My Loves

Tagged!

Amy tagged me!
I need to list 7 strange/weird facts about myself

1. I eat Chick Peas out of the can. Sometimes I add lemon juice and salt.

2. I carry on conversations with Judah as if he is talking to me - "What should I make for supper Judah?" -silent pause- "Oh, really? I was thinking more along the lines of tacos." -silent pause- "Well, we may have had that last week, but they're so yummy!" -silent pause- "Well, I'm the mum, so I get to pick."

3. I usually make our bed just before Paul gets home from work in the evening.

4. I rewrite my grocery list till I think my hand writing looks good.

5. All the hangers in my closet have to be the same color!

6. I make meal plans almost weekly and never stick to them.

7. I don't consider things "on sale" unless they're at least 75% off.

The rules are to link the person who sent this to you and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours. ~Post the rules on your blog~Share 7 strange/weird facts about yourself~then tag others.

I can't think of 7 people who haven't done this, so I won't be tagging anyone, but if you want to do this, go ahead!!

Deals!

I really don't spend all my time shopping. I promise.
But Paul decided he wanted guy-time with Judah, and I needed to go to the grocery store, so I thought I would stop off at the mall and see if there were any deals.

There were! Amazing deals! I spent three hours in five stores. Here's what I found:

JCPENNY'S

All winter boots reg. $60 - $150 for $10!!! Sadly, they only had size 5, 6 and 7 remaining. I'm a 9.
Winter hat, scarf and mitt sets reg $20 for $3.97
Tons and tons of womens clothing for 75% or more off original price.
Womens formal dresses all for $9.97
Some mens and baby clothing for 75% off

SEARS
All clearance items an additional 30% off
A lot of jewelry was marked down 75% (plus the additional 30% off)
Novelty gift items were 60% off (plus the additional 30% off)

AMERICAN GREETINGS
All Greeting Cards are $1!
Christmas and Halloween items are 90% off
Picture frames, decorative ornaments, packaged greeting cards, music cds, journals, address books and candles are 75% off
Valentine items are 75% off
Wall and desk calendars are all $1

PAC SUN
All clearance items are 70% off the lowest ticketed price

Almost 20 Weeks

Friend in the Mirror

Expressions

These pictures were taken at breakfast. Right now he's eating lunch, and for the first time ever has his own bowl and spoon sitting on his high chair tray - he is eating carrots, bananas and gold fish. He's greatly enjoying sending the bowl flying from one end of his high chair to the other.
I am enjoying the giggles.

Before & After

This picture really doesn't do the disgusting-ness of the 'before' chair justice - in fact the seat actually looks pretty decent. But don't let it fool you! All of those cream colored seats are stained quite nastily - so I am finally doing something about it!

Favorite Hang-Outs

At lunch time Judah loves to sit facing our back porch. We've put dried bread crumbs out hoping he can see the birds and squirrels, but they're sneaky and come when he's not around. Despite the lack of wildlife Judah thinks it's so much fun to watch the trees and feel a light breeze while he chows down on his food.


For playtime he is trapped in the living room. As if that weren't a small enough area for him he chooses to sit underneath the tv stand. He brings in a couple toys at a time and has a blast.

Resemblance of You

If you click on the picture it will become enlarged.

A Lesson Learned

A hungry pregnant woman should not go to the grocery store on her own. I went out at 9 (Gotta love 24 hour Wal-Mart!) to grab milk, some bananas and some carrot sticks. And I ended up buying a ridiculous amount of food... the strawberries were on sale and I could almost taste them in my mouth. The lime tequila chicken wings were calling my name. The rice milk (which I haven't had in over a year) suddenly was something I needed *right away.* (I opened it in the car and drank some as soon as I got in!) Then there were the digestive cookies, the Macaroni and Cheese, the yogurt, the orange juice, the hamburgers, the chicken breasts, the avocados, the kiwi ... seriously - the list doesn't stop. What was suppose to be a quick trip to the store to grab a couple of items turned into an all out grocery shopping trip. Which in a way is good... because now we don't need *anything* at all for quite a while. But when we do need something it'll be more milk, bananas and carrot sticks - the things that go the fastest. And the things that got me in this situation in the first place. Maybe it'll mean that Paul will run out for those items for me next time?! :)

Attack!

Our last night at our apartment we got a little sticker silly - Judah found a sheet of stickers buried who-knows-where and brought them over to me with a grin on his face.
How could I not cover his body with stickers?
That started the Sticker War and soon all three of us were covered in stickers =) Good times.

Judah's Party!

I know I have been MIA for awhile now... we officially moved into our house on Monday - by "we" I mean Paul and two friends =) If you plan on moving, I suggest finding a reason to be put on bed rest ;)

Anyways, we've had a fun and busy week. Last Friday we decided that we'd have a small party for Judah - we invited two of our friends over that evening - Judah's adopted uncles - and had pizza, wings and root beer floats. Judah slept through it all.
We woke him up and he was so unimpressed. He was actually pretty boring. But don't tell him I said that! Our gifts for him had been moved over to the house already, so he only had one gift to open - from his Aunt Essie.

Here he is pretending to care:


He really was completely bored! His uncle Adam helped him rip the package open. It took awhile (about 5 minutes! Does not take after me when it comes to presents!)

He finally got it opened, but was more impressed with the piece of paper he managed to tear from the wrapping paper.
He finally *got* that it was a sippy cup! He loves sippy cups!

Like I said - totally unimpressed with his present!
His birthday cake - Angel food cake with *real* whipping cream and strawberries (because that's what *I* wanted to eat!)
Totally unimpressed with his cake.
Though he was creative with his sippy cup.
That was about all he ate or dug into his cake. He is such a tidy boy!

What we should have done at the beginning of this all - maybe he'd of had a bit more energy ;)