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Happy Birthday

I am 31 years old today! Happy Birthday to me! We had a pretty uneventful but great day today. We went to the New Albanian Brewing Company for lunch and had some pizza and brew; had a visit from my sister and fam; then ended the day with Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen. It really was a great day with just our small family...wouldn't trade this time in our life for anything.

Enjoying my beverage...I think it was called Tafelbier (don't quote me on that one)

Ruby loves wearing these glasses...I liked the art work in the background.
It is the logo for one of their beers called Elector.

Telia was snoozing the whole time we were eating

Brian and Ruby

Meal Plan

It is not Monday but I am indeed making a meal plan

Friday- Pizza and salad

Saturday- My Birthday so hopefully we will go out

Sunday- Maybe birthday brunch with my parents and White Bean and Pasta Soup for din din (recipe my friend Kristyn gave me)

Monday- Cabbage and Chicken Sausage (like Aidells) with baked red potatoes
We just dice the cabbage and cook it in some olive oil and some spices. We like it kind of crunchy. Pretty good for ya and tasty

Tuesday- Spinach Tortellini Soup with crusty bread

Wednesday- leftovers

Thursday- Red beans and rice with greens and cornbread

Our Girls

I am very much in the thick of life with 2 kids, managing my home, loving my husband well, giving a lot to our community group and other friends outside of community group therefore, I haven't been posting much. Here is a quick update on our precious girls.

Telia is now 2 months old and is amazing us at how healthy and big she is. Seriously, we are not used to having a baby with chubby rolls on her legs, neck, and arms. I am faced with a new challenge of keeping those rolls clean and dry. :) I had to pull out the 3 to 6 months clothes for her last night! Telia is such a happy baby who smiles all the time and really only cries when she is tired, hungry, wet/dirty, or has gas. She is more awake during the day and has started sleeping longer stretches at night. She went for her 2 month check up this week and was in the 80th percentile for weight (12 pounds 5 oz) and the 75th percentile for height (23 inches).

Ruby is changing so much from week to week. She talks a lot and has started making up her own songs about her friends (usually Nora or Lilly) or what she is doing. She loves to pretend with her stuffed animals (especially her new hippo from Uncle John and Sharon) and likes to make us coffee and bubbles (soda) in her toy dishes and food. She is pretty good with Telia and this week asked to hold her a few times. She cooks and cleans with me everyday and although this can be quite messy I really do treasure those times. She wrestles, reads, sings, and prays with Daddy every night. Tonight she kept calling him "Dad" and we thought she sounded so grown up. She has recently developed a love for the green smoothies (smoovies as she calls them) that we make several days a week.

Here are some pics of this week and the one above is from Christmas.

Telia all bundled up and ready to go out into the world

Ruby modeling her princess dress

Telia at 2 months

Ruby was not actually praying here but somehow
I got a pic that looks like she was and thought it was cute

A Bowling Green Christmas 2009

Ruby scoping out the gifts with Uncle John

Ruby loved playing the piano and singing with her Grandma

Brian with his gift from his parents

Telia just looking cute on her first Christmas