She's all Smiles

 

Happy 3 Month Birthday Telia

Telia is 3 months old now and for her 3 month birthday she got her first ever fever. Yep, it was a rough day but we are hoping tomorrow will be better. She is otherwise healthy as can be. She rolled over 3 times in the last month, smiles a lot, loves her bouncy seat with the little fish that dangle in front of her and is sleeping great (all night)! I realized when she was sick that we are really blessed with a pretty laid back baby. She usually only cries when she is hungry or tired...well, at least that is how it goes when I am present. We have found out that she has a hard time at night when Mama isn't around. Hopefully we will get through that one too. Enjoy this picture of Ruby and Telia in Telia's new crib. She isn't yet out of her bassinet but we found a sale on cribs this week and didn't want to miss it.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday- Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese. Although I am usually all about making stuff from scratch, I have come to appreciate the convenience of buying it already made. That being said, we have been loving this V8 tomato soup:


Tuesday- Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp and Goat Cheese Very excited to try this recipe.

Wednesday- Spicy Chicken with Peanut Sauce over rice (thanks to my friend Beth for this recipe)

Thursday- Hamburgers, Greens, and Potato's (I found a great deal on organic lean ground beef at Kroger this week)

Friday- Pasta with Broccoli

Saturday- Out to Eat

Sunday- Tortellini Soup with Vegetables and Pesto (this is a great recipe from my friend Kristyn's cookbook) If you want this recipe just send me a message...it really is great!

Last week the only new recipe I made was the Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf. I highly recommend this one...we will be making it again for sure.

My Friends Are Cool

At least they are cooler than me...I think the fact that I am using the term "cool" still makes me less hip than they are but, I digress.

This post is about my friends Smith and Erik (or as Ruby calls them "Smiff and Ewik"). Here they are:




Their apartment is featured on the Apartment Therapy Blog (see the link to the right). Click on this and check out their house tour. You should also comment which would help Smith possibly become a regular plus it is just cute stuff.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday- We are having dinner with our community group...potato bar

Tuesday- Pizza

Wednesday- Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf, baked potato and veggies

Thursday- White Chili in the Crock Pot

Friday- chicken, rice, and veggies

Here are a few recipes that I have tried recently that I recommend:

Tuscan Lentils and Chicken Sausage
I really liked this recipe and so did my dad but Brian just thought it was okay. Basically, after making many different lentil recipe we have concluded that Brian doesn't really like lentils. Therefore, I will probably only make lentils for Ruby and I to have for lunch from now on. Also, I cooked the lentils a lot longer than the recipe called for...they just wouldn't get soft.

Crockpot Black Eyed Pea Soup
This soup was amazing! I loved it and so did most of my family when I took it for a get together on New Years Day. I highly recommend this and will make it again. I didn't use the sausage that they recommended because the store I went to didn't have it. I used some sort of Italian sausage that was great but probably had more fat.

It Snowed

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