Friday, April 2, 2010

You Have Questions...I Have Answers

I have seen these posts done on other blogs and always think they are fun so I decided to jump in and do my own Question and Answer post.


What do you want to know about ME?!?

 It can be about my family, my blog or anything you have questions about...so ask away!!!

I will post all the answers sometime next week.

 Leave your question in the comment section of this post!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

8 months Old

Drake turns 8 months old today and is officially acting more like a toddler than a baby now!!!

Here is what Drake is up to at 8 months:
He is NOT interested in getting his picture taken anymore.  I have a feeling that we are going to be having  A LOT more shots like this one!

He climbs up all 12 stairs to get upstairs. He give me a heart attack every.single.time

He pulls up on anything and everything and likes to hold on with only one hand

He loves to give his Momma lots of BIG and WET kisses!

Drake loves the swing at the park

Drake is very unsure about grass and will try everything he can from letting his feet touch it.

This picture pretty much sums up what Drake is always doing, trying to make an escape...even on a slide!

What a fun 8 months we have had with our little man. I'm so excited to see what the future holds!!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I Met My Husband At The Zoo

Sounds like a pretty cool place to meet your future husband huh?

Until you find out that The Zoo did not features these:

But instead featured these:

Yep, The Zoo was a bar in our college town.


I bet one day when Drake asks how we met, he will think it is pretty cool that his parents met surrounded by lions, tiger, and monkeys when we tell him we met at The Zoo.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Story of the Rice Krispie Eggs

The Question: How hard can it be to make Rice Krispie Eggs?
The Answer: VERY HARD
Let me preface this with I'm not a great cook and have had many "mistakes" in the kitchen so what follows is really not all that surprising to me or anybody who knows me.

I wanted to make some treats for Drake's daycare for Easter. I was browsing through the Sunday paper when I saw an ad for Rice Krispie Eggs. They looked so cute and I thought the daycare kids would LOVE them. I ran to the store and bought my supplies and went to work.

Here are some things I learned in the process:

1. When they say butter your hand before you make the eggs they mean butter your hands. I thought I would take a shortcut and spray them with cooking spray. NOT a smart idea as it only made my hands feel disgusting and if it was at all possible made the Rice Krispies stick more! So I got out a stick of butter and started to rub it on my hands (is that what they mean by butter your hands?) and it worked much better!

2. You have to work FAST at making those eggs!! They seemed to leave this part off the recipe. I was taking my time trying to form the perfect eggs and by the time I was getting to the end it was like scraping concrete out of the pan.

3. The recipe said it made 18 eggs and because of #2 I only had 14 small eggs. Yep, I lost at least 4 eggs to being super slow!

4. Forming Rice Krispies into eggs is a lot easier said than done. Most of mine look like...well...not eggs.

5. The eggs still look and taste pretty good despite all the above so I guess we can still call the disaster of a project eggs a success!

Next year I will make Jell-O eggs. How hard can that be?!?

Monday, March 29, 2010

Drake the Crawling Monster

Drake has been crawling for almost a month now and has gotten very fast and was excited to show off his skills to me! If you listen closely you will hear him saying Dada. I've been trying for a couple weeks to get him to say Mama with no luck!!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Because He is Only Little Once

Drake had trouble falling asleep last night (note to self: late afternoon nap=bad idea) and just wanted to play and talk in his crib. I took advantage of this opportunity and scooped up my rosy cheek little boy, carried him into our bedroom, and snuggled him like crazy until he fell into a peaceful slumber.

I will cherish every single moment I get to unexpectedly cuddle my sweet baby boy...because he is only little once and we have lots of memories to make.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Only Cool Kids Have Mohawks

Doesn't the Mohawk just fit right in with his tie onesie and motorcycle boots?!?!

And people who say it is hard to find cute clothes for boys must not shop where I shop!