Andrew and Leslie's Wedding

Dinner Saturday night

So I keep telling Chris how much I love food blogs...I have included some of my favorites below...enjoy! All of my friends know how much I enjoy cooking, so I thought why not start taking pictures of my food so here it goes the first round~ I forgot to take pictures throughout the whole dinner making process, but thanks to my husband you get dessert!

Whiskey Apple Crumb Pie









Whiskey Apple Pie Recipe:

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch crust pie (Pillsbury works great)
  
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup whiskey
  
• 8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  
• 1/2 cup butter (keep in fridge till ready to use)
  
• 3/4 cup flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 package instant oatmeal (I use maple/brown sugar)

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar,whiskey, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Slice apples thinly and add nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix together with whiskey mixture.
3. In a food processor add 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, flour and oatmeal. Pulse until it forms a small crumb like mixture. (see picture above)
4. Add apples to pie crust and then spread crumb mixture evenly on the top.
5. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until bubbling on the edges.
6. Let cool for about 40 minutes or so...cut and serve with vanilla ice cream and whip cream! ENJOY!


The one picture of dinner below:

Alfredo Chicken Bacon Ranch Deep Dish Pizza


Some blogs I like to follow:

http://bakerella.blogspot.com/
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
http://cupcakeblog.com/?page_id=83 (this has great recipes, but the blog has been moved to the below)
http://www.idreamofdessert.com/idream/
http://coconutlime.blogspot.com/

Enjoy...I look forward to seeing what you all come up with!

What's new in our neck of the woods

We have been up to quite a bit since the last post. We have just started on Rice Cereal, boy has this been fun. She loves it, it took her a couple times to get the hang of it, but now we hardly have any coming out of the mouth and she takes down all of it...by all of it, I mean a whole 2 T at a time...

Addie was vocal before, but has now taken on a whole new tone...screeching! Not just a nice screech, but a shrill ear piercing screech. IT is crazy that such a little thing can make such a shrill noise!

She is also moving into new clothes which is fun! I hate packing up the other ones, but it is fun to be able to wear new ones. I can't believe that next week she'll be 5 months old, it is crazy how fast it goes by...I love every stage and try to soak them up as much as I can!

This weekend it will just be Addie and I as Daddy heads to Whistler for his annual snowmobile trip. We are not looking forward to having him gone for 4 days...yikes...what will I do? I have lots of stuff planned for Addie and I including a girls trip to get our nails done (not her's, but hopefully I'll be able to get mine done uninterrupted!)

Finally Some Updated Pictures

Baby Progress

I need to post some pictures and will do so shortly, however we have had a great couple of weeks.

Two weeks ago we ventured to Sun Peaks Canada with Chris's family and work friends...it was great! We were a little worried because we were taking a 7 hour bus ride with a 4 month old baby. But Addie was a champ. Not only did she not make a peep the entire time...just her usual babbling and sleeping, she didn't poop the entire time we were on the bus! I know to some of you this may not seem blog worthy, but to us it was a small miracle...we were in the hotel exactly 5 minutes and she let it go :) She did great up there, despite the 8 degree weather and mom getting out to ski everyday for about 3 hours. On the way home she did great as well, but a little too much food, curvy roads and looking out the window did make for a very impressive spit up session. This resulted in me sitting in baby barf soaked pants for about 2 hours, she missed herself and her dad completely!

This last week we have been adjusting to life with a nanny. It has been wonderful to have some help on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday's. She is wonderful with Addie and it is great for me not to stress out about what is going on.

Yesterday we had her 4 month check up. Her stats are:

Height: 25.5 inches long (she is one tall baby) 60%
Weight: 13 lbs 8 ounces (she is still pretty little) 40%
Head circumference: 16 inches (no big head in this family) 30%

She had another shot and did great. I have to leave the room, so it is great that Chris is able to come with us.

That is all for now, I will update the pictures later!

Blessings to you all!

Update on our progress

1. Bottle - Addie is now taking the bottle like a champ. Woohoo! She'll take it from anyone...Praise the Lord.
2. Food - We have started supplementing 1/2 formula and 1/2 breast milk for her last feeding and giving her an extra feeding at night.
3. Sleep - This is directly related to #2 - She is sleeping so much better after we started giving her a little more food.
4. We are all more rested and a lot more happy!

Thank you to all for your comments and suggestions!

Just some updated photos...3 months old

Addie is getting bigger everyday. It is crazy, I spend everyday with her, but I still am so surprised by all the changes that she goes through. Yesterday she started rolling a lot...she rolls from her back to her side and can almost get over, however when she is on her stomach she rolls right to her back. She thinks it is a game, because when I help her go back, she laughs and just goes right back to her back. It is so cute!

It is so fun to see all her changes and I am loving this stage!