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Friday, August 10, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Happy 3rd Birthday Maci Jade!
I am posting this super late...this was back from April....
I cannot believe my baby girl is turning three. This past weekend we celebrated her 3rd birthday. We had a great time and my parents were so kind to open their home for her party. My mom went above and beyond decorating and baking. Everything looked beautiful! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family who came out and
celebrated with us!
Last week I took Maci and my mom to Disney on Ice. It was all about princess’ and she didn’t take her eyes off the production! That was her birthday gift from me and Daddy. We went to dinner before and got her lots of goodies! She loved the Rapunzel I bought her.
On her actual birthday we took her to Jimmy Changes for some tex mex and she got to play on the playground. Daniel and his family joined us too!
We are so truly blessed to have such a smart, healthy, loving, beautiful daughter.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Maci Turned Two in April.....posting this very late
I wanted to jot down some things she's doing at this age so I don't forget!
-tells me "don't laugh"
-still hates to potty on the big girl potty
-got her very first mani/pedi
-still tell me "hold you mommy"
-Ask's "where's patrick, Lolli, pop-pop" all the time
-tells me unkie scares her
-goes to swimming lessons, loves her teacher miss carlie, doesn't like to listen to miss carlie :)
-loves to sing
-knows most of the abc's
-can count to 13
-tells me "don't laugh"
-still hates to potty on the big girl potty
-got her very first mani/pedi
-still tell me "hold you mommy"
-Ask's "where's patrick, Lolli, pop-pop" all the time
-tells me unkie scares her
-goes to swimming lessons, loves her teacher miss carlie, doesn't like to listen to miss carlie :)
-loves to sing
-knows most of the abc's
-can count to 13
Sunday, January 16, 2011
21 months already....
Wow. I can't believe in 4 months my baby will be a TWO year old toddler.
Here are some things I want to remember at this age:
Maci loves shoes and flip flops are apart of her daily wardrobe
Likes to tickle everyone and even her animals
she can count to ten
She knows circle, oval and triangle
loves mickey mouse clubhouse
Carries Minnie everywhere!
Everything is "mine"
Is trying to potty train
calls pop tarts "tart tarts"
still LOVES chicken nuggets and hates veggies :(
Loves babies
still is on her bottle right before bedtime ( working on this...)
Here are some things I want to remember at this age:
Maci loves shoes and flip flops are apart of her daily wardrobe
Likes to tickle everyone and even her animals
she can count to ten
She knows circle, oval and triangle
loves mickey mouse clubhouse
Carries Minnie everywhere!
Everything is "mine"
Is trying to potty train
calls pop tarts "tart tarts"
still LOVES chicken nuggets and hates veggies :(
Loves babies
still is on her bottle right before bedtime ( working on this...)
Monday, December 20, 2010
a few recipes
This holiday season I have been oober proud of myself! I have actually went to the grocery store ON MY OWN, baked and cooked!
For me going to the grocery store was huge.....anxiety and panic. I used- to hate to have anything with the shopping & preparation of food and only consume until now. Does this mean I have on my big girl thong....?!!! I believe I do! I actually like trying new recipes ( okay.... 5 ingredients or less), going to the grocery store and cooking. Maybe because consuming isn't that important to me these days and I am becoming a bit of a health nut....
I am jotting down some of my favorite recipes I have made this Thanksgiving & Christmas:
Eggless Sweet Potato Casserole
I had to double the recipe for my family
*marshmallows are excellent on top of the crust topping too :)
6 sweet potato—cooked peeled & mashed (3-15oz cans)
¼ cup evaporated milk
¼ cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, melted
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, melted
¾ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup all purpose flour
¾ cup chopped pecans
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 2 Quart casserole dish and set aside
2. Blend together the sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, orange juice, vanilla, sugar, salt, 3 tablespoons butter, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour into prepared dish
3. Prepare the topping my mixing together the 1/3 cup butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. Sprinkle over casserole and bake for 45 minutes or until hot
MAGIC COOKIE BARS
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 vanilla wafers
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
small bag of white chocolate chips
3 1/2 ounces coconut flakes
Preheat oven to 350 F. (325 F. for glass dish.) In 13x9-inch baking pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top evenly with remaining ingredients; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool thoroughly before cutting. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Makes 24 bars.
Serving Size: 12.
For me going to the grocery store was huge.....anxiety and panic. I used- to hate to have anything with the shopping & preparation of food and only consume until now. Does this mean I have on my big girl thong....?!!! I believe I do! I actually like trying new recipes ( okay.... 5 ingredients or less), going to the grocery store and cooking. Maybe because consuming isn't that important to me these days and I am becoming a bit of a health nut....
I am jotting down some of my favorite recipes I have made this Thanksgiving & Christmas:
Eggless Sweet Potato Casserole
I had to double the recipe for my family
*marshmallows are excellent on top of the crust topping too :)
6 sweet potato—cooked peeled & mashed (3-15oz cans)
¼ cup evaporated milk
¼ cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, melted
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup butter, melted
¾ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup all purpose flour
¾ cup chopped pecans
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 2 Quart casserole dish and set aside
2. Blend together the sweet potatoes, evaporated milk, orange juice, vanilla, sugar, salt, 3 tablespoons butter, nutmeg and cinnamon. Pour into prepared dish
3. Prepare the topping my mixing together the 1/3 cup butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans. Sprinkle over casserole and bake for 45 minutes or until hot
MAGIC COOKIE BARS
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 vanilla wafers
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
small bag of white chocolate chips
3 1/2 ounces coconut flakes
Preheat oven to 350 F. (325 F. for glass dish.) In 13x9-inch baking pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top evenly with remaining ingredients; press down firmly. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool thoroughly before cutting. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Makes 24 bars.
Serving Size: 12.
Monday, December 6, 2010
it's beginning to look a lot like....
This has started off to be a wonderful Holiday season! I have almost all of my shopping complete and it's the second week of December! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with such yummy food topped with the best family in the world. Maci was too busy playing to enjoy all the yummies; but I sure did splurge way beyond what my tummy can handle.
The weekend before T-giving we went with Patrick's Mom and sister to eat on the seawall and then to Moody Gardens. We had a great time looking at the aquarium and the festival of lights ( which was very disappointing....). Glad we go to spend time with them, It was much needed!
The next weekend, Patrick and I took Mace to Santa's Wonderland along with Tiff and Chris and the grannies ( LOL- lolli and Nana, Aunt Stpeh) This place is AH-mazing & well worth the drive! The hay ride and lights are such a sight for kids of ALL ages and the little town has so much to choose from; including snow, marshmellow roasting, specialty foods & hot drinks. This will def. be a yearly tradition for our little family!
We attended our first Christmas party this past Saturday which is all of my mom's side of the family. Cousins of all ages gather! We have great food & play the stealing white elephant game. Maci has tons of cousin's her age to play with so of course she play 90-to- nothing and is crashed by the time I put her in the car to go home. It's great to get to see some of my cousins I don' t see on a monthly basis.
I was thinking how blessed we are to have such a wonderful family. A few people I work with have no one. That must be so sad at this time of year. I love being with our family, God has truly blessed us with health and happiness.
I will have lots more to post because we have lots more parties and events to attend all month.....I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!
The weekend before T-giving we went with Patrick's Mom and sister to eat on the seawall and then to Moody Gardens. We had a great time looking at the aquarium and the festival of lights ( which was very disappointing....). Glad we go to spend time with them, It was much needed!
The next weekend, Patrick and I took Mace to Santa's Wonderland along with Tiff and Chris and the grannies ( LOL- lolli and Nana, Aunt Stpeh) This place is AH-mazing & well worth the drive! The hay ride and lights are such a sight for kids of ALL ages and the little town has so much to choose from; including snow, marshmellow roasting, specialty foods & hot drinks. This will def. be a yearly tradition for our little family!
We attended our first Christmas party this past Saturday which is all of my mom's side of the family. Cousins of all ages gather! We have great food & play the stealing white elephant game. Maci has tons of cousin's her age to play with so of course she play 90-to- nothing and is crashed by the time I put her in the car to go home. It's great to get to see some of my cousins I don' t see on a monthly basis.
I was thinking how blessed we are to have such a wonderful family. A few people I work with have no one. That must be so sad at this time of year. I love being with our family, God has truly blessed us with health and happiness.
I will have lots more to post because we have lots more parties and events to attend all month.....I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
19 Months
I can't believe I am calling my "baby" a 19 month old. Oh how time passes by so fast. This past month Maci has began to truly show her independance. She doesn't mind telling mommy to "let go" and "i do it".
Too CUTE to forget....
We have been working on teaching Maci her full name. Today, as I was changing her diaper and was telling her good morning and how much I love her I asked her what her name is and she replied "marler".
She also has a love for a certain twin set of baby dolls. Wherever we go one or both are in hand. As I was watching her play I just got tickled at her. She was telling the baby "quied baby" and then began to make a crying, baby noise and the cutest squint face ever!
She also loves a certain set of flip flops her mawmaw bough her. She even wears them with socks and her pajamas!! Not only does she love these flip flops any she can weazel her little toes in are her new favorite pair of shoes.
Yesterday, as I was in the shower I started to smell a baby power smell. Sure enough Maci has covered my bathrrom floor! After my shower a few minutes later she came up to me and said "I sorry Kara".
She loves to drink Coffee & eat cinnamon/sugar powered do-nuts with Lolli ( although, Lolli knows Mommy doesn't like her having too much caffine or sugar)
Too CUTE to forget....
We have been working on teaching Maci her full name. Today, as I was changing her diaper and was telling her good morning and how much I love her I asked her what her name is and she replied "marler".
She also has a love for a certain twin set of baby dolls. Wherever we go one or both are in hand. As I was watching her play I just got tickled at her. She was telling the baby "quied baby" and then began to make a crying, baby noise and the cutest squint face ever!
She also loves a certain set of flip flops her mawmaw bough her. She even wears them with socks and her pajamas!! Not only does she love these flip flops any she can weazel her little toes in are her new favorite pair of shoes.
Yesterday, as I was in the shower I started to smell a baby power smell. Sure enough Maci has covered my bathrrom floor! After my shower a few minutes later she came up to me and said "I sorry Kara".
She loves to drink Coffee & eat cinnamon/sugar powered do-nuts with Lolli ( although, Lolli knows Mommy doesn't like her having too much caffine or sugar)
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