17 December 2008

killing time

So, I needed to kill some time before I could pump and go to bed, and I thought to myself, "Why not get on the blog and post some pictures?" It was a good thought, so I went with it. We haven't been up to much in the last week and a half. We "celebrated" my birthday and my mom's, cleaned the house, and did some laundry. That about sums it up. On to the pictures!

How cute is this guy? I know, best pirate face ever, right? For some reason we thought it was hilarious to put this hat on him. The reason was probably because it was hilarious.




In this one it was falling off of his head as I snapped the picture. Still cute though.


After the airing of the most recent episode of The Office I decided to make Princess Unicorn pictures of all of us. Mine is too frightening to post, so here's the ones of Nate and Colin.



I'm not sure why I included the non-Princess Unicorn picture of Colin sitting in the chair, but no sense in deleting it now since it took so long to upload.


I was trying to see if Colin could fit into Nate's stocking. Turns out he couldn't. He does make a good looking naked-baby-mermaid-stocking-boy though.


One morning Colin woke up early and then went back to sleep in our bed. I was already up, but as you can see Nate was still asleep. They looked so sweet lying there in the same position that I risked the flash and took a picture. Totally worth it. They never knew.


Suprised face, nice tall hair, awesome sleeveless trucker onesie, burp cloth—that's what I call the recipe for an excellent picture.


My Christmas tree. You probably can't tell in the picture, but the little ornaments were handcrafted and say fun Christmas-y things like "be merry" and "believe" and "let it snow" and "silent night" and "noel." So fun.


Nate's stocking, my stocking, and a bell garland I made. Since the mantle is still being worked on in the garage, the free couch is taking it's place as the decoration holder.


I have this sign mostly so I can say things like, "Where my hos at?"


Another bell garland adorns my stair railing. Awww.


Colin trying to sit on his own. Okay, he's actually trying to eat his shoes/the ground. He does that a lot when he's trying to sit up. If I hold a toy up at his eye/hand level he does a lot better at staying upright. 


But sometimes he still falls over. He's actually getting really good at sitting on his own. Yay Colin!


Yeah, this kind of looks like a mad face, but I swear we were having fun!


See, he's happy in this one.


Then Colin got to take a bath. He loves splashing around in the tub. He thinks playing in the water is the best game. When he got out I tried combing his hair to the side. Nate and I think he looks like a baby Adolf sometimes. 


So cute. Even with the funky hair-do he's still adorable. Good job me.


This is like the definitive Colin picture pose. When he gets excited he opens his mouth up huge and flaps his arms like a penguin. I have a lot of pictures that look almost exactly like this. 



I don't know where this blue-diaper-cover-bum-hugger-daisy-dukes-thing came from, but it sure looked good on my otherwise naked boy. I really had a good laugh. He looks so roly-poly when he's naked these days. I think he's filling out and getting ready to shoot up and grow tall again. But I'm not going to lie, it's been kind of fun having this chubby little fat face around recently. 


Oh, I guess that's all. I'll be sure to take more pictures and post them another time. Until then, adieu dear readers.

12 December 2008

Recipe Friday, Birthday Edition

biscuits & gravy

This is probably Nate's favorite breakfast. This recipe serves him and me with sometimes a little left over.

1/3 lb sausage
2 tbls butter or margarine
2 tbls flour
1 c milk
1 can of 10 biscuits from Wal-Mart (or make some from scratch, see if I care)

Preheat oven and start baking your biscuits. Brown sausage in a skillet. Remove sausage. In the same skillet melt butter and stir in flour until combined. Add milk and combine. Sauce will thicken as it cooks. It doesn't take too long. Add sausage back in when desired thickness is achieved. Salt and pepper to taste. Tear up biscuits however you see fit—some like them in halves, some in teensy bits. Pour gravy on top. Enjoy. 

(Can you tell I was just remembering this off the top of my head? Hopefully it's complete.)

06 December 2008

family pictures

These are just a few of the pictures we've had taken in the last two months. Some were with my family and some were with Nate's. I played with some photoshop effects on some. I might post more if I remember. Please to be admiring how beautiful we are!









Santa's coming! I know him!

Yay for Thanksgiving. And yay for it being over and for us being back home. It was great to visit with our long lost family members, but it's also nice to be done traveling. Here are a few pictures from our trip and a few from this week.

Before we left Colin was being awesome and balancing his pacifier on his nose. Awesome.


We were going to take family pictures the same night that we got to Iowa. Nate waited to shave until we got there. He wanted to leave his mexi-stache, but then he decided just to let me take a picture of it and then get rid of it. He's going for the Uncle Rico look from Napoleon Dynamite. 


Colin finally got a picture with his great-aunt Gina. They share the same birthday, so I'm sure they'll be BFFs.


Scott and Lenna looking very powerful at Granny Charles's house where we had Thanksgiving dinner.


The girls all sat and colored while we waited for lunch. Hannah is such a pretty princess.


Colin loves playing with Papa. He can always make him laugh.


This is a picture of Granny Charles's refrigerator. I took a picture because I was so proud that Colin and I made it on there. (He's in a few other places too, but not in this picture.)


Donovan was a crack up playing Ring Around the Rosies by himself. His "all fall down" is hilarious. 


What a handsome kid. 


Great-Granny Charles with Kaylee and Rachel. The girls looked so classy with their hair done up in Princess Leia braids. (Rachel's had come down by this point.)


We all hung out at Lenna's apartment before half the group went back home to Utah.


Colin looks like such a goof in this hat, but I still think he's awesome.


Nate was playing with/tormenting Mason, who took refuge under the laundry bin. Nate captured this shot while Mason was peeking out.


On our last night in Iowa the grownups and Colin went out to dinner in Omaha. Colin looks awesome in this hat. It almost looks like an old school army helmet in this picture.


And now we're back home. When we got back I started feeding Colin rice cereal with a spoon, and he loves it. The first time he was pretty good about just letting me put the stuff in his mouth (and whining when I wasn't fast enough with the next spoonful), but this time he wanted to hold the spoon and help me make a mess. 


These pictures don't really do justice to just how messy he was. 


Sometimes I can't help taking pictures when Colin isn't doing anything other than lying on the floor being handsome. He's just so darn cute!


Colin's really good at playing with his toys now. He rolls over to get them and can keep them in his mouth long enough to get some satisfaction out of chewing them. Here he is being oh so happy playing with his Ikea dragon.


Hannah bought Colin the cutest shirt for Christmas, and since we had our ward Christmas breakfast today I put it on him. Thanks for helping Colin to continue to look good Hannah!




Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance at the party. I figured that since I'm not taking Colin anywhere special to see Santa, this was his only chance. We were kind of being hustled along since there were so many people there, so I didn't get the world's best picture. Colin was more interested in his hands than he was in Santa.


Nate told me he didn't want to be in any of the pictures, and I said fine. But Santa was having none of that. He made Nate come and sit on his lap. I love this picture. Classic Nate face.


Then someone volunteered to take a picture of all of us, so I got in there too. 


Yay for Santa. And yay for him making Nate be in the picture!

05 December 2008

Recipe Friday

crepes with cream cheese filling

This is actually a conglomerate of several recipes I found online. I had never made crepes before, so I had no idea what I was looking for. They turned out really good. I was pretty proud of myself.

Crepe Batter
2 eggs
1/4 c milk
2 tbl water
4 tbl flour
1/8 tsp salt

Whisk ingredients together. Heat and grease the pan, pour in a few tablespoons of batter, swirl around to just cover the bottom of the pan (you don't want them too thick is my understanding). In a minute or two flip it over. Wait another minute and you're done!


Cream Cheese Filling
8 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 c cool whip
1 1/4 c confectioners sugar

Sometimes I also add 1/2 tsp vanilla or some cinnamon or both. I really just make it up as I go.

Optional Toppings:
I put some frozen strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries on the stove with a little sugar, water, and cornstarch to make a sauce. It was delicious. My family also enjoyed whipped cream and chocolate syrup too.

Fill crepes with cream cheese filling, roll up, top with extra cool whip or what-have-you, and enjoy!