I'm baaack!

Back to blogging I go.  I've actually missed it.  I enjoy thinking of recipes and taking pictures to share.  I needed the time off, though.  My house is still a disaster area.  Boxes and tubs are everywhere and I don't know where I want to put what.  As we unloaded our storage pod, I was overwhelmed.  But I will get through it and hopefully by September 23, 2012 I will be completely moved in.  :)

We had our family photos today.  The photo at the title of my blog will soon be replaced with an updated family photo.  I ordered the girls matching dresses and then made some headbands to match them.  I can't wait to see the final product and share with you all.  It was pretty chilly out and Emilie was pretty upset by the end, but we made it through. 

Emilie has been a hoot.  She loves playing in the new house.  She crawls around at high speeds and loves pushing tubs, toys, boxes, etc. across the wood floors to practice walking.  She also LOVES going outside.  At the old house she didn't like to crawl around in the grass, but here she crawls all over the backyard.  Adam hung the swing yesterday and he instantly became a rock star.

Aubrie has been fun, too.  Everyday her vocabulary amazes us.  Both of them, really.  Emilie is trying to talk.  I SWEAR she said chicken last night.  At least, it sounded like chicken.  In the car we were coaching her to say Aubrie and it sounded like "be be" and she kept repeating it.  After she stopped, Aubrie said grouchily, "WHAT!"  It was a funny moment.  She also says "yeah" a lot.  Today a woman said, "Aren't you beautiful!?" and Aubrie looked at her and said, "Yeah." and walked away. 

This photo is proof that she does look like me.  This looks just like my pictures at that age. 

Last night was a new experience for us.  At about 1 am we heard Aubrie say "Mommy." but it wasn't coming from her baby monitor.  I rolled over and nudged Adam and said, "she's downstairs."  He jumped up and as he turned the corner down the hallway, there she was walking to our room.  He put her back to bed.  But then at 6 am, all of the sudden we hear, "Good morning, daddy." and she's standing by Adam's side of the bed, watching him sleep.  What's THAT all about??  She's never gotten out of bed without us and she's never opened the door to her room and left her room.  We will see what tonight holds.

I wish I could post pictures of the house but the only two rooms put together are the girls' rooms.  And they are sleeping, so no picture.  Amanda helped us paint all three bedrooms upstairs.  Aubrie's room is called Soft Muslin, which is a glowing soft pink, Emilie's is called Highlight and it's a VERY light minty green (sounds ugly, but it is beautiful), and the guest room is called Lilac Murmur and it is a VERY light purple.  

I don't know what I'm doing for the rest of the house, but it will all come together eventually.  I look forward to piecing everything together.  Petey likes it here, too.  His backyard is huge and he's enjoyed running around and barking at other dogs.  He did get loose once and ran all around the neighborhood...with me chasing him of course.  It was about a mile before I caught him.  He got in big trouble. 

As for the cooking side of things, we had a lot of survivor meals.  Carry out pizza and burgers, a frozen dinner or two.  Then last week I made a pot of beans and the girls loved them.  I also made "Toddler Muffins" which I will share eventually.  I also made blue cheese stuffed burgers that I saw in Better Homes and Gardens.
http://www.bhg.com/recipe/beef/blue-cheese-stuffed-burger-with-red-onion-and-spinach/

  This is the picture from Better Homes and Gardens because while my patty looked wonderful like this one, I had one of those bun bigger than the burger situations.  I love blue cheese and I enjoyed having the leftover blue cheese to made salads for lunch for myself.  I made a salad with whatever was in the fridge.  I really liked it.  I had pepperoni and I put that in there with croutons, red onion, and chunks of blue cheese. 

Not bad. 

I hope everyone is doing well.  I must warn that my blog may still be slacking at times and to expect more guest entries because I still have a lot of work to do.  I usually blog after I put the girls down at night, but now I use that time to roll up my sleeves and get some work done.  It's much easier to work without two kids hugging your legs.  :)

Love to all!
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