Where's my coffee????

Reading the "paper" (Toy's R Us catalog) at breakfast!

6 months

Savannah turned 6 months old last week! I can hardly believe it. Our pediatrician says she is a healthy girl (15 lbs. 7 oz., 25 3/4 in.). We are very thankful for two healthy children. Below are the 6 month pics. To see previous months click here. She has been sitting up for a few weeks, and she loves to grab the spoon while we are feeding her. She also thinks she is big stuff when we give her a sippy cup!

Mickey Mouse pancakes

As a kid pancakes was one of my favorite Saturday morning breakfasts (well, as an adult too!) I can remember how much "better" shaped pancakes were. So here is my first attempt. Ears are a little lopsided, but other than that I thought it wasn't bad. Cole could have cared less, but I enjoyed doing it for him nonetheless. He will appreciate it one day I am sure.

Favorite Church Potluck Casserole

MMMMMMM....Yummy! Chicken Rotel is my favorite church potluck casserole! My mom used to make it for almost every potluck we had a church (or at least that is how I remember it) along with her FAMOUS chocalate pies! Lucky for me, she made it for me last time she was here. Here is the recipe:

4-5 Chicken Breasts (with the bone & the skin!)
1 Diced Onion
1 Diced Bell Pepper
1 Stick Butter
8 oz Vermicelli
1 lb. Velveeta
2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 can Rotel
1 can drained LeSeur peas

Boil chicken breasts until fully cooked. Remove chicken breasts from broth. Set aside to cool a little before removing bones & skin. When cooled shred chicken. Melt butter in skillet and saute onion and bell pepper in butter. Cook vermicelli in chicken broth until most of water has boiled off. Put onion & pepper in vermicelli/broth. Add velveeta, worcestershire sauce, and rotel then stir over low heat until cheese melts. Stir in LeSeur peas and shredded chicken. Pour into 13x9 casserole dish (2-2 1/2 qt). Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 min (until bubbly).

The great thing about this recipe is that you can mix it up before you need it, and then just pop it in the oven when you are ready. It will take a little longer in the oven after being refrigerated of course! I might have to make this soon!!!

#1 thing I've learned this week...

Amoxicillan sure doesn't come out lookin' like it did when it went in!!

This week...

Cole climbed/fell out of his crib today. Savannah has her first ear infection. Guess how well our week is going.....

Favorite Restaurant EVER

I think that this Favorite Friday topic is really impossible for me. I just like too many places! But I will have to go with The Cheesecake Factory. My first Cheesecake Factory dining experience was in Chicago. It was soooo yummy. I am so glad we have one here now. After getting past the fact that the wait can be inhumane at times, this place has got it all! A wide variety of yummy appetizers and entrees, and of course the best cheesecake ever (I vote for the Godiva or key lime). I love the atmosphere too! MMMMMMM...and the best part is that you can drop in and pickup a piece of cheesecake to take home whenever the cheesecake urge calls. This is dangerous to the hips and the wallet though. I will have to say that I tried the carrot cake once and it wasn't very good. So when you go there for desert, stick with the cheesecake!!

Favorite Children's Book

My favorite children's book is LITTLE QUACK by Lauren Thompson & Derek Anderson. I have been reading it to Cole since he was about two weeks old. Our copy is a board book and it is starting to look kind of worn. I love it because it shows "children" conquering their fears and relying on their family while gaining independence. Plus as the ducklings "cuddle close in the nest", I get to cuddle with my children. It is a fun little story that I get to read over and over again because it is one of Cole's favorites too. I hope that Savannah enjoys it as much as he does. I am so excited because I just discovered that there are more "Little Quack" books when I was finding the picture of the book to post. They may just find there way to our children's book collection.

We are so blessed that Cole has such an interest in reading. Hopefully Savannah will follow in his footsteps! Here is Cole "reading" LITTLE QUACK.

Easter Morning Pictures

What a poser!

Thanks Grammy & Papa for my pretty dress!

MMMMMM...My bonnet tastes good!

Spoiled Rotten

Nana & Pawpaw came to visit this weekend. We were all spoiled rotten! We didn't get any pictures with everyone looking at the camera when we were taking pictures of Savannah with Nana & PawPaw, so here is one where no one is looking! Nana & PawPaw also took Cole out to play in the bubbles! He enjoyed this very much!!! Thanks for everything Nana & Pawpaw!!!!