1 Down ?? To Go

One Thanksgiving feast down and a couple more to go!!! My heart (and tummy) are FULL! So thankful for many many things - especially the way God has blessed our family!

Sneak Peeks and A Peep Show

I thought I'd give you a few sneak peaks at what we got into this weekend.


We did a little cosmic bowling with friends. I cannot tell you how much the kids i mean Robert enjoyed it. It was definitely and "experience" for them.


We also did a little preparing for Christmas presents. I don't want to give it all away, but we are having a lot of fun planning and putting it all together!!! :-) And this isn't the half of it!!!




We also are slowly breaking out all the Christmastime/Wintertime recipes and traditions. One being....

SAUSAGE BALLS!

1lb of sausage
1 block of Cracker Barrel Cheese
3 C Bisquick

Melt cheese, work in raw sausage, then mix in bisquick. Best to use your hands. Roll and bake for about 20 min on 350!

How can anyone get through the fall or Christmastime without devouring a stomach-ache-full-amount of these delicious little nuggets of goodness.



And while Olivia and I were rolling out all these little bites of heaven, Lillian was having her own little party. A book party, in fact. And nekid. All to herself.




You see, there are only 2 of us (adults) around here. And 4 of them (the opposite of adults). So, yeah, it's kinda hard to have eyes on each of them 24 hours a day 7 days a week. And sometimes, just sometimes, scenarios like this happen. Hey, it could be worse.


I can't leave without giving a shoutout to the Rebels for beating LSU!!! I thought for sure the we were going to lose but it seems they gave up a little too soon! What a great game!!!




So yeah, we pretty much just hung around all weekend - Rhodes did literally! Looking forward to a FUN, long weekend of eating a lot of yummy food!!

Happy 101

I was tagged over at Short Southern Mama to list 10 things that make me HAPPY!!! I thought it was fitting since Thanksgiving is around the corner and things that I'm thankful for also make me HAPPY! :-)

1. MY FAMILY - I'm SO blessed!



2. MY HUSBAND! - because, let's face it, I wouldn't have my family without him!! :-) He's so hardworking and awesome...not to mention SO buff and good lookin'! He's my little Hotty Toddy!



3. My coffee in the mornings. Coffee actually helps make me HAPPY in the mornings! lol... I have to take at least 3 sips before I face children in the mornings. Or it gets ugly around here.


4. Smiley Babies and Kids


5. Date nights - or any quality time (alone) I get with my husband!


6. Gettin' my Hair done - what is it about a cut and/or color that gives you a little bounce in your step afterwards!?!


7. Beautiful Sunshiny Days - seriously, we've had some BEAUTIFUL weather around here lately. Trying to soak it up as much as we can!


8. Dessert - in general - I couldn't narrow it down any further! HA!


9. Nights with my family - we enjoy playing SORRY. I think mostly because they like to yell "SORRY!" when they knock someone back.


10. Last but certainly not least - THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS! I'm so excited to celebrate our Lord and Savior's birth next month! Christmas traditions with my family make me HAPPY! Thank you Lord for giving us Your Son!!!




Ok, so I'm tagging some people...you won't hurt my feelings if you don't want to do this though! But it's fun to think of things that make you HAPPY!


AMY - my sister in law

ABBY - my cousin

ELAINE - my other cousin

LEISHA - at the Hairston Family

Elizabeth - at Family Snodgrass

DAWSON - at Wake Foreset Mama

BROOKE - at The Vakakes

RHONDA - and I hope she adds my email to her private blog!! ;-) just realized you went private! I'd love an invite!! Pretty please!? :-)

BRITTNY

JAIME - at A Little Bit More



Alright....HAVE FUN!!!

All I Can Claim

I think all I can claim from Rhodes is his blue eyes! :-) My sweet little exotic baby! He's gonna have dark hair, dark skin, and BLUE eyes! What a fun combo!

This Is How He Rolls

I'm happy to report that bootcamp has been a HUGE success....so far at least! And last night he slept from 9:00 to 6:30 a.m.! Of course, it probably didn't help that I (gently) shook him to make sure he was still breathing after I got up. It's so nice to find a happily sleeping baby just the way you left him 9.5 hours ago!!


The only downside is all these naps (that he easily goes down for). This is how he has to take his first morning nap...during carpool.



You see, I had already swaddled him and put him in his crib. Then at 8:15 for carpool, quietly transferred him to his car seat and buckled him in all swaddled up. And he slept right through carpool!!

And in about 30 minutes, I'll start it all over again with his feeding! Things are going so much better around here now! A well rested mama is a much happier mama!

Oh, I could just go on and on about babywise right now. I'm thrilled at the positive feedback I received about it. Especially since it gets a lot of heat out there in the baby world. But it's nice to know that it's working so well for so many out there!!!

I will say I'm curious about a couple of another books - "The Happiest Baby on the Block" and "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child". I would be interested in comparing philosophies from the three books. Anybody read these before??