Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thoughts, Ideas and Ramblings...
I need a waterproof laptop, I pretty much come up with everything I want to say in the shower. :-) I am sure it is because those are my moments of peace and quiet and thats when I can let my mind wander.... The real trick is remember what I was thinking about once I am out and life is going 100mph again. So here, I shall try do my best.
First of all, I realize I am long over due for an update on Johnny's shoulder. We appreciate all the prayers for fast healing because let me tell you, he is back to 100% normal rough and tumble little boy. You would never ever guess that he had a broken shoulder merely a month ago. We are so thankful that God watched over us and healed him, and protected him!!!! So incredibly thankful.
So growing up my parents would always share these cute little stories about their "BK Days" (Before Kids) and it accrued to me that Peter and I now have our own BK Days. OK yes I am a little slow on the uptake somedays ;) We had a great life before Johnny, went on a lot of fun date nights, took weekend trips... but looking back it seems so empty, and well a little boring ;) I don't think I could have ever guessed in a 100 years all the joy and wonderful things having a child will bring to our life. Don't get my wrong, we had a great first four years of marriage as a couple and I think it was very important we had that time together, just us before we became parents. I am so excited with this new chapter of our lives together, being parents and raising two wonderful boys that God has blessed us with! Cant wait to see Johnny with his little brother...
Oh sure, we have our hard days were we crawl into bed exhausted, I am pretty sure both of us has physically aged about ten years in the past 18 months... I wouldn't trade it for the world... Every day I try to find one highlight of day, something that made time stand still and everything else fade. I think its important to do this because, well if you are a parent, you know how exhausting, physically, and emotionally draining it can be rearing these little humans into the people we want them to become. Here is a list of some of my moments I have taken in these past few weeks-
First of all, I realize I am long over due for an update on Johnny's shoulder. We appreciate all the prayers for fast healing because let me tell you, he is back to 100% normal rough and tumble little boy. You would never ever guess that he had a broken shoulder merely a month ago. We are so thankful that God watched over us and healed him, and protected him!!!! So incredibly thankful.
So growing up my parents would always share these cute little stories about their "BK Days" (Before Kids) and it accrued to me that Peter and I now have our own BK Days. OK yes I am a little slow on the uptake somedays ;) We had a great life before Johnny, went on a lot of fun date nights, took weekend trips... but looking back it seems so empty, and well a little boring ;) I don't think I could have ever guessed in a 100 years all the joy and wonderful things having a child will bring to our life. Don't get my wrong, we had a great first four years of marriage as a couple and I think it was very important we had that time together, just us before we became parents. I am so excited with this new chapter of our lives together, being parents and raising two wonderful boys that God has blessed us with! Cant wait to see Johnny with his little brother...
Oh sure, we have our hard days were we crawl into bed exhausted, I am pretty sure both of us has physically aged about ten years in the past 18 months... I wouldn't trade it for the world... Every day I try to find one highlight of day, something that made time stand still and everything else fade. I think its important to do this because, well if you are a parent, you know how exhausting, physically, and emotionally draining it can be rearing these little humans into the people we want them to become. Here is a list of some of my moments I have taken in these past few weeks-
- Johnny running to the door and squealing "Daddy!" when Peter walks in the door.
- Kisses for milk at night
- Finding 50+ picture of Johnny on my phone
- Standing in the door way, listing to Peter do all the different voices to the characters in whatever book they are reading that night
- Peter has this way he can tickle Johnny and just gets this biggest belly laugh out of him- I simply ADORE this.
- Having a special lunch date, just me and Johnny.
- Johnny walking down the hallway butt-naked with Peter socks pulled on up to his thighs.
- Giving me kisses every time he wanted a sip of my water.
- When Johnny says "Uh-oh" (Yes it usually means a mess for me to clean up, but I love hearing his little uh-oh's)
- The giggles and splashes I hear coming from the bathroom at bath time
- Praying with Johnny every night before bed.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Homemade Cinnabons, yum yum!
So I must share this recipe I tired recently, seriously such a wonderful treat on a weekend morning!
Clone of a Cinnabons
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com
Ingredients
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup butter, melted
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
Filling
2 cup brown sugar, packed
4 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (or more, I didn't measure it out, I just dumped it in ;) )
2/3 cup butter, softened
Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
A good pour of vanilla extract
Directions
Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan(I used two smaller pans). Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes (At this point I covered mine and put in the fridge for over night)Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, make the frosting Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.
Delicious!
Clone of a Cinnabons
Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com
Ingredients
1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2 eggs, room temperature
1/3 cup butter, melted
4 1/2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
Filling
2 cup brown sugar, packed
4 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (or more, I didn't measure it out, I just dumped it in ;) )
2/3 cup butter, softened
Frosting
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
A good pour of vanilla extract
Directions
Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan(I used two smaller pans). Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes (At this point I covered mine and put in the fridge for over night)Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, make the frosting Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving.
Delicious!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year Goals...
So I don't like the idea of a new years resolution, they always seem so daunting and half the time they never last. So instead, each month this year I am going to set a list of goals that I want to turn into good habits, small obtainable goals.
:: January 2012 ::
- Read my Bible every day
- Exercise 5 times a week
- Stay caught up on laundry
- Organize pantry since hurricane Johnny attacked ;)
- Menu planning & make a household binder
- Work on office makeover, goal is to get it half done, I have lots I want to do :)
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
A very different Christmas...
When you have a toddler, it's amazing how fast life can change in a blink of an eye.
Christmas Eve Day I had some really fun things planned for Johnny, we were going to decorate a gingerbread house, go up to Sunriver to see Grammie and Pawpaw, and go to a Christmas Eve service. Day started off good, then nap time rolled around and Peter went out to the garage to get the box in for Johnny's BIG Christmas present, a train table! We were so excited to get it all set up so we would reveal it the next morning! I think with just all of the excitement in the air Johnny was having a hard time napping, so we stopped what we were doing leaned the box against the wall and thought we would feed Johnny a snack and see if that wouldn't help with nap time. Snack is done with and I let Johnny out of the highchair and all within a blink of an eye Johnny ran over to see the box and pulled it down on top of himself.... Both Peter and I made a mad dash trying to get to him before the box fell... It was like watching the world in slow motion, it was horrible... One of the worst moment in my life. We immediately scooped him up and were comforting him, kisses and hugs, binky and Froggy... but I just had this horrible gut feeling something was wrong and we needed to take him. So we frantically get dressed and took him into the urgent care. They check him out and did an ex-ray of his arm.... broken shoulder... My heart dropped down to my stomach and I just cried, I felt so horrible. There is nothing worse than seeing your baby hurt. Good news is, it is just a very small fracture and nothing a few weeks in a little sling can't handle, should heal up quickly. Tomorrow we meet with the bone doctor to have a follow up appointment.
I realize accidents are bound to happen with a small child that is lightening fast and has no fear... I am just so eternally grateful that it wasn't anything worse. I am happy to report though that Johnny is such a trooper! Hardly needed anything for the pain, all I had to give him was some Advil, and by watching him play you would never guess he hurt his arm. Climbing on everything he can, getting into everything... If this slowed him down, its only by a nano-second :-)
All in all, this Christmas season was such a good reminder that it isn't about stuff, its about spending time with your family and loved ones, that's what really matters. I am so thankful God chose us as Johnny's parents. My prayer every night is that God continues to give us the strength and the wisdom to raise him into a Godly man. It's amazing how much I love that little boy and every day that loves grows stronger and stronger. I still have moments where I am sitting playing with him and in just awe that he is OUR son. I feel so blessed to be his mommy and I am SOOO blessed that my husband works so hard to support out little family so that I can stay home. Words can never express how blessed and thankful I am.
With that being said, I did get a really cool bread-maker for Christmas so I am going go bake bread now ;)
Monday, December 19, 2011
It's a BOY!
For a week now we have know that we are having another little boy. I am over the moon, thrilled beyond words, mainly because it is just so fun knowing!! We kept Johnny's gender a surprise, and don't get me wrong that was the best surprise I think life could ever get me but I will never forget the moment Peter told me "it's a boy" I started crying (mainly happiness, but I am sure some was exhaustion after 30 hours of labor ;-) ).
Brothers. How great is that going to be? I am sure it is going to be the best adventure of our life, and that is why I am starting this blog... I am horrible at doing the whole baby book thing. Seriously I filled out one page in Johnny's.... So this is a more informal way for me to keep and cherish life's memories and share them with family and friend. This blog will have a little of everything I am sure, but I welcome you to join us in our adventure, filled with frogs and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails, and everything little boys are made of! ;)
Brothers. How great is that going to be? I am sure it is going to be the best adventure of our life, and that is why I am starting this blog... I am horrible at doing the whole baby book thing. Seriously I filled out one page in Johnny's.... So this is a more informal way for me to keep and cherish life's memories and share them with family and friend. This blog will have a little of everything I am sure, but I welcome you to join us in our adventure, filled with frogs and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails, and everything little boys are made of! ;)
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