Cooking Club PARTY!

I hosted our monthly cooking club at my house on Friday. It is one of my FAVORITE girls night outs and I look forward to it monthly! It was casserole night, and I got some super yummy recipes that I will hopefully add to my regularly cooked meals list. Someone that night told me that once you cook a meal four times it becomes part of your regular meal rotation. Interesting, eh? Needless to say, I went over my weight watcher points (I'm sure of it!). The fun started at 6:30 and the last five people left my house around 11:45. This video is a scene of Amy and Kim doing DDR. We got some exercise! After this we tried out Carmen Electra's Striptease video (it's on demand cable!). (Just don't tell Eddie we did this I'm not sure I want to give him any ideas :))
Eddie did a awesome job making himself and the kids disappear for the evening (minus Henry). He sat (um...slept) through a Veggie Tales movie, went to dinner, then hid in the basement w/ them until bedtime. What a man! (Ok...maybe I should practice the striptease video :))

Henry is looking particularly angelic tonight......

At the soccer center today one of the other soccer moms said that Henry no longer looked like a newborn. So true, but so, so sad! Henry is sleeping in his own bed in his room tonight for the first time. I'm hoping I get a little more sleep this way. Fingers crossed.

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Cheese!

Supper success!

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For Christmas my mom got me the Jessica Seinfeld book, Deceptively Delicious. It's all about adding fruit and veggie purees to recipes to "trick" the kids into getting food and veggies into their belly without a fight. Last night was my first attempt. My good friend and neighbor, Sheila, came over w/ her kiddos ecause both of our hubbies were working late. We made the chicken nugget recipe from the book and added sweet potatoe puree (my dad got me a Magic Bullet to puree!), flaxseed, and other healthy ingredients. And....it worked!!! The kids ATE IT! We ate it, too :). Very yummy! Sheila and I were high fiving one another behind the island after they took their first bites and proclaimed "good!".

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Another cute one

Snug as a Bug

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Thanks, Dena and Terry. This is the great warm up/fleece I got with the money you sent (a thank you card is in the mail :)). I thought you might want to see a photo of it. It's perfect for keeping Henry warm on the way to taking the big boys to school. I ususally don't have time to get him dressed before we leave, so I put this on over his jammies. PERFECT!

Good Morning

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A good morning smile from Henry to start your day!

Owen and Emmett got power scooters from Santa for Christmas. Owen took off on his right away, but it was a little big for Emmett. It's for ages 8 and up and the handles don't lower below what you see. Eddie had been running along side him when he used it, but yesterday the weather was gorgeous, Eddie wasn't home, and he wanted to try it by himself CRAZY! That thing goes fast! I envisioned myself in the ER w/ him after he broke a leg and the doctor saying , "What were you thinking letting him ride an electric scooter?"
Thankfully, although he took one hard spill...no broken body parts, yet! Oh, the other big problem w/ it is that he can't pull the hand brake to stop it. His hands are too small!

Back to Work

So, I talked to my nurse manager today about coming back to work (sigh). My first day back is going to be January 30 and I'm only go to work 8 hours a week until further notice. I'll probably do 8 hours a week for a month and then go to 16 hours a month thereafter. I think it will be OK. Henry will be 10 weeks old at that point and hopefully sleeping better. And, some weeks the 8 hours will be 2 7-1130 pm shifts, so Eddie will have the boys that whole time. The other weeks are one 3-1130 shifts and my neighbor (and good friend) is going to watch the boys from 230 pm until Eddie can pick them up around 430 pm. I'm so lucky that I can work my schedule that way.

January Thaw

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What a beautiful day. It was 65 degrees and a good portion of our snow banks have melted. Yeah! Unfortunately, lake effect snow is in the forecast for the weekend. UGH!

Baby Name Post

Here's the link to the top 100 baby names by request. Amy, let me know if it doesn't work and I'll look it up for you :)

www.babycenter.com/0_top-100-baby-names-of-2007_3637303.bc

Interesting

List of Top 100 baby names for 2007 was just released. Owen was number 40, Henry number 85, and Emmett not in the top 100.

Going to regret this in the AM...

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Eddie and I have spent the last 90 minutes doing Dance Dance Revolution while Henry slept peacefully (and the other boys, too). We bought another dance mat so we can do it at the same time. Addicting! For the record, I beat him all but one time!

Hen-ro

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Owen and Emmett have taken to calling Henry, Hen-ro. No idea where that came from. Toni - can you tell his eyes are slate blue from this photo? Notice the birth mark kind of up his right nostril...the red coloring? Doesn't he look chunky?

Henry's video

As requested, Henry on video......

DDR and Weight loss challenge

I got DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) for our Wii as a Christmas gift. The idea is to dance the baby weight off! My friend, Amy Coffman, and I are having a weight loss challenge. I have 38 pounds to lose to get down to my pre pregnancy weight (sounds a little daunting...that's what I get for gaining 55 pounds) and Amy has baby weight to get rid of also. When we are skinny (or at least no longer fat!) we are going to treat ourselves to something involving warm weather and shopping. How's that for incentive? Anyway, the boys love to dance dance too and Emmett looks hysterical doing it! He can follow it pretty well, although in this video he's doing a lot of jumping.

Who's putting whom to sleep?

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On my own! 6 weeks after Henry's arrival and I'm on my own. I'm sad, but it was definetely time. I've been spoiled. Day 1 hasn't gone completely as planned. I was meeting friends at Barnes and Noble at 10:00. I was right on schedule until Henry decided he needed to eat at which point my shower went right out the window (even though it's been two days since I've showered!). Spraying body spray all over, we headed out by 9:45. Barnes and Noble was fun, but we had to leave early after Emmett pinched me while I was talking to a friend (what's that about?). He came home to his room. Eddie came home for lunch. I gave Henry to him and laid down w/ Emmett for a nap. 20 minutes later Eddie woke me. Emmett's still napping and Henry is asleep on my nap while I type this. Shoo!

New Blog

My sister in law just started a blog! So, if you want to check out some pics of my cutie pie nieces, check it out: http://familyess.blogspot.com

Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Anymore mommies out there? Leave your ideas, too. I guess I'm pretty close to the point at which most of you moved them. I'm a little (OK, a lot!) jealous that so many of you got your kiddos to sleep 6 hours so early! I NEED SLEEP!!!
Today's my dad's last day...he ran to the store for me. It was either that or stay home w/ Henry, because it is SO FRIGID here I didn't want to take Henry out. He opted for the store :).
And, my Christmas/New Year's cards are in the mail. Yipee!

Henry is 6 weeks old!

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Everything gets easier after the 6 week part. I remember that well from the other two. Henry is awake more during the day, smiling more, and seems to be on more of a routine. I'm thinking about moving him to his crib in his room, instead of sleeping next to us in his bassinet. But, he's still up usually around 11, 3, and 6 so I'm not sure I'm ready to physically get out of bed that much yet. Tell me....how old were your babies when you moved them to their bedroom? I can't remeber what I didi w/ the other boys? Hit the comment button below and let me know!