Pizza Week

We had pizza week at our house... a different kind each night... BBQ Chicken with fresh Mozerella...Meatlovers...BLT Ranch with Chicken...Philly Cheese Steak...Garlic Chicken Alfredo...And Supreme!

Strawberries!!

We got a bunch of Strawberries for a really good price so I made freezer jam (10 batches!) and several Strawberry Pies, both regular size and minis. We ate some and shared some with friends! It is all so very yummy!

Easter

This is our first Easter with Baby, and he really isn't old enough too appreciate it, but we did Easter baskets anyway!Daddykins basket with a new PS2 controller. The broken one will have it's cord cut off and be given to baby. (He already thinks he needs his own to play with Daddy!)Mommykins basket is full of Gold!!And Babykins basket has some bubbles, a book to take to church, and his very own phone!We got to help play Easter Bunny for Rebecca this year and filled her basket with lots of goodies and fun things!And for dessert we had ice cream cake. Reb and I gave Dave the biggest piece with the biggest fork in the drawer to go with it.He was a good sport about it......Until we laughed at him too much!It was fun! Happy Easter!

Easter Cookies

We made Easter cookies for my Sunday School class and some extras to share with a few neighbors. It was quite a long project since we used four different shapes and eight different icing colors. It took forever, but it was a lot of fun and I think they turned out cute. I made a new rule that I can only use two shapes in the future until I get better at this. I also tweaked the recipe from last time. I used vanilla last time and almond this time. We like it way better with almond - it tastes less powdered sugary.

An Adorable Little 5 Month Old

And like I have said before... He is just growing way too fast! I can't believe he is five months old already!!!

St. Spencer's Day

So for St. Patrick's Day I made Dave a green lunch. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it all on the same plate, but it was fun anyway. He had Broccoli Salad......A Green Chicken Salad Sandwich (I put green food coloring in the mayonnaise before I stirred it in but you can't see it very well)......and Green Jello... The guys (and some girls) at work think I am the coolest wife for sending fun stuff with him on holidays (I did a bunch of stuff for Valentines too - like little heart shaped PB&J sandwiches and other stuff I forgot to take pictures of too.) I guess I have to keep doing it so as not to dissappoint!

I also have started to dabble in cookie decorating. Jessica has made the cake decorating contest impossible, so I decided to do my own thing. After searching for a shamrock cookie cutter at 8 different stores, unsuccessfully, I resorted to using a small heart cookie cutter, pressing the points together in the center, and cutting little peices for the stems with a knife. I decorated them with a royal icing (thanks for the tips Lindsay!!)We made a few to share with neighbors as well!Jokingly, Dave said I should use the big heart cookie cutter and make him a giant shamrock. So I did. You can't really tell how big they are in this picture......but next to Tanner's little cookie you can! They were HUGE!!

It was definately a super fun project that I will for sure play with again. Soon!

Four Month Stats!

At Baby's four month check-up, everything went great! Dr. Savage just loves him and says he is perfect. I have to agree, and he seems to love her as well! Here are his stats:

Weight: 16 pounds 7 ounces (80th percentile)
Length: 27 1/4 inches (90th percentile)
Head Circumference: 42.5 cm (55th percentile)

So, he has slowed down a little on his weight, but still is eating just fine!! He had shots again, which he handled really well in the afternoon, but this evening he has been very sad and cuddly. Still adorable as ever though!