Sleepy head

Yesterday was a pretty good day! We woke up to a drizzly day and it really never did more than that. In fact, I could walk into church without and umbrella and not worry about my hair that day. It was just one of those types of days that made you not want to do anything! And Blay did just that, nothing, but sleep.

After church, we went to WalMart because I had to get a few things for our menu meals this week, and a few other things we were out of. After church, we got home and I was hoping to get Blay to eat. He ate two strawberry Toaster Strudels for breakfast and didn't leave so much as a crumb afterwards. I still thought he'd be hungry but he was just sleepy, so I put him down in our bed and he was asleep right around 1 o'clock.

During this time, John painted his bathroom, I worked on laundry, ironed, read some of the paper, worked on my flowers and plants, swept the floors, tried to fix my shark mop, made and ate dinner, and started painting the trim in Blay's bathroom. When I got to the corner, I wanted to go check in on Blay because it was getting late. You ready for this. It was 5:50!!! And he still wasn't up. When John and I went into the bedroom, he peeked his eyes at us. He was awake then. And he was HUNGRY!!!

He ate 8 1/2 chicken nuggets! He wanted nothing else but his beloved BBQ sauce to go with it! After that, he was in a good and playful mood. We watched cars and played and watched daddy 'color the walls' as Blay says.

A little later on, John got some cake and ice cream. Blay was watching tv when John came into the living room with his bowl. As soon as Blay saw him, he said "I'll be right back". Then I heard him say something about his B's, so I thought that is what he was going to get. Then I heard him in a drawer and the drawer shut. As he came running back to the living room, he was carrying his spoon. He had went to the kitchen to get it! I was cracking up before John even knew waht was going on. Blay rounded the chair and climbed up on the couch next to his daddy and started eating the cake and ice cream with him. It was the funniest and yet, sweetest thing ever! He has never done that. Where has all the time with my baby gone???

Blay was back in the bed at 9:30 last night. That is about an hour after his bedtime but he still had so much energy and had slept so long that I let him stay up longer so he wouldn't wake up at 3 am ready to play!

I think a lot of his tiredness came from a busy week and a busy Saturday night. Tracy and Richard took Blay out to dinner, and a tour of Downtown Chattanooga, with the Chattanooga Choo-Choo as the main stop! He loved the Choo-Choo and all the lights and decorations. They were supposed to go to Rock City but the weather turned rainy so they just altered the plans a little bit. Blay had a blast and was exhausted when we picked him up after the Christmas party.

Well, I think I have rambled enough for now. I do plan on posting my weekly menu. It will either be today or tomorrow. And thanks to Mandy for her referral to a delicous Cheddar Potato Soup recipe!

It's Cold Outside!!!!! Part 2

Yes, it is still very cold this Saturday morning. My last look at our thermometer for the outside temperature read 32 degrees. Too cold for me to venture out but I will later today for a Christmas party. What is going to be worse is the rain coming tonight!

The week wrap up now. On Monday, we had a normal day of our normal routines. Nothing really exciting to report. Same on Tuesday. Tuesday I did venture into a new method of cooking and am so happy I did. It's a way of being able to get more fruits and vegatables into everyday food. All of us need to eat more fruits and vegetables so what is better than pureeing some and adding them to taco meat!!!

I did just that. Tuesdays menu food was Pork & Beans but I didn't get to make Tacos on Sunday so I made them on Tuesday since the meat was already thawed out. In the taco meat though, I pureed some butternut squash and added it in with the meat, crushed tomatoes and taco seasoning. It was a hit. Blay even ate a taco! Thanks to Deceptively Delicious cookbook for this and many other great ideas I am soon to try!

Later on Tuesday night, it started doing some storming, which is unusual in winter. we got up as usual on Wednesday and had just gotten off the mountain when we heard that Hamilton County schools were closed due to 'debris in the roadways'. I immediately called the daycare and they were closed since the county schools were closed. So, John turned around and brought us home. He had an important meeting he couldn't miss so Blay and I had a mommy/son day. We had one of these recently but he was sick. This was without sickness and was much better! We boh had fun.

Later on that afternoon, before church, we went out. I had to go get some medicine, diapers,and pick up a few site-to-store presents at WalMart. Blay was really excited to be at Toys R Us with me. We usually don't take him in there for the obvious reasons. He was really good though. He only wanted one little cheap toy but I told him to wait until we got to WalMart. While waiting to check out with the diapers, he saw Scoop from Bob the Builder and Bob the Builder at the front of the store. He got really excited. Here are a couple pictures of him riding Scoop.





He had so much fun! I let hi ride it twice but it was all he talked about for the next couple of days. At WalMart, we picked up the Christmas Cards, and Site-to-Store presents and a few things for John and the last of Blays. I love being able to buy his Christmas and he not know it is his Christmas. I'd say this is my last year of that. Afterwards, we had dinner and went to church. There was still a lot of water on the roads that night, which turned into black ice the next morning because the temps dropped into the 20's up on the mountain and around freezing in the valley.

Thursday and Friday were our typical, usual routine type days. Nothing much ado there. I am going to attempt to have Blay make one of the grandparents presents today after his nap, which is quickly approaching. Afterwards, we'll get ready and he'll go for a visit to 'Ichards & Tray-tray's' while John and I go to our Sunday School Christmas Party. I think we are all looking forward to the fun times tonight! Blay loves going to Richard & Tracy's and they love having him!

Well, I need to run so I can get him settled for nap and so I can get a few things done myself. I've been working on his clothes this morning and trying to get the little thing to use the bathroom. He's having some trouble again but we'll get him straightened out. We always do!

Lots of Love,
Christy

It's cold outside!!! Part 1

Man is it ever. It was 21 degrees on the mountain this morning. I saw those numbers as I was pouring the first cup of freshly brewed (and warm) coffee after my daily bath! I was so thankful to have a roof over my head and a warm home this morning, not to mention a nice warm cup of java. Kai, our oldest 'daughter' was even getting to take advantage of having a warm place to sleep too, the garage!

Okay, now for some of the weekly wrap up (since I have been soo busy at work and home). Last Saturday, John & I took Blay to Lowe's to build a gingerbread house as part of their children's Build-It program. Blay loves going and doing this. He thinks it is fun and really does try hard to get that nail in. Tomorrow, they are making Christmas ornaments. Here is a picture from Saturday.



While we were at Lowe's, Blay helped us pick out our Christmas Tree. Of all the years we couldn't get a BIG tree, Blay wanted a BIG tree. We got a 7" Douglas Fir instead. He said he liked it and had to pay for it so HE could take it home. He was so funny.

After Lowe's, we did a quick trip to WalMart. Who's weekend isn't filled with at least 1 trip to that place right? Well, John and I knew that Santa would be there from our late quick trip on Friday night. Blay was much better with Santa this year. He didn't cry but was very shy with him. He did good and did manage to tell Santa he wanted a 'Choo-Choo' and then proceeded to make the 'Choo-Choo' sound. I was going to show the picture but can't get the scanned image to post for some reason.

After we got home Saturday, Blay wanted to go play outside but, I didn't let him because it was cold outside. Oh, I forgot to mention John & I woke up Saturday morning to some strang 'white stuff' falling outside. We had about 2-2 1/2 inches on the ground when it was all said and done. Here are a couple pictures of that.





While Blay took his nap on Saturday, I put lights and beads on the Christmas tree, decorated my mantle (my favorite part) and other small stuff around the house. John put Christmas lights outside and hooked up our Santa Mickey. When Blay woke up, he was very happy to have his BIG tree up. I gave him a bag of unbreakable ornaments and he put them on, with help from John and myself of course. He gets so easily frustrated. If they wouldn't go on like he thought they should, he'd be unhappy. Anyways, the tree is completed and stable now, after a near disaster.

For some reason, the tree kept coming loose from the base so we had to really work hard Sunday night to make sure it didn't fall. I didn't want that to happen again this year. While I don't have a picture of the tree yet, I did get a good picture of Blay pretending to be one of Santa's reindeer. He loves his antlers!!!



Well, this covers last weekend up to Sunday night. I will write tomorrow about the adventures of the past week.

Love to all,

It's been a while

Since I have posted anything I know but I will do it tomorrow I promise. I did however want to come in and make a quick note to let you know that I have uploaded some pictures from November and December to Picasa.

I have also created our Christmas cards and will get those addressed in the next day or two and sent out to you!

If you want, you can look at the pictures on Picasa, and become a fan if you want to. There are some really cute ones from Blay I took on Tuesday night in his Santa Claus pj's he got from his Pops and Nanaw. Notice Mickey isn't to far from his side during the pictures.

Love to all,