3 Months

Wow, 3 months already- it is going WAY too quick! Eli is really starting to seem older, not like a newborn at all. He is usually very happy (although you wouldn't guess it from looking at these pics) he smiles and laughs a lot. He is starting to find Rowan pretty funny too. He wants to chew on everything and is starting to drool- A LOT- hopefully that doesn't mean teeth anytime soon!He has rolled fromhis tummy to his back a few times but doesn't do it regularly. He loves being outside, and of course hates to nap- yeah!!

I'm in Love...

...with babylegs. Aren't these the cutest! Makes it quick and easy to change a diaper and keeping his legs warm all day. They have so many different colors/styles I might have to try them all and go into debt! I have been told he looks girly- I disagree! What do you think?

Check it out

I am sick and feel very whiny. I've has a bad cold and low temp all weekend so I think this gives me the right to act like a baby (and apparently eat everything in site). This is when this whole being a mom thing kind of sucks, Eli doesn't seem to care that I just want to sleep all day. Rowan went to daycare, but that means I have to leave the house (and possibly get dressed) to go get him this afternoon- and then I'll have to feed him supper! When I'm sick I always wish we lived in town so I could hit up a drivethru!

Anyway I found this on one of the blogs I read called Not Me! Monday

I probably didn't link that right, oh well. I'm too tired to come up with anything, but think some of you could be great at it and they are hilarious to read!! Quigs for some reason I think you would be pretty good at it :)

Yummy Yummy Food

I hardly ever cook, Mike's the cook- he's awesome!! But he's gone at least 4 nights a week, and last year Rowan and I ate a whole lot of scrambled eggs- I'll blame the pregnancy-sickness, tiredness and the damn diabetes -for that. I'm trying to learn new things and have tried quite a few new recipes. Last night we had Pumpkin Pancakes, recipe I found here

Pumpkin Pancakes
1 cup flour
1 Tbs. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs, separated
1 cup milk
1/2 cup solid pack pumpkin2 Tbs. oil
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl, set aside. Whisk egg yolks, milk, pumpkin, and oil in a separate bowl. Stir wet mixture into dry ingredients until moistened. In a mixing bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form; fold into batter. Pour onto hot grease griddle & enjoy! yield: 8 - 12 pancakes. Serve with Apple Cider Syrup

Apple Cider Syrup
1 cup water
1 cup apple juice or cider
1 Tb. lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tb. corn starch
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. salt
Combine dry ingredients and mix well. In a sauce pan heat water, apple juice or cider, and lemon juice. Slowly add dry ingredients, stirring as you add. Bring to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Lower heat & simmer until desired thickness. Serve immediately. Leftovers can be stored in the fridge & reheated in the microwave

I even made the apple cider syrup, and even surprised myself when it turned out!! It was SOOOO good, seriously- TRY IT!! My pancakes weren't quite as colorful but I used fresh pumpkin (from our backyard pumpkin patch) and I'm guessing they used can. It made quite a bit of syrup so next time I would probably double the pancake recipe so there's not as much syrup left.

A few weeks ago I made Peach Upside-Down Cake that I saw on Vegan Linda's blog. We had a ton of peaches that Mike actually got when he went to a garage sale and noticed their huge peach tree, w/ tons of uneaten ready peaches. Also very very yummy, and definetly the fanciest looking food I've ever made. Although mine wasn't as pretty cause I didn't take the time to lay the peaches out all nice it still tasted good! I will probably try and make this again if we get some more peaches soon.

Completely Random Post with Pictures

Wow I really rock at post titles- huh!!
The mommy brain seems to be overtaking me, today I heated myself up a nice bowl of chili, turned to leave the kitchen- and SPLAT!! I drop the bowl, of course it does this amazing spinning thing so there was splatters of chili EVERYWHERE- floor, walls, doors, dishwasher, toys, CARPET, I'll probably be finding dried chili in places I never even imagines for months. It was quite a lovely mess. Usually I would have some nice pretty words to say to that bowl of chili- but instead I decided to laugh- it was already done what else could I do, and it was pretty humurous- well kind of! Of course that couldn't be the worst of it- oh no! After dinner I was sitting on the couch eating ice cream w/ homemade peach topping (YUM)- I was holding Eli, but not his fault- all of the sudden I drop the bowl. Well more of a turned the bowl upside down on my lap! Now since the peaches were warm and my ice cream had to sit a few minutes (damn kids) it was already melting pretty good, so I had a bowl of ice cream soup on my lap, all over my pants and oozing onto the couch! Rowan, beling the great helper he is, runs over to watch as I scoop it off and back into the bowl. He then points out the two little tiny drops on Eli- yeah thanks, I'm covered in ice cream, but I'll make sure I get those drops first- thanks for the help!

In happy news, Rowan has use the toilet at home for the last two days- w/ no accidents!! Well except for that one poop, lucky me I was nursing Eli- so Mike got that mess :) He's been quite proud of himself it's so exciting.

Now the pictures, we went shopping in Amishville area Friday. It poured the whole time we were gone, after we got home Rowan and I decided to go run in the rain. Of course it slowed to a sprinke and then stopped raining completely. Rowan didn't seem to mind at first, then I mentioned it stopped and he got so sad,

so I told him to stand in front of the kitchen windo and sprayed him with the sink sprayer!

Then he just ran around all wet

Sunday- a big cheesy smile

Oh, the curls

First taste of fall

Brotherly Love (maybe Eli looks scared)

Yeah he's definetly scared- poor baby

Weekly Randomness

Well it's official, Rowan is potty trained, no diapers, peeing on the potty, no accidents (not even at naptime!) The only problem- it only happens 2 Days a week!!! Yes, when Rowan goes to daycare he doesn't wear diapers, uses the potty and has no accidents! When he's at home- yeah not so much. He sits on the potty, he would sit there for HOURS and then go play for 2 minutes and pee in his pants! Oh well, it'll happen eventually, right?

Since Mike's back in school and we don't see him that often we took a trip in the other day and met for a picnic lunch at meadowbrook. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous all week! We even ran into Rowan's future girlfriend while there. (That's for you mommyschiff :)

Here Rowan poses w/ the sculpture- you can't even see him can you?
Eli chillin in the stroller

Eli's really getting into toys, well at least trying to hold them and put them in his mouth. He's also starting to drool- yum!!

Eli trying out his new seat

A slight smile- wow this pic really looks like he's lost some hair :(

and a big cheesy smile today, he was wearing Rowan's old jeans for the first time and I don't think they will fit too much longer

Rolly Polly

I think it was a fluke, but Eli rolled from his tummy to his back this weekend. He hasn't done it since, but I guess it counts cause it happened right?

Everytime I change him I think I notice new rolls on him, so I thought I'd share them. Cause who doesn't love fat rolls? Well on a baby!

Left: armpit rolls

Below: back thigh rolls ( those ones are big) I tried to get a pic w/o showing too much, but you can still seee his cute butt!