Last night I perfected one of our favorite easy dinners. So much so, that I feel the need to document it so I can refer back to it. I'm not quite sure what fancy name I want to give this made up recipe, so I'll keep it simple and call it...
Black beans and Corn Bread:
Ingredients:
1 lb of ground turkey (or beef, I prefer turkey, though)
2/3 a cup of sweet red peppers (cut up)
1 tbs of cilantro
1 tsp of lemon pepper
1 package of Jiffy corn bread mix
1 large egg
1 can of corn
1/2 cup of skim milk
1 can of black beans
1/3 a cup of shredded mexican cheese
Directions:
Brown the ground turkey with the cilantro and lemon pepper. Remove from heat and throw in the sweet red peppers. Mix in the can of black beans. In a separate bowl, mix the milk, corn bread mix, egg, and the strained can of corn. In a pyrex dish, spread the turkey and been mixture on the bottom. Top with the corn bread mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for about 30-35 minutes until the cornbread is cooked. Top with shredded cheese and bake another 5 minutes or so until it's melted. Serve with sour cream and hot sauce.
Mmmm. We LOVE this. It's so darn quick too. And makes quite a bit, so we always have leftovers, which is always a favorite over here!
Along with this, I made my own little "Avocado Salad."
For it, all I did was slice the avocado, and drizzle with lemon juice, a tiny bit of honey, and then sprinkle with sea salt. It was the perfect side dish and so yum.
Anyway, nice job, Mandy. Now you have this documented so you can never wonder why it's not as good as that one time you made it in December. HA.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy Eight Month Birthdayyy (sung to NSync's Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays) Ha!
Keegan Michael: You turned EIGHT months old on your first Christmas! I cannot believe it. You are growing right up, and we keep meeting milestone after milestone- and it never loses it's excitement! I am just as excited for you doing something new as I was when you were a brand new baby.
What a joy you are. You bring so much laughter and sunshine to Daddy and my lives- and ALL of your grandparents, aunts and uncles and extended family as well.
You wear mostly 9 to 12 month clothes right now. If I had to guess, I'd guess you're about 19 pounds. You don't have another doctor's appointment until next month, so I think my estimate will have to do! :) You also are finally in size 3 diapers. Big kid!
You sleep SO well. On the days we're home, you're very consistent with taking at least an hour nap mid morning, and at LEAST an hour and a half nap in the afternoon. Normally more like 2 to 2.5 hours. Mommy loves it because she can play with you when you're up, and know that she can get whatever she needs to get done finished while you nap.
At night you know it's about bed time around 6:45-7:00. Most of the time we stick with your "routine" but you do really well when we need to modify it to accomodate our plans. You typically sleep anywhere from 10-12 hours straight a night. Needless to say, Mommy and Daddy LOVE it and FINALLY feel rested after the hard time we had between 2-6 months when your ears hurt before you got tubes.
OH and BIG news in the past month...
YOU HAVE YOUR TWO BOTTOM TEETH! It was incredible because you were a little fussier- but it really didn't affect your sleep too much. You woke up for a couple of nights- but only at 10:00 or so while we were still up. Go, Big Boy!
I'm sure your top teeth are coming in soon- because you're still sticking EVERYTHING you get into your mouth as soon as you get your little hands on it.
You're still not crawling. We really think that you'll just skip crawling all together. You love to walk while we hold your hands, and you're starting to pull yourself up on everything. You just act like you think it's silly to crawl around on your hands and knees when you have two perfectly good feet! I will say I think you're a ways away from walking on your own. You just get too excited and wobbly! :)
You eat three meals a day, and in between have bottles every couple of hours. You are a big eater, but you must have your daddy's metabolism because it just doesn't seem to do anything! You love ALL baby foods. You eat the "meals" like Mac and Cheese (which is your favorite!) and Chicken and Turkey and Beef. You eat veggies like a champ and of course fruits. It's awesome that you're learning not to be picky. Your Dad and I made a concious effort to give you EVERYTHING and to make you eat all types of food because the last thing I would want would be to have to accomodate a picky eater! Ha!
We've just started giving you some table food cut up very small. You love kiwi, and you LOVE cheese. We like to give you some shredded cheese and you just can't get enough of it! It's so fun to see you growing into such a little boy rather than staying a baby. It used to make me a little sad, but instead, now it's just thrilling!
Santa Claus knew that you were a good boy this year. He brought you a new toy box for all of your toys that you got from him, and from ALL your Grandparents and Great Aunt's and Uncles! He also brought you a puppy armchair that you can sit in like a big boy, a dino push walker, an hour and a half long Yo Gabba Gabba DVD (which I'm sure Mommy and Daddy will be VERY thankful come our roadtrip in February!), and even brought you a fireman dress up outfit!
You absolutely LOVED unwrapping presents and having everyone watch you when you did that... You LOVE attention! What can I say, you come by it naturally :)
Mommy loves books for you, so she loved a few of the books that came home with us this year from all our Christmas celebrations: Your Auntie M is a preschool teacher and her FAVORITE children's book is Llama Llama Red Pajama- so she and Unkie gave you that, with a huge stuffed llama and red pajamas for YOU that your Unkie spend hours and hours looking for! What a great gift! You LOVE the rythm to it!
Also, your Grandma B gave a book to Daddy that I have read to you twice already. It's called I Know You Can. It's very similar to Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess. But, it's just a sweet little story about staying on your track and that it's okay if you have to find a new track to ride on, and that you should always be happy being a train and never wish that you were an airplane or a car. What a great analogy!
Keegan Michael... I say this every month, but what a JOY to be your mother. What a GIFT! Our God is SO good and has so richly blessed us with SUCH a sweet boy. We can already see His Hand working more and more in our lives, and already in yours. I pray that you follow His will for your life and that you will not have to be the type of person that has to learn your own lessons, but that you can learn from the mistakes of others. We love you, big kid.
What a joy you are. You bring so much laughter and sunshine to Daddy and my lives- and ALL of your grandparents, aunts and uncles and extended family as well.
You sleep SO well. On the days we're home, you're very consistent with taking at least an hour nap mid morning, and at LEAST an hour and a half nap in the afternoon. Normally more like 2 to 2.5 hours. Mommy loves it because she can play with you when you're up, and know that she can get whatever she needs to get done finished while you nap.
At night you know it's about bed time around 6:45-7:00. Most of the time we stick with your "routine" but you do really well when we need to modify it to accomodate our plans. You typically sleep anywhere from 10-12 hours straight a night. Needless to say, Mommy and Daddy LOVE it and FINALLY feel rested after the hard time we had between 2-6 months when your ears hurt before you got tubes.
OH and BIG news in the past month...
YOU HAVE YOUR TWO BOTTOM TEETH! It was incredible because you were a little fussier- but it really didn't affect your sleep too much. You woke up for a couple of nights- but only at 10:00 or so while we were still up. Go, Big Boy!
I'm sure your top teeth are coming in soon- because you're still sticking EVERYTHING you get into your mouth as soon as you get your little hands on it.
You're still not crawling. We really think that you'll just skip crawling all together. You love to walk while we hold your hands, and you're starting to pull yourself up on everything. You just act like you think it's silly to crawl around on your hands and knees when you have two perfectly good feet! I will say I think you're a ways away from walking on your own. You just get too excited and wobbly! :)
You eat three meals a day, and in between have bottles every couple of hours. You are a big eater, but you must have your daddy's metabolism because it just doesn't seem to do anything! You love ALL baby foods. You eat the "meals" like Mac and Cheese (which is your favorite!) and Chicken and Turkey and Beef. You eat veggies like a champ and of course fruits. It's awesome that you're learning not to be picky. Your Dad and I made a concious effort to give you EVERYTHING and to make you eat all types of food because the last thing I would want would be to have to accomodate a picky eater! Ha!
We've just started giving you some table food cut up very small. You love kiwi, and you LOVE cheese. We like to give you some shredded cheese and you just can't get enough of it! It's so fun to see you growing into such a little boy rather than staying a baby. It used to make me a little sad, but instead, now it's just thrilling!
Santa Claus knew that you were a good boy this year. He brought you a new toy box for all of your toys that you got from him, and from ALL your Grandparents and Great Aunt's and Uncles! He also brought you a puppy armchair that you can sit in like a big boy, a dino push walker, an hour and a half long Yo Gabba Gabba DVD (which I'm sure Mommy and Daddy will be VERY thankful come our roadtrip in February!), and even brought you a fireman dress up outfit!
Mommy loves books for you, so she loved a few of the books that came home with us this year from all our Christmas celebrations: Your Auntie M is a preschool teacher and her FAVORITE children's book is Llama Llama Red Pajama- so she and Unkie gave you that, with a huge stuffed llama and red pajamas for YOU that your Unkie spend hours and hours looking for! What a great gift! You LOVE the rythm to it!
Also, your Grandma B gave a book to Daddy that I have read to you twice already. It's called I Know You Can. It's very similar to Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess. But, it's just a sweet little story about staying on your track and that it's okay if you have to find a new track to ride on, and that you should always be happy being a train and never wish that you were an airplane or a car. What a great analogy!
Keegan Michael... I say this every month, but what a JOY to be your mother. What a GIFT! Our God is SO good and has so richly blessed us with SUCH a sweet boy. We can already see His Hand working more and more in our lives, and already in yours. I pray that you follow His will for your life and that you will not have to be the type of person that has to learn your own lessons, but that you can learn from the mistakes of others. We love you, big kid.
Keegan got SO excited about EVERY gift he opened this year!
Carrying on the legacy of his great grandpa Bernie at the Anderson Christmas Eve party!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Its the most wonderful time of the year... I think. I dont really remember...
The title of this blog is the perfect example of my scattered brain the past few weeks. I'm not joking when I say that I'm pretty sure both Kris and I were googling symptoms of a brain tumor, or whatnot, after the sudden change in my scattered-ness over the last month.
I've misplaced everything. I wish I could implant magnets under my skin and onto my phone, keys and debit card. I'm finally realizing that if I don't do something RIGHT when I think of it- it won't get done. Super irritating!
Is old age really setting in this fast?!
On Saturday we went to Kohls so I could use some Kohls Cash before it expired. We walked around until I found something to spend this free money on, and got in the 20 something person long line. I rummaged through my purse to find the coupon on, and it was gone. I remembered getting it out and carrying it around, but apparently I dropped it. Merry Christmas to someone at Kohls, then! Enjoy your free money that this crazy lost.
From there we went to Kroger. Kris drove, but I used my Kroger Plus Card on my keychain to check out. The next day I couldn't find my keys and just KNEW the cashier didn't give them back to me. I called- no keys. Kris went in- no keys. I've been using my spare all week. Last night I finally rummaged through my purse again. There they were. Sitting right in the pocket where they should have been. I looked there about eight times, though!
I LOVE Christmas. I LOVE being a mom. I LOVE my job, and I LOVE that we have two showings ON Christmas Eve day because two families are THAT interested in our home. But- I can't wait until I get the hang of all this and can balance everything without feeling like I'm losing my mind!
Oh well. We'll make it work and laugh about my crazy brain in retrospect... (Well, AFTER I find what I'm looking for :). We're gonna try to take Keegan to see Santa tonight, so we'll make sure to post pictures on the blog soon!
But to tide you over, here's my little handsome boy:
I've misplaced everything. I wish I could implant magnets under my skin and onto my phone, keys and debit card. I'm finally realizing that if I don't do something RIGHT when I think of it- it won't get done. Super irritating!
Is old age really setting in this fast?!
On Saturday we went to Kohls so I could use some Kohls Cash before it expired. We walked around until I found something to spend this free money on, and got in the 20 something person long line. I rummaged through my purse to find the coupon on, and it was gone. I remembered getting it out and carrying it around, but apparently I dropped it. Merry Christmas to someone at Kohls, then! Enjoy your free money that this crazy lost.
From there we went to Kroger. Kris drove, but I used my Kroger Plus Card on my keychain to check out. The next day I couldn't find my keys and just KNEW the cashier didn't give them back to me. I called- no keys. Kris went in- no keys. I've been using my spare all week. Last night I finally rummaged through my purse again. There they were. Sitting right in the pocket where they should have been. I looked there about eight times, though!
I LOVE Christmas. I LOVE being a mom. I LOVE my job, and I LOVE that we have two showings ON Christmas Eve day because two families are THAT interested in our home. But- I can't wait until I get the hang of all this and can balance everything without feeling like I'm losing my mind!
Oh well. We'll make it work and laugh about my crazy brain in retrospect... (Well, AFTER I find what I'm looking for :). We're gonna try to take Keegan to see Santa tonight, so we'll make sure to post pictures on the blog soon!
But to tide you over, here's my little handsome boy:
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Give a Gift of Love...!
Remember that song? I know my sister, Molly, will. "So we can give the gift of love, and the give goes on, the Father gave the Son, and the Gift goes on... the Son gave the Spirit..." Southfield Christian Christmas concerts, what, what?!
Well, first of all, I want to thank everyone for their concern, thoughts and prayers for my husband after last week's post . He's doing much better, but is definitely having to monitor what he eats closely. He's headed to the doctor on Friday- and until we hear differently, we're just assuming that it is diabetes and really watching his diet.
This blog is something on a totally different note, though. I posted a while back about my dear friend, Jacque, who has sacrificed a lot to go serve with the Peace Corp in Yampil, Ukraine. I had the opportunity to catch up with her last week for a long time- it was so wonderful! She is someone who I already view as super incredible. She's fun, smart and really inspiring. It's totally awesome because as soon as I think she can't get any better, each time I talk to her, it's obvious to me that she's becoming more and more selfless.
When she first went to Ukraine to start teaching English, the first thing she was telling me was how hard it was because the textbooks provided by the Ukrainian government were really, really bad. She decided to put in a request for a grant through the Peace Corps to raise money for new text books. In the meantime, the Ukrainian government decided to ban the old books because of their poor quality- without replacing them. So now, poor Jacque is left trying to teach English in a foreign country (if you didn't know- which I didn't, they speak Russian there... TOTALLY different), without text books.
Essentially, the "grant" is that the Peace Corps gives permission to Jacque to list this monetary need on their website so people can make donations toward that project.
Would you please consider making even a small monetary donation? Whether it be $5.00, $10.00 or $15.00 even?
What's even better is that Jacque is not just asking for money. She's trying as best as she can to try and raise the funds herself while in Yampil. On December 16th she's organizing and hosting an American Christmas Camp where the Ukrainian kids can learn about how we celebrate Christmas in the good ol' US of A... Complete with a lesson on The Grinch!
Even if you're not able to assist financially, please start to pray that Jacque can raise enough money to supply all these students with textbooks.
Here is the link to the blog that Jacque has set up about this project so you can get to know the people that you'll be helping and praying for. If you'd be interested in making a donation, there's also a link on the right:
http://beapartner.wordpress.com/
Thank you, thank you for all of your help! :)
Well, first of all, I want to thank everyone for their concern, thoughts and prayers for my husband after last week's post . He's doing much better, but is definitely having to monitor what he eats closely. He's headed to the doctor on Friday- and until we hear differently, we're just assuming that it is diabetes and really watching his diet.
This blog is something on a totally different note, though. I posted a while back about my dear friend, Jacque, who has sacrificed a lot to go serve with the Peace Corp in Yampil, Ukraine. I had the opportunity to catch up with her last week for a long time- it was so wonderful! She is someone who I already view as super incredible. She's fun, smart and really inspiring. It's totally awesome because as soon as I think she can't get any better, each time I talk to her, it's obvious to me that she's becoming more and more selfless.
When she first went to Ukraine to start teaching English, the first thing she was telling me was how hard it was because the textbooks provided by the Ukrainian government were really, really bad. She decided to put in a request for a grant through the Peace Corps to raise money for new text books. In the meantime, the Ukrainian government decided to ban the old books because of their poor quality- without replacing them. So now, poor Jacque is left trying to teach English in a foreign country (if you didn't know- which I didn't, they speak Russian there... TOTALLY different), without text books.
Essentially, the "grant" is that the Peace Corps gives permission to Jacque to list this monetary need on their website so people can make donations toward that project.
Would you please consider making even a small monetary donation? Whether it be $5.00, $10.00 or $15.00 even?
What's even better is that Jacque is not just asking for money. She's trying as best as she can to try and raise the funds herself while in Yampil. On December 16th she's organizing and hosting an American Christmas Camp where the Ukrainian kids can learn about how we celebrate Christmas in the good ol' US of A... Complete with a lesson on The Grinch!
Even if you're not able to assist financially, please start to pray that Jacque can raise enough money to supply all these students with textbooks.
Here is the link to the blog that Jacque has set up about this project so you can get to know the people that you'll be helping and praying for. If you'd be interested in making a donation, there's also a link on the right:
http://beapartner.wordpress.com/
Thank you, thank you for all of your help! :)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Last nights adventure...
If you want to call it that. More like big scary night.
But, God is so good and allowed His timing to be perfect. Last night Kris met some guys for Bible study at Leo's Lodge, and I stayed home with Keegan. I got him down for the night and sat down at the computer. I kept hearing something and realized that it was my phone on vibrate in the kitchen.
I looked at my missed calls and saw my friend Christine (whose husband was with Kris) had called twice in a row and while I was looking at the calls she called again. I got nervous and asked if everything was okay, "No, not really... Kris passed out at the restaurant and is throwing up. An ambulance is coming to take him to the hospital."
I ran upstairs and grabbed Keegan and loaded him in the car. If you're not in Lansing, just know we had an awful snowstorm last night (8-10 inches)... I made it to the end of our subdivision and got stuck. I think I've only felt that helpless one other time in my life.
I called Christine's husband, Mark. Our friend, Garrett, who is a nursing student went with Kris in the ambulance, so Mark and our other friend, Tony, came and pushed me out so I could get to the hospital...
The fastest I could go was 20 miles per hour. I got to the hospital and went back into his exam room. Poor guy was hooked up to an IV and had a big gash on his face. My first reaction was panic and trying to solve it... What did you eat? What did you drink?!
This has happened before, but never like THIS. He passed out, lost his vision, his hearing was coming and going, and he was throwing up. When he passed out he smacked his face on something and sprained his ankle...
They ran a lot of tests, initially their main concern was his heart- we know it's not that because he's continued to see his cardiologist and was just told again that his heart is working perfectly... Based off of the tests in the ER, they concur. But for good measure they're sending us to get him a heart monitor to wear for another 48 hours just to rule it out completely.
We both have a feeling that he's diabetic. His mom has Type 1 diabetes, and he just remembered that, and all the symptoms seem so similar.
He's in the process of getting a primary care doctor who can begin testing for that.
So many thankfuls from last night, though:
That this happened at the restaurant while people were around rather than while he was driving home by himself in this snowstorm;
That he has so many selfless, godly friends who completely saved the night. One friend was wiping off his face and cleaning him up and feeding him water and juice, and then went with him to the hospital. One made sure his food was paid before they left. Two came and saved me from a snow bank and then drove to the hospital in a massive snowstorm to make sure he was alright.
I prayed the whole way home at 1:30AM... My prayer was: "please let us get home, Lord. Don't let us get stuck... We done even have to get in the garage, just please get us in front of our house." And He did. My car is now struck at the bottom of our driveway, but we got home safe.
Kris is obviously not working today. But I can't get him to sit down. Please pray that they will get everything figured out soon so that Kris can start getting his body under control- because I like him a lot and want him around a lot longer... So does Keegan :)
But, God is so good and allowed His timing to be perfect. Last night Kris met some guys for Bible study at Leo's Lodge, and I stayed home with Keegan. I got him down for the night and sat down at the computer. I kept hearing something and realized that it was my phone on vibrate in the kitchen.
I looked at my missed calls and saw my friend Christine (whose husband was with Kris) had called twice in a row and while I was looking at the calls she called again. I got nervous and asked if everything was okay, "No, not really... Kris passed out at the restaurant and is throwing up. An ambulance is coming to take him to the hospital."
I ran upstairs and grabbed Keegan and loaded him in the car. If you're not in Lansing, just know we had an awful snowstorm last night (8-10 inches)... I made it to the end of our subdivision and got stuck. I think I've only felt that helpless one other time in my life.
I called Christine's husband, Mark. Our friend, Garrett, who is a nursing student went with Kris in the ambulance, so Mark and our other friend, Tony, came and pushed me out so I could get to the hospital...
The fastest I could go was 20 miles per hour. I got to the hospital and went back into his exam room. Poor guy was hooked up to an IV and had a big gash on his face. My first reaction was panic and trying to solve it... What did you eat? What did you drink?!
This has happened before, but never like THIS. He passed out, lost his vision, his hearing was coming and going, and he was throwing up. When he passed out he smacked his face on something and sprained his ankle...
They ran a lot of tests, initially their main concern was his heart- we know it's not that because he's continued to see his cardiologist and was just told again that his heart is working perfectly... Based off of the tests in the ER, they concur. But for good measure they're sending us to get him a heart monitor to wear for another 48 hours just to rule it out completely.
We both have a feeling that he's diabetic. His mom has Type 1 diabetes, and he just remembered that, and all the symptoms seem so similar.
He's in the process of getting a primary care doctor who can begin testing for that.
So many thankfuls from last night, though:
That this happened at the restaurant while people were around rather than while he was driving home by himself in this snowstorm;
That he has so many selfless, godly friends who completely saved the night. One friend was wiping off his face and cleaning him up and feeding him water and juice, and then went with him to the hospital. One made sure his food was paid before they left. Two came and saved me from a snow bank and then drove to the hospital in a massive snowstorm to make sure he was alright.
I prayed the whole way home at 1:30AM... My prayer was: "please let us get home, Lord. Don't let us get stuck... We done even have to get in the garage, just please get us in front of our house." And He did. My car is now struck at the bottom of our driveway, but we got home safe.
Kris is obviously not working today. But I can't get him to sit down. Please pray that they will get everything figured out soon so that Kris can start getting his body under control- because I like him a lot and want him around a lot longer... So does Keegan :)
Monday, November 28, 2011
My Mister Seven Month Boy
Wow.
Give mommy a moment to cry.
Okay, Keegan. I'm done (for now).
Not only are you such a big boy, but you're seriously the worlds kindest baby. You have your moments because, well, you ARE a baby... But you make friends everywhere you go. We hear, "Gerber Baby" from everyone you meet because not only are you my little Mr. Punkin Face, but you're SO smiley and kind to everyone!
You still LOVE daycare. Today when daddy picked you up he said you were working VERY hard in the exersaucer- you didn't even notice him!
Today you've really figured out how to walk around when daddy holds your hands. You got so excited it looked like you were running. You'd pick those little knees up so high- sometimes you were marching! So cute! Still not crawling... You get so frustrated and- okay, I'll say it... A little lazy- and just fuss fuss fuss since you can't figure out how to get anywhere!
You're sleeping through the night again. Thank You, Jesus! Your health finally seems on the mend (I literally just knocked on wood), but we're pretty sure your bottom teeth are finally coming in soon. They're SO swollen, you're tugging on your ears and a little fussier (but, no ear infection).
You're still wearing size two diap's, but I think you're about ready to move up to size three's... Plus, we have Santa diapers in size three so... :)
You are only 16 pounds, 9 ounces (little boy!), but you are an EATER! Must have your daddy's metabolism! You have about three BIG containers of baby food and about 20-25 ounces of formula a day. Big belly! :)
We love you, Keegan. We couldn't ask for a cuter or more fun baby boy. You already have a sense of humor, and a sweet spirit that I just can't get enough of.
We pray for you daily- multiple times a day, and we are so blessed to know that you are surrounded by so many other people who are lifting you up in prayer and committing to help to raise you up in Christ.
I so hope that you come to understand who God is, and the incredible characteristics that He possesses, that I pray you will develop as you grow up.
He has blessed us so much: He's given us an amazing family, a beautiful home, peace, grace, mercy, forgiveness and the gift of reconciliation. He is GOOD. Happy Thanksgiving, Keegan Michael, and Happy, HAPPY Seven Months!
Give mommy a moment to cry.
Okay, Keegan. I'm done (for now).
Not only are you such a big boy, but you're seriously the worlds kindest baby. You have your moments because, well, you ARE a baby... But you make friends everywhere you go. We hear, "Gerber Baby" from everyone you meet because not only are you my little Mr. Punkin Face, but you're SO smiley and kind to everyone!
You still LOVE daycare. Today when daddy picked you up he said you were working VERY hard in the exersaucer- you didn't even notice him!
Today you've really figured out how to walk around when daddy holds your hands. You got so excited it looked like you were running. You'd pick those little knees up so high- sometimes you were marching! So cute! Still not crawling... You get so frustrated and- okay, I'll say it... A little lazy- and just fuss fuss fuss since you can't figure out how to get anywhere!
You're sleeping through the night again. Thank You, Jesus! Your health finally seems on the mend (I literally just knocked on wood), but we're pretty sure your bottom teeth are finally coming in soon. They're SO swollen, you're tugging on your ears and a little fussier (but, no ear infection).
You're still wearing size two diap's, but I think you're about ready to move up to size three's... Plus, we have Santa diapers in size three so... :)
You are only 16 pounds, 9 ounces (little boy!), but you are an EATER! Must have your daddy's metabolism! You have about three BIG containers of baby food and about 20-25 ounces of formula a day. Big belly! :)
We love you, Keegan. We couldn't ask for a cuter or more fun baby boy. You already have a sense of humor, and a sweet spirit that I just can't get enough of.
We pray for you daily- multiple times a day, and we are so blessed to know that you are surrounded by so many other people who are lifting you up in prayer and committing to help to raise you up in Christ.
I so hope that you come to understand who God is, and the incredible characteristics that He possesses, that I pray you will develop as you grow up.
He has blessed us so much: He's given us an amazing family, a beautiful home, peace, grace, mercy, forgiveness and the gift of reconciliation. He is GOOD. Happy Thanksgiving, Keegan Michael, and Happy, HAPPY Seven Months!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Woah. Bout time for an update!
Yeah, it's been a long time since I've blogged. Life seems to be flying by at super speed lately, between work, Keegan, tons of house showings and tons of Holiday preparations (I've been smart enough to start early this year since time's flying by so quickly).
Busy is so not a bad thing. I love it because I love feeling productive and I love each passing day, but I'm really starting to wish it would slow down just a little. I can't believe Keegan's almost seven months old.
Talk about weird! But Mr. Big Kid is doing well. He talks all the time now and tries SO hard to crawl... But he's just a tiny little guy so it's hard for him! He's getting over a sinus infection (seriously this poor kid just can't get a break!) but has FINALLY gotten better at sleeping at night. Woot!
Since he's started sleeping better he's seriously SUCH a joy. I mean, he's already a joy but went from crying a little during the day, to NOT CRYING for the past 60 hours. He wakes up chatting, goes down for his nap like a gem, and does even fuss when he's hungry... Whattt?! Ha, he must know that Santa's elves start watching him about now to make sure he's a nice boy :)
I absolutely am so excited for the Christmas season this year with my baby boy... If our house wasn't on the market I'd of had all Christmas decorations up November 1st. But, alas, this year we must wait until after Thanksgiving with all the "normal" folk!
Also, on the house front: we've had so many showings the past few weeks. SO weird since it's so cold out and I always thought that the market slows down. But- no bites still. We just pray that we'll trust in Gods timing to lead us exactly where we need to be, and bring us exactly the right buyers for our house. So much easier said than done!
And now... Here's some of Keegan's 6 month photos that my friend, Mikenna, took:
Oh and for good measure, a pic of Keegan after he scooted his booty from his play mat into the middle of the living room! Big Kid!
Busy is so not a bad thing. I love it because I love feeling productive and I love each passing day, but I'm really starting to wish it would slow down just a little. I can't believe Keegan's almost seven months old.
Talk about weird! But Mr. Big Kid is doing well. He talks all the time now and tries SO hard to crawl... But he's just a tiny little guy so it's hard for him! He's getting over a sinus infection (seriously this poor kid just can't get a break!) but has FINALLY gotten better at sleeping at night. Woot!
Since he's started sleeping better he's seriously SUCH a joy. I mean, he's already a joy but went from crying a little during the day, to NOT CRYING for the past 60 hours. He wakes up chatting, goes down for his nap like a gem, and does even fuss when he's hungry... Whattt?! Ha, he must know that Santa's elves start watching him about now to make sure he's a nice boy :)
I absolutely am so excited for the Christmas season this year with my baby boy... If our house wasn't on the market I'd of had all Christmas decorations up November 1st. But, alas, this year we must wait until after Thanksgiving with all the "normal" folk!
Also, on the house front: we've had so many showings the past few weeks. SO weird since it's so cold out and I always thought that the market slows down. But- no bites still. We just pray that we'll trust in Gods timing to lead us exactly where we need to be, and bring us exactly the right buyers for our house. So much easier said than done!
And now... Here's some of Keegan's 6 month photos that my friend, Mikenna, took:
Oh and for good measure, a pic of Keegan after he scooted his booty from his play mat into the middle of the living room! Big Kid!
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