Day 23 - Favorite Things

Oprah has her favorite things, well so do we. The Kitchen Aid mixer is definitely one of our favorite things. It's a must have for any wannabe chef. I admit E uses it much more than I do (I'm very lucky to have found a hubby who loves to cook). With this cold, icky weather we've been homebodies all weekend. We decided to spend the afternoon in the kitchen. We sifted through a few cookbooks and picked out a lemon cake recipe, courtesy of Ina Garten's Parties Cookbook. There was one tinsey-winsey problem we were missing a key ingredient, lemons. We improvised and ended up using oranges. Why not? Anyway, we are looking forward to enjoying a little orange cake for dessert tonight.

Day 22 - Exhausted

Did you think we were going to post a picture of snow? HA! That's on our other blog. A state of emergency has been declared in the great state of NC. We had quite the "winter storm" last night and it continued on throughout the day. Anyway, this picture was taken earlier today after we ventured out into the snow. Josh was exhausted and fell asleep on his tummy. He is his mama's son.

Day 21 - Rollin' Away

At work, we have an online bulletin board that people can buy and sell everything from concert tickets to their houses. There is always a ton of kids items posted and this one caught my eye. It is called the vTech Move and Crawl Ball. Cara and I almost got this for Josh for Christmas. It plays music, lights up, teaches letters and numbers, and rolls around all by itself. So far Josh seems to really like it. When he gets too old for it, we will pass it along so someone else can enjoy it.

Day 20 - Baby manicure? Not quite.

One of the most scary things you must do to your newborn is to clip their nails. OMG. Their nails grow like crazy and must be clipped often, so they do not tear up their face. So, how do you clip their nails without them squirming, screaming, etc? Like this. You wait until they are completely passed out. Whew. I usually make E do this task. It makes me too nervous. Check out baby's belly. Too cute.

Day 19 - State of the Union

What's on tonight's agenda? Chowin' down on pizza and watching the State of the Union Address.

Day 18 - chillin'

Josh, E and I spend our nights chillin' on the couch. We love our snuggle time.

Day 17 - Our Pal Scout

Scout was one of our favorite Christmas gifts this year. C's parents found him for Josh and he loves him. He came with software that can be loaded on a PC that allows you to change the music, select different words for Scout to say, and customize him so he says Josh's name. Right now, Scout will tell you that Josh's favorite animal is a Monkey and that his favorite food is fried rice. I'm not sure who is having more fun with Scout....Josh or Dad ;-)