Sara's Wedding

For all the family members who couldn't make it, here are a few pictures from Sara's wedding.

Family Reunion

Hold on to your hats! Here are A LOT of pictures.

Dinner was good! Enchilda Bake

Thanks to this site we had a yummy dinner tonight. Even Tornado loved it.

Enchilada Bake

1 can (19oz) mild enchilada sauce, divided
1 can (15.25oz) corn, drained
1 can (15oz) black beans, rinsed
1 lb. shredded cooked chicken
2 tbsp cilantro
12 corn tortillas, divided (I used flour tortillas)
1 ¼ C shredded Monterey jack cheese, divided (I used sharp cheddar)

Heat oven to 350. In bowl, combine ½ can of encilada sauce, the corn, black beans, chicken, and cilantro. Lay out tortillas and put filling in tortillas. Add cheese and roll up. Put in 9x13 dish, cover with remaining enchilada sauce. Cover and bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and sprinkle remaining cheese. Bake 10 minutes more.

Small Girl!

Bubbles had her 6 mo. check up today and I found out what I already knew. She is a long, skinny girl. She weighs 13 lbs, 3 oz. (15% percentile) and is 26 3/4 inches long (90%). The doctor says she is doing well. He was surprised that she already had two teeth and is almost crawling. He showed me that she is a lot closer to sitting on her own than I thought and said that she is a doer and isn't going to be content just sitting around being a baby. Even though I already knew that, I was hoping to have a few more months (hah!) before I had to chase a baby around the halls of church.

She's a strong baby too. Yesterday she pulled herself out (yes OUT) of her exersaucer and dumped herself on the floor. I couldn't believe it. Neither could her Doctor. I came upstairs (I was putting a video in for Tornado) just in time to see her fall on the floor.

Not so fast...

Okay, so I'm totally procrastinating packing for girls camp and putting together stuff for the skits. So here I sit typing up an update.

Tornado is doing so well with potty training. In fact I think it's complete. He hasn't had an accident in weeks now. He's loving his Disney movies, though I think we need to watch them more sparingly. It took a week to convince him that he was a Prince, not a Princess. Now I am the princess and he is the prince.

Bubbles had her second tooth come in and is probably a week away from crawling. She's getting up on her hands and knees and can scoot all over the room. I don't know where she thinks she's going, but she's in a hurry to get there.

Goin' to Camp this week

see you all when I get back!

I forgot!

While on our trip Bubbles got her first tooth! It popped through Saturday night. Now we are just waiting for the second one to pop through.

This and that...

This weekend we got together with my father's side of the family. I had a great time seeing everyone again. Some of the Cousins and Aunt and uncles I hadn't seen in 10+ years! Bubbles went with me and was such a good girl! I can't tell you how many times I woke her up to stick her in the car and go some where.

As much as I enjoyed my weekend I missed my Tornado and DA. DA works so much and to have him home all weekend and not be here made me a bit sad. Especially since we got a late start that morning and didn't make it home until after 6:00 pm.

But now that I'm back in the real world I need to get busy! My sister is getting married this weekend and then I am going to girls camp next week. I've got so much to do I'm not exactly sure where to start!

Pictures of the kids

I don't have much to say except I've been sick for two weeks now, but I'll spare you the details! So here are pics of the kids.

Bubbles is now 4 1/2 months old. She is getting to be a big girl. She is happy and content.

She LOVES her toes.
Tornado loves to play with his soccer ball. He is a bit confused though because he keeps saying he is playing baseball.

I could have lived without that...

Tonight I heard Bubbles grunting so I looked over at her. I'm thinking "great, another poopy diaper" and then I see it. Bubbles in her bouncy seat sitting in a puddle (yes, puddle) of poop. In her brand new outfit. (I don't think it's ever going to be the same) I picked her up and it was dripping down her legs. YUCK! Tornado never did that and it wasn't something I really felt like I missed out on.

Bubbles is making sure that I don't miss out on anything baby related but I think I need to tell her "Thanks, but no thanks."

Huh.

Tornado just informed me that the dog is eating the playdough. I didn't even know we had a dog....

Ants are the bane of my existance...

They have invaded. AGAIN! I swear they are invading every time I turn around. I kill the ants off but they always come back. I already vaccum my dining room and kitchen 2-3 a week. What else am I supposed to do? I wish I could keep my floor crumb free but I have a three year old. Crumbs are a way of life!

I spoke too soon

Tornado did go stinkies on the potty today and earned his soccer ball, but later peed his pant. -Not even 30 seconds after I asked him if he needed to go. All you moms can imagine what his answer was.

On a different note... I finished The Host (by Stephanie Meyer) today. I loved it! I liked it more than the Twilight series.

The Potty Train....

That what Tornado thinks he's going to ride once he's done potty training! He's fascinated by trains so we are going to take him on one, but I don't think the people at the Heber Creeper would like being called the Potty Train.

It's going really well. We've been potty training for 3 days and haven't had any accidents for two days. We are still struggling with going stinkies in the potty (saves it for his naptime when we put him in a pull-up) but we don't have to remind him to go potty at all. He does it on his own. We've been able to go out to dinner and to stores with no accidents. He must be really good at holding it.

I'm crossing my fingers that this continues. I'm a bit worried about Sunday at nursery though. While we were out Tornado needed to go so I took him to the bathroom. He took one look at the toilet and refused to go, waiting until we were home. I'm not sure how to overcome that one!

Milestones all over the place

Here at Sugar for the Soul we are hitting milestones all over the place!

Tornado is on his 2nd day of potty training (and doing awesome!) and he learned to pedal his bike yesterday too.

Bubbles is rolling over all the time (started yesterday) and is keeping mom busy rolling her back over on to her back.

Mom is learning to sew and about to cut the material on her first project, jammie pants for DA. Cross your fingers for me!

Another Yummy idea.. jazzed up mayo

While reading the latest edition of Kraft Food and Family magazine (gotta give credit where credit is due) there was an article about some herbs you can add to mayo to jazz it up. They suggested dill and basil. I took it one step further and mixed miracle whip (didn't have mayo), fresh green onions (minced), and some dried dill together.

It was SO GOOD! It made my turkey, lettuce and tomato sandwich taste so much better!

Oh so good.... Spiced Citrus Chicken

We've had this twice in the last week because I've liked it so much!

Spiced Citrus Chicken

¼ cup Olive Oil
¼ cup Lime Juice
¼ cup Orange Juice
¼ cup Lemon Juice
1 ½ Tablespoons Chili Powder
1 ½ Tablespoons Paprika
¾ Teaspoon Cayenne
½ Teaspoon Pepper
½ Teaspoon Salt

Reserve a bit of the marinade to baste with and marinate chicken for 5-6 hours. BBQ until done. Enjoy!

Tornado's Prayers

They are sweet and truly from the heart of a little boy. When praying he repeats things after DA or I as we help him learn to pray and usually quickly injects his own items. This week in prayers he has been thankful for peanuts, dirt, shovels, baby sister, nursery, and Grandma and Papa.

Little bit of this.... Little bit of that...

Tornado T and I were cuddling in bed this morning when Bubbles woke up. She was a bit unhappy while I was hurrying to get dressed and visit the bathroom. Tornado T went in to give her a binky and when I got in there I noticed she wasn't crying anymore. Tornado had crawled into the crib and was playing with her until I got there.


This is a blanket my mom made Bubbles. I've been meaning to post a picture of it for a while now. She did such and awesome job!


This was a gift from a friend. It looks so good. Slowly we are decorating Bubble room. It's been pretty sad looking up until now. I guess that is what happens when the room isn't ready for the baby to come home.