Aaaaaaaaaaa!

Candy shoes for a candy land party!!!!!!

I think we have a problem Houston....

I am locked out of my blog except thought my phone. I can't remember the email or password and the password recovery I have set up goes to my old Texas Tech email that I can't access any more :0(

I will work on a new blog and post when it is ready :0/

In the mean time...

Check out makenzie's new ride!

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Diapers.com

All of my MOMMY friends: I have been buying diapers in bulk on diapers.com & they have great pricing, fast free shipping & awesome customer service. Even better, if you mention my referral code, you get 10$ off your order! Code : HXLL0476

Also they have a lot of baby stuff at a better price than target or walmart. They usually have a 10% off promocode on the webpage all of the time.


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Makenzie's first meal out

Makenzie got her own lunch today at Red Robin.

Mac & cheese and oranges!
Red Robin...where kids eat free!

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I looooove finding ideas online that trump idea

I knew that I wanted to use real lollypops for makenzie's party invitations. This was turning our to be expensive and hard to find the perfect lolly pop.

What do you do if you can't find the perfect lolly pop....make it!

These are sugar cookies decorated to look like lolly pops!

It's a done deal, this is the invite!

The cookie will be wrapped in a clear bag and tied with a business card that has the party details.

If you live out of town, your invite will be different because I'm not fedex-ing you a cookie :0)
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Happy Birthday Kracker

Went to Hooters in honor of my favorite uncle kracker's birthday!

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Craft idea of the week!

I saw this on the news tonight at work. Get a white umbrella and let the kid (or grown up) use puff paint to decorate the umrella! FUN FUN FUN!

This is Beyonce, or Bouncie (depends on who you ask). She is my brother and Emily's dog. Happy spring!

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Bathtime fun!

Tonight Makenzie's bath water is purple!

She doesn't seem to care all that much but I was thinking that colored bath water might me a good reward when she is two and we are learning manners and how to be a good little princess.

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Party Time

Look close and you will see a disco ball in the picture. I love that our church has a disco ball but sadly they did not use it today while celebrating Jesus raising from the dead. But I could have totally planned a great musical experience, complete with disco ball usage :0)

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Trying something new

Alex and I are going to try a new feeding plan with Makenzie. Let me know what you think.

At the current time Makenzie gets a bottle whenever she wants and drinks however much of it she wants. She eats baby food around dinner, then we play for a while, then she get a little more baby food that is thickened up with baby cereal, and then a bottle to go to bed.

This was working okay for us. Alex and I don't lead too busy of lives outside of parenthood and it's pretty easy to stop and feed Makenzie on demand. Makenzie did find a loose pattern to bottle time but nothing strong or too regular (except the night time bottle).

Our new plan is really trying to get Makenzie to eat more formula 4 times a day and babyfood 3 times a day. Instead of letting Makenzie stop drinking at the first sign of contentness, we are going to really push for a big 7oz or 8oz bottle. This should eliminate as many feedings throughout the day.

Another this is during the day, Alex and I are both guilty of just feeding her a small 4oz bottle whenever Makenzie is fussy, for instant soothing. We are also both VERY guilty of this at night. It is way easier to give Makenzie a 2oz warm bottle and coax her back to sleep, than rock her back to sleep or rub her back in the crib for 40 minutes. We are going to try to cut out extra soothing feeds and try to get her to drink one 7oz bottle at night.

We are also trying to get Makenzie in the habbit of food beyond formula. And before you get all worked up, I am in no way suggesting supplimenting needed daily calories from formula, with baby food. We realize how fast the first 6 months went by and we know the next 6 will go by even faster, and at 1 year the suggest babyfood intake drops to zero and they are reccomend to eat 3 meals a day like grown ups. The increase in babyfood will be a pain in the booty because it's just a lot more work but....

Who said parenthood would be easy? NOBODY!


PS: it was kindly brought to my attention that the spelling and grammar on my blog was horrible. I'd like to ask for some understanding though, I blog from my phone! No spell check and the screen is too small to proof read :0)

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Disaster

Disaster on the Easter preparations.

This is what happens when you spill crayon wax in the oven

Tomorrow I am cleaning the oven :0)

But I got six cute Easter egg crayons!
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New Recipe

Chop Suey!

1lb hamburger
1package macaroni noodles
Green bell pepper~to taste
Onion~ to taste
1 T viniger
1 T sugar
2 cans tomatoe sause
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomatoe soup
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1. cook meat with onion and pepper
2. Boil noodles
3. Add tomatoe products to meat
4. Add noodles to meat mixture
5. Warm and enjoy!

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Mad Easter Bunny

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Easter Parade

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Why

Why do we need sleep? I get that God made our bodies to need sleep but why ? And why does my almost 6 month old fight it so much


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New Recipe Monday

Taco salad ~ A La Jim Schuermann

1 pound hamburger meat
2 cans chili beans with juice
1 package of taco seasoning
1 bag cheese doritos
Lettus
Tomatoe
Cheddar cheese
8 oz Catalina salad dressing
2 avacados (optional)
Sour cream (optional )
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*cook meat
*Add beans and juice
*Open doritos and crunch the chips into small pieces
*pour chips into 13x9 pan
* pour bean and meat mixture over the chips
* cover with bite size pieces of lettus
*sprinkle with tomatoes, cheese, & catalina dressing
*add sour cream and avacado chunks as desired

Prep time: 24 minutes
Cook time: 0


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Can I do it?

I want to make thi shape of cake for Makenzies birthday (yes I know she is only 6 months old but I am bored at work). We won't need that much cake so I want to make the top two layers styrofoam and the bottom big layer be cake.

I am not sure in this creative or talented but we will see. I might practice on the next holiday. Anyone ever attempt this type of cake at home ? I'm not wanting to use the fondont either. Not sure if that is possible.

Maybe i should go to just go to a bakery!

Poor Lola

Pet Exam...$45
Sedation...$26.50
Pulling a dislocated toe...$18.50
Pain medicine...$5.56
Bandage...$9.50

One sad lookin' dog....priceless


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Sadness

I woke up with Makenzie at 8am. My nap time was non existence today. I work from 6pm-430am. By the time I go to bed at 5am tomorrow I will have been awake for 21 hours.

Let the pitty party begin please. And god bless the people that call me tonight. I'm not going to be in the mood for BS'ers :0)

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Happy St. Patty's Day!

I forgot!

I forgot about New Recipe Monday so here is my make up for that!

Chicken Crescents

4 boneless chicken breasts

1 pkg crescent rolls

3oz. cream cheese

2 T melted butter

2 T milk

1/4 t salt

1/4 t pepper

garlic and onion powder to taste

salsa for dipping (optional) but salsa is great so you should use it!

~boil chicken and let it cool

~mix together cream cheese, butter, milk, salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder

~cut cooled chicken into cubes

~ add chicken to cream cheese mixture

~unroll crescent rolls onto a cookie sheet keeping each pair together to for rectangles (read this step again as it is a bit confusing and remember you shapes!)

~spoon chicken mixture onto rolls

~fold corners together and seal them to completely enclose the chicken mixture

~brush tops with melted butter

~ bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes

Yummy

Bitter biscuts are yummy yummy !

Waiting

For my cereal to get soggy! I've blogged it before, I just like soggy cereal.

On a different note, this is post raisin brand and it sucks. The other brand is way better.

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Makenzie's First Babysitter

Alex and I came to see Allice In Wonderland in 3-D

Makenzie went to her first babsitter (that wasn't family) today. Emily's mama is watching her for us. Hopefully she is okay with that :0)

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Grrrrrrrrr! Damn Aggies!

Thi morning Makenzie and I went on a 1 hour walk around the neighborhood. We love to walk outside.

What we don't love is when we have to get off the sidewalk and into the street because people block the sidewalks.


This house did it too! Both homes had Texas AM paraphernalia.


But in the end we still love our walks!

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Starbucks date!

We met Sally and Jim at starbucks for a dark cherry mocha frapachino!

Best drink ever!!!!!!!!!!!


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New Recipe Monday

Homemade Mighty Cones!

Mighty cones is a trailer on South Congress with the best chicken tortilla wrap EVER! This is the recipe we made last weekend and it is pretty dang close. A-MAZING!

Mango Slaw

• 1/2 cup(s) diced mango
• 2 large jalapeños, seeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoon(s) white wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoon(s) sugar
• 1 tablespoon(s) water
• 1 small shallot, minced
• 1 cup(s) mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup(s) chopped cilantro
• 2 clove(s) garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon(s) fresh lime juice
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 7 cup(s) shredded coleslaw mix

Chicken Cones

• 3 cup(s) cornflakes
• 6 tablespoon(s) slivered almonds
• 6 tablespoon(s) sesame seeds
• 6 tablespoon(s) sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) crushed red pepper
• 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) kosher salt
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup(s) milk
• All-purpose flour, for dredging
• 6 (5-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, sliced lengthwise 1-inch thick
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• 6 10-inch flour tortillas, warmed

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Directions

1. Make the mango slaw: In a saucepan, combine the mango, jalapeños, vinegar, sugar, water, and shallot. Cover and simmer until the mango is softened, 10 minutes.
2. Transfer the mango mixture to a food processor and puree; scrape into a large bowl. Stir in the mayonnaise, cilantro, garlic, and lime juice and season with salt and pepper. Add the coleslaw mix and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate.
3. Make the cones: Wipe out the food processor. Add the cornflakes, almonds, sesame seeds, sugar, red pepper, and salt and pulse until coarsely chopped. Transfer the mixture to a large, shallow bowl. In a second shallow bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk. Fill a third shallow bowl with flour. Dredge the chicken strips in the flour, shaking off any excess. Dip them in the eggs, then roll them in the cornflake mixture.
4. Set a rack over a rimmed baking sheet. In a large skillet, heat 1/4 inch of oil. Working in batches, fry the chicken over moderately high heat, turning once, until golden brown, 6 minutes; transfer to the rack. Set the fried chicken on the tortillas and top with the mango slaw. Roll up and eat right away.

GOOD LUCK! Let me know if you try it and if so, how you liked it!

New Recipe Monday...

Coming Soon

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Snuggie Love

I love my zebra snuggie sand wearing it at work!

it is a slow morning fore sure!

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I am lucky.

I am at work tonight and can't help but realize how lucky and blessed I am.

I get to come to work while Makenzie is asleep and not miss all day with her!


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Bottles Bottles Everywhere!

I feel like I make bottles ALL day long.

It's quite the process around here. Wash...dry...fill again!


I'm going to become a better blogger again. Working nights is going to give me some extra time to blog :0)

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great bath time items!

I love the bath ring we got Makenzie last week. She is able to sit unassisted and play in the water! It's great!

Then today we got Makenzie a bath toy that is wonderful. It is from target. It jets around the tub blinking and making a fountain of water!!!

FUN FUN FUN!


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Look Brandi!

She is big enough to sit in her seat cover you got her. We love it!

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Raise them from a young age to follow Christ.

Tonight at SAMs I found the bible I had been looking to get Makenzie. I am sooooooo happy to have it. We love to read to Makenzie and this is the perfect way for Alex and I to start teaching Makenzie to love the Lord.

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I'm a big girl now!

Tonight I decided to sit up by myself for 30 seconds or so.

I've got 3 teeth now and 2 more are poppin' in any day now.


I eat in my big girl high chair. I love squash, bananas, carrots, green beans, pears and hawian delight too!


I love teddy bears :0)





Mommy made me a cute Valentines day bow this week too! She is great!

Peace y'all!
- Makenzie

Tonight I made a link!

Yes, for thoes of you who took any class with Mitzi Ziegner, that is the "link" I am talking about! Except my link tonight was at church and it was kind of a chain of links. I went to a disciple now service tonight and sat with Matt, Lori, Kayler & Chloe.

Here is the begining of my link-
When I was in the 8th grade I went to a disciple now at there house. It was then that they began investing in my life. I went through high school spending time with and becoming a part of their family.

I moved to Lubbock to go to Texas Tech. I went "pot luck" for a roommate and got Haley! (and with Haley came her sister Holly!) The 3 of us started going to and devoted every Thursday night to a college bible study called Paradigm. This biblestudy and worship was lead by a band called Pearl Merchant and pastor John Randalls. I remember this being the time that I really developed a PERSONAL relationship with the Lord. I realized that if I let go of worrying what my roomates or the guys behind me thought my experience at church would be deeper and more intimate with God.

I went to the same churches disciple now Saturday night service last year. I remember that I had just found out I was pregnant and I sat on the gym floor praying this prayer. "God, obviously I have not lived a life that was glorifing to you. Obviously I have not lived the best life I know how, which is a life walking side by side with you. Lord the life inside me is real, it's permanent, it's perfect, it's your creation." I remember this prayer like I said it yesterday. "Jesus, I can't do this alone. Let's do this together. I need you." then I prayed for the next nine months and for Makenzie. I prayed that the Lord would love on her and be her Savior from a young age.

Tonight I stood in the same gym I was in a year ago, with a band that I love to worship with, with songs that remind me of great times in college, with people I love and I thanked God for his perfect plan and his guidance through out my life that has brought me to a perfectly wonderful place.

Happy baby, happy fieance, happy family!



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Happy valentines day

Feb 1, 2010

4 months old!!


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It's 3am...

And Makenzie must have thought I wanted to make up for lost time with her.

She is confused that tonight I wanted to sleep I guess :0)

oh well looks like it's gonna be a fun mommy / baby mak play date


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Oh No!

My cubical window is fogged up and I can't see outside today :0(

Praying for an interesting and or fun day today. The last few days have been a bummer because we have been training on computer systems and I caught on fast, while others still don't get it. Crazy "older" people just don't get computers :0)



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If my bedroom walls could talk

You would hear how incredibly boring and dorky Alex and I are. It's 9:30 on Tuesday night and we are both in bed (Makenzie is asleep also) playing words with friends (scrabble on the iPhone) against different people & each other. Quality **shoulder to shoulder time** right there!



**refrence to Experiencelifenow.com "bringing sexy back" sermon series (it's good you should listen to it )



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6-10

So I get off work at 5 and get home 5:45-6:00. Bed time for Makenzie is usually between 7 & 8 and my bed time is around 9 or 10.

Tonight makenzie ate at 6 when I got home & was asleep by 7. It's a bummer when I only get an hour with her all day. Pray for all of us during the time of transition.

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Day 4

Friday!!! I'm still at work but this was makenzies day at a glance.

Nap


Play


Chill outside


Eat!!!!


What a perfect life :0) I'm excited to spend the weekend with her!


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Day 3

Work was better today. I think I am starting to like the job a little more. Emily, my mom, Alex & Makenzie came to work today to eat lunch with me! It was fun :0) I was glad to get a "Malenzie fix" 1/2 way through my day. Tomorrow is Friday! And I hope the birthday week continues to be just as great!

This is what happens when daddy has Makenzie all day :0) I love them!

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Blogging from work

My favorite morning break snack :0) but we are going to Tx Land & Cattle tonight for Pauls birthday and that puts 100 calorie packs to shame :0)

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Makenzie drove me to work

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