Owen Update!

Owen had his 15 month checkup yesterday! He didn't grow in height very significantly but he did gain 2 pounds. Owen can now remember what happens at the doctor's and starts screaming and squirming as soon as we walk into the exam room. He will not sit on the exam table and gets super angry about being weighed and measured. Holding a screaming, squirming toddler and trying to have a serious conversation about his development with the doctor is not an easy thing to do...Overall he's doing well and the doctor was impressed with his walking skills!

Owen munching on some dinosaur

Super Yummy Tasty Bread!

This bread was soooo good! And it looks impressive too! I even have backup on this one since Mom, Dad, Pat and Owen helped me eat it! You know what this means? I'm going to be making a lot of bread in the near future...

At the Park!

It was so nice we went to the park over the weekend (along with everyone else it seems!)


If it looks like Owen isn't having fun on the swing it's because he isn't.

Sweet Potato Fries

I almost forgot that I was supposed to be trying one new recipe a week so I had to fit this one in on Saturday night! I halved the recipe and actually used yams instead of sweet potatoes but they were still really tasty. We will definitely make these again!

Like You Didn't Already Know...

He has the t-shirt. Now it's official that Owen is awesome.

Pat's Vacation

Pat is done with long hours at work! Yea! Over the weekend he got new cleats for his birthday and then promptly fell asleep still wearing them. Owen is in the lower left hand corner trying to figure out what's going on.

The Spanish Omelette

This recipe was from Nigella Express (yea! Nigella Lawson!). The only reason I'm proud of making this is because it called for a jar of roasted red pepper but instead I roasted my own!! Yes, for me that is very impressive. Anyway, there were a few problems...all of them being my fault. First, the recipe called for baby new potatoes. Huh? What are those? Nothing in the grocery store was labeled that so instead I got some red-skinned potatoes. Then, since I knew the pan I was using was bigger than the one they called for I got extra potatoes. Smart, right? Except I forgot to add extra eggs so the potatoes totally took over my omelette. So it cooks for awhile on the stove and then you put it in the broiler to brown the top (that's why I had to use my cast-iron pan because my normal pans are not oven-proof). After you take it out you are supposed to flip the pan over onto a plate and the omelette supposedly slides off cleanly and you then cut the omelette into wedges...right...You can see what happened to mine after I flipped the pan in the last picture.

Here are the red peppers after roasting. Then you stick them in a bag for 20 minutes or so and peel off the skin...

This is what they looked like after I chopped it up.

Egg mixture...(I probably should have just made this as the omelette)

Here is the omelette after cooking. So many potatoes!

And after I "flipped" the pan over...

Chocolate Cheesecake Cupcakes

I like taking pictures of food but has anyone else noticed how hard it is to take pictures of food at night with all the shiny pans, spoons and bowls around? Anyway, I made these for Pat to take to work yesterday and haven't tried one...yet...hopefully I get one today! I was informed that they were very tasty. That's good since they don't look so appealing. Also, I'm not normally a big batter eater but both the filling and batter were super tasty!
Filling:

Before the topping was added (and before baking...)

All done!

Happy Birthday Pat!

Happy 27th Birthday!!!

Owen will be celebrating all day!

Easter Baking

I'm trying to try out one new recipe a week and this was last week's (the week before was the Bundt cake). It's called Oatmeal Breakfast Bread and it went into two Easter baskets! I got a taste and it was yummy. The point of trying a new recipe was so I would actually make dinners but so far it's all been baking!

Distractions

How easily distracted is Owen?

Here he is playing with some stacking blocks...


He carried them into the kitchen and...

...ditched them to watch cars from the kitchen window.

Happy Easter!

Fun Owen

These are happy pictures of Owen playing this afternoon as if nothing bad happened to him this morning. He was stuck with needles in both arms and cried and screamed and then just took a long nap and woke up totally refreshed! What a trooper, you know?! This despite having two bruised arms (one of which looks like someone punched him all over). Plus, how many people can wear white dinosaur pajama pants during the day and get away with it? Just Owen:)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We wore green to celebrate! Now there are only 10 more days until Patrick's Day!

Here is Owen thinking about what St. Patrick's Day means to him.

Two Owens

Scary Owen...

Cute Owen

Lemon-Blueberry Bundt Cake

Yes, it is super tasty.

Our Snow Pictures!

These first two pictures are before we shoveled and about halfway through the storm.



It took us two hours to shovel the driveway (some of that time was spent whining). This is the next morning.

February

Pictures from February

Hanging out in the kitchen

I don't know why but I think this picture is hilarious.

Eating alphabet pasta.

Owen with Roseola

Piggybacking

Attending a birthday party!

Being cute

Trying to escape

Peeking out from underneath the table.

More of just being cute

Figuring out a belt