Levee High Caramel Apple Pie

So I saw this pie made on the food network. It is the biggest and best looking apple pie in the whole world! Yes - that is all apple in there. ( I don't like crust and can never get enouph filling)
They even ship this pie anywhere in the country overnight!
Oh a girl can dream....

http://www.theblueowlgiftshop.com/product.php?productid=32&cat=0&page=1&featured

.......by the way, Keith & I are on a New years diet so this is officially vorboden.

duckies & bathrobes

Yaaahhhoooo ! It's bathtime again!

My little man loves a good spa treatment just like his Mum

floating baby

Mommy's work of art

(in a villanace french accent) "oh madam, you can not resist the allure of my eyebrows"

Happy Boxing Day

From our little family...and many happy returns.... (get it? returns - because you return stuff from xmas on boxing day....)

oh bother

Santa's Spy

There is a baby blue elf lurking in our house And I think he pooped his pants!

Me & my Munchkin

All dressed up matchy-matchy for our big day of Christmas shopping




I know, I know, boys don't like to dress up with their mommies... But I dont care. As long as you cant lift your own head I choose how cute you can be.

one thumb two thumb

Dum Ditty Dum Ditty Dum Dum Dum

Frozen fire

This week was tough.
I was alone of course (single-mother syndrome). Then all of a sudden the power went out. Baby & I managed one very cold night okay by snuggling tight together in bed and drinking cold bottles. but by the middle of the next day and the temperature continueing to drop inside, it started to make me worry. PGE projected another couple days of this! It's amazing how much we rely on electricity.
It soon became very clear to me as the wind came howling through the slits in our windows and the water in my cup was iceing over that it was time to reach into my survival bag of tricks. Our house was below freezing!
Thank goodness for Holiday Inn Express (and their complimentary breakfast)
and dear Grandpa Saxey for paying for it.
All in all it was three days without power and a whole lot of trouble with baby in tow.
Thanks dad for making it easier for us.
We love you :)

Interview Season

If you were wondering why Keith has been gone so much lately it's because we have entered the season of giving.... interviews that is.
Keith is near finishing medical school and has applied to a bunch of hospital accross the country for a position in their Plastics Residency program. This is the most competitive field to go directly into so he's taking all the interviews he can get.
Everyday he checks his mail for invitations and so far has recieved about 16 which is a really good amount. Each interview is about 2 days long plus travel time. So you can see this could be very time consuming and tiring, not to mention costly! Since the baby came he has interviewed in Loma Linda CA, Houston TX, Temple TX, Seattle WA, and Rochester NY. Today he is in Cinncinatti OH and from there he is going straight to Virginia. Saturday he comes home for 2 whole weeks - Yay. But then things gets really busy! He'll be gone every weekend in January, part of Feb, and there is a 10 day
stretch in there too where he'll zig zag all over.
The next question I get asked is:
When will you know where you are going?
There is a thing called "Match Day" where everyone in the country finds out at the same time where they finally got accepted to (if at all). This is in March sometime.
How does that work?
Well, it works on a national lottery system where all the applicants rank their schools in order of preference and all the school rank the applicants. (that happens in Feb). Then that goes into a big ol' computer that matches you up according to who likes who first. It's supposed to be fair.... but the tricky part is guessing how much They like you and where they will rank you so you can know where to rank them.
So the point is
In march we will find out what part of the country we will be living in for the next 6-7 years of our life! It could be anywhere ~
When will we move?
Keith graduates in May and we ship out in June. We have 2 weeks off in April to find and buy a place to live (wherever that may be)
So now you know why Keith is gone so much right now and also why this time is so important. These interviews will determine what our lives will be like for a very long time.....
Good luck honey - You are the best...... even if i do miss you like crazy ;_(

4 weeks and 2 pounds later

Motherhood update

Baby:

• My Dakota Jack is getting so big he has already outgrown his first outfit.
• He loves to eat and is a little too good at it
• His eyes are turning a very deep dark gray (so far)
• He still has night & day mixed up :(
• His toots make me laugh
• Bigest milestone, He Smiles!
• and for some reason I just can't stop kissing him

Physically:

• Im exhausted. and generally fatigued
• Im still very achey and sore from the rough delivery
• My nipple has stopped bleeding
• Still feeling fat and mushy (though my shoes do fit again)
• I did manage to excercise for the first time yesterday
• When I can't shower I make up for it with many teeth brushings
• Wrist is cramping up from holding baby
• Dieing for a foot massage

Emotions:

• Lonely - I miss my husband half the time. I also long for my own mother...
• slightly overwhelmed
• Cooped up - today I took the baby out for a few hours but it can truely be a logistcal nightmare for the serious shopper
• Nervous about germs/driving/falling weird stuff~
• Enormously Gratefull for my beautiful healthy little family and all our zillions of blessings
• In total Awe everytime i look at my baby boy

Favorite things:

• Having my husband home
• The 3 of us together snuggling in a warm down comforter
• Showering
• baby bums (clean ones) & tiny finger nails
• free dinners that i dont have to cook
• xmas cards & gifts in the mail
• did I mention, having Kieth home?
• Most of all.....Sleep

Daddy!!!! No milk is coming out!