good news & bad news

{good news}

I got a pretty new Erin Condren iPhone cover today!!

 {bad news}

I dropped my iPhone on the kitchen floor last night and the screen shattered.  

 It still works just fine, it's just really annoying to have huge cracks across the screen.

I've heard there are cheaper places to get the it rather than taking it to the Apple Store.  

Any recommendations??

party in the crib

So I facebooked/tweeted last night that I would share with you all about my first week of Project Life.  I didn't have time to take pictures of my page, so you'll just have to see some pictures of my sweet little boy having a party in his crib!!

After Pearson wakes up from his naps I have been putting some toys in his crib and letting him play for a little while to give myself some more time to get some things done.  

 Remember Pearson only naps for 45 minutes twice a day so this lets me get atleast get an extra hour to do things!!

 He LOVES playing in his crib. 

 You'd think he'd feel confined and want out, but he could literally play by himself in his crib for a good 30-45 minutes!!

He makes the sweetest little noises and just talks and talks to himself.  His newest sound being "da-da-da-da-da-da"!!!  Daddy is super proud!!

I love playing with my sweet boy, but I love that he can entertain himself sometimes.  

It makes for a happy baby and a happy Momma!

taco bites

My blog has been a little quiet this week because Little Man is teething, which equals Mommy not getting much sleep.  Last night Pearson was up from 11-2 and then again from 4:30-6.  I'm pretty tired.  I went to the grocery store today, paid, and walked out of the store.  The cashier came out saying "Ma'am,  Ma'am" but I didn't even turn around because I didn't think she was talking to me.  Finally she tapped my shoulder to tell me I had forgotten my groceries.  Ha!!  I'm just a little tired.  I've lost more sleep this week I think than I did when he was a newborn.  He's always been such a good sleeper, so I'll be glad when this teething thing is over.  

Anyways, I just wanted to share with you a quick and easy recipe, because that's the kind of things I've been cooking lately!!

Taco Bites

You'll need....

Wonton Wrappers

1 lb of Ground Beef

Taco Seasoning

Any Taco Toppings that you prefer

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Brown the meat and add taco seasoning according to the package.  Spray your muffin tin with Pam and place a wonton wrapper inside of each cup.  Put a scoop full of taco meat on each wonton wrapper and sprinkle with cheese.  Bake for 8-10 minutes then top with the toppings of your choice.  We put tomatoes, cilantro, sour cream and hot sauce on ours!!

We thought these little Taco Bites were pretty good.  I'll definitely be making them again, and I can't wait to try some more recipes out with wonton wrapper!

Enjoy!!

meal planning monday

Monday: Lasagna, Garlic Toast & Salad

Tuesday: BBQ Ribs, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, & Rolls

Wednesday: Talapia with Shrimp Bayou, Rice, & Green Beans

Thursday: Cheater's Potato Soup w/ Bacon & Cheese

Friday: Baby Free Date Night :)

Saturday Breakfast: Sausage Balls

Saturday Lunch: Crab Triangles & Chicken Noodle Soup

Saturday Dinner: Cranberry Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans, & Rolls

Sunday Lunch: Taco Salad

Sunday Dinner: Pizza

christmas in january

We celebrated Christmas with Matt's side of the family.  We had to postpone our Christmas with them because Matt's grandma was very sick. Thankfully, we are happy to report that she is doing much better!!

Pearson loves seeing all of his cousins......especially Ellie.  He loves to play with her and really love to pull her pretty brown hair!!

The cousins

{Peyton, Ellie, Emma, & Preston}

 Pearson got some good stuff.  He got some super cute jammies, bath toys, a fun book, some snap-it toys, and some Baylor gear.  

 The girls of the fam!!  I sure do love my sweet mother in law and sister in laws. 

The baby boys with Grammy and Grandaddy.  I think Pearson is ready to start playing with Ethan!

And here's just a few more pictures from our afternoon.

 And are these not the cutest little Converses you've ever seen?

My first grade teacher (who happens to go to my church) gave these to Pearson.  Her son painted them.  Aren't they cool?!!? 

Alrighty, Christmas is officially over now.  

This Christmas was so much fun!! We loved having a little one to celebrate with this year.  I'm already looking forward to next Christmas when P-Man will be 18 months.  How fun will that be??  I'm going to have to figure out how to keep Pearson out of the tree but it's still going to be so much fun!!

Oh, and I already bought 3 Christmas presents for next Christmas.  I am determined to finish my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving this year!!

story time with pearson

I love it when Pearson "reads" his books.

It makes the Kindergarten teacher in me very happy!!

 He just sits and stares at each page.  I love it!

He was so interested in The Mitten today. 

 It's a great winter book.  My Kindergarteners always loved it.  

I'm pretty sure Pearson loved it too!! 

Can't you just see him saying......

Will you read it to me now Mommy?

gettin' in shape

Matt gave me some new running shoes for my birthday.  They are Nike+ shoes so I got the Nike+ chip to go with them for Christmas!!

 I'm having so much fun setting up my work outs on my phone.  It's neat to be able to know how far I'm walking and how many calories I'm burning.  I haven't worked out since early November so I'm trying to get back in the swing of things by taking some long walks with little P and the pup. 

This app will be nice when I start the C25K program.  I still haven't decided when I'm going to start it.  I don't want to start until all the really cold days of winter are gone, but I'd like to run a 5K before summer when it gets really hot.......so who know when I'll start!! For now I'll just continue to take longs walks and do work out videos at home. 

  

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In other health/fitness related news.........all my baby weight is officially gone!! I totally forgot to post about his before Christmas.  The week before Christmas I went to my last WW meeting for the year and I had lost 12.4 pounds for a  total of 8.25%. This morning I weighed and I lost my final pound to put me back at my wedding weight!! I'm soooo incredibly happy to be back to my normal weight.  I'm still going to go to my WW meetings this semester to keep me accountable to maintain my weight.  

Now it's time to get toned up and in shape!!

puffs & sippy cups

Somebody got to try Puff today for the first time!!

If you hand him anything he puts it straight in his mouth. Today when I handed him a Puff he would not put it in his mouth for anything. 

  Once I put one in his mouth for him, he figured out that he was supposed to put them in his mouth.  

He LOVED them.  

 I'm so impressed that he can grab them and put them in his mouth.

 Are those little fingers not the cutest thing ever?

 They don't always make it into his mouth.  They get lost sometimes and they also fall on the floor. 

 Any ideas on who waits underneath the high chair for crumbs??

 He was entertained for a good 30 minutes this afternoon with Puffs!!

Not only did he try Puffs today, I've been giving Pearson a sippy cup each day with a little bit of water in it.  

How in the world is it time to give him a sippy cup?

 He doesn't usually get anything out of it by himself.  

So I have to help him tilt it up if he really wants a drink. 

 Even if he's not getting a drink, it keeps him pretty entertained.  

 He's a pretty happy camper just chewing on the nipple.  

I'm happy to have new little tricks {puffs & sippy cups} up my sleeve.....

......but slow down little man.  You don't have to grow up so fast!

of all the pictures

When my hard drive crashed last week and I thought that I might have lost all my pictures I couldn't help but think about the pictures I would never see again.  I knew that all my pictures that I had posted on my blog were safe and all the pictures that I had put on facebook were safe, but there were so many others that I just don't post online for whatever reason.  Those were the pictures I kept thinking about.  I couldn't bare to lose all of those pictures.  

Thankfully, my external hard drive had everything back up so I didn't lose any pictures.  

Of all the pictures I have {and I have tens of thousands}, do you know which one I kept thinking about??

I don't know what it is about this picture, but I love it.  I think it just shows how teeny tiny he really was.  I never posted it because I'm pretty sure I hadn't showered in a few days, I looked a little sleepy and my bra is hanging out.  But if I lost this picture, I would have missed it sorely.  Out of all the pictures I have, there is just something about this pictures that I love!!

PHOTO A DAY

A friend posted this on Twitter and I thought this looked like fun!  It's similar to Project 365 but just for this month.  And I love how it tells you what to take a picture of.  I don't even have to think!! That's my kind of fun!!! Ha!!!  I'm going to be taking all my pictures via Instagram, just for fun, since I have the ap and never use it!!  

Wanna join?

Here's my picture for today....

{day 2} breakfast

I'll be posting all of my pictures at the end of the month here on my blog, but if you want to see them daily, you can follow me on Twitter!!

meal planning monday

Monday: Taco Soup

Tuesday: Golden Mushroom Pork Chops, Potatoes, & Carrots and Salad

Wednesday: Talapia w/ Mustard Chive Sauce, Red Potatoes, & Green Beans

Thursday: Meatloaf Meatballs, Potato Casserole, Green Beans, & Salad

Friday: Chicken Poppyseed Casserole, Seasoned Brown Rice, & Salad

Saturday Breakfast: Cinnamon Rolls

Saturday Lunch: Frito Pie

Saturday Dinner: Taco Bites, Chips & Queso

Sunday Lunch: Chicken Pot Pie

Sunday Dinner: Pizza

2012 resolutions

It's officially 2012 so you know what that means!!!

It's time for some New Year's Resolutions.  I feel like New Year's Resolutions are kind of "going out of style".  Nobody likes to make 'em then break 'em so they just don't do them anymore.  Well I'm old fashion and I'm going to keep making them.  I like to use January 1st as a day to focus on what I want to do, things I want to accomplish, and/or things I want to quit doing.  If I don't succeed at all of them, I'm totally okay with it.  I just like to set goals for myself!!

Here were my resolutions from last year.  Let's see how I did......

1.  I want to read my 365 day devotional book and be more intentional about my time with the Lord.  

**I was pretty inconsistent with this one all year long.  I'm hoping to do a better job on this one since Matt and I are doing the ESV Study Bible Plan together. 

2.  Complete Project 365 by taking one picture a day.

**I did great January and February, but then I got really tired of taking pictures of food and my dog.  Once Pearson was born, I'm sure I took a picture everyday, I just didn't take the time to upoad it onto the website.  

3.  Comment more on other people's blogs.

**I definitely did this.  And I totally think the more you comment on blogs, the more comments you get on your own!!

4.  Try one new recipe a week.  (atleast until the baby comes)

**I'm glad I added the "until the baby comes" part to this resolution because I did pretty good until Pearson came along!!

5.  Quit picking my finger nails.  (I've quit picking 8 of them, since my pre-natal vitamins make them grow like crazy, but for some reason I still pick on both of my middle fingers! Funny huh?)

**Ahhhhhh I did so good on this one until recently.  Pre-Natal vitamins did wonders for my nails, so I had them al grown out all throughout my pregnancy and even up until recently.  I haven't been diligent in taking my vitamins lately and my nails are consequently not as healthy, so I've picked them all off again.  Grrrrr.....stupid bad habit. 

6.  Continue to coupon and bring my grocery budget down even more. 

**Eeeeeekkkk!!! I have completely fallen off of the couponing bandwagon since Pearson was born.  I started getting frustrated with coupon earlier this year because of the stupid "Extreme Couponing" show on TLC.  I feel like it has ruined couponing.  I felt like everytime I made my list, gathered my coupons and went to the store everything was gone.  So frustrating.  Now that Pearson is here, I just haven't made time for it.  I have got to get back on this because we are a single income family now. 

7.  Work out 2-3 times a week throughout my pregnancy and hopefully even more after the baby.

**I would say I did this pretty well until Thanksgiving!  I worked out/went on walks all throughout my pregnancy, and as soon as I was cleared from my doctor to work out again I started doing videos and going on lots of walks with Pearson. Time to get back on track though!!

8.  Floss my teeth.

**I just hate flossing my teeth and I just can't make it a habit. I've decided it's only neccesary to floss my teeth the week before I go to the dentist.  It's just enough flossing to not make my teeth bleed when they floss them! Ha!! 

Sara Cozad-If you are reading this, don't tell Ben I said this!!) 

9.  Write in our Blessing Book.

**Ooops....I totally forgot about this one.  

10.  Enjoy every moment of my pregnancy and cherish every moment with our sweet babe. 

**I most certainly enjoyed every moment of my pregnancy and I have cherished every moment with our little guy.  I definitely did the best on this goal!!

Here are my resolutions for 2012....

1. Read the Entire Bible!!
**Matt and I are doing the ESV Study Guide Plan on our iPhone along with our church.  I'm so excited to have Matt to keep me accountable.

2.  Run a 5K
**I have absolutely no desire to run a half marathon or marathon, but I think a 5K is totally doable.  When it warms up a little I plan on doing a Couch to 5K program and put my new Nike Plus Ap to use!!

3.  Project Life (or atleast my own version of it)
**I'm so excited to finally start this!! My SIL is also doing it, so I'll have a partner in crime!!

4.  Organize
**I want to go through every drawer/closet in our house and get rid of stuff we don't need.

5.  Wake up before Pearson
**I've gotten in such a bad habit of sleeping until Pearson wakes me up.  I want to start waking up at 7am (which is around the time Matt leaves for work) and get things done before Pearson wakes up at 7:30 or 8:00.

6.  Set 30 minutes a day aside to read (atleast 5 days a week)
**This is another goal Matt is doing with me.  We want to set time aside each evening to just sit in a quiet house without the TV on and read.  I haven't read a book in so long.  I have no idea what I'm going to read.  Probably baby/parenting books! Ha!

7.  Read a book a day to Pearson
**Pretty self explanatory.  Sadly, I haven't done a very good job of reading to Pearson.  I have so many book and I am a former teacher.  I have no excuse.

8.  Get back into couponing
**We are a single income family now, so I have got to get back into couponing and saving money.  It's time to get my grocery budget back under control!!

9.  Utilize Pinterest
**I have so many pins and I don't do a dang thing with them.  I want to make new recipes, put together new outfits, do crafty projects, plan Pearson's 1st birthday and lots more!!

10.  Be a better wife, mother, daughter, & friend. 
**I know this is a cheesy cliche resolution, but I really want to be a better person.  I am so selfish sometimes and I just to work on putting others before myself more often.  Can't we all try to be a better person??

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