Do you have ham leftovers from Thanksgiving?
Make a yummy soup.
I promise... it is FANTASTIC!
Ingredients:
3 potatoes peeled and quartered
1 cup of diced celery
1/2 onion chopped
cooked ham diced (however much you want)
3 cups of water
1 cup of chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
5 tablespoons of butter
5 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of milk
Directions:
1. Combine the potatoes, celery, onion, ham, and water in a stockpot. Bring to boil, then cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and salt and pepper.
2. In a smaller saucepan, melt butter over medium low heat. Whisk flour, stirring until thick, about 1 minute. Slowly stir in the milk. Don't allow lumps to form. Stir until thick on low, about 5 minutes.
3. Stir the milk mixture into the stockpot. Cook soup until heated through.
Enjoy!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Gobble Gobble!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with family.
We are celebrating Bentley's first Thanksgiving.
I feel blessed with abundance and have so much to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for...
* my relationship with Jesus Christ
* my caring and generous husband
* great health
* and most important this little man smiling at you!
Have a great Turkey Day!
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with family.
We are celebrating Bentley's first Thanksgiving.
I feel blessed with abundance and have so much to be thankful for.
I'm thankful for...
* my relationship with Jesus Christ
* my caring and generous husband
* great health
* and most important this little man smiling at you!
Have a great Turkey Day!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
"look at me"
Look what I walked into this morning.
The lil stinker figured it out during his morning nap.
Good thing I took off his bumper pad last week.
He is too cute for words!
The lil stinker figured it out during his morning nap.
Good thing I took off his bumper pad last week.
He is too cute for words!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Feliz Cumpleanos!
Happy 9 months to my lil man!
Lulu, our housekeeper, sang happy birthday in Spanish and Bentley loved it!
We had our 9 month doctors appointment this morning and it went well, even the shots!
Bentley is 30 inches long (90th percentile) and 21.12 lbs (75th percentile).
Of course the shots are the most dreaded part but Bentley hardly cried. I was so proud.
Dr. Neely gave us a great report and I got some good tips for moving into the next stage.
Can you believe Bentley has 8 teeth?!? Not a joke!
(He laughs when I brush his teeth...it must tickle).
By the time he turns one he is going to have a mouth full.
This stage is so much fun! Everyday is a blast!
I love my job! I feel so lucky to be able to stay at home and witness him grow up.
(Actually, the last few weeks when he was sick and I was sleep deprived it was hard.)
I must say that he has turned into a Wiggle Worm.
There isn't much cuddling happening in our house anymore. :(
It seems like yesterday I was laying on my couch while he was napping in my arms.
Now he basically wants to do a back flip out of my arms to get on the floor to play.
9 months sure does go by fast.
I hope everyone has stayed well. Our shop has been closed the past month.
The Long's have been MIA and that's because of nasty germs.
It all started the first week of October. We came home from Vegas and Bentley had a cold. The following week he caught a nasty virus that included diarrhea and projectile vomiting. Two days later I caught it and 2 days after that my mom caught it. Last week we made our 3rd and final trip to the doctor to find out that Bentley caught Strep Throat. Seriously?!? I thought I was going to pull my hair out. During all this chaos we were off our routine and the nights were extremely long. This week has been a good week though. We are finally back onto our schedule and we are feeling back to normal. Who knows where he caught all this...Tuesdays at Gymboree, Wednesdays at Church, or Thursdays at Playgroup?? Oh well...I guess he is just building his immunity. At least that is what I keep telling myself.
I got back from the Dermatologist to find that the cyst on my back was infected and they had to immediately cut it out and put me on antibiotics. So I'm really tired and going to bed now. I didn't want to end the day without saying "Happy Birthday" to my love. I'll write more later.
Ok that's all now... Goodbye!
Excuse the diaper, I was letting his thighs air out from the shots.
Yes, he is already wearing Christmas pj's
Lulu, our housekeeper, sang happy birthday in Spanish and Bentley loved it!
We had our 9 month doctors appointment this morning and it went well, even the shots!
Bentley is 30 inches long (90th percentile) and 21.12 lbs (75th percentile).
Of course the shots are the most dreaded part but Bentley hardly cried. I was so proud.
Dr. Neely gave us a great report and I got some good tips for moving into the next stage.
Can you believe Bentley has 8 teeth?!? Not a joke!
(He laughs when I brush his teeth...it must tickle).
By the time he turns one he is going to have a mouth full.
This stage is so much fun! Everyday is a blast!
I love my job! I feel so lucky to be able to stay at home and witness him grow up.
(Actually, the last few weeks when he was sick and I was sleep deprived it was hard.)
I must say that he has turned into a Wiggle Worm.
There isn't much cuddling happening in our house anymore. :(
It seems like yesterday I was laying on my couch while he was napping in my arms.
Now he basically wants to do a back flip out of my arms to get on the floor to play.
9 months sure does go by fast.
I hope everyone has stayed well. Our shop has been closed the past month.
The Long's have been MIA and that's because of nasty germs.
It all started the first week of October. We came home from Vegas and Bentley had a cold. The following week he caught a nasty virus that included diarrhea and projectile vomiting. Two days later I caught it and 2 days after that my mom caught it. Last week we made our 3rd and final trip to the doctor to find out that Bentley caught Strep Throat. Seriously?!? I thought I was going to pull my hair out. During all this chaos we were off our routine and the nights were extremely long. This week has been a good week though. We are finally back onto our schedule and we are feeling back to normal. Who knows where he caught all this...Tuesdays at Gymboree, Wednesdays at Church, or Thursdays at Playgroup?? Oh well...I guess he is just building his immunity. At least that is what I keep telling myself.
I got back from the Dermatologist to find that the cyst on my back was infected and they had to immediately cut it out and put me on antibiotics. So I'm really tired and going to bed now. I didn't want to end the day without saying "Happy Birthday" to my love. I'll write more later.
Ok that's all now... Goodbye!
Excuse the diaper, I was letting his thighs air out from the shots.
Yes, he is already wearing Christmas pj's
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
"My SuperMommy"
My girlfriend gave this book to Bentley and I died laughing when I saw it.
It's called "My SuperMommy" from flattenme.com.
It has my face pasted on the body throughout the whole book.
The book is 14 pages long and is a story about how awesome Bentley's mommy is.
I thought it was so cleaver and had to blog about it.
Hilarious!
It's called "My SuperMommy" from flattenme.com.
It has my face pasted on the body throughout the whole book.
The book is 14 pages long and is a story about how awesome Bentley's mommy is.
I thought it was so cleaver and had to blog about it.
Hilarious!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Meet Cruz!
Meet Cruz Michael!
My precious friend, Tasha, had her baby boy after 26 hours of labor.
Born October 31st weighing 10lbs 7ozs.
Sweet parents Tasha and Adam Rodriguez.
Congratulations! Love y'all!
My precious friend, Tasha, had her baby boy after 26 hours of labor.
Born October 31st weighing 10lbs 7ozs.
Sweet parents Tasha and Adam Rodriguez.
Congratulations! Love y'all!
Monday, November 1, 2010
my lil pumpkin
We finally made it out to the Arboretum to see the 40,000 pumpkins.
I have been trying to go the past two weeks but one of us kept getting sick.
We had a good time taking pictures and Bentley did awesome.
If you haven't been yet it is worth the $.
The pumpkins will be there until November 13th.
Enjoy the pictures!
I have been trying to go the past two weeks but one of us kept getting sick.
We had a good time taking pictures and Bentley did awesome.
If you haven't been yet it is worth the $.
The pumpkins will be there until November 13th.
Enjoy the pictures!
Trick or Treat!
Our 1st Halloween!
Bentley was the cutest dinosaur in the neighborhood!
He has not been feeling well this past week but I was not going to let Halloween slip by without celebrating. Saturday night he had two costume parties to attend and Sunday night all the kids on our block went trick or treating. We went to a few houses but just mainly hung out in our front yard and passed out candy. It was perfect weather!
All the kids on Lavendale Avenue
The newest babies on the block.
Playgroup Halloween Picnic
I'm surprised he didn't scare himself. :)
Bentley was the cutest dinosaur in the neighborhood!
He has not been feeling well this past week but I was not going to let Halloween slip by without celebrating. Saturday night he had two costume parties to attend and Sunday night all the kids on our block went trick or treating. We went to a few houses but just mainly hung out in our front yard and passed out candy. It was perfect weather!
All the kids on Lavendale Avenue
The newest babies on the block.
Playgroup Halloween Picnic
I'm surprised he didn't scare himself. :)
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