this weekend.

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this weekend/ 

I made THIS roast beef and cooked it to an eternal temp of 135 like the recipe says /// cut into it and I am fairly certain it was still mooing.? epic fail. Don't worry the hubs came to rescue and finished cooking it on the grill. (thanks hubs)

I also made THIS coleslaw recipe and added blue cheese. This was not an epic fail, it was oh so good.

Harvey was let out of captivity, and even got to sleep upstairs.

Elisabeth read the entire book of  Go, Dog, Go. She is such a good little reader. I am so proud.

Lyla was/is teething. Poor thing. She is miserable, and cranky, and not napping. 

The hubs rocked THIS song at worship, and it has been stuck in my head ever since.

We went to a baptism on Sunday, Elisabeth and Jude watched. Afterwards Jude told me, "Mom.? I love Jesus, BUT I don't want to put my head under that water." he may or may not have made me laugh.

p.s. yesterday it was 70+ degrees in January!? don't be jealous though tonight we will be getting snow...

p.s.s. don't forget to enter my book giveaway

lyla girl.

 

oh hey, little miss 9 months old.?!

you have changed so much in just one short month!
you now crawl. i tried to  keep you immobile for as long as i could. (true story)

and surprise, surprise. you are in.to.everything! everything.

we have had a few battles, you and i about staying away from the fireplace. the force is strong in you, but trust me i will win that fight. (safety first, my dear)

you have such a look of joy and determination in your eyes. those attributes will take you far in life.

oh, and you have put on 4 lbs in about 6 weeks//way to go! you needed it.

you love food. real food, not baby food from a jar. (so i make your baby food/ super easy and cheap!) you love cooked carrots, sweet potatoes, avocados, bananas, apples, and your absolute favorite are cheez-its. In fact you have brand recognition already. when you see the box you grunt and slam your little hands down. no one is allowed to eat them with out giving you some (crushed up into microscopic pieces of course) 

you say: ba-ba, ma-ma, da-da, yaw-yaw ( lyla), and hi.  

one last thing, my love. you are so cute, so very cute. your cuteness is distracting people at church, so if you want to stay in service with me, take the cuteness down one notch :)

lyla girl.

Well lyla girl, you are 8 months old.

You can almost sit up by yourself and don't crawl. I'm cool with you not being mobile, honestly I am not ready for you to get into everything (which I know you will ) so go ahead and stay put for a month or two longer.

you love your bottle. love.

you still suck your two fingers like a little rock star.

I thought maybe, just maybe, you would be a veggie lover. WRONG! you like even less veggies than your siblings. You can't stand carrots and turn your head away.

You are tiny. You only weight a little over 15 lbs.

You can say: "mama" "dada" and "ba-ba"

You sleep 8:30 pm to 8:30 am.

You like to snuggle and be held. Actually you like to held all the time, like all the time. If your awake, I am most likely holding you. If fact I am holding you right now.

you are such a treat and a joy! I have a feeling I am going to miss you being a baby the most.

xoxo/ mom.