Audrey Claire Bear is 4 months old!

Audrey Claire,

You are such a joy! Always smiling and making Lily and Jeffrey smile too! 

We just took you to your 4 month checkup and you are growing so fast!

You weigh 14.5 lbs (75%) and 25.5 inches tall! (92%) 

You love to suck your little hands and blow raspberries...

and not to mention you have rolled over from front to back a few times!

And you are holding your head up like a champ!

You really are the sweetest little thing and Daddy and I love you more than you will ever know!!

Happy 4 MONTHS Audrey Claire Bear!

Welcome Audrey Claire

Monster Corn Dog Muffins

Made these cute little corn dog muffins for the kids lunch today. Super easy, just mix up your favorite corn muffin recipe, and then pour batter into muffin tin (half full) and cut hot dogs (I use Hebrew National) into segments and place into the batter longways. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. (more or less depending on your oven)

They come out looking like funny mouths, and you can make the faces however you want by decorating with condiments, ect. (:
The eyes are Wilton candy eyes you can get by cupcake decorating section in the store. (:

Jeffrey's First Day of School!

  Summer is over.  My little boy starts Pre-K and I am torn between the feelings of sadness and happiness.  I loved having him home with me all Summer, but I know how much fun he has there at school so it definitely makes it a little easier knowing that.  Here are some photos of his morning before his first day of school:

He called me over from the kitchen (while I was making packing his lunch) and said "Look, Momma! 

My milk is smiling at me!" 

How sweet is that!? What a great way to start your day (:

                                           

His Spiderman Backpack and lunchbox

And below is some chocolate bars for his teacher and the teacher's aide.

Godiva baby (:

His first day of Pre-K pic

He is so darling (:

On the way to school he was so excited and he wore big boy underwear and had no accidents all day!

Yay!

And here is a picture from my phone after his first day of school with his teacher (:

He had a great day!

Feeling like I am about to pop already!

I am 33 weeks and have been feeling a lot of pressure and just feeling huge lately! (: So just thought to make some fun of myself and ended up with this idea and my hubby helped out. (Thanks, honey for taking the photo for me!)  My tripod was fine, but my little clicker that I hold to snap the photos would not work at the right time and it grew to be quite frustrating! Especially when I am trying to take a picture at the right time of blowing a huge bubble. (Not an easy task, I tell you)  (;

I cannot wait to hold my baby girl in my arms, and I am counting down the days. I am nervous though, and you would think I was an old pro by now, with this little baby being my third. But I am just as nervous and excited as I was with my first and second. (: I am afraid I will forget all the things to know about taking care of a newborn, but I think it will all come back to me the moment I see her. It is amazing how fast the newborn stage goes by, and I will make sure to treasure every moment.

I wish names were not so hard to decide on! I loved so many names, but Jeff sometimes did not agree.  
I think I am 98% sure on the name now, but I may change the middle name. Well, whatever I decide, the name I hope will fit her perfectly.

Come soon, sweet girl! (But not too soon!) Wait until I am 37 weeks to the day, that would be great (; lol

Homemade Dulce de Leche

I am now in my 3rd trimester, and I have been craving Dulce de Leche, so I decided to make some.

Did you know how simple it is to make? Just take a can of sweetened condensed milk, and poke two holes on the top of the can. (This helps release pressure from the can, so it won't explode on you!) (: 

Also remove the label from the can, so it won't peel off into the water, not a lovely sight.

Fill up water so can is almost covered, leaving about an inch of the can exposed.

Set on medium high, until water simmers, and then turn it down to medium or medium low where it is still simmering and have it simmer for 3-4 hours. The longer it simmers, the thicker and yummier it becomes!

Here is a cute label I found online that I put on the jar lid of the jar I will be using to store my yummy gooiness in.

When the 3-4 hours are up, use tongs to take can out of water (Don't want to burn your little hands!)

and pour into a bowl. You will see that the bottom has more chunky darker pieces. Just spoon it out into a bowl and whisk until smooth. And that is it!!

And here is the delicious end result in a jar. (:

IT IS A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!!!!!!!!!!