Wishes do come true...

Phases of PD-Ice Skating

9:32:00 PM

Over the winter break I wanted to make sure to take time with both kiddos individually.

Porter and I went ice skating at the rink. This was her first time skating and it had been a while for me. I definitely forgot how hard it can be. It's not any easier to hold up a three year old while skating around.

Porter still says "Mommy we went on a date...Member?" What a great memory!

christmas

2015 Christmas

1:41:00 PM

After a week vacation in Disney World it was really hard to be excited about Christmas. So much time and effort was put into planning our trip that Christmas was overlooked this year. Luckily Drew had vacation time around Christmas and we were able to spend some family time together.

On Christmas Eve Eve we drove to Branson to enjoy our Silver Dollar City passes one more time. (If you know us, then you know this is a big deal for us to do something spontaneous like this! But we enjoyed it and may make it a tradition.)

The weather was perfect! We did not need our jackets until it got dark out.

We took advantage of the holiday treats and roasted s'mores.

Christmas Eve was spent at Grandma and Grandpas house, enjoying Auntie Whitney and Unvle TJ while they were in town.

Christmas morning we did our presents and monkey bread for breakfast while watching the Disney Parade.

Porter enjoyed multiple Star Wars toys and many items that were the color orange. Parker received a Little People Princess Palace and next week we plan on getting her ears pierced.

We enjoyed brunch at my moms house where we all received Season Tickets to Worlds of Fun!

Finally, we had dinner and presents at Grandma and Grandpas house.

Here is Drew and Parker in their matching Christmas pajamas.

Disney

DisneyWorld Pennies

10:11:00 PM

Drew and Porter traveled around Disney World with pennies and quarters in their pockets, throughout our recent visit to the parks. They wanted to collect different pennies based on their design. When we arrived home they were not sure what to do with all of the pressed pennies. With Christmas coming Drew found that the amount of pennies they had made a perfect "P".

He used a piece of felt and a little hot glue to create this memorable and cheap souvenir.

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Aldi Meal Planner

Spaghetti Squash

9:10:00 PM

Ingredients:

Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti sauce

Meat balls

Steps:

1. Place squash in microwave and heat for 15-20 minutes.

2. Let squash sit for a few minutes in microwave to cool off.

3. Remove carefully from microwave.

4. Slice off ends of squash and split down the middle.

5. Remove all of the seeds from the middle of the squash.

6. Scrape squash into a dish, remove any left over seeds.

7. Heat meatballs as it states in microwave.

8. Warm spaghetti sauce on stove top at medium warm.

9. Add meatballs to sauce on stovetop. Continue to heat until sauce is heated

10. Serve meatballs and sauce on top of squash.

Chalkboard

Parker Anne Eight Months

8:41:00 PM

Eating: We are still doing 5oz bottles every three hours. (8:30, 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, and 8) Most of her feedings are at the bottle still with breast milk. Our feedings in the middle of the night are the only feedings without a bottle.

Parker still takes her baby food (fruits and vegetables) at lunch and dinner. At Disney World we started to branch out by eating more table food, so at dinner we always offer her baby food first but she ends up mainly eating whatever we are eating.

Sleeping: This is a sore subject in our house...Let's just say we haven't slept through the night in a long time. At times we get 6 to 7 hours straight but it is really inconsistent.

Likes: Chewing on straws, baby puffs, tags, anything she can pull up to, waking up in the middle of the night, peaches and pears

Dislikes: Men with beards, crying in her crib, cold bottles, squash

Milestones:

First airplane ride...she did great!