3 Months

Height: 24 1/2 inches Weight: 12.5 lbs!
Dr. Kozak says she's a little skinny, but not underweight by any means. She's just long for her weight.

-Elle has moved on from Mr. Fan and Mr. Lamp - she is now obsessed with Elton the Elephant (a toy in her playpen) and the colored "poofs" above the glider in her room. She gets so distracted by them when I feed her.
-Kitty is still #1, but she is now taking other kinds of pacis - yay!
- Ellie can lift her head completely now when doing tummy time and loves to look around. She has been rolling over for a while, but now it's very consistent and intentional.
-Lately she's hit a bit of a slump when it comes to sleeping. For the last two weeks she's been waking up in the middle of her nap time and also several times during the night which is NOT like her at all. Hopefully she will go back to normal soon.
-She GIGGLES! Casey was the recipient of Eleanor's first official laugh. She's laughed a bit before but NOTHING like she did for her daddy when they were doing "super baby" (you know, holding her above his head and zooming her around?). It was a full on giggly, fun, laugh. So sweet!
-She loves to talk! She could just babble and babble all day long. I wonder where she gets that from?

Until next month!

Bluebonnets

Today we attempted to take photos of Eleanor in the bluebonnets. She wasn't a fan of the heat or the bugs so we couldn't get a smile out of her. Maybe tomorrow we can try again.












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Love

My heart feels like it will literally burst at any moment every time I see this sweet face. I never knew that this type of love existed. Being a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me.



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St. Patrick's Day

No green beer for this mama this year! Today Casey and I spent most of the day playing catch up on things around the house and tackling our jungle of a backyard. We also bathed and shaved the pups. We are so exciting these days.
I did dress Ellie up for the day and got several adorable pictures of her. Yay for memories!!




For dinner we went to Red Robin and as I surveyed the other patrons I noticed that literally every table had at least one child in their party. EVERY SINGLE ONE. I love kids and all but I was thankful to not be a waitress at Red Robin last night. The cacophony (SAT word?) of kid screams was deafening and I have a pretty high tolerance for kid screams.



Anyway- Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

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House hunted.. and lost

Yesterday we put an offer on a house, but found out this morning we were a day late. The sellers accepted an offer yesterday. :( I guess it wasn't meant to be our house.


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Head's up!!

Ms. Eleanor has been holding her head up so well lately and last week she started really holding it up during tummy time. We are so proud!


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Cooking for Casey

For those of you who don't know, my husband Casey is an extremely picky eater. He eats very few vegetables, very rarely eats any type of seafood, and is SUPER weird about textures.

For those of you who don't know me, I love almost EVERYTHING and am a self proclaimed foodie. I love trying new things, exotic foods, and cooking new recipes.

At first it was really tough for me to accept/understand Casey's food phobias and I would get really hurt if he didn't want to try new things that I prepared. I've since gotten over this, but I still strive to make "Casey friendly" meals that he will enjoy and I get a overwhelming sense of accomplishment when I make something that he will not only eat, but really likes.

This week I made one such meal. Red beans and rice
with sausage. At first he was skeptical but after he tried it he really loved it (as in had leftovers the next day loved it).




I used a recipe from Everyday Food as a base and then tweaked it to "Casefy" it. Here is the recipe with my tweaks in case anyone is interested.

2 tablespoons olive oil
Minced dried onions (he claims to not like these but rarely notices them)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Kosher salt and pepper
Cumin
Dried oregano
1 cup long grain rice (I've used brown rice before too)
1 can of red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups of chicken broth
Blackened seasoning to taste
Regular link sausage (I used HEB brand regular), sliced and quartered.

1. In a medium saucepan heat the oil and sauté the onions and garlic for a few minutes.
2. Season with salt and pepper, add cumin, oregano, and rice. Stir and cook for about a minute.
3. Add beans, broth, then stir and blackened seasoning.
4. Bring mixture to a boil, then cover and reduce to a medium simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes.
5. In a skillet, sauté the sausage until heated through and then add to beans and rice.

If you have picky eaters, try this. It worked for my hubby!


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