So cute!

David will be 4 months on Sunday! My little baby is growing up. In fact, I was checking the height and weight limits on our infant car seat; the max height is 29 inches and the max weight is 22 pounds. At Davids 2 month appointment he was 24 inches and 13 pounds (at 3 months he was 16 pounds). So I went ahead and ordered a "big kid" car seat for him. It should be here next week. We'll see what his height and weight are on Oct. 18 and go from there.

David is starting to roll over, so sometimes when I go in to pick him from his crib he is on his back:



We go on walks pretty much daily, on this particular day David was not napping well. As we were coming back from our walk, this is how I found him:



How can you not love that face? That is his "daddy doll." He loves to cuddle with it...and eat it!

We went to a 1,2,3 birthday party tonight. Our Bishop loves babies. Needless to say, I didn't see much of David. At least he was in good hands...or should I say arms?

"I Won't Let My Guard Down" Music Video - Darby Ledbetter - National Gua...

I know this is the second video in just a few days, but I am so proud of Mark and the other men and women who defend our freedom!

Picture of the Week

My mom came for a weekend visit. On Friday we went into St. Louis and met up with Katie for lunch. We ate at Scape & Crepe. It has yummy crepes filled with lunch/sandwich items and dessert crepes! I had the strawberries and cream crepes. They were delicious!



Don't they look so good? If you are ever in the St. Louis area, you should try this place out!

So, David has begun a new thing where he occasionally does not like...no, I take that back, he strongly dislikes being in his car seat while buckled in. He cried the whole way to lunch. Not fun :-( Anyways, it was suppose to be warmer that day, but it was super windy so it was a little chilly. David sat contently on my moms lap.



He is so stinkin cute! I love him! In other news, Similac recalled 5 million cans of their powdered formula. Thursday morning after I fed David, I felt the need to read the news (at 5 am!). I saw the recall and checked my cans. All 4 of mine were part of the recall! Great! Did I mention I had just bought 3 two days earlier? I go up and knock on Katies door and ask her to listen for David while I ran to the store. I drove to Walmart, picked up some liquid Similac and went to check out...I had to wait in line at 5:30 in the morning! I was really surprised at how many people were there! Anyways, I come home and go back to sleep. Later in the day I get a text from Katie stating she wasn't sure what had happened that morning and wasn't sure it was real or a dream :-) I tried to switch David to Enfamil powder but David wasn't having it (he was spitting up lots and just not acting very happy). Poor baby. So now we are back to Similac liquid. I hope they can get their act together and get the powder back on the shelf when it is safe.

Angel Food Cake with Chocolate Glaze

On Sunday when my mom was still in town I had her, Amy (& Kennedy), Suzy (& Jayden) over for dinner. I made an Angel Food Cake with a Chocolate Glaze. I didnt have the right type of pan (I need to look into getting a tube pan-who knew there was a specific type of pan for Angel Food Cake?), but it turned really yummy even though it looked like a big chocolate glazed donut. Thank you Katie :-)
Here is the recipe:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup cake flour
1 1/2 cups egg whites (about 12-I wouldn't use the extra large eggs)
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt.

1. Move oven rack to lowest position. Heat oven to 375.
2. Mix powdered sugar and flour; set aside. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until foamy. Beat in granulated sugar, 2 tblspoons at a time, on high speed, adding vanilla, almond extract and salt with the last addition of sugar. Continue beating until stiff and glossy meringue forms.
3. Sprinkle sugar-flour mixture, 1/4 cup at a time, over meringue, folding in just until sugar-flour mixture disappears. Push batter into ungreased angel food cake pan (tube pan...again, I didn't have one so I used a bundt cake pan.) Cut gently through batter with metal spatula.
4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until crack feels dry and top springs back when touched lightly. Immediately turn pan upside down. Let cool completely. Spread or drizzle top of cake with chocolate glaze.

Chocolate Glaze:
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate glaze chips
2 tablespoons margine or butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 to teaspoons hot water

Heat chocolate chips, butter and corn syrup in sauce pan over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate chips are melted; cool slightly. Stir in hot water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until consistency of thick syrup.

Enjoy!!

A plea for Joelle...and me!

Haha. My friend Joelle is amazing in the kitchen..as well as a great friend (who else would take your 7 week old baby while you were having emergency surgery to remove your appendix?!). When we lived in Rexburg, I could always count on her to have a last minute ingredient and vice versa. I remember one Sunday, Joelle was making some pies, but didn't have some ingredients, but I did. Between her kitchen and mine, we were covered. Good times :-) Anyways, she has the pretty cool baking, cooking website where she posts yummy recipes. If you look to the right, you will see the button and name of the site: In the Kitchen Where I Belong.
So ladies, house wives, mothers, and even some of you men out there, if you are looking for some new recipes that will please the entire family, check it out! And lets be honest, family dinner time is not only important but can be a memory building time :-)

"The Price Of Peace" Tribute to the Troops & Family Music Video "Extende...

To my hero, I love you Mark!

Cute but somewhat awkard

While we were at the Dustins, she insisted that they make us a romantic dinner for our last night together. It was really cute, but they had their daughter and her husband as well as another couple that they knew while they were in the Air Force, over for dinner. So while they were upstairs enjoying dinner, we were downstairs eating by candle light. These guys dont mess around-candle light, roses, sparkling cider and delicious dinner!



The Dustins are really just the sweetest people. She made breakfast every morning-coffee cake, breakfast burritos (mm!), waffles. They are so nice and literally want to do anything they can to make our lives just a little bit better. Thank you for opening your hearts, your family and your home to us. We really appreciate it!