Tom and Jerry Give away

My friend Holly at "This Mama Rocks" is doing another great give away for kids. Warner brothers is letting her have two winners and is generously giving away "Tom and Jerry: The complete first season"!! I know that this was a childhood favorite of ours, ESP my brother, so it would be a fun DVD to have around the house. Head on over to her site and enter (you can find her button on the right side bar)
http://thismamablogrocks.blogspot.com/2010/04/tom-and-jerry-tales-complete-first.html

Sunday laziness :)

We had a nice relaxing Sunday today. We first headed to athens and found dustins bday present :) but NOT til Wednesday... although he is bargaining for tues. since I got mine a day early!
We then came home and just hung around the house (well except for the 45 min visit to the pool!) It was great to just SIT there. I made myself, and forgot about the house for once.. and guess what, it's ok! haha. I got some cute pics of HB today. The first ones are the the new ball I got her at Target in my dollar selections today! She LOVES it!
The second ones are when we settled into the first Shrek and Hailey was eating her afternoon snack and juice... good thing she was in her around the house play clothes cause she made a MESS!!! I had to snap a couple of pics because it was just so funny! She was loving the new biter biscuits I got her! :)


Have a great week! :)

10 Months

Hailey is 10 Months!! and WOW I can't believe that I am saying that! She has become quite the big girl, and in a hurry! She believes that she can do anything she wants, including things that she can't! She thinks that she can go up and down the stairs, let herself off the sofa (will literally lunge off of it!) and now even lets go of the furniture and takes one step as if she is going to walk across the room before falling to the floor... then looks at you like 'why did that just happen?' She has learned to do so much in just the past few weeks, and really while we were at Disney. She can now wave bye bye, pat her mouth and make noises, clap for herself and let me tell you she is proud, drink through a straw, and just cut her fifth tooth! She also surprised us this past tuesday and took 3 steps without falling! Of course I was SO EXCITED, but then sat her down and said ok lets take a break! haha I am not quite sure if I am ready for this or not!!! My name has FINALLY converted from nana to mama!! Praise the Lord. But as people warned me, she was dadadadada, and now it is mamamamama! But I do adore it when I hear my name and then get a big hug when I come over to her.
She has just started getting a little stranger anxiety and won't go to a lot of people that she use to right now. She is very unsure of men, which just makes me laugh! I am glad to know that it will only be a phase, but it does make church nursery a chore! She is eating so well and ABSOLUTELY loves our food. She will eat pretty much whatever you give her as long as it comes off your plate and not that slimy stuff from a can! And don't try and trick her cause she knows the difference! haha This is something that we are working at ;) Every month I am amazed at the beautiful, fun and smart little girl that we have. God has truly blessed us with a wonderful child :)

10 Months

Orlando trip 2

Orlando 2

Easter

We had a great day on Easter. Church was awesome and very touching. It is always good to have such a passionate service! We had a lot of fun hanging out with all of our family. Easter is such a special time and always good to see family :)

Easter 2010

Menu Monday

ahhhh... you thought it was never coming back didn't you?!?!? Well I am finally getting back into things and decided to do a meal that is pretty simple but has SO MUCH taste in it!! It is also great if you are trying to watch your weight a little, but don't want to sacrifice the taste :)

Zucchini Boats
Servings 4 Prep 15min Bake 25-30min

2 medium zucchini (about 8 inches)
3/4 lb ground beef/turk
1 small onion
1/2 cup lg fresh mushrooms, chopped(optl)
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup (4oz)shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 tbls ketchup
salt and pepper for taste

TRIM the ends of zucchini. Cut in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/2 in shell. Finely chop pulp. In skillet, cook beef, zucc pulp, onion, mushroms, and peppers over med. heat until the meat is no long pink; drain. remove from the heat
ADD 1/2 cup cheese, ketchup, salt and pepper; mix well. Spoon into the zucc shells. Place in a greased 13inx9inx2in baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
BAKE, uncovered, at 350 for 25-30 min or until zucc is tender/

Editor's Note: When scooping out the pulp for zucc boats, a teaspoon is just the right size. Use you food processor to finely chop the pulp quickly

TIPS:
*You can add or take away anything you want to this recipe to make it your own. Sometimes I like to add carrots.
*Every once in a while when I make this, I add bread crumbs at the to give it a crunch.
*Throw a bowl of mash potatoes with these to make it a complete meal... don't forget to bake the bread :)
*Use tin foil when cooking this recipe for easy clean up
*You can also freeze these for up to 3 months.

ENJOY!!
~**~Nicole~**~

Swimming

I just remembered that I never put the swimming video of Hailey up.
Also, here are the pics mom took :)

Swimming