Caffeinated Randomness: First Bites

We started Lily on some solid food this week. I just wanted to share the order of events the very first morning we tried rice cereal. It was also her very first time in the high chair - she looks so tiny!

"Hmm, this is new! I like new places to play."

"This is fun mom!"

"I wonder what that stuff in the bowl is?"

"Mom, what are you putting in my mouth??!!"

"Ugh, what is this nasty stuff??"

"Thanks Mom, but this stuff is disgusting! Puh-lease don't give me anymore of it anytime soon!"

Side note: I have since read that regardless of popular opinion, rice cereal is not the best solid to start babies on because it is low in protein and very high in carbs. I'm planning to give Lily sweet potatoes or avocado before anymore rice cereal.

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Happy Friday!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy but good weekend! On Friday night Jacob had a wedding so I was home alone with Lily. A pretty bad thunderstorm came blowing through around 5 o'clock and it knocked the power out for about 40 minutes. Thankfully it came back on in time for me to warm Lily's bottle so we didn't have to go anywhere to warm it up!

I was sitting in the living room feeding Lily right around 6 o'clock. The storm had passed, and it was quiet and still outside. All of the sudden I heard a splitting, cracking, falling noise and I looked out the window to see part of the Bradford Pear tree in our front yard crashing to the ground! Thankfully there was no damage done even though it barely missed Jacob's car! It tree looks pretty dorky now, but oh well.

We had a busy Memorial Day! For lunch we headed over to Jacob's PawPaw's house. Bunches of family and friends came in honor of PawPaw for his service in the army.

We watched the slideshow that Jacob put together for Nanny's funeral. I loved this sweet picture of Lily and PawPaw.

Lily was pretty much the star of the show. She was so good too- which was a relief to her mommy and daddy! ha!

Jacob smoked this amazing brisket for supper at my parents! It was soo good! 

Jacob's family joined all my family as well as Myra's mother-in-law and my Memaw. We ate in Memaw's carport. We were talking politics because our state primary election was today. I know I look bored. I really wasn't. Ha!

My precious girl was kinda fussy during the first part of this get together because she missed her late afternoon nap. Thankfully after she had her bottle she was much better behaved!

My family's picture - Take 1 (LOL!!)

Take 2 - much better except for Lily. ha!

Lily loved swinging in Memaw's swing. 

Then we got a picture of Jacob's family. Of course Lily wasn't looking at the camera for this one either. ha.

Lily loved being in Ridley's stroller. She's such a goofy little girl!

I decided to paint her toe nails for the first time yesterday. They were soo cute!

Lily and her sweet Aunt Myra. 

All the guys started shooting off fireworks and dry ice bombs. Everytime there was a loud noise Lily just started cackling! It was hilarious. 

Have ya'll ever made dry ice bombs (or heard them blow up)?? They are insane! You fill up empty water bottles or coke bottles with dry ice then you pour in some water, screw the top on reallllly fast, shake up the bottle and throw it verrry far away from you! Then wait with your fingers in your ears until it blows! This is what the root beer bottle looked like after the explosion. Pretty crazy, huh?!!

I hope y'all had a wonderful Memorial Day!

Friday Fails

I have had so many fails over the last few weeks, it's not even funny! I have pictures of some, but a few you will just have to use your imagination for!

• Whenever we had the last tornado scare, I ended up going to the shelter looking like this! 1 brown and 1 black! What a dork! PS- I realize I have very ugly feet. My sister has told me since we were little that they look like claws. FYI- I refused to wear flipflops until 2 years ago because of my poor self-image! ha! 

• This cast iron skillet with leftover gravy remains did not sit on my stovetop for over two weeks before I finally decided to clean it. Um, yeah! That kind of thing never happens in my kitchen.

• Speaking of kitchens, on Wednesday morning, my dear husband had the fabulous idea of making doughnuts in our new deep fryer. Well, unfortunately he placed the stack of papertowels we were going to use to drain the doughnuts on, on the stove right beside the kettle that was boiling water for our yummy french press coffee. The next thing we knew, our kitchen was filling with smoke and the stack of papertowels was blazing on our stove. Thankfully I managed to get them thrown in the sink, but not before ash had been blown all over the kitchen! Oh, and that same morning our "yummy" french press coffee was more like dirty dish water because said husband was so distracted with the doughnuts that he only measured 2 scoops instead of 4 scoops of coffee to grind. Needless to say, after all that, we were ready to go climb back in bed and start the day over again!

• We have been enjoying lots of grilled pizza lately, but the last time we had a little difficulty. I didn't get the pizza dough stiff enough, so it stuck to the grill {partly because Jacob only greased the grill instead of also brushing oil on the crust} and parts of it fell through the grates. Jacob got so frustrated with it, he wadded up the dough and threw it out in the yard {that's why there are sprigs of grass in the picture. He went and got it so I could take a picture for this post. Ha!}. So I was going to make a second batch of dough so we could try it again, but of course, I was out of yeast. We ended up having "flatbread" pizza for lunch. It was ok, but I don't want to have it again!

I was getting ready to give Lily a bath the other night and she kept giving me "sugar" so I took a picture. I know I look like a dork, but I'm ok with it.

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Happy Friday!

When She Gets Excited...

...this is what she does! Ha!

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This Weekend...

Jacob tried to teach Lily to crawl. She scooted a little but soon lost interest. Ha!

We celebrated Jacob's Mom's birthday. Actually it was earlier last week, but I didn't get a chance to post the pictures. We went out to a local BBQ joint for supper. It was yummy!

We were so happy Jacob's PawPaw could join us. He's just precious.

Jacob's mom got an iPad for her birthday! She was shocked! I can't believe we all were able to keep it a secret from her- she always wants to know what her presents are before she opens them.

Jacob was more than happy to assist in teaching his mom how to use it! Pretty sure her three Mac-lovin' sons were trying not to covet. Ha!

Jacob was off work on Friday, so we made a little trip to a town 45 minutes away so Jacob could buy an iPhone from a guy off Craigslist. Jacob is always buying electronics then selling them to get 'better' electronics. It's totally ok with me since what he sells usually covers everything he buys. Anyway, we met the guy at Cracker Barrel so we decided to go ahead and eat breakfast there. Lily was fascinated by the fans and of course Jacob was playing on his new toy!

Friday night Jacob's youngest brother, Judah, graduated from highschool. It was a sweet homeschool graduation, but there were about 28 graduates, so it was long. Judah plays the violin too, so he and Jacob {on guitar} played the Ashokan Farewell. It was incredibly beautiful!

We enjoyed Sunday dinner and supper at Myra's. Lily loved playing in Ridley's jumperoo! We have to get her something like that. She is just no longer content playing on a blanket with a few toys. My little girl is growing up way too fast!

Hope ya'll have a great Monday!

Caffeinated Randomness

I just decided to post some random pics from the last few weeks that I haven't posted. 

love that smile

Lily's first swing ride with Daddy

"Mom, can we go yet??"

A turtle appeared in our yard one morning and Roo about went crazy barking at it!

favorite way to sleep...

playing with K. they were so sweet together!

reading/eating with Daddy

"Hey Mom! Whatcha doin' outside?"

LOL! Can any of ya'll do that?? 

So funny!

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Happy Friday!!