Spaghetti Night

G loves him some spaghetti and doesn't every baby need at least one covered in spaghetti shot?



He is actually signing "more" in this picture even though I had just given him another meatball. As you can tell he is serious about his meatballs.



And when he gets a good bite, now that is something to cheer about!

Pardon the Interruption

Please excuse this break from our regularly scheduled adorable baby sighting, but I just have to share.

Now how in all of my culinary research I have missed this woman is beyond me, but I would like to introduce the Pioneer Woman. To say I am in LOVE is to put it mildly! I stumbled upon her website a few weeks ago, I know I am probably the last one on earth, and it was love at first sight. It is loaded with recipes, mouth watering pictures for every step, and commentary that will have you laughing. My first attempt was her Grilled Ribeye with Onion Blue Cheese Sauce. Really y’all I about died. It was that good! In just a few short weeks since that amazing evening, I have made her Lasagna, Enchiladas, Chicken Strips, Crash Hot Potatoes (twice) and tonight I am mixing up my version of Chicken Spaghetti with hers. All recipes have been still thinking about it the next day good! The lasagna even got approval from my Italian hubby who frowns at the thought of anyone but his mother’s lasagna.

So go on now, hop on over to her sight. You will need to hop, since I haven’t found a figure friendly recipe yet. And if you have some time, say you are nursing a baby, read her love story and swoon over it too!

Then, call me so we can share in our new found love.

Love List

long dinners
great coversation
red wine stained lips
deep belly laughs
game night
cinnamon ice cream
coke
hearing my grandmother singing
the smell of fresh linen
adventures

disclaimer:
*these loves are in no particular order.
**I don't actually LOVE these things I just really enjoy them. I actually LOVE the people that I enjoy them with.

Happy New Year

Having G in our lives has created all kinds of firsts for our family. New Years Eve was just another example. We stayed in! For those of you who know Matt well know that he is an incredibly social person. When I heard him say "I just want to stay in" I almost passed out. Really! It took me a moment to recover. He is never the one to pass up any opportunity to go out and be with friends, even if it means a packed and inconvenient schedule. He will make the sacrifice. Turns out I might have made a convert out of him. Okay, that might just be just be wishful thinking. He did say it was the best New Years Eve ever. We made steaks and Papa came over for dinner, then we stayed up playing cards and drinking champagne. And just like every good party we even had a bouncer!

Bouncer from Callie Newton on Vimeo.