i heart etsy...

I recently purchased this on Etsy... isn't she lovely? Meet Jolie, she will be Ru's new bff come july 8; her birthday of course. I adore the colors and Ru will love her sleepy time look since her favorite thing in the world is to put all her babies nie-nie with her gee (blankey). I had already planned to get her this since she LOVES babies and she LOVES pushing things around, and now she will have a sweet little beebs of her own to put in her buggy! I love handmade and I love ordering things online, so Etsy is the perfect place to shop. I seem to find myself there more and more these days, especially when I'm hunting for an extra special, unique gift. Besides finding something that's one of a kind, it's just so fun having packages awaiting you on your doorstep. I only hope that once they arrive I can wait two months to give Ru her goodies. I have a bad habit of letting her see/play with her presents before she's sposed to have them! Do you have a favorite place to order gifts online...of course, that can include gifts for yourself as well!

I'm A Big Girl Now...

Sing it with me now. Tonight I made lasagna. I know what you're thinking, "no big deal". But at my house it kinda is. If I had to put a number on it, I would guess I have cooked maybe six meals in the last year (assuming you don't count pigs in a blanket as a meal, cuz in my world I totally do {and that would double my stats}). Now that's not to say I can't cook, I just generally choose not to. And, to be fair, I really don't have that much cooking knowledge outside of my three or four "regular" dishes. Needless to say, it's time to expand my horizons. Part of the deal when I quit my job to stay home with the Ru was that I would be cooking on a regular basis, and tonight was my very first home cooked meal; veggie lasagna.

So sad...looks like someone was stood up!

Aren't these placemats cute? Never had the chance to use them! ; )

I think I did pretty well, but I found the recipe to be a bit bland and think next time I will try the "carniverous" version. Despite my reservations, Ruby Lou had two helpings and even answered "YES" when I asked her if it was good, and again when I asked if she liked it. A small feat considering she usually responds with a firm "NO!" even when she actually likes something. My only regret is that when the mister got home he had a pounding headache and we did not get to enjoy my first creation together as a family. Instead Ruby and I ate our din-din and then went for a little wagon ride around the new neighborhood while daddy got some rest. I'm going to go ahead and assume Daniel also liked it though, since he had both a pre and post softball game helping. All in all, my first endeavor was a success. I got my feet wet and now I just need to start finding some good recipes. So, do you have any favorite recipes you would like to share? More specifically a good meat lasagna recipe?

This is what she thought of the lasagna...

Post dinner wagon ride...

My dog needs Jesus...

or at least Ruby seems to think so. I'm judging this by how much she loves to carefully place her rosary on poor Broccoli along with her mini flashlight (which i'm quite sure is a metaphor...you know, he needs to step out of the darkness and into the light) She puts them on, takes them off and then repeats...and repeats...and repeats. As you can see our poor little dog is quite the good sport, hanging around to humor his girl despite his instinct to run and hide on our bed. Depite her "Buggy"(that's what she calls him) stocking tendencies, he really does love her. And just in case you were wondering, no I'm not Catholic, but i really love Catholic stuff, thus the rosary...which we also have in electric blue by the way, should you ever need to borrow a classy, plastic rosary! ; )

half a dozen...

It's been six years since we said "I d0"... and happily ever after began.

I was lucky to have found him and he was kind enough to have kept me!

happy anniversary roos!