After being in a cooking "funk" I've started trying some new recipes, again. Everytime people see Tyler after a few months they comment on how skinny he is. I promise I feed him, but he works alot so I need to keep him well fed at home! Here are a few I've tried recently & have been pretty successful. 
 

Oven Baked Blakened Tilapia

Olive Garden Pasta E Fagioli Copycat Soup - Definitely cut the recipe in half & ty said less diced tomatoes.

Baked Parmesan Chicken - One of my go to dishes with veggies & a pasta salad

Baked Potato Soup in the Slow Cooker - half the recipe

Italian Chicken/Veggies/Potatos Bake - via pinterest
Easy Crock Pot Mac & Cheese

And for desert: Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies

Since the craziness of the holidays and travel has died down we've been relaxing and getting back into the routine.  It's been cold most days but we've had a few days where there was a glimpse of spring and we were able to get out and go for a run and play in the yard.  There's also been snow & rain.  Such drastic changes so quickly.

 

We've had lots of indoor activites & have been trying to keep Jack occupied & entertained.

Here's a sampling of iphone pictures from lately.

 

 Dad took a trip to Gymboree with us on a random Thursday off & then we headed to the Loveless Cafe for lunch.

Cold weather indoor entertainment = playing at the mall & storytime at the library

 

 His recent loves are building blocks, trains, Thomas the Train, & anything Curious George.

 

 About two minutes after I layed him down for naptime one afternoon...this NEVER happens.

 

 Watching tv from his desk.

 Tyler & I took our first trip to the Bluebird Cafe.

 

 We had two mornings of snow in a row. This is the second & Jack is pointing to go inside where he wanted to be.

Playing with his busy box. 
 

 Our friends & neighbors, Christin & Luke, had their little boy, Remington, a few weeks ago. 

We were lucky enough to keep Blakely one morning when Christin ran him to the doctor & Jack had lots of fun.  Blakely is crawling & Jack decided he wanted to regress & crawl, too.

 
 Loves the ipad.



The Bloomer's made a trip to Nashville to deliver our fourth family member, Jake, back to us after we left him in Plano at Christmas for a minor surgery by Dr. B. 

 

Jack was very excited to see his grandparents & have his dog home.  He repeatedly shouted "dah" (his word for dog) and has not stopped since.

 

Tyler had one day off while they were in town so we headed to breakfast & to feed the ducks at Centennial Park before Jack's nap.

We hope everyone has a great day filled with smiles & love!

 

 All the small holidays are lots of fun with Jack around.  Previous years, I was running around the day before grabbing cards & gifts, but without working full time I have alot more time to bake & cook & be festive.  We made sugar cookies for Jack's teachers & Tyler's favorite cupcakes.

 

 

Jack made us a Valentine at school and at the library. 

 

Happy Friday!

There has been a lack of blogging lately, but I promise to be back soon.

(Warning: Jack picture overload in this post)

 

We woke up on this beautiful Friday to a snow filled yard.  It's pretty much the perfect situation because the streets are good and Tyler was able to get to work super early this morning safely, but it looks really pretty, too.

 

After breakfast, I bundled Jack up & we headed outside to explore.

Jack hates to wear hats, but we are often able to pull a hood on his head and he will stand it.  We are still working on mittens, though.  The kid likes to be in control of his hands and mittens make him upset.  What also made him upset this morning is when he touched the snow on the deck stairs & his hands got super cold.  He was done with the snow...