Phipps Conservatory

We went to Phipp's Conservatory with Mike's boss and his wife. It was almost empty so Hayden got to walk around and he seemed to enjoy it. We saw some flowers, lots of plants, and the blown art exhibits. Then we had lunch at the Cheesecake factory. Mmmm. AFterwards Hayden took an extra long nap. Bonus!

Here are some pictures:





And here is a collage of the rest of the photos (click to enlarge):

2 pictures and some recipes

This is Hayden at Mike's work. He loves computers. This picture makes me laugh.



And this is Hayden's black eye currently

I have decided that when I make something yummy I am going to post the recipe on here so others can try and enjoy some good food.

This weekend I made Panera Bread Broccoli Cheese soup. I usually make this a few times in the fall/winter. Next time I make it I may try to make a huge batch and freeze it. Here is the link to the recipe:
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/1833/Panera-Bread-Broccoli-Cheese-S79119.shtml

Today I made spaghetti and garlic bread. I had every intention of making homemade sauce but hayden had other plans. I did manage to make the garlic bread. It is from the pioneer woman (her book and website are awesome). It is totally bad for you (all of her recipes are) but so yummy: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/garlic-cheese-bread/

Hayden's Rough Day

Poor Hayden had a bad day today. He has a nice shiner! I still don't know what he cut his eye on. He fell in our computer room. I saw it at the last second. It look liked he hit the top of his head. But his eye was immediately cut. My only guess is that he cut it on one of the baskets on our shelf??? Either way it set the tone for the morning. Not fun! He did perk up by the end of the day thankfully. I am sure this is the first of many bruises, cuts, black eyes, etc. (if you look at some of the other pics you can see that he has two other bruises on the same side of his head.

13 months

Hayden at 13 months:

His favorite thing to do right now is to climb rocking chairs. (note i didn't say sit)
He will climb anything. He is fearless
Still loves computers, wires, cords, outlets, etc.
He slides down all 12 stairs to the basement on his belly. He goes so fast!
Some new words he has said: Button, Paige, Bailey
Plays with his vacuum or broom everyday
Loves eating cooked veggies, yogurt, bananas, cottage cheese, and currently chicken.
Waits at the window for mike to come home
Has discovered that we have m&m's in the house (and at Grandma's too)
Loves to dance to the fresh beat band
Likes to listen to Lady Gaga in the car (no lie)
Still hates to be held

Quinn's Shower

Quinn's Bridal Shower was also this weekend. Here are some pictures of the event.

Quinn's Bachelorette Party

We had Quinn's bachelorette party this weekend since she was in town. We all met at Hillary's and then went to S Bar on the Southside. I felt so old being back on the southside. I think I am officially a "Cougar"! (ha ha)

Happy New Year!!!

We had a nice amount of snow on the 31st so we made a snowman with Hayden. He still is not "feeling" the snow.

We then went to the outlets for some shopping. We have done this several times on New Years Eve. No one was there so it was nice, quiet shopping. We got some good deals.

Then we went to Renee's for NYE party.