Talent or Desperation?

My mom says I have a talent for using leftovers in creative ways. I'm not so sure if it's a talent or if I'm just desperate to clean out the overflowing fridge. Anyway, this time we had leftover Western Family already-made pie crust (not enough for a full pie) and some cherry pie filling. So I made little pies using a cupcake tin. They boiled over quite a bit, but it was fun, and a great way to make individual sized pies. :)

B-day Times

This year for Derek's b-day we got to go to St. George to visit his family. (Although, this b-day cake pic was taken tonight here in Orem...) It was great to see them again and be able to watch the kids play together.
Sofie playing with cousin Ethan.

She decided to go ahead and share the walker with Ethan and push him around for a while. He was such a great sport!

Oh yeah, and Thanksgiving was great too. We spent it here in Utah Valley with my side of the fam. I don't have any pictures though. :(

Flash Back

Just thought I'd throw this pic up here. This was about a year ago. (plus, I was a little sad about that last picture being the first thing I saw whenever I opened this blog...this is much cuter)

A New Stage

Still dealing with the mullet of all mullets: But Sofie has officially hit the Pony Tail stage of hair length! I'm so excited!!

Although, the headband was still needed to catch the side stragglers.

Now I just need to figure out how to get her to leave it in for more than a minute and a half!!

Motherly Tidbits

As a mother, I feel that I have learned many things, like: Patience, Unconditional Love, Multi-Tasking, and most importantly, how to use a baby food mill to turn a perfectly good homemade chicken pot pie into something that even a puffy-cheeked, loritab popping Mommy can eat :)

Appetizing huh?

(ps, I recommend this contraption to anyone trying to teach a baby how to eat food, it'll grind up anything!!)

Day 3

The swelling is supposed to be the worst today, then get better. If this is the worst, I think I'm doing alright! Just wish I could find a quiet enough place to take a nap.

Only 3

I did it! I survived and I survived WELL! I got my top two and bottom right wisdom teeth taken out yesterday morning. My favorite part was when the Surgeon came in and said, "Well, looks like we've got 3 Wisdom Teeth to slip out today." I thanked him for using such a wonderful verb. "SLIP" I had imaged "YANK", so slip was a great thing to hear, like taking raisins out of pudding!

Swelling hasn't been bad. In fact, I can only notice it on that bottom right side where it looks like I have a marble stuffed in my cheek. That was the hardest one to get out because they had to break it into 3 pieces in order to not damage the nerve it was entangled with.

I love Loritab, it's wonderful. And I've been able to stay well fed, as I bought a bunch of baby food (I really like the squash...) so I could stay away from the sugary-lack-of nutrition in most easy-to-eat foods. I am very determined to heal quickly and get right back on track, so I figured baby food would be a great way to stay on top of vitamins and nutrients.

The 3 culprits. I actually feel better now that I'm not "teething" anymore. :) And I love that I look more like Sofie than ever with my puffy-cheeks. She's so darling, she could tell something was up yesterday after the surgery, so she kissed me over and over and over. Made my day!

Last Supper

So, tomorrow I (Andrea) am going under the knife to have 3 wisdom teeth yanked from my head, and I was hoping to have a great meal tonight as my last real food for a while. Fortunately, we all decided that we should have a combined Derek/Whitney b-day party as well. So we settled on a Sushi Night. :) Couldn't have asked for much better.

ps- sushi is not "raw fish", although sometimes it may contain raw fish.

Scott and Andrea rolling. (Whitney and Derek helping out)

Derek working on the Tempura veggies.

Scott slicing up the fish. He usually is able to buy the fish from restaurants, however, this time he was only able to order a bunch of Sashimi from Happy Sumo. We just used that and sliced it thinner for the sushi. We had tuna, salmon, yellow tail, scallops, etc. We also used a bunch of veggies and imitation crab. So good!


We made TONS! Didn't count, but most likely it was over 10 rolls. But even after all the fancy fish we had, my favorite is still the simple and boring California Roll -cooked crab, avacado, cucumber. I also made a sushi that most people are unfamiliar with, one that I LOVE -Inarizushi- which is just sushi rice stuffed inside these soy pouches that have been soaked in soy sauce, sugar and vinegar. Yum!

The Tempura (Sofie loved the sweet potato and zuchini)

Halloween Amendment

Here are some better pics of Halloween night and our little Pegasus.
Princess Sierra and her trusty sidekick Unicorn.

Trick-or-treating with Mom

Trick-or-Treating with Dad

My Baby Beethoven

Sofie is taking after mom's side of the fam. :)