Happy Birthday Dad!!!

My dad's birthday was on Wednesday, but I have been too sick to post this week so today will be all about birthdays.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! You are in Mexico now enjoying (hopefully) sunny, warm weather.  I hope you are having a great time on your post b-day vacay!

Despite my poor complexion, this is my favorite dad and me pic. Aww...Love ya Dad!

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Today is my sweet mommy's birthday!

Here's to you Mom! If only I was talented enough to make these for your day.

My mom loves birds. She has saved several injured or abandoned baby birds over the years. Feeding them with eye droppers, making raw meat milkshakes for them, and giving them more than enough love to live on.

Aren't these two cute?



Mom, thank you for all of the love and support you have given me and my brothers and sisters consistently throughout our lives. You are the best mom we could ask for and I hope to one day be as good of a mother as you are. I love you!

Best Dinner Ever!!!

I think this Valentine's Day was the best one of my life. My husband is wonderful and we have never been happier. I have a beautiful son and we are all healthy. Thank you God.

Now on to the food. All I can say is yum, yum, yum. I made strawberry cupcakes, which were delicious, but sadly my strawberry meringue buttercream was not pretty. It tasted great but wasn't the right consistency. Fail!

As for dinner,  I think I died and went to heaven! We had amazing bruschetta, steamed artichokes with hollandaise sauce that I could have eaten until I exploded, and king crab legs with, of course, tons of butter to dip them in. Everything was from scratch and everything was a success.

I could eat artichokes and hollandaise for the rest of my life. So Good!!!

Not too shabby for my first crab legs.

Did I mention butter? It was the star of the show.

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day as well. No matter what your relationship status is, love is always something to be celebrated. 

Ellie 

Valentine's Day!!!

Now tell me these are not the cutest dang cupcakes EVER! I am loving the owls! You must check out www.cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com for the bestest cupcakes! These are from Blue Cupcake(www.bluecupcake.com).

Okay...I think I will have to make a batch of Valentine's strawberry cupcakes for my hubby. Yummmm!

Valentine

If That cuteness isn't enough, Look at these ditties I stumbled upon at Cupcakes Take the Cake.

I love the Sparkly one!!

Alright enough with the cuteness, for now. It's time to talk about my day. Now I know that having a toddler can present certain challenges, but never did I expect one of them to be trying to count how many oral contraceptives my son just swallowed. Yikes! I immediately called Poison Control (a mother's best friend) and was reassured that unless he is allergic to them or they have iron in them (which they did not have), he should be fine. Whew! The sweet nurse on the line and I were able to see the humor in the situation once the possibility of danger had cleared the room. This was not my first call to Poison Control and I will bet $$ it is not my last. Thankfully E is not a big "eat everything in sight" kid. He does love the sweets though! Gee, I wonder where he gets that from???

On another note, I was able to work on the boy's quilt a bit today. It is a panel kit so it is super simple and I can finish it lickety split as long as there is not a curious little boy climbing on my arms and changing needle settings on my machine while I sew. I promise there will be pictures once it is completed.

My dear husband is on his way home from a verrry long work week. I am very excited to spend a 3-day-weekend with the man. We are going to be super low-key for V-Day. Perfect! A card and cupcakes work for me!

What should I make for dinner??? Any thoughts???

Alright, friends, I must go undo the days destruction. I am surviving on the hope that my son will one day pick up after himself and even take over some housework. Won't that be the day!!

Have a wonderful evening and be sure to think of all the people you love this weekend! *heart*

Ellie

Good Morning Friends!!!

It is an icy cold day today and the crisp scent of impending snow is in the air. I love mornings like this. I woke up with my hubby at 5:00 this morning. Wow. Early, but my sweet son, E, slept all night (yes!) so I was well rested. After surveying the damage that my "Greasy Mess" had caused the kitchen last night, I went about my morning routine of thoroughly enjoying a cup of super sweet coffee, letting dogs in and out, and playing challenging, yet time-waisting brain games until my little guy woke up pouting.

My morning cuddle time with E is one of the best times of the day. He is usually very sweet and loving and it makes me forget sleepless nights and evening tantrums. Ah, the joys of toddlerhood. Then I talked to my mom for a while, like I do every morning and a few times during the day. We both stay at home with toddlers each day, so it is nice for both of us to have some adult conversation periodically. The crazy thing is that most of our dialog is concerning the kids in our lives. Ha!

Now here I am, the boy has been changed, apple juiced, and fed. Now he is learning baby signs with Baby Einstein while I share my morning with you!I mentioned "Greasy Mess" earlier. If you are not familiar with my cooking I will explain. Greasy mess is a term my wonderful mother-in-law and husband use to discribe the cooking process and aftermath of homemade chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. My kitchen truely becomes a "greasy mess." Oh but it is well worth it! We crave greasy mess! Just not the clean-up. *wink*

Well, my friends, I am off to get busy on this house. I am certainly no tidy Tammy but there is always work to do, kitchens to clean, babies to entertain.

Enjoy your day!
EllieQ

Welcome to my world!

So this is it! I actually started my first blog! I hope this will become a creative outlet, a journal, and an all-around fun place to hang out. I would love to write professionally one day, but I haven't found my niche yet. This will be a great way for me to practice writing while sharing my daily goins-on with all of you. I have the most beautiful son in the world and my sweet husband somehow puts up with my ever-growing to-do list for life. After almost 10 years together, he is still trying for figure me out. Not an easy task I'm sure. I am a mess! A fun mess though, I must say.

I hope my blog will be a place where you can feel free to kick off your shoes and relax a bit. Please enjoy my little pink world. There may be days of chaos, days of sheer excitment, and days of dreams and longing. This is my life. Welcome!!!

Ellie