Cake For Daddy

Kaycee wanted to make cookies for daddy because he is coming home tonight (well midnight). We had bananas that were aging so I thought we could make banana bread. I was talking to my mom and Kaycee kept asking to make bananas so I had her ask grandma if she knew a good recipe. The funny thing was that she had just made Banana Bars. So, we got the recipe and made banana bars for Isaac. It is more like a cake, but I guess once we cut it up they will be bars. The added frosting I'm sure was my mom's doing. She is a frosting fiend, but so is Kaycee and me.

Kaycee had fun smashing the bananas. I found out it was mostly because she wanted to eat them. She was a great help and had fun in the kitchen. We can't wait for Isaac to get home to try it. Yummy!

Natural Highs

My cousin sent this to me in an email. I thought it was cute and instead of passing it on I posted it instead.

Natural Highs

1. Falling in love.

2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.

3. A hot shower.

4. No lines at the supermarket .

5. A special glance.

6. Getting mail.

7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.

8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.

9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.

10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.

11. Chocolate milkshake (vanilla or strawberry).

12. A bubble bath.

13. Giggling.

15. The beach.

16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.

17. Laughing at yourself.

18. Looking into their eyes and knowing they Love you

19. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.

20. Running through sprinklers.

21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.

22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.

23. Laughing at an inside joke with FRIENDS

24. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.

25. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.

26. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).

27. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.

28. Playing with a new puppy.

29. Having someone play with your hair.

30. Sweet dreams.

31. Hot chocolate.

32. Road trips with friends.

33. Swinging on swings.

34. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.

35. Making chocolate chip cookies.

36. Having your friends send you homemade cookies.

37. Holding hands with someone you care about.

38. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.

39. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you.

40. Watching the sunrise.

41. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.

42. Knowing that somebody misses you.

43. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.

44. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.


Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth

The Sweetest Thing

Kaycee is such a sweetheart. This morning I had to wake her up early to go do the three hour glucose test at the hospital (it should be called the four hour test). She was a little grumpy because I woke her up early (8:30AM) so she just wanted to lay in bed and watch cartoons until she was fully awake. I told her that we needed to get ready so mom could go to the doctors and she jumped up and said, "oh, mommy sick and needs to go to doctors?" I told her that I needed to do this blood test and she jumped up, said, "okay," and got ready.

I was really worried because we had to stay at the lab for the first hour and I knew she was going to go stir crazy, but she did really well. She knew that we had to be there for mommy and she was very well behaved. She HAD to sit next to me each time they drew blood to make sure I was okay. The first draw was at 9AM, and because I was fasting and had to drink the glucose drink I had to be monitored for the first hour in the office. Then after that first initial test at 9AM I had to go back at 10AM, 11AM, and then the final one was at 12PM. After the first test I took her to McDonald's to get her something to eat and to let her play for a few minutes. Each time I worried that she would get irate that we had to go back, but she hurried to the car and asked if I had to go back to the doctors for my blood. Each time she would ask me if I had to drink the yucky "oonage" drink again. She was very concerned for me. She would also ask if the "shot" hurt. What a sweetheart. I was so proud of her. She was so good.

That wasn't the end of it. Isaac had to go get a shot at the hospital for vet school and then I had an OB appointment at 4pm. What a little trooper. She was so excited to walk me into my appointment. I think she was excited to be able to take care of mom for once, and also that the doctors and blood tests were not for her!!!

These are pictures I took on my phone of her in the car. We went shopping in between and I bought her a Wonder Pet's painting book so we painted in between the last blood test.

A New Food for Kaycee

My family will be so proud of Kaycee. She has been converted to cottage cheese and potato chips. For the longest time she disliked cottage cheese but today out of the blue she decided that she wanted to eat the cottage cheese with chips that mom was eating. AND she took it over and ate all of it. What a proud day. Now we are just waiting for Isaac to see the light. (Just kidding.)

I am sure that a lot of you are thinking, "how disgusting." I assure you that with the right chips, sour cream and onion with a little cottage cheese and you will be hooked. But then again, you may not be. To all his own!