What to do...

This picture of Remi makes me crack up
She's holding her book like she's reading it
And that big smile
I just love her to pieces

(don't mind the little boy pajama's)

And this picture of Remi gives me anxiety

I hate being dirty and I hate when my baby is dirty
and when she's eating I can't do anything about it
and it kinda makes me crazy
I can't wait to get her all cleaned up

1. She's sitting up all by herself. She's so big!



2. And down she goes!!!

The Squealer

A Day at the Park

Yesterday was a beautiful day, like 70 degrees beautiful. So we decided to have a little picnic at the park, just the 3 of us. It was a perfect day for a fun little picnic.



The sun was too bright for the little chubs. She needs some sunglasses!

3 Things

I have a personal visitor this weekend which means my love for chocolate greatly increases which, in turn makes me extra chubby. So since I "needed" some chocolate I made this chocolate cake recipe and it was quite delish! And I don't know what my sister was thinking but if you make chocolate cake from scratch you can't, I repeat can't frost it with Betty Crocker Frosting! Seriously Mandee??? So I found a recipe for some delicious chocolate frosting and I thought I would share it.


"PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.


I easily drank a 1/4 gallon of milk with my teeny tiny slice of chocolate cake. IT WAS SO GOOD!
And now I feel like a fat cow. And I need to start back on my stupid low carb diet on Monday, because unfortunately this baby weight isn't going to melt off by itself. Wish me luck!

While I was making my chocolate cake I watched 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' and that show is seriously RIDICULOUS. Those women are NASTY!

She's BIG!!!

The little Remster is growing like a weed! She starting eating cereal. She thinks she's big enough to hold her bottle. She can hold it up for a second or 2. She's getting some chompers. And she talks a lot. Yay for Remi!!! She's so damn cute! I can hardly stand it!



I think she's tired of the camera!


And a funny video of her cracking up while she's eating rice cereal! She's BIG!

Utah

Remi and I went to Utah for a week to visit the fam and eat like fat kids! And boy did I ever! I think I gained 5 pounds... No, I did gain 5 pounds while we were there! Can we say Fatty? We went to Cafe Rio a couple few times for a shredded beef salad then to Kneaders for a Turkey, Avocado on Croissant with extra kneaders sauce and a brownie for later. I love to eat at those places when I go to Utah. Mandee took me to Flour Girls & Dough Boys, the shortbread chocolate chip cookies were soooo good! Don't you worry, we didn't eat all of that in one day. We spread the goodness throughout the week.

We hung out with the fam a lot. Grant made us laugh a lot. We had family dinner on Sunday, it was yummy. My Mom made cookies like she owned a cookie shop again and of course I had to eat a couple 10 fresh out of the oven. They were so delicious!

Remi loved all of her cousins, they were always making her laugh. We miss those little turds! Charlie said "I love Remi" oh, probably 200 times! He's such a lover!

He loves her! I think he needs a little sister... Mandee?? Aaron??


He must have been tired, that does not look so comfy.


I don't know what he's doing...

Grandpa "G" making the Rem's laugh

Mikie got a new little schnauzer puppy named Lucy. She is sooo cute! I love her and her delicious puppy breath!



I miss my family and wish we all lived closer together. Maybe someday.
Hopefully Jeff will let me come back in May... don't hold your breath though, he missed Remi too much. I'm chop liver these days. And that's ok, I guess!