My Busy Day Gourmet

I love to cook.  I love showing my friends and family my love through my cooking.  I get this trait from my mom.  Growing up we always had dinner together no matter how late it might be for all of us to eat togetheer.  My mom makes the most wonderful food.  I wish I could say I spent hours in the kitchen with her as a child learning all her techniques, but I did not.  I chose to sit on the couch and watch television.  Silly girl!  So now I am trying to learn all her fabuolous tricks of the trade so I can one day cook as well as she can. 

Keegan also loves to cook.  Everyday he is in the kitchen with me helping me make dinner.  He would rather be baking cupcakes but he will agree to helping with chopping up zuchinni and throwing in some dry ingredients.

I was lucky to have stumbled upon a wonderful establishement called My Busy Day Gourmet.  The premise of the business is to come and assemble meals and then place them in your freezer for future meals.  My "mommy" friends and I did this for my baby shower in August.  It was wonderful.  I walked out with 12 meals...the most wonderful gift a mother with a newborn could recieve!  We all decided to return to My Busy Day Gourmet with our toddlers.  We went a few weeks ago and had a great time.  Here are some pictures of the event.

Keegan's girlfriend, Charley, with baby Carson and baby Keira!

And last but not least, here are some recent Keira pictures....

I recently talked to a good friend about some friends in her life who are struggling with some rough pregnancies.  The conversation really made me realize that even though my days are sometimes filled with whining, crying, and overall chaos, that I am doing just fine!  I am blessed to have two healthy children and need to be grateful for this fact.  I also realized that I need to take more pictures of Keira!!  The poor kid has so few pictures compared to when Keegan was her age. 



Keira at 2 months.



An update on Miss Keira: She is now 3 months old and sleeping in her crib sans a swaddle!  She was a baby who loved to be swaddled and then recently she found her hands and fell in love with them.  She continues to nurse well and sleeps well throughout the day and sleeps great through the night!  Yes, she sleeps through the night!  However, she is a night owl.  She stays up until 11:30 pm each night and will wake up around 8:00 am.  I would love for her to go to bed a couple hours earlier, but she sleeps through the night so I can not complain! She also loves her brother.  Anytime Keegan enters the room, she lights up and smiles so big.  Keegan continues to be gentle with her and loves making her smile.

 Update on Keegan:  There is HUGE news in Mr. Keegan's world!  He is using the potty and only wearing a diaper for his naps and at night.  It happened just like the other moms told me it would; he woke up one morning and decided to use the potty.  Okay...cool!  It was such a relief to make it through this milestone with him because you just never think your child will ever get out of a diaper! 
He is also enjoying his preschool.  He goes once a week and I attend the class with him.  He has learned how to sit and enjoy reading books and is trying to learn how to share.  We still have to keep a very close eye on  him when he is playing with his friends because he still struggles with the concept of sharing. 
He will be turning 3 in February and he gets to go to Florida for his birthday!!  Kevin has a training in Orlando, so we decided to join him.  We plan on spending one day at The Magic Kingdom and then the rest of the time visiting with my aunts and grandparents. 

Enjoying his Christmas present!

Listening to his MP3 player!