Smoothies!!

I got these books for Christmas and I LOVED all the great information in them. I am super interested in  nutrition and health. Dr. Fuhrman basically says to cut out processed foods, replace with mostly plant based whole foods for optimal health. I don't like the word diet, or anything that you do for only a short period of time. This book motivated me to just eat as many whole, fresh foods as possible for the rest of my life!  

Especially this time of year with all of the different illnesses that are going around, I want to be protected! (And as a side note, we don't get flu shots...)

So an easy way to get lots of produce in was to whip up some smoothies!  These were the supplies I picked up from Trader Joe's -

Did you all know that you CAN NOT taste spinach in smoothies!!???  It is amazing! Leah loves it and we are getting all the nutrients packed in one drink! 

Our favorite so far -
Amount depends on the size of your blender.
1 cup baby spinach
1 cup berries
1/2 a banana
Almond milk or water for desired consistency
I am also going to start adding chia seeds after I go get some.

We are now obsessed and Leah asks to help me make our smoothie every day. She likes to help me by pouring in all the ingredients. 

After a few days I realized that my blender sucked and it wasn't blending things well enough.  So I bought myself a new toy after hearing recommendations from my aunt and cousin.

 Love it! And no I am not getting anything from the company, I just really like it :-)

Don't let a smoothie addict loose in Costco!!

We are having fun inventing new combos, including avocados, cucumbers, kale, almonds and more!  I can't wait until spring and summer when more fresh produce will become available!  It feels amazing doing something so beneficial for my family!


Cheers!

Carter - 5 Months

Carter was 5 months old yesterday!!

He celebrated by rolling over for the first time!! From his tummy to his back.  He is also starting to try and sit up! 

Continuing this month is his sleep being all over the place!  Two nights ago he was up every two hours. Then last night he slept 7 hours in a row. I never know what it will be!  Silly boy!

I love capturing sweet moments like this with the two of them interacting

Leah is starting to enjoy Carter more and more now that she can bring him toys to play with and he will react to her by smiling and laughing at her.

 We thought it was funny to see Carter with this doll that Leah got for Christmas. Hehe, almost the same size :-)

Carter still hasn't had anything other than breastmilk and I haven't even attempted to give him a bottle again since we went on our date at the beginning of December. I haven't needed to since I am just with him all the time.  He is growing like crazy lately!! Such a big boy compared to how little Leah always was!  I can't wait to see how much he weighs at his 6 month appt next month!

He is just so sweet. A little high maintenance with wanting to be held ALL.of.the.time.......But I know that this time will pass so quickly and I will long for the days when I could snuggle him all day so I am soaking it up. I still let him nap on me too :-) I have his whole life to get him on a set eating/sleeping schedule so for now, I am not worried about it!

 I could kiss his cheeks all day long :-)

Carter is very vocal and started saying "Bababababa...." I am trying to get him to make an "M" sound, but he is still working on it :-)  He also has a new growl sound that he makes which is so funny!

Happy 5 Month Birthday Carter Layne!

Our Week

Here are some pictures from our week.  Leah still has dance class every Monday and she still LOVES it! I had to download some of the songs that she dances to and she loves listening to them at home and in the car. 

Besides going to get pictures taken on Wed and to Leah's friend Madeline's house to play on Friday, we stayed home. I hate going out around a lot of people this time of year with all the germs and sicknesses that are going around! Ick!!

 This is a typical afternoon at our house...

Carter loves watching Leah play

She has been loving her new train set!

Getting so big!

I love how much they already love each other!!

First bath together! I was in there with them. It was a fun pool party :)

Potty training update - Well, really not much to say other than Leah is doing AMAZING!!!  We have been able to go out to run errands, restaurants, Grammy's house, etc. all in underwear with no accidents! She also naps in underwear too with no accidents!! She still wears pull-ups at night but has been dry the last several mornings!!  We are so impressed and proud of the EASY transition!!!!! 

And tomorrow is another big day for the Seahawks!!!

Go Hawks!! :-)

Cousins

My cousin Statia invited us to go take pictures with her son Dallas today.  We got some cute ones of the kids! Every time we get pictures taken, I can never decide which ones to order prints of because I love them ALL!!  Here are my favorites from today...

Brother and sister love :)

Love this one!!

Getting so big!

Dallas -  2 1/2 years,  Carter  - 4 1/2 months,  Leah - almost 3!

Love them!!

Mellow Weekend

We have just sort of hung around this weekend!  Yesterday we took our time getting ready and then went to run a few errands. Including getting all the supplies for Miss Leah's THIRD birthday party!  How is she almost 3???!!  She has been talking since September about having a Minnie's Bowtique birthday party, so that's what we are doing! 

There is going to be a LOT of pink involved :)

Today the Seahawks are playing (right now so I don't know the outcome yet...!) in their first playoff game of the season.  We are cheering them on -

We all have our clashing Seahawks gear on haha!

Leah was having fun playing with my pom poms

Go Seahawks!!

Ahhhh he melts my heart!

All of my fellow SeaGal alumni were posting their old cheering pics on Facebook, so I shared these....

Seems like a million years ago!!!  Haha! Let's hope they win today! Go Seahawks!

Cutie Carter

While looking through the pictures on my phone, I realized I have quite the collection of cute pictures of Carter!  They aren't the best quality, but I still want to share. I don't think he could be any cuter!!!!

Loves being naked :)

Bundled up for our walk the other day

Playing video games with Daddy :)

Tubby time!

Nothing like a fresh and clean baby right out of the bath :)

Already loving the remote, hehe :)

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!!!  :-)

Happy 2013!

We had a fun night celebrating the new year. We stayed home and invited the 'T' family over and did the live east coast time countdown (so it was 9pm for us) which worked perfectly for our little ladies.  We had pizza, cupcakes, sparkling cider and a little champagne.  :-)

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve!  I have a feeling that 2013 is going to be a GREAT year!!!  :-)