Sunday, March 18, 2012
Man, I love these kids
Saturday, March 10, 2012
I Love to Organize!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
18 months old!
Could my baby really be 18 months old?! If you know me i spend my children's half birthdays and birthdays depressed at how quickly they are growing..haha, i try to fake happiness though for their sake!
Titus had his 18 month check up yesterday, Baby boy is in the 75% for height..23lbs 10oz...and has a very tiny head! (haha..all my kids do, it comes from my husband..works well for me in child birth) He grows out of shoes and footed sleepers like crazy..,the kid is big foot..clearly again NOT inherited from his mother!
His favorite things? Bath time, getting his hair done..he often brings me the gel and his brush and says "pleease?" , Playing with his ever patient siblings, playing with dinosaurs and trucks, Singing while dancing to the veggie tales theme song (which he did yesterday for the doctors office..he also likes attention) laughing, snuggling with his mommy, helping daddy fix things, and eating, and his pacifier.
Titus as any 18 moth old is is very active, likes to climb and is learning to talk at lighting speed! He has Daddy's personality, to the point daddy thinks he is hilarious because he can relate, and mommy thinks he is adorable and funny. He often tries getting out of trouble by smiling at you while you are discipling him, or kissing you...obviously he thinks he is charming.
18 months of pure joy to his mommy's heart. I am so blessed!
Titus had his 18 month check up yesterday, Baby boy is in the 75% for height..23lbs 10oz...and has a very tiny head! (haha..all my kids do, it comes from my husband..works well for me in child birth) He grows out of shoes and footed sleepers like crazy..,the kid is big foot..clearly again NOT inherited from his mother!
His favorite things? Bath time, getting his hair done..he often brings me the gel and his brush and says "pleease?" , Playing with his ever patient siblings, playing with dinosaurs and trucks, Singing while dancing to the veggie tales theme song (which he did yesterday for the doctors office..he also likes attention) laughing, snuggling with his mommy, helping daddy fix things, and eating, and his pacifier.
Titus as any 18 moth old is is very active, likes to climb and is learning to talk at lighting speed! He has Daddy's personality, to the point daddy thinks he is hilarious because he can relate, and mommy thinks he is adorable and funny. He often tries getting out of trouble by smiling at you while you are discipling him, or kissing you...obviously he thinks he is charming.
18 months of pure joy to his mommy's heart. I am so blessed!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Please stop and think
Small list of what i hear about Elijah:
"Spank the child, he will learn". Only problem, what happens when you spank your child and it sends him into a seizure like fit?
"Autistic children are possessed by a devil"..haha..the stupidest one i have herd yet, obviously said by an uneducated person who clearly knows nothing of developmental delays or anything about the brain
"We have never been close to him because he doesn't reach out to us" ..yeah because developing relationships is solely the child's responsibility
"sure i can baby sit, but will he be ok?" and then proceed to give me a 100 reasons why they clearly would not be a good choice
Trust me there are many many more, but i hate to think about them, because in my human flesh..it bothers me. People who do not care to try to see my son the way i do, or want to take the time to reach out.
They are out there and i encounter them all the time. It gets tiresome. Many parents get bitter when they have a autistic child, bitter at the world, who ,seems to constantly be judging them and obviously their poor parenting style. And its really hard sometimes. Because their is no greater judge of myself than me. I just wanted to write this because i witnessed one of these happenings the other day, i watched it happen to someone else. I watched their shoulders slump, tears in their eyes and walk away defeated, because yes, part of what your saying is true. My child is "imperfect" and "different". But what you don't realize judgmental voyeur is, just to get my child to the store i spend 45 minutes dressing him while he kicks and screams, on the way to the store he falls asleep because he just spent 7 hours of therapy time that one day, which means i will be up until the wee hours of the morning with him. again. We are at the store shopping because my son is experiencing regression, and started eating (yes eating) our furniture and now we have to buy safe furniture, that will be expensive and non toxic so if he starts eating this furniture he at least wont be poisend. And by the time we get home we have therapy again tomorrow at 8am. So please, please, please before you judge, stop, don't open your mouth. because you don't know what those words will mean to a parent. Who battle every day to recover their child, who lose sleep, money and their life to meetings and therapy and being consistent and never allowed to be weak. Just stop, because God gave that child to that parent for a reason, and you do not have a special needs child for a reason. Just maybe God knew what he was doing.
I can not tell you how hard that was to watch, because its has happened happened to me...the first time it happened i burst into tears and ran out of the store with 2 kids in tow. And i cant bring myself to go back. So watch your words, your feeling all bold and cool now, but really your just a jerk.
"Spank the child, he will learn". Only problem, what happens when you spank your child and it sends him into a seizure like fit?
"Autistic children are possessed by a devil"..haha..the stupidest one i have herd yet, obviously said by an uneducated person who clearly knows nothing of developmental delays or anything about the brain
"We have never been close to him because he doesn't reach out to us" ..yeah because developing relationships is solely the child's responsibility
"sure i can baby sit, but will he be ok?" and then proceed to give me a 100 reasons why they clearly would not be a good choice
Trust me there are many many more, but i hate to think about them, because in my human flesh..it bothers me. People who do not care to try to see my son the way i do, or want to take the time to reach out.
They are out there and i encounter them all the time. It gets tiresome. Many parents get bitter when they have a autistic child, bitter at the world, who ,seems to constantly be judging them and obviously their poor parenting style. And its really hard sometimes. Because their is no greater judge of myself than me. I just wanted to write this because i witnessed one of these happenings the other day, i watched it happen to someone else. I watched their shoulders slump, tears in their eyes and walk away defeated, because yes, part of what your saying is true. My child is "imperfect" and "different". But what you don't realize judgmental voyeur is, just to get my child to the store i spend 45 minutes dressing him while he kicks and screams, on the way to the store he falls asleep because he just spent 7 hours of therapy time that one day, which means i will be up until the wee hours of the morning with him. again. We are at the store shopping because my son is experiencing regression, and started eating (yes eating) our furniture and now we have to buy safe furniture, that will be expensive and non toxic so if he starts eating this furniture he at least wont be poisend. And by the time we get home we have therapy again tomorrow at 8am. So please, please, please before you judge, stop, don't open your mouth. because you don't know what those words will mean to a parent. Who battle every day to recover their child, who lose sleep, money and their life to meetings and therapy and being consistent and never allowed to be weak. Just stop, because God gave that child to that parent for a reason, and you do not have a special needs child for a reason. Just maybe God knew what he was doing.
I can not tell you how hard that was to watch, because its has happened happened to me...the first time it happened i burst into tears and ran out of the store with 2 kids in tow. And i cant bring myself to go back. So watch your words, your feeling all bold and cool now, but really your just a jerk.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Green Eggs and Ham
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Is there anything cuter?
Is there anything cuter than a little boy after a fresh hair cut?
I highly doubt it!
I highly doubt it!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Lasagna Rolls
I don't know if this became of me being very cheap, or just a pet peeve...but i always hated throwing away those extra lasagna noodles i didn't need. I was torn between saving those last 3 noodles in my pantry, for who know how long or just throwing them away...neither option was ideal to me. And then i got thinking, don't worry this isn't a scary story..lol..some of my thoughts do turn out ok! And i was thinking, man i should just roll them up jelly roll style and make them individual. I am sure i am not the first person who has done this, but it was a hit! I used all my noodles..was able to freeze a couple servings and i have a child with allergy's, so i could make the rolls individual to the person even, and it wasn't a pain! This is my recipe.. which honestly isn't one..its just what i threw together..you can adjust to your family's taste,
Lasagna Rolls
1 pkg of lasagna noodles
2 jars of sauce
*a tub of ricotta cheese
*a tub of cottage cheese
*1 eggs (great binder)
*4 garlic cloves (i used preminced Jarred)
*2 cups of mozzarella, divided
*1/2 cup of parmigiana cheese, divided
Italian spices to your liking (i use basil, oregano, and some parsley)
Boil noodles to package directions, (while they are boiling you can throw all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl and mix it up by hand quickly, only do 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/4 cup parmigiana in the bowl though, i do not like super herby filling so i just sprinkle my herbs in to taste)drain and rinse in cold water (only because this helps with cooling the noodles down so you can handle them sooner) I had to use 2 pans for this recipe..a 9x13 and a 11x7. Pour sauce on the bottom of both pans. start laying out your noodles flat on your counter and laying the filling on a single flat layer..and then roll them up! cover with another layer of sauce and sprinkle with i cup of mozzarella and 1/4 cup of parmigiana bake at 350 and then enjoy! yum!
I serve them with meatballs on the side in the rest of the sauce you didn't use ..putting meat in the roll up i think would just make them messy.
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| Lasagna Rolls |
Lasagna Rolls
1 pkg of lasagna noodles
2 jars of sauce
*a tub of ricotta cheese
*a tub of cottage cheese
*1 eggs (great binder)
*4 garlic cloves (i used preminced Jarred)
*2 cups of mozzarella, divided
*1/2 cup of parmigiana cheese, divided
Italian spices to your liking (i use basil, oregano, and some parsley)
Boil noodles to package directions, (while they are boiling you can throw all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl and mix it up by hand quickly, only do 1 cup of mozzarella and 1/4 cup parmigiana in the bowl though, i do not like super herby filling so i just sprinkle my herbs in to taste)drain and rinse in cold water (only because this helps with cooling the noodles down so you can handle them sooner) I had to use 2 pans for this recipe..a 9x13 and a 11x7. Pour sauce on the bottom of both pans. start laying out your noodles flat on your counter and laying the filling on a single flat layer..and then roll them up! cover with another layer of sauce and sprinkle with i cup of mozzarella and 1/4 cup of parmigiana bake at 350 and then enjoy! yum!
I serve them with meatballs on the side in the rest of the sauce you didn't use ..putting meat in the roll up i think would just make them messy.
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