I'm Happy in a TuTu

Ok, maybe I just think Kai is  happier in a tutu. If that is even possible for her to be happier cause she is one happy baby. I just love the tutu pants combo. I would own one in every size and color if I had it my way. The pink one she has on is from the Gap and I am seriously considering buying it again in a larger size. I made the mistake of not buying her last brown one in a larger size and now it's too small and that makes me a sad panda. 

Sea Lions

We took Kai to the Zoo today to see the sea lions. Last time we tried to see the sea lions the line was too long.  Not this time we got right in and I think Kai was in like with them. 

Just arriving in the tunnel. 

Spaghetti and Peanut Butter. What?

When I was little my Dad always ate spaghetti pilled high on a peanut butter sandwich. I remembered this yummy combination today and decided to make spaghetti for supper tonight.  I have to say the spaghetti with a peanut butter sandwich was just as wonderfully good as I remembered it. Just goes to show peanut butter is good on everything.

Spaghetti is made with soy crumbles not meat.

Coffee Meet up

I have been going to coffee meet up group on some Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is a nice way to get out of the house and I think Kai likes looking at other babies. Everyone brings a blanket and lays the baby on the floor to play while the Mom's try and drink some coffee.

I wanted to show pictures of all the babies sprawled out
 on the coffee shop floor, but did not know if that was PC
and don't want to get kicked out of my Mom's group;) So here is
Kai before she fell asleep from all that playing.

brownie peanut butter thingy

I made a new concoction today and it sounded like a good idea but I think I will just stick to brownies next time as the peanut butter layer was left in the pan and the brownie goodness eaten.  I put peanut butter cookie batter on the bottom of the pan and then a brownie layer on the top and baked to gooey goodness. Kai liked making brownies until she feel asleep on her Momma. 

More Yum

If you have a Whole Foods around you I suggest Grilled Brie with cherry sauce and walnuts and at, I think, 12ish dollars, kinda cheap. Also for supper tonight I made zucchini stir fry, also very yummy as my husband would say.

Side Note
Tonight I had a glass of Pinot Noir. It was Kali Heart which I first had with some good friends in Cali.  This is, in my book an expensive bottle of wine at 20 some dollars a bottle and it comes with a screw top, now some find this kinda cheesy, but I seek out the screw top as I no longer can polish off a bottle of wine like I could in my younger days. I think its nice I can just screw the lid back on. Cheesy maybe, practical yep.

The brie comes with this wooden plank to grill it on. 

Perfect dinner

Zucchini stir fry

2 zucchinis
1/2 red onion
1 red pepper
garlic
1 veggie bouillon cube
salt and pepper
a little water
1 tablespoon olive oil
Parmesan to sprinkle on top

I heated up the olive oil and threw everything in the skillet and then sprinkled the parmesan on top when done. Easy Peasey

Auntie Sharon

We stopped by Auntie Sharon's house and saw her beautiful garden and had Sushi out. It was perfect.

Flight Attendant

On our fight home, I was a little less nervous about Kai on a plane since she did such a good job on the way out. Well, I did not know we were going to have a vibrant flight attendant.  We board the plane and there she is all smiles at my baby, but that's normal because, she is so cute. We get seated and she comes over to check on us and grabs my baby's hand with her, I kid you not, 1/2 inch long plastic nails. Now I'm thinking, I wonder how many germs you have under those massive finger nails of yours. I know Kai's little hand will be in her mouth any second now. Yep, there it goes in her mouth. O well, I'm over it. We get all situated and Kai nurses and falls asleep. Perfect. Kai is sleeping and the drink cart comes around which was a little noisy right next to us so Kai opens her eyes, but is not really awake. The flight attendant takes this time to wildly shake her head back and forth in Kai's face and talk baby talk to her. I am thinking,  ummm Kai WAS sleeping and now, not so much. So now we have a problem, Kai likes her naps and when one is abruptly interrupted she is a bit crabby. Now Kai is fussing, great cause all the other airplane passengers love that. I try nursing her again, but she is full so having none of that.  I finally get her back to sleep after much fussing:( Here is the kicker. We are getting off the plane with Kai who is now awake and happy and the flight attendant kisses her and calls her a little lamb.  Yep, she kissed her. Awkward!!!

Rose

We were just starting our drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and at our first overlook was a beautiful red rose perched upon the sign. Wyatt and I have really been missing Maelani and many tears have been shed because she is unable to joins on our family outings. It was comforting to see this rose. I felt like it was Maelani telling us, "I'm here Mom, I'm on this drive with you too." Sometimes its the little things in life that make the day better and that day it was a rose on a sign.

I Think she is so Pretty

It just never gets old looking at her. Sometime at night when Kai sleeps I look at pictures on my phone because I miss her face. Love

Mango guacamole

I have to start by saying I am a lover of guacamole, so I am in love with most guacamole recipes. But this guacamole  is the bomb.

3 large avocados
1 ripe mango
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 jalapeño minced and seeded
1/2 red onion minced. Or buy it in the jar like I do because onions make me cry.
cilantro
1 lime
Salt

You can add a tomato too,  if you like

Mash avocado, use garlic press and squeeze garlic into avocado. Add onion, jalapeño, mango, lime juice and salt. Mix together and enjoy. I also learned that if you need to refrigerate the guacamole, to cover with seran wrap touching the guacamole to keep it from turning brown.

4 Months

Kai had her 4 month check up today. She weighted 12lb 12oz at 25% and 24.5 inches at 50% and her head was 15.75 inches at 25%. She only cried for a minute after her 2 shots, but it was ear piercing. That girl has some lungs on her. Kai got a clean bill of health and is perfect in every way.

A side note: Kai loves chewing on her fingers. I can not keep them out of her mouth and they are soggy by the end of the day. Who knew fingers were so good?

I love my fingers and my monkey

At the Dr's: Fingers are good here too. 

It's hard to hold my head up with my fingers in my mouth.

Poop again

Mom and I had a shopping trip planned and I was super excited to get out of the house, as it does not  happen that often. We get to the mall and it is packed.  I mean 'Christmas-Shopping' packed. Come to find out it's tax free day. I would personally rather pay the two dollars in tax than fight these crowds and lines, but Mom and I battle the droves of people and head into the mall. I have recently had a paradigm shift and now do more shopping for Kai than myself because it is so much fun to pick out her little clothes. We shopped for awhile and went to try the new restaurant called "Black Fin."  Black Fin is similar to McCormick and Schmick's. We just put in our order and I hear a really loud fart and actually feel the bench I am sitting at shake. I look at Kai and she has a big smile on her face. I pick up her leg to make sure everything is still intact. Nope. Not good. She is sitting in a puddle of poop. It has pooled in her carseat. I am thinking well this is not ideal, but I will just take her to the bathroom and clean it up. I stick her in the Snap-N-Go and off to the bathroom we go. It is a small bathroom so I maneuver in the handicap stall and proceed to clean her up. I get her changed and wiped down and make a mental note that I should pack plastic bags in her diaper bag. She decided she was hungry, so I am standing in this little stall breastfeeding her now. Mom sends me a text and says the food is here. I set her back down so I can now tackle the poop in the car seat. I tried to wipe it down the best I could in this tiny stall with limited supplies. When I think I have it all cleaned up, I move it to the side to see that poop must have pooled under the lining and is now all over the floor. Awesome. Ok, I guess I will now wipe down the floor as I am doing this I am thinking "I bet that crab sandwich is super good out there waiting for me." Yea! All done. I am an awesome Mom who tackled that mess with my newly acquired mommy-skills. We get  back to the table and lets just say my newly found pride in my mommy-skills was dampened. There on the bench of the nice new restaurant was poop. Lot's of poop! Poop that must have ran through the carseat onto the bench and then the carseat smeared the poop the whole length of the bench. Wow, this is embarrassing because I know the waiter had to see that when he delivered my food 20 mins ago. I get out the few wipes I have left and go to cleaning. I clean all the poop off the bench dispose of the wipes in the bathroom and walk out with my head held high because I tackled massive all over the place blow-out and I won. (I think)

Surprise!! It's running down my back. 

What Mom? Its just poop.