June 30, 2014

bubbles

Summer has looked a lot like this so far: 

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mornings on the deck in our skivvies (and by "our," I mean Amos') blowing "big uns" (big ones), licking the bubble wand, and popping the ones that magically land on the deck (:

We've also enjoyed splashing in every water fountain downtown, ice cream dates with daddy-o, listening to the "tunder" that "GOOOOD" makes, riding with the windows down, picking blueberries at OD & Cathy's and eating (pop)"sicles" on the front porch...









June 27, 2014

Against All Grain Paleo Sweet Potato Quiche

On Monday I did a little breakfast meal prep for the week and prepared a recipe from the Against All Grain cookbook that I borrowed from my sweet friend, Monica. It's SUPER easy to make and has made fixing breakfast this week really quick (always a plus)! While this isn't going to be our "go-to" breakfast quiche (Mike didn't like the sweet potatoes and I didn't care for the rosemary), Mike and I both decided that we like the ease of having a casserole-like dish to grab and fix in the morning - so I'll do a little tweaking and try again!

Ingredients:
1 sweet potato, thinly sliced
10 eggs
1/2 lb ground turkey sausage 
1 sprig rosemary, chopped
3 tbsp coconut milk (or whatever milk you have on hand...I used almond milk)
salt and pepper
olive oil for greasing


Directions: 
Preheat oven to 350. 
Grease a pie dish with olive oil. 
Layer sweet potato slices around bottom of dish, making sure the bottom is completely covered. 

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Place cooked sausage on top of potato slices and top with rosemary.

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  In a bowl, mix eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over sausage and sweet potatoes.

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Press down any sausage that floats up with your spoon. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until quiche is set.

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Enjoy! (: 

June 24, 2014

birthday love

Happy 20th birthday, Carson! 

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we know why Honey is his favorite ...
the birthday boy & Mikey at their finest
Carson & Haley
Happiest birthday, Carson! 

PS -- if you stop getting so old, maybe I will too!? (: 

June 23, 2014

|another| lazy lake weekend

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means a waste of time. 
|Sir John Lubbock| 


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FIRST EVER lone jump off the dock(!!) 
"again"
floating with Da-dee
Carson & his jet-ski 
fishin' with Car Car
an (unhappy) air-pane
fishin' with mama & baby M2



June 20, 2014

Bahamas, Part 3 | Mosie & Mama

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Amos, what a joy it is to be your mama. You make my heart smile little buddy! 

June 19, 2014

Bahamas, Part 2 | sunshine and the Atlantis Aquarium

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Look at all of my "gold-veeesh" 
playing with mama in the water
shoulder rides (one of my all time favorite pics of these two)
the whole gang
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checkin' out the "veeeesh" 
Me & T 

June 17, 2014

Bahamas, Part 1 | "air-panes" and beach bums

Mikey, Amos & I traveled to Nassau to visit the Boutons while they were on vacation... nothing like friends crashing your vacation! We spent lots of time catching up on |much needed| sleep, eating too much pizza food, workin' on our tans and just really enjoyed being out of the country with these sweet friends! 

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Amos running thru the ATL airport to see the "air-panes!"
he'll kill me for that one day, I'm sure 
be still my heart
Mikey & William
"rock the board" {& get Mikey off!)
my sweet, sweet blonde boy 
Belle & Amos -- BFFs
sea urchin found while snorkeling
Belle showing off her coloring skills 


More to come... 


June 9, 2014

bump progress | baby m2

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22 weeks + 2 days 

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23 weeks + 3 days

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24 weeks + 4 days

How far along? technically 25 weeks + 1 day 
Sleep: sleeping great as long as Mo Mo sleeps great (: 
Best Moment this week: one word: VACATION!!
Movement: Lots! This baby is a wiggle.worm already 
Symptoms: The ridiculous heartburn has gotten much better this week (I looked back & noticed it was about this time that it got a little better with Amos too!) 
Food cravings: notta 
Gender prediction: boy
Labor signs: I've been having some Braxton-Hixx contractions every once in a while 
Belly button in or out: more out than in 
Looking forward to: Tanning this bump with the Boutons this week! 
Random facts about Baby M2: Little one is about the size of a head of cauliflower and knows which way is up and which way is down! 


June 6, 2014

Sprinkling Baby Martin 2

My sweet friend, Megan threw a Sprinkle for Baby M2 this week. It was such a treat to be surrounded by ladies who already love this little one so much! (: 

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chocolate peanut buttery deliciousness
strawberry pie
yummo!!
Ashton & Amber 
Gina, Anna & Emily
cousins 
me & my oldest best -- due 6 weeks apart! 
me & Megan 
the whole gang

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate Baby M2!!!