5 Month Photos

I lied. I didn't post Tatiana's 5 month photos when I said I would. Well I didn't really lie...I had all the intention of posting them, but then a great friend was back in town and so we headed out for a fab dinner that night and thus went my blogging time out the window.

More Christmas Baking

Why I decided to take on an almost 6 hour baking project while having a 5 month old to take care of at the same time I have no clue. It started out with making the dough in the morning, letting it chill in the refrigerator,  then rolling out the dough, cutting out the cookies, baking them in the oven, letting them cool, making frosting, and then frosting all of them. It ended up being a lot of work, and I still have a messy kitchen to clean up. But according to my husband and best friend they do taste delicious. I used a basic sugar cookie recipe but added the zest of one medium sized lemon to the dough, and then a basic glaze frosting with almond extract, and a butter cream frosting. Oh and I own zero Christmas themed cookie cutters, so hearts and fleur de lis it is!

My frosting mess after wards.

Oh and when you have a 5 month old...it takes a lot to keep them entertained while baking, so I pretty much ended up hauling everything in the kitchen. So between modern day baby entertainers and a good 2 hour nap my little lady let me start and finish my baking project.

Last week I made a friend, whose baby is only 11 days younger than Tatiana, another blanket for her adorable little girl. Even though it's fairly simple it's one of my favorites so far. The colors are so pretty. It's super soft polar fleece, and it's a high quality fleece, so it doesn't pill when you wash it. At some point I will also post one of Tatiana's Christmas presents, a big blanket I made for her.

And tomorrow...Tatiana's 5 month old photos! Here's a small sneak peak!

Snowmageddon 2010

We got 15.2" of snow today...and there's still some flurries goin' on out there. So what does that mean for our little Fab Five? A day of hibernation. But this isn't something to be sad about, instead you make the best of it, and that's exactly what we did.

The dogs weren't too happy to be greeted by this site when they woke up.

  Staying in = time to prepare a gourmet breakfast!

Staying in = Bonding time with my stand mixer.

Russian tea cakes (or Mexican wedding cakes) ready to go in the oven.

My lil baking helper.

 Russian tea cakes all done...Bjorn's favorite cookie ever.

 Peanut butter brownies.

 Bjorn shoveling the deck and an area in the grass for the dogs. He also borrowed the neighbors snow blower and took care of our driveway (more than one time!) and the neighbors. The neighbors were so happy that when they returned from Pizza Hut they gave us their left overs. Perfect! The kitchen was still a baking disaster and I really didn't feel like making dinner at this point.

Baby T laying back and relaxing during Snowmageddon 2010.


Oh and on Thursday I got to give Carter (Tatiana's second cousin), who is about a month and a half younger than Tatiana, his hand emrboidered Christmas ornament I made him. I'm making one for Tatiana too, but haven't gotten around to finishing hers yet, but here's Carter's ornament!



 

Happy Snowmageddon!

DARN YOU Baby Gap!

Baby Gap has me tangled in its clutches of evil, albeit very adorable clutches.GOSH DARN you Baby Gap, quit designing the sweetest little baby clothes ever...I say no..no don't do it! And then you give me coupons and have tempting sales that scream "Buy one, get the other 60% off...the WHOLE store!" While I won't complain that my daughter looks screamingly adorable in your clothes (Helloooo Thanksgiving LBD, that's code for little black dress for those who aren't up on their trendy fashion terms), my bank account will continue to give me the judgmental side eye...what's your problem bank account!? I'm just trying to make my 5 month almost 5 month old look runway ready!

All of our my favorite clothes for little T come from Baby Gap...and her dedication dress she will wear in February is my favorite...it's dusty rose and the top is satin and the bottom is asymmetrical cut tulle. Lets see what my husband doesn't know I bought today what my husband will disapprovingly see when he gets home! While I know my dear dear dear *batting eyelashes* husband still won't be jumping with joy, I do always shop at this sinful store with coupons or great sales going on....and I adore the clearance rack.

 These are 6 - 12, so we won't be seeing her in these for a little bit yet.

Perhaps an Easter outfit...that dress is to die for, it's satin, and has adorable little old fashioned shiny buttons on the back.

And I'll close it out with some photos from earlier this week...and why yes, her onesie is from Baby Gap.

It's beginning to look a lot.....scratch that...kind of like Christmas!

So we don't go all out with Christmas decorations around our house. It's usually the tree and we I'm done. This year I put the tree up the night before Thanksgiving. I think that will be a family tradition for us, and I can't wait until Tatiana can "help" next year! This year she and Daddy napped during most of the time I spent putting the tree up. Tonight I decided I'm sick of not being able to display and see all the fun and picture filled Christmas cards we get, so I slung up some fabric (a valance I made that was going to be used in Tatiana's room, but I changed my mind on it and scrapped it). Bjorn is calling it a shrine, because he says that's what it looks like. Ah well, I tried!

The Kids

The Tree

The Card Shrine

Our card...front and center.

Ridiculously girly, glittery, colorful ornament that makes the perfect topper for my wire tree.

I spy four Tatiana themed ornaments...Matryoshka doll, cupcake, letter 'T,' and Faberge egg.

Baby's First Cold....Mommy's Third....

 "Oh hi, I have a cold..."

So as of the beginning of October I am now officially on my third cold. The previous two turned into sinus infections (it seems to be the norm for me), so I'm REALLY hoping this one doesn't. Now Tatiana on the other hand has her first cold ever. I can't believe she made it to 4 1/2 months without getting sick, especially since I had those two previous horrendous colds (Oh, and we don't breast feed, which supposedly is a huge immune system booster for babies). So far she just seems to be stuffy, and becomes exasperated when trying to furiously suck on her pacifier at bed time because then she can't breathe very well. We set up a brand new humidifier in her room, and for the most part she's her normal self, still sleeping good. Oh yeah did I mention I think we're done with the 4 month wakeful stage? I probably just cursed myself with my gloating though.

We've had a pretty good evening...I can't believe how happy I am just to sit at home on a Friday evening with my little family. Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to a family cookie bake day/chili dinner and it's about an hour drive away... it's been snowing like crazy this evening, so that combined with mommy/daughter colds may prevent us from going.

 Still loves playing with her feet, even with a cold.

Doesn't like tummy time with a cold... ;)

HATES getting her snot sucked out with the bulb syringe.


I tried to get some 4 month photos...I'm only two weeks behind! But the older she gets the more difficult it is. No smile this time.

She has, however learned to read all on her own...genius baby!

I can't resist baby feet...

Wearing her gangsta' hat from Great Great Aunt Mia

That hair bow is hanging on for dear life...

And here's the snow-a-palooza currently going on in my backyard...

Bjorn's normal 40 - 45 minute commute ended up being an almost 2 hour commute tonight with all that snow...so here's how T and I spent our time while waiting for Daddy to get home.

Happy Weekend...colds and all. :)

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