Wordless Wednesday

Can you see his new tooth in the back? 

There is one more on the top and 2 more coming through on the left side.

Thoughtless Thursday

 {one} Jack is now 15 months old (as of Tuesday) and is the size of an average 21 month old.  He is a BIG boy!  He weighs 29.4 lbs and is 33 inches tall.  Apparently when you turn 15 months old, you no longer think 7:00pm is an acceptable bedtime and prefer to take a short nap, then get up and play until 10:30pm.  Mommy does not like this! 

{two}  I have a maid.  Her name is Corina.  She is AWESOME!  She comes every-other-Thursday.  Today is Thursday and she should be cleaning my house, but she is sick.  I hope she gets to feeling better soon because my house needs cleaning... BAD!  I have a messy toddler and I am not a good cleaner, neither is Randy.  So Mama and Jeff be prepared for a slightly messy house when you get here tonight - just think of it as more "homey"!  HA!

{three}  If you didn't already know, I own an Etsy shop.  Running this little business takes a lot of time.  I love it, but I have a new respect for all Etsy shop owners and the amount of time and effort they put into their work.  If you shop Etsy, take it easy on the owners, most of us are doing our best to make you happy!  Also, don't ask for free stuff - it's really not cool.

{four}  My parents and possibly grandparents are coming to visit this weekend and Randy's smoking a brisket!  I'm so excited!  We usually only get smoked brisket on Memorial Day, Labor Day and the Super Bowl, so this is quite the little treat!

{five}  Jack loves airplanes!  There is a small airport next to our house and everytime he hears an airplane he looks up and points to it.  So cute!

Thoughtless Thursday hosted by Katie

A Quick Weekend Recap

We didn't do much this weekend.  Which is exactly how I like it most of the time!  Friday night I took a break from sewing and just hung out with Jack and Randy.  It was so nice to relax for a little bit.  I have been working non-stop it seems to get all of my orders fulfilled.  Which is a good thing, but every now and then a girl needs a BREAK!  HA!  Back to Friday night - Randy grilled burgers and we watched the Rangers play an awesome game until the 8th inning when something went terribly wrong and they let the Yankees come back and beat them!  Ughhh!

Saturday I sewed, sewed and sewed some more!  I was excited to have a custom order to complete for a friend which broke up the monotony of pumpkin trucks and turkeys!  The trucks and turkeys were fun to make, until I've made 10 + of each of them.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, just needed to change it up a little!

Bumble Bee Shirt

Ladybug Shirt

I think the shirts turned out really cute!  I love the ric rac along the bottom and the bow at the shoulder.  It was my first attempt at making hair bow style bows and it was much easier than I thought it would be.  I watched a few YouTube videos and I was on my way!  Isn't YouTube awesome?! 

Saturday afternoon we ordered Chinese and watched the Rangers redeem themselves, then I sewed some more!  HA!

Sunday was not a good day!  Poor Jack was not feeling well at all.  He didn't want to be held, he didn't want to play, he didn't want to sleep.  It was miserable.  Ran and I changed so many diapers yesterday I lost count and we bathed Jack 3 times.  It was THAT.BAD!  I took him outside and we just sat there watching TV for a while and he finally took a nap around 3:00 or so.  He was so tired and his little hiney so red.

Our friends came over to watch the Cowboy game and we grilled fajitas.  The guys found a few of Jack's hats laying in the hallway and decided they would model them:

Some day I will have to do a post of all the pictures I have of Randy wearing Jack's hats or just things on his head in general.  I'm sure there are no less than 20 pictures floating around on my computer and camera.  He's so silly!  But there is never a dull moment and he's constantly doing something to make me laugh!

Look at that poor baby!  He was not feeling well at all.  But he's never too sick to get a little lovin' from Aunt Kim.  He's figured out the game pretty well too.  He knows that when I'm coming to get him to take him to bed if he snuggles up to whoever is holding him he doesn't have to go right away.  He's such a sweet baby!!

He's Getting TOO Big!

My baby is getting TOO big!

He weighed 29 lbs at the doctor on Tuesday and when we measured a few weeks ago he was 32 inches tall - that's half as tall as me!!  Oh my goodness!

And check out that HAIR! 

Jack LOVES to brush his hair and always goes straight to our bathroom to grab a brush and when I'm changing him he always grabs his brush out of the basket and brushes his hair and mine too!  HA!

He's usually in the bathroom with Randy and me while we're getting ready for work in the mornings, so I dab a little gel in his hair to give him a flat top and blow it dry for a sec.  He makes the funniest face while I'm fixing his hair!  He just looks at me like "yeah, I know I'm handsome!"  HAHA!

I tried to get a cute picture of Jack with the pumpkin at school this morning, but he was not very happy to be going to school today.  I guess he knows Fridays are better spent at home!

Have a GREAT weekend! 

And GOOOOOOO RANGERS! 

Beat the Yankees!

Canned Jalapenos

My Memaw has canned fresh jalapenos grown in Grandad's garden for years and every time I go home or they come to visit, we get a new jar and they are sooo good!  Well, last weekend Scott's dad brought a ton of freshly picked jalapenos from his garden and since we can only eat so much salsa and fresh jalapenos before they go bad, we decided to can them so we'd have them to use in the coming months.  I've never canned anything before, but it was surprisingly EASY!! 

You will need:

1 cup white vinegar

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tsp salt (I use kosher)

fresh jalapenos

jelly jars (I used 1/2 pint)

Combine vinegar, water, oil and salt in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.

Fill a large soup pot half way with water and bring to a boil - this is for canning later.

While waiting for the water pot and vinegar mixture to boil, wash jalapenos and cut off stems.

Chop jalapenos in a food processor, being careful not to over chop - you don't want pureed jalapenos!  You could also slice them in rings, if you prefer.  For milder jalapenos, remove seeds.

Fill jars with chopped jalapenos making sure to press jalapenos down with a spoon as you go.  Fill to about 1/2 inch from top.

Insert butter knife in center of jar and pour in vinegar mixture - just enough to cover jalapenos.

Screw the lid on tightly and place jar in boiling water.  The jars should be completely submerged in the water.  Boil for 10 minutes, remove and let cool.  Once cooled, lids should seal (center will pop down) and when sealed, peppers can be left unrefrigerated until opened for up to 6 months.

I made a double-batch of the vinegar mixture since we had so many peppers.  We ended up with 8 jars of chopped jalapenos and 2 jars of sliced.  These are great to use in any recipe calling for jalapenos or diced chilis (although a little spicier than chilis).  I use them in chili, salsa, enchilada casserole, queso dip, pinto beans, black-eyed peas, jalapeno cornbread and pretty much anything we want to spice up a bit!  Can you tell we live in the south?  HA!

ENJOY!

So Sweet...

And so SILLY!!

 

Happy Wednesday, YALL!

Halloween Jack

Jack is all geared up and ready for HALLOWEEN!

  Grammy sent him a pair of jack-o-lantern jammies and a super cute fireman costume is in the mail! 

(Also thanks to Grammy)

Now all we need is a little candy and a carved pumpkin.  I'm sure Jack will L-O-V-E getting all ewwy and gooey with pumpkin guts!  YUCK!!

What are your little ones going to be for Halloween? 

Do you dress up too??

Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

Meet Jack:

This is my Grandad. (Who, by the way, Jack is named after.)  He is almost 84 years old and still going strong!  A few months ago, he told everyone he wanted to go to the zoo, so we planned the trip for the last weekend of September, gathered the troops and headed to the zoo!  It turned out to be a perfect day - cloudy with cooler temps and we made it through the zoo just before the rain came. 

This was Jack's first time to the zoo and I'm not sure he knew what to think of the petting zoo.  It took him a minute to warm up to the goats.

But once Papa introduced the two, it was all over for the little goats!

Look at that face!  So happy!

I got him!!

Bye bye, little goat!

After the petting zoo, we saw a few birds...

Took a few pictures...

Grammy, Jack and Papa

Memaw, me and Ran

Ran, me, Jack and Aunt Sherry

Saw a big tortoise...

and a cheetah...

and by the time we got to the end of the zoo, Jack was OUT!

We also saw some beautiful giraffes, elephants, lions and tigers, but this zoo lacks funding, so there were no bears or monkeys, OH MY, but nevertheless, Big Jack and Little Jack had fun seeing all of the animals, and so did I!

PS - Sorry I have been MIA from bloggyland lately, I've been super busy working on my Etsy shop and let me just tell you, I have the BEST baby daddy in the whole.wide.world!  He's been playing daddy daycare on Sundays to allow me a little extra time to get orders made and he bought some shelves for my sewing room to help me get organized and he even folded and put away my fabrics last night.  How did I get so lucky?!  I love you Ran-Ran!  I'll post pictures of my new sewing room soon!