Cake Face...or not so much

This little girl's birthday was a blast! I love this picture because this is the messiest her face got. She is my little princess. I mean, I literally call her princess. But her actions made me nickname her such. She wouldn't even touch the cake at first. She was so...delicate with it. It was incredibly cute though, seeing as how all the babies I have ever seen have been a total mess after their first bite of cake. She had a bigger smash cake that I made just for her. But she caught a glimpse of her cousin's Elmo cupcake and she wouldn't take the smash cake. She wanted an Elmo cupcake! We really appreciate all the family and friends that came to help celebrate.

I am in the running for yet another position at work. I know...I move too much. But this is another move up and I really hope I get this one. I love where I am though so if I don't get this position...not the end of the world. It would mean a raise though so...we're praying.

Hubby is almost finished with yet another semester. His semesters go every 2 months. So he's been in quite a few classes. I can't keep up anymore. But his final for Engineering is this week and then he moves on to English and Psychology. Needless to say, he's quite busy. But life is fun!

To the Void

I was included in the monthly newsletter at work. It was a Valentine's newsletter, of course. So they put a picture of my hubby and me in there along with a little story of us. There were other people in there too. The stories were all so cute! Sorry...romantic here. And although I know people get annoyed with the whole commercialism on Valentine's day, I think it is a good day to celebrate when you are married, especially if you have kids. Yes, a couple should be showing their love year round to one another. But is there anything wrong with having a day that's made for it? No...it's a free pass for men. The rest of the year, men may not buy their women chocolate and roses, but this day...they know that they'll earn big points if they do. Plus, romance does have a tendency to dwindle once you've been in a relationship for awhile (once again, especially with kids in the pictures). So why not use this day as an excuse to get away from your kiddos and romance each other?

Okay...finished on that there. I was also featured for my Cupcake Pops, which is not an original idea of mine. They are Martha Stewart's idea. I give credit where credit is due. They are fab. The only thing is...I was featured and they said they would use a picture of my work, but instead they used a picture of another girl who had tried them and it looked dumb. Like I said, credit where credit is due. Mine looked better, thanks. (See post from August 10, 2010 for proof.) I was kinda irritated. Oh well. I don't want my name stuck to something that doesn't look like my work. How can I promote my baking to people that way? Oh well...I only voice it here because nobody from work is likely to read my blog. In fact, I'm pretty sure I write to the void.

Hello and goodbye, Void.

Excited!

Because...I found out that my blog website is not blocked at work. I just thought I would give it a try. I'm tired of being sucked into reading ABCnews all day. That is pretty much the only website that works. But I'm glad I gave this one a shot. Now I can catch up on my sister's (April) blog and others. She's so faithful to blogging. It's just craziness.

New updates: Brent is doing better in school. He's learning how to manage his time. He was getting discouraged at the beginning of this semester because it was so difficult. He starts talking to me about his Engineering class and it sounds like Chinese to me. He starts talking about binary numbers and I'm just totally lost. He does cool things with voltages and stuff I don't understand. He works on a switch board, makes a light turn on and he is just so excited. I get happy for him too. But I don't exactly understand...

Autumn is doing pretty good. The little booger army crawls and rolls all over the place. She loves cheerios, pizza, mac n' cheese, and chicken nuggets. Yes...she is a normal kiddo. haha...ever since I changed her diet from baby food to adult food, she won't eat any fruits or veggies. Well, I did get some banana in her mouth the other day. But only because I ate half of it. I also made my own yogurt for her. (Thanks for the homemade baby food making book, Denny and Mom!) It was an apple and plum yogurt. So all I had to do was steam the apples and plums, mush them up and add plain yogurt. It was easy and she actually ate a little of it! My other attempt was a butternut squash pasta. That was a no go. One taste and her little nose scrunched up. I didn't think it was too bad though. Lacked a little flavor...

Autumn has two teeth on the bottom. But I can't stick my finger in her mouth to check on her other teeth anymore. She bites! And I mean hard! But I think she might look like a baby vampire because for some reason, those teeth look to be coming in first. Can't really tell though. Her first birthday is this Saturday and I'm so excited for all the family and friends coming to celebrate! My mommy and step-dad are driving in to town to help celebrate. This will be the first time since her birth that they will be able to hold her and play with her.

As for me...my life is pretty boring, but I love it! I work, go home and make dinner, play with my little lovey, and paint/watch TV once she goes to bed. My weekends are packed with the normal working mom stuff: grocery shopping, cleaning and playing some more with my little lovey. This is why I love my life. To keep it simple: my days are packed with work (not always fun), but my nights and weekends are packed with love (always fun)!