2011 Sum-Up and on to 2012

So it has occured to me that I haven't posted since November. Bad blogger! To say that much has happened since then would be a gross understatement. To give you an example of just what I mean by that, I returned to work today from my two week Christmas break. Hey...teaching has its perks. I could not remember my login password to the district server for a good minute or two. My team gave me a hard time, but I simply explained that being a mother of two and traversing the state of Texas (basically) twice during the break renders it necessary to eradicate any unnecessary information from my brain. ...Apparently district logins that are going unused qualify for just such action. Luckily, I was able to wade through the cob-webby corners of my mind to locate the no longer obselete information.

So...November, huh? When I made my OH-so-delicious chicken spaghetti. Tried it? You should. It was DELISH! Well, since then I have tried two more dishes, both of which I found at Pennies on a Platter. Oh. My. Gosh. You have got to check this site out! Lots of great and easy recipes. These were the two I tried:

Chick-fil-a Chicken Nuggets
-Okay, so the blogger admits that it's not exact, and it's not. BUT, it was still ridiculously tasty-and pretty easy.

Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza
-I tried this, because my husband loves Chicago deep dish pizza. It was pretty good, and the from-scratch sauce was actually a lot easier to make than I thought at first.

I'm looking forward to trying more of her recipes, since they tend to be fairly easy to make and not so bad on the wallet; lots of the recipes I browsed included stuff I already had in my pantry. ...Nothing worse than finding a mouth-watering recipe only to discover you don't have a handful of the ingredients.

I've also been busy at my sewing machine. I have tons of sewing projects pinned on Pinterest, which is entirely too addicting, but so far, all I've had time for are my bibs, burp cloths, and paci clips. I made a really cute set for my sweet little nephew, Luke, using Cars fabric and a waterproof backing, but I forgot to take pictures! Grrr!! Here are some of the projects I've completed recently...ALL baby related except for two Christmas ornament projects.

And, it probably wouldn't be a blog if I didn't mention my girls. B is getting bigger every day, and I can't believe half the stuff that comes out of mouth. Not because it's inappropriate, but because she sounds like a kid going on 30 most of the time, complete with voice intonations and hand gestures. What can I say? She's her mother's daughter? lol Her vocabulary seems to grow or improve every day, but she still pronounces "dessert" as "bazzert", and that's okay with me. :)

L (our reflux princess) is still puking, mostly on me, which I'm assuming means I'm her favorite? It is getting better, though. And maybe when we go for her next check up, the pedi will say we can try soy formula and leave the Nutramigen behind. It smells bad. The puke version stains. And it's expensive. All of this is, of course, outweighed by the fact that it seems to be helping (along with the Prevacid) to control her reflux, but if L is ready for the next step, I, for one, will not be throwing a going away party for this formula.

L coos and babbles now, but mostly at her daddy. Such a flirt. And heaven help us when the girls hit high school, as I'm pretty sure that spreading the rumor that the girls have cooties will only work until like the 3rd grade. Our latest little edition has these big 'ol brown eyes and lashes that go on for miles.

..Well...if I dig down deep enough, I probably have more to share, but the girls are both asleep, the house needs a quick clean, it would be nice to talk to my husband for a few minutes (finally!), and I have work tomorrow. So, at least for now, this will have to suffice.