Kinda loving these geometric ones from garnet hill - in the ivory tones.
But would ivory get too dirty? 2 dogs and a baby...I think probably yes. boo.
The brown could work, since my living room is ivorys, yellows and beige/browns...
New Rug
Really wanting a new rug in our living room.
Kinda loving these geometric ones from garnet hill - in the ivory tones.
But would ivory get too dirty? 2 dogs and a baby...I think probably yes. boo.
The brown could work, since my living room is ivorys, yellows and beige/browns...
Kinda loving these geometric ones from garnet hill - in the ivory tones.
But would ivory get too dirty? 2 dogs and a baby...I think probably yes. boo.
The brown could work, since my living room is ivorys, yellows and beige/browns...
Gooey Blondies
Just tried a new blondie recipe the other night. I like my blondies extra gooey if you know what I mean, and these absolutely do the trick. They're perfectly soft and dough-y on the inside with a crisp crumbly surface. I think the secret is the brown sugar.
Gooey Blondies
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup chocolate chips
(and/or 1/2 cup butterscotch chips)
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan or line with heavy duty aluminum foil.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Remove it from the heat and stir in the brown sugar until it is dissolved. Quickly whisk in the egg and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake until they are just set in the center, about 25-30 minutes. Let them cool completely on a wire rack.
ps. we were out of eggs so I used egg beaters instead, and they tasted perfect.
pps. I am obsessed with the goldtouch bakeware from Williams Sonoma. They're heavy duty, non stick and easy to clean.
Gooey Blondies
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup chocolate chips
(and/or 1/2 cup butterscotch chips)
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan or line with heavy duty aluminum foil.
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Remove it from the heat and stir in the brown sugar until it is dissolved. Quickly whisk in the egg and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
Pour batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake until they are just set in the center, about 25-30 minutes. Let them cool completely on a wire rack.
ps. we were out of eggs so I used egg beaters instead, and they tasted perfect.
pps. I am obsessed with the goldtouch bakeware from Williams Sonoma. They're heavy duty, non stick and easy to clean.
Bath Time fun
Leighton Jane is a great little bath taker, and it's one of my favorite things to do with her. Plus she just smells so good after and her skin is so soft!
I did a little bath time documenting this weekend with daddy.
yay bath time!
It's all about the mirror
Did I mention she has a ton of hair in the back? We're still growing it up front ;)
all clean. baby lamb snuggle time.
I'm telling you, the critter towels at pottery barn kids are the cutest things EVER!! Definitely a good shower gift...
I did a little bath time documenting this weekend with daddy.
yay bath time!
It's all about the mirror
Did I mention she has a ton of hair in the back? We're still growing it up front ;)
all clean. baby lamb snuggle time.
I'm telling you, the critter towels at pottery barn kids are the cutest things EVER!! Definitely a good shower gift...
Leighton Jane at 11 Weeks
Baby girl is growing up so fast!
She recognizes voices, and it is the best feeling ever to see her light up when she hears my voice.
All smiles for mommy. Melt my heart.
She absolutely loves being outside, and if she gets the teeniest bit fussy, all I have to do is walk to the door, and as soon as I open it to step outside, she hushes. We spend a lot of time out in her stroller, playing with the dogs, or swinging on the glider in the yard. I just ordered her a baby bucket swing to hang from the playground set at my mom's house. Now that she has pretty much total head control, I am exited to start swinging her outside. She also rolled over at 9 weeks! It was 1 day after her 2 month birthday (February 12) and she just rolled right over on her playmat from front to back. She has done back to front about 75%, but I'm still watching out for her to get all the way over. It is pretty amazing how fast they learn and grow and change. Naturally, she is my daughter after all, she is obsessed with music as well. She seems to have a few favorite songs that she enjoys when I sing or hum, but as long as there is music of some form playing, she's a happy camper. I'm itching to get her her first violin!
She's sleeping pretty much 10-12 hours a night now. I don't have her on a strict daily "schedule"...I would say we're more on a routine. She usually wakes up between 6 and 7:30 and eats and is up for an hour or so. Then she goes back down for an hour or 2, depending on her mood. She's more of a cat napper during the morning. After lunch she goes down for a long nap, which ranges from 2-4 hours, again, just depends on the day. Then she's up usually from 4-7 and we'll get her fed and ready for bed.
Nap time in her vibrating chair
I have been doing baths in the morning because that's just the routine I got into, but I'm switching to night time baths to start our bedtime routine...eat, bath, story time, prayers and rock to sleep. She's still sleeping in our room, which is mostly for convenience for me when she was eating in the middle of the night, but it's about time to move her into her room, so this week she took some naps in her big girl bed to get used to it. It's definitely harder on mom!!
Sleeping in her big girl bed:
I think she likes it just fine :)
She is simply a precious little angel, and I'm just trying to soak up every moment with her, to remember her sounds, smells and personality as she grows right before my eyes.
She recognizes voices, and it is the best feeling ever to see her light up when she hears my voice.
All smiles for mommy. Melt my heart.
She absolutely loves being outside, and if she gets the teeniest bit fussy, all I have to do is walk to the door, and as soon as I open it to step outside, she hushes. We spend a lot of time out in her stroller, playing with the dogs, or swinging on the glider in the yard. I just ordered her a baby bucket swing to hang from the playground set at my mom's house. Now that she has pretty much total head control, I am exited to start swinging her outside. She also rolled over at 9 weeks! It was 1 day after her 2 month birthday (February 12) and she just rolled right over on her playmat from front to back. She has done back to front about 75%, but I'm still watching out for her to get all the way over. It is pretty amazing how fast they learn and grow and change. Naturally, she is my daughter after all, she is obsessed with music as well. She seems to have a few favorite songs that she enjoys when I sing or hum, but as long as there is music of some form playing, she's a happy camper. I'm itching to get her her first violin!
She's sleeping pretty much 10-12 hours a night now. I don't have her on a strict daily "schedule"...I would say we're more on a routine. She usually wakes up between 6 and 7:30 and eats and is up for an hour or so. Then she goes back down for an hour or 2, depending on her mood. She's more of a cat napper during the morning. After lunch she goes down for a long nap, which ranges from 2-4 hours, again, just depends on the day. Then she's up usually from 4-7 and we'll get her fed and ready for bed.
Nap time in her vibrating chair
I have been doing baths in the morning because that's just the routine I got into, but I'm switching to night time baths to start our bedtime routine...eat, bath, story time, prayers and rock to sleep. She's still sleeping in our room, which is mostly for convenience for me when she was eating in the middle of the night, but it's about time to move her into her room, so this week she took some naps in her big girl bed to get used to it. It's definitely harder on mom!!
Sleeping in her big girl bed:
I think she likes it just fine :)
She is simply a precious little angel, and I'm just trying to soak up every moment with her, to remember her sounds, smells and personality as she grows right before my eyes.
Bathtime morning
she LOVES her baths! And I love giving her baths because she loves them so much! And how can you resist wrapping her in her little critter towels afterwards? I can't handle it. Wait til I get one in the baby lamb towel...
We made Valentines!
It was an ink filled afternoon. There's still ink under her toenails...oops!
one for my daddy
and one for my mi
one for my daddy
and one for my mi
three in the bed
I love when little mason rests his head on her lap. I melt every time! so much love
So creative!
I forget where I found this (sorry I can't give credit), but I am so obsessed with this idea! It's so creative and beautiful!
Nap Time for all the babies
It's nap time around here. Baby girl is in her lamb swing
Charlotte passed out on her dog bed...
and Mason is conked out with me on the couch.
It's a rough life at the clark's.
Charlotte passed out on her dog bed...
and Mason is conked out with me on the couch.
It's a rough life at the clark's.
BRRR
winter finally decided to show its face in florida. It was 27 degrees last night and tonight is 26! This calls for chili and snuggle bear outfits.
she looks like the little boy from where the wild things are. Love her bear suit!
5 Bean Chili simmering on the stove - oh that smell is amazing
she looks like the little boy from where the wild things are. Love her bear suit!
5 Bean Chili simmering on the stove - oh that smell is amazing
Little girl
Tiny baby in her big chair!
Puppy attack - there is no escaping the charlotte kisses. Charlotte thinks Leighton is her baby, and there is no convincing her otherwise. She gives baby girl a daily bath, which I'll get on video and post later. It's quite amusing.
Puppy attack - there is no escaping the charlotte kisses. Charlotte thinks Leighton is her baby, and there is no convincing her otherwise. She gives baby girl a daily bath, which I'll get on video and post later. It's quite amusing.
My baby is 2 months old
She's growing up so fast!
She's about to roll over and has almost complete head control now. Just this last week, it seemed like her face started filling out. She's really responsive now to voices - she recognizes when I come into the room and turns to my voice, and she loves to laugh when you talk and sing to her. Every day I think I don't want her to get older because I love her exactly the way she is, and then she does something new and adorable, and I love her even more!
She loves her playmat now, and gets mad at me when I pick her up from it.
I started doing monthly shots so when she turns 1 we can see how much she changed each month. I couldn't decide on the best location, so I did one in her crib and one in her polka dot lounge chair.
2 months
1 month
She's about to roll over and has almost complete head control now. Just this last week, it seemed like her face started filling out. She's really responsive now to voices - she recognizes when I come into the room and turns to my voice, and she loves to laugh when you talk and sing to her. Every day I think I don't want her to get older because I love her exactly the way she is, and then she does something new and adorable, and I love her even more!
She loves her playmat now, and gets mad at me when I pick her up from it.
I started doing monthly shots so when she turns 1 we can see how much she changed each month. I couldn't decide on the best location, so I did one in her crib and one in her polka dot lounge chair.
2 months
1 month
V-day treats
Valentines Cupcakes anyone? How about a little red velvet with cream cheese icing?
Don't mind if I do...
Red Velvet Cupcakes - (lower fat)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 cup low-fat buttermilk, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 TBSP red food coloring
1 tsp white distilled vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease cupcake pans
Sift all of your dry ingredients together in a bowl. In the bowl of your electric mixer, blend the applesauce, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
mmmm red batter!
Pour into prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
Low fat cream cheese icing
8 oz low fat cream cheese (at room temp)
8 oz (1 stick) low fat butter (at room temp)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
In a stand mixer, on medium speed cream the butter and cream cheese until cream. On low speed mix in the powdered sugar and the vanilla and beat until fluffy about 2-3 minutes.
Transfer to a pastry bag, or my style - a large ziplock bag and cut a small hole in the corner. Frost your yummy cooled cupcakes. PLEASE AND THANK YOU
Don't mind if I do...
Red Velvet Cupcakes - (lower fat)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
1 cup low-fat buttermilk, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 TBSP red food coloring
1 tsp white distilled vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease cupcake pans
Sift all of your dry ingredients together in a bowl. In the bowl of your electric mixer, blend the applesauce, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and mix until incorporated.
mmmm red batter!
Pour into prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
Low fat cream cheese icing
8 oz low fat cream cheese (at room temp)
8 oz (1 stick) low fat butter (at room temp)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
In a stand mixer, on medium speed cream the butter and cream cheese until cream. On low speed mix in the powdered sugar and the vanilla and beat until fluffy about 2-3 minutes.
Transfer to a pastry bag, or my style - a large ziplock bag and cut a small hole in the corner. Frost your yummy cooled cupcakes. PLEASE AND THANK YOU
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