Cookies

My favorite way to eat cookies:

1. Make your favorite kind of cookie dough (I like chocolate chip and peanut butter)
2. Freeze the dough in cookie-sized balls (you can freeze them on a cookie sheet or waxed paper and then put them in a bag when they are frozen)
3. Individually pop them out of the freezer at your soonest desire (Preferably when your husband is at work and your kids are sleeping)
4. Place the cookie dough in a mug or small bowl and microwave for 35 seconds (yep, one at a time--this way, if you have self restraint [meaning you don't live in this house], a batch of cookies could last quite a while!)
5. Enjoy your delicious cookie with a spoon! (It is warm and so perfectly melt-in-your-mouth doughy but still chewy and cooked around the edges--the ideal compromise between eating cookie dough and eating baked cookies)

Locks and Lashes

Millie woke up with some pretty exciting morning hair today. I showed it to her in the mirror, and apparently she was pretty embarrassed. She did this twice as I was trying to take pictures... It reminds me of those pictures of famous people when they have to go to court.

Got one, though, heh!:

I actually quite love Amelia's hair. It has such fun curls, especially when it's wet. Curls are pretty neat when you don't have any yourself. It's getting long enough that it looks a little mullety sometimes though.

She has quite long eyelashes, too. Lucky girl.

I'm pretty sure she will easily get what she wants from her daddy when paired with her big, round eyes and a smile!

Garage Sailing and 2 Months

The other day, Brandon and I decided to go to some garage sales. A whole neighborhood was having garage sales on the same day, so it was fun to just get out the stroller and walk around to the different houses. $24 later, we returned home with all this stuff:

About an hour later, Brandon had turned the coffee table into a bench (it's narrower). Now all it needs is a little paint. And a good location. And maybe new handles. If you have any inspiration of colors or painting techniques we ought to use for this bench, feel free to share! Wouldn't it be awesome if we painted it the way you think it should be? I am still looking for ideas.

Amelia is two months old already! She is such a joy. She survived her first immunizations. She got a little feverish, and it was sad to see her not feeling so great. But she is doing really well. She now weighs 11.5 pounds and is 22 1/4 inches long. Most of her newborn clothes are a bit too snug now. She likes to click her tongue at us and smile and is starting to make more cooing noises. Her neck is getting strong, and she has just started to enjoy standing (while we hold her). I am aware that I have a funny voice and am pretty repetitive in this video, but lets face it, we have to be kind of weird to get our kids to react sometimes.