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| Thank God for Ben's new Dino Book. |
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| Little Miss Kate stole the show |
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| The happy couple being announced |
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| LOVE these girls. Wish we could spend more time together. |
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| never seen Tim so photogenic. Good shot Joel! |
Friday, June 24, 2011
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Elrod
HE's here!
Parker Maxwell Green arrived into our lives on Monday night, June 13th at 6:33pm. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20.5 inches long (although he had a major conehead, so I'm sure he was authentically 20 inches). I'd like to consider that I had a pretty great labor for a first time mommy. I was induced and started receiving Pitocin around 8:30 in the morning and was having MAJOR contractions. We're talking off the charts. I was trying everything to relieve the pain, using the ball, walking, changing sides of laying. However, baby didn't like me laying on the left side. His heart rate would always decrease while on that side. By around 12:30 in the afternoon and at 7 cm. along, I had to have an epidural. Let me tell you, after that it was smooth sailing! Social hour in the hospital!
We were so lucky to have my parents, Joel's parents, Kell and Ben, Nan and Matt at the hospital throughout the day. Ben was a dream and loved hanging outside most of the time. He brought his Lightning McQueen suitcase full of goodies and couldn't have been better.
Once he was born and Joel and I got our bonding time with him, Joel FINALLY went out to our families and showed a black and orange Giants sweatshirt (representing that it was a boy!) We had a pink one just in case it was a girl. We couldn't be more blessed than with this bundle of sweetness.
We were so lucky to have my parents, Joel's parents, Kell and Ben, Nan and Matt at the hospital throughout the day. Ben was a dream and loved hanging outside most of the time. He brought his Lightning McQueen suitcase full of goodies and couldn't have been better.
Once he was born and Joel and I got our bonding time with him, Joel FINALLY went out to our families and showed a black and orange Giants sweatshirt (representing that it was a boy!) We had a pink one just in case it was a girl. We couldn't be more blessed than with this bundle of sweetness.
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| skin to skin bonding |
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| Papa (LG) and Grandpa (Doug) |
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| Mr. Alert |
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| Amazing Daddy |
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Passing the time...
As I am a day away from my duedate (and waiting not so patiently), I'm glad to say that I can finally cook in my kitchen! So, I thought I would inaugurate my oven with a batch of peanut butter cookies. I found the easiest recipe in my Paula Deen cookbook, "Kitchen Classics". Now, as easy as this recipe is, keep in mind that it doesn't make a lot (18 cookies) which, in this instance, is perfect because I just wanted to bake, I didn't NEED to. Here is the recipe:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a large baking sheet. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar, the egg and the vanilla. Stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into ball the size of a walnut. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. With a fork, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from the oven and sprinkle the cookie with a bit of the remaining sugar. Cool slightly before removing from the pan.
Happy baking!
Magical Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup peanut butter (crunchy or creamy)
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a large baking sheet. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup of sugar, the egg and the vanilla. Stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into ball the size of a walnut. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. With a fork, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from the oven and sprinkle the cookie with a bit of the remaining sugar. Cool slightly before removing from the pan.
Happy baking!
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