Carrot Soup saves the day

I am so excited about the carrot soup I made last night. In an effort to get more vegetables in our diet and stop wasting expensive organic produce, I made carrot soup. It was actually curry carrot soup and it was easy to make and so yummy. It had an velvety texture and a spicy but not hot finish to it. I also made brown rice and some frozen pot stickers (or pot lickers as my mom calls them).

This leads me to what else happened yesterday. C had one of the worst meltdowns in Clements history last night. I am talking about full scale crying so much he almost hyperventilated, flopping on the floor, level ten freak out. So I knew that he needed to eat and that his lack of sustenance was probably the reason for the meltdown. So I told him that I made orange soup and had white sprinkles to put on top. Well, little Mr. Freak out decided that was worth trying out and ate a full bowl of it. Ten minutes later he was back to Dr. Hyde side of life and we played with our new trains (Thanks Patrick and Aunt Jenny!).

It just amazes the effect that food had on my oldest and his mood. Although I should not be that shocked since my Husband will tell you the same thing about me. He keeps granola bars in his pockets anytime we go out.

Gotta run, it is time for Ladies Bible Class and I am so excited to be going!

Sick

Well we have been stricken with another cold. It all started Wednesday when M had a low-grade fever all day long. Then he got better Thursday and C and I started coughing and snotting. C threw up the cough suppressant last and we moved his mattress down to our room so he could sleep on the floor. He seemed a little freaked out by the throwing up so we thought he would feel better being closer to us. Okay maybe it just made me feel better but anyway, he proceeding to either stay up the whole night or he woke up every hour to try and get us to talk. Of course now the little bugger is a sleep (7:30 a.m.) and M and I are awake. I bet he wakes up right as I am putting the baby down for his nap.

I really hope we are all well by Monday since we are hosting a playdate for our new playgroup. I started a playgroup here in Katy to try and get to know some other mama's and kiddos. I am really excited, I have 7 new moms coming to my house. Of course, i have to spend the weekend cloroxing everything but that is small price to pay for new friends.

Let's hear it for this guy

Chesley B. Sullenburger is the pilot who landed that plane yesterday in the Hudson River. What a miracle that everyone walked (or floated) off that plane alive yesterday. Evidently he chose to land in the river instead of trying for another airport and performed a perfect water landing. Oh and come to find out he has a glider flying licence. Praise be to God that he was the pilot yesterday!

Plus I just love to see the best of us when things like this happen. I mean New Yorkers get a bad wrap but the news report said within minutes ferry and dock workers were there plucking people out of the frigid waters. The pilot even gave his shirt to a frozen water soaked passenger. Also the gratefulness of the passengers to the pilots and flight attendants was great to see. No complaining just gratefulness.

So here's to being nice and warm on dry land today.

All moved in

Well, we are finally all moved in and settled. We even painted the gameroom! We wanted to make the upstairs fun and whimsical. I did the wall with the larger dots while husband did the wall with the big and little dots.

We have almost no boxes left in the house and this weekend we will tackle the task of putting pictures up on the walls. I am finding my way around much better now that we FINALLY got Internet service.

C is loving preschool and M and I are getting some alone time during the day. C goes on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9-2. Mostly M and I shop, make that window shop, since our first mortgage payment is coming due! hehe.

We had a lovely Christmas morning in our new home and we just so thankful for this great house. My parents and Granny came over for lunch and spent the day with us. It was great to guests and I even broke out my china since we only had five adults and I have five place settings.

We spent the following Saturday with Husband's family and had a great meal and caught up with that branch of the family tree.

Since then, we have been trying to find a place for everything and trying to get to know some new people.

Glad to be back blogging, hope everyone had a joyous Christmas and Happy New Year.

Katy, here we come

Tomorrow we close on the house! We will officially live in Katy, Texas by this time tomorrow. I will be offline for about three weeks since AT&T is booked until after the new year for new service hook up. Although, we will have the new fiber optic Uverse, which sounds pretty awesome. Lots of unpacking to do and I have to get a tree up in time for Santa to come down our new chimney!

Merry Christmas to all,

Sarah

Oh what a night

So there is the terrible stomach bug going around that causes all sorts of nastiness and I have been thankful we have picked it up. So after spending the week cooped up in the house I was surprised when little M started acting sick and threw up on me before bed two nights ago. He is still feeling down but no more vomit. So I had chalked up most of his symptoms to teething which can cause all of the above. That is until last night when C threw up dinner all in his bed.

It could have been a lot worse so I am not complaining just stating the facts. It started around 10 p.m. with all of his dinner coming up all over his bed. Husband and I took turns hugging and cleaning and got him all set to go back to sleep in his bed. 10:30 p.m. it happened again. This time we moved his mattress into our room and all settled down to sleep. 11 p.m. a little more. then at 2 p.m. Poor thing, for most of it he was just dry heaving (which IMO is the worst).

Of course it is crazy how fast they bounce back. He was up this morning, his normal chatty self. I let him have blueberries and water for breakfast and he has kept that down so far.

Husband is out shopping today. It is not fair that he never gets to spend the hard earned money he makes on anything else besides paying bills. So I sent him out to finish up the Christmas shopping we had left and to fetch some things for Great Granny.

Hope your weekend is vomit free!

Two weeks

We close on our new house in less than two weeks! I have been trying to distract myself with Christmas shopping and decorating but I still cannot wait to get moved in. Why does it take so long to buy a house???? The told us it is going to to take about an hour to sign all the papers at closing. I can just imagine how C and M are going to handle that! Aunt Becky might be able to come with us and play baby wrangler, which would be awesome so we don't end up signing our life away without reading all the papers first.

Husband and I are still humbled at how things turned out for us. It has never been more apparent to us that God is at work in our life. We watched our friends put their houses on the market and sell within days. It took our house three and half months to finally sell. All that time we were in limbo and putting up with a long commute and wondering "Why o Why are we having to go through this!" Turns out that we needed to wait so that the right house (at the right price) would be there when it was our turn to buy. If we would have bought sooner it would have been a house that was okay but not the right one and one we could feel great about. It is so hard to be patient and to realize that sometimes the answer to your prayer is "Wait." Okay enough sermonizing, I just wanted to share what is in our hearts right now.

In other news, M is already pulling up on his knees! He just started crawling pretty good. Looks like he will be an earlier walker. I guess that will just coincide with my new years resolution to lose weight. At least I will get my exercise in running after these two! Oh and running up an down the stairs ought to help with the junk in the trunk also. Oh and of course, just about the time I start to lose some weight and look/feel better, I bet I will be pregnant again. Ah the circle of life. hehe.

C is really excited about Christmas. This will be the first year that he "gets it." This is so much fun for Husband and I. His gift (a train table) arrived a couple days ago and I just can't wait to give it to him.