Leaps & Bounds
So yeah, um, our daughter is walking and I think we might be in trouble. Actually, her crawling speed can lap her walk speed like 3 times, so I’m sort of liking this, wanting-to-walk-everywhere-but-does-it-carefully-and-slowly phase. When she’s not walking to “man” her station which is located, around my shins, she will just sort of walk aimlessly around the house, talking some beyond cute gibberish going from one toy to the next. Sometimes stopping to just pivot around in a circle. Jake and I sit here and silently crack up because we do NOT want to distract her and have this adorable image end.
And seriously, she is soooooo curious. She wants everything. I would really like to slap some blinders on her as I carry her from one room to the next because her eagle-eyes spot every single thing she is not able to have. And yes, when she doesn’t get something that she has staked claim on, she screams. Luckily distractions work, however, I gauge how pissed she is by how many different distractions it takes to remove said “illegal” object from her memory. Guaranteed distraction that works 100% of the time is the CAT. I will seek out poor Maya and place Quinn in front of her. Maya puts up with it for as long as she can, usually a few seconds before she bails. Long enough to reset Quinn’s attitude. (Thank you Maya — you’re really coming around with this whole baby thing. Remember when you hid for the first week after we brought her home. Hehe)
In other news, I’m mentally making some preparations for her upcoming birthday and like I mentioned on Twitter, how can it be that she is going to be a year old people? In fact, it was a year ago today that I decided, my body could no longer take the daily grind of the office, so off I went to prepare to have my little one. Little did I know that I’d have to wait 2 weeks before I’d have a bouncing bundle of joy. Officially the LONGEST 2 WEEKS OF MY LIFE. Anyway, so birthday preparations have commenced and I’m going the small/low-key route. Well, small/low-key still means there will be 15 people here to celebrate, but that’s only immediate family. I’ve made the sad decision to keep it to family only for two reasons: 1. Our house is too small for 30 people (which would include our close friends & family), and 2. Quinn is sort of taking after her father in that she prefers smaller crowds. A bunch of people hovering around her in our too-small space would probably reduce our chances for a pleasant 1 year old. I’m bummed that our friends won’t be a part of this event, however it’s a compromise that is necessary.
Also, while I’m not really uptight about Quinn having sugar on her birthday, I would prefer that if possible, I’d like to make her birthday cake that is as baby-friendly as possible. Today I came across a recipe for a Pumpkin Apple cake that people seem to love, so I think I’m going to give it a shot. I’m still going to make a REAL cake for everyone else because, no need for us to suffer, RIGHT?! Here’s the recipe:
Pumpkin Apple Harvest Cake
INGREDIENTS
1 cup cooked or canned pumpkin puree
2 large eggs, beaten
3/4 cup organic sugar
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped apple
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Whipped cream or confectioners’ sugar for topping (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 325F. Prepare an 8-inch round cake pan by greasing and flouring it.
2. Combine pumpkin, eggs, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add flour, cinnamon, baking powder, ginger, and salt, stirring to combine. Add apples and nuts, stirring again. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
4. Cool the cake, still in the pan, on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert the cake onto the rack, remove pan, and cool cake completely.
5. When ready to serve, turn cake on to a pretty plate and top with whipped cream or confectioners’ sugar, if desired, or serve plain.
I’m thinking I’ll do a test-run of this bad boy to see if it really is edible. However, something tells me it will be.
Having babies,really does,take a toll on ur body,I think u lose weight while nursing,but in area’s u would’nt think..feet,toes,eyelids,hair gets alot thinner hahahhahhahhahhaahaahahahah jst ask me i know..total four years infact..went from an 9 in shoes to an 71/2 hahahhahh..lv mom