Non-Blogger

It seems everyone is taking breaks from blogging, even Cjane is on leave. If Cjane, who is a self proclaimed professional blogger, can take a break then I won't feel so bad about mediocre me taking a sabbatical. Blogging just hasn't been at the top of the to do list for several months but when the weather is back to being crummy I think I'll kick into gear once again.

I must say today has been a great day. My little Keeley has been such a delight. I found her creeping into my brother and sister in laws room and as I approached she was removing two handfuls of prizes from their night stand. I quickly blurted "Put it back!' and to my dismay she did just that. She returned all the item to their original location a left the room. WOW!!

She is quite the talker these days as well. Her words include NO, ball, bye-bye, me, NO NO, thank you, more, NO NO NO, mama, dada, nana, wow, owe, uh-oh, and did I mention NO. Plus she has really caught onto the idea of signing. She is able to sign more, milk, all done, and others too but I can't think of a single other one as she screams into my ear for this post to be done.

I think my great day has come to a halt. Happy SABBATICAL everyone!

Speaking of Food. . .

You NEED to try this. It will forever change your life. Or at least it did mine.
It is easy and so delicious!! My "no sweet eating" husband even thought it was great and had seconds, and that is saying something.

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

INGREDIENTS

1	package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2	cup sugar
1	egg
1/2	cup coconut, if desired
1	roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

DIRECTIONS

1.	Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in coconut.
2.	In ungreased, 9- or 8-inch square pan, break up half of cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of dough over cream cheese mixture.
3.	Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store in refrigerator.

Fruits and Veggies

This week we ventured to two berry patches. The first was for strawberries. The kids loved to pick them.

It didn't take Keeley long to figure out that they were edible and then there was no keeping them out of her hands.



The second was to get blueberries. Although there was no picking involved we have enjoyed the having fresh bluberries in our house. The will make for some great smoothies this summer!

We are finally getting some goodies from the garden!!!

we have butternut squash by the dozens, tomatoes
(if i beat the birds to the red ones), crockneck squash, zuccinni, cubcumber, bell peppers, green onions, lettuce, and cantalope(although they are still a little small).

Ohh It is going to be a delicious summer!

1 Year Old

Matt, Keeley and I went for a bike ride last Saturday on the Cape Fear River Trail. We were pleasantly surprised how nice this ride was. It is 4 miles each way all paved which made a perfect place to take the bike trailer for a test run. I took along a dress to change Keeley into in hopes to get a few 1 year old pictures. This is what we ended up with.

These are definitely not professional quality but this is just exactly how I think of her.

The stage Keeley is in right now is so much fun. We will miss this age for sure but I'm told it only gets better.

Rotavirus

See this pitiful little face? She has Rotavirus. Poor thing.

What that means is. . .an entire package of diapers in the past 3 days. Butt rashes. Enless amounts of baths. No wipes to clean up the 15 diapers I changed on Wednesday. Only soy milk, pedilyte, banans, Activa, and applesauce to eat. No beach trip this weekend. And worst of all 5-7 more days of all of this.