Thin Mints

The favorite Girl Scout cookie....thin mints. At least it's my favorite.
Did you know you can easily make a knock off that taste just a delicious? It's true, you can! And it only take 2 ingredients.

Ritz crackers
Andes mints (although I think one could probably use any chocolate mint, or dark chocolate and mint extract)

There are many recipes online, not that you really need a recipe.

Just melt the chocolate candies inthe microwave, place a cracker in the chocolate, flip with a fork, transfer to wax paper. Wait until the chocolate hardens again, enjoy!

I bought 4 boxes of Andes and made about 60 cookies.

Sharing

Our big two share a room....and sometimes a crib.

Handsome

Handsome #1

Handsome #2

1 Month Old Today

Our baby boy is already 1 month old today. He has changed so much, times sure does fly by.


Here is what Noah is up to:

Height: 20.25 inches ( 10th%tile)
Weight: 8 lbs 15 oz (25th%tile)



Noah is wearing newborn and 0-3 months. He has grown out of the premee and some of the smaller newborn outfits. He is wearing size 1 diapers.

He is nursing anywhere from 2.5 to 4 hours the day. And anywhere from 2.5 to 7-8 hours at night. He has been a bit fussy, mainly after feedings and at night. We got a prescription for Zantac today to help if he is having some reflux issues, which I think he is. Hopefully our little one will be a bit more comfortable now.



He has a bit of baby acne right now and I think he is starting to lose his hair. He loves being held and especially walked around. He is starting to be more alert and awake.

Jacob and Evie love him to pieces. He gets LOTS of kisses from Evie. It's just about the cutesy thing ever! Jacob likes to look at him and asks to hold him occasionally.



Overall we are all doing well. I don't feel nearly as sleep deprived as I did with the other 2. But I also have not spent the whole day with all 3 by myself, or gone out with all 3 by myself either. Not quite sure how I am going to manage getting everyone in and out of the car. Guess time and practice will tell

Snow Days

Recently

We are all still alive and doing well. I am blogging on my iPad which works ok for just text, but is difficult for posting pictures. My regular laptop's power cord is about dead and I can't get the thing to turn on very often thus I can't upload pictures. Devin's windows slate is in the process of being upgraded so I can't use that either. But I promise to post pics as soon as I can, maybe tomorrow!

It's been snowy here, but warming up and melting. We probably had at least 8 inches. We stayed in basically the whole week. Devin went into work for a few hours Tuesday morning but came home when it started snowing. We only ventured out in the snow a little bit. Evie wasn't too sure about walking around in it or even sitting on the sled being pulled. Jacob liked being out. We tried sledding down our hill (which was really fun) but he wasn't a big fan of the snow pelting him in the face and was probably a bit too fast. We only lasted about 30 min. Mostly we just stayed in our pj's and played by the fire. We thankfully never lost power, but we had one tree fall down. Evie had a doctors appointment on Friday that I tried to take her too, but we got stuck in the driveway in the slushy snow/icy mess.

Jacob and Evie are loving their baby brother. They both like seeing him and looking at him and touching him. Evie loves to come up and give him kisses. It's just about the cutesy thing.

Noah is doing well. He is a bit fussy, especially in the evening and late night. He is eating great and sleeping about 3-4 hours a stretch at night, sometimes less, sometimes more. He loves to be held and especially being walked around. We have a doctorsappointment on Friday, it will be interesting to see how much he has grown.

Well, that's about it...till next time...

Tummy Time

Tummy time around here



usually turns into nap time