CULLEN, 4 Months Old

You all met Cullen when he was first born. I thought you might want to see how much he has grown. He stayed with Nana today and we had a grand time. Mostly eating and playing (very little sleeping). He had one fit where his face turned the deepest shade of pink and then the darkest deepest purple you ever saw. His face looked like a grape--I am not kidding!! I am convinced that he is fighting sleep. I worked and worked last night trying to get this video (my first try) to load. Guess there was a glitch in Blogger as it worked fine this morning.

This is the sweetest age to me. I tried to get him to coo for you. He tried, but it just didn't happen today. I will try again soon. I know you will love it. Unfortunately you will have to listen to my "baby talk" along with watching cute Cullen. You might want to pause the music so you won't have so many things going on at once or just leave it on and maybe you won't be able to hear me. The sizzling sound you hear in the video that sounds like rain are my meatballs browning in the background. Supper in the making. So with all that said--------HERE'S CULLEN--------ENJOY!

AKA NANA

EASTER FUN!

Easter officially began yesterday--Caden spent the day with me. We had a great day!

I cooked food to take to my DS and DDIL's tomorrow. Meme's Creamed Potatoes. YYYMMM!

Just boil the potatoes whole until tender. Drain them and cover with milk. Add 1 stick of butter and bring to a slow boil. Add 1/4 cup of flour to 1/2 cup of milk, stir well and add to potatoes. Continue to cook slowly until thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste. I quartered the potatoes after they were cooked. Then I didn't think I had enough potatoes so I cooked a couple more in the microwave and cut them up and added them to the creamed mixture. Oh my Gosh--they were so so good. Comfort food to die for!! Fresh Green Beans start with carmelized onions and bacon. The Green beans are then added along with about a 1/2 cup of water and they are steamed to desired doneness.

Caden helped me decorate a Bunny Rabbit Cake. Recipe is one from my Cake Doctor Cookbook. Every recipe that I use from that book is delicious. Creamy chocolate icing and man oh man. Satisfies all my chocolate lovers.

That is one big Chocolate Bunny!

Caden also helped me finish planting our garden. A rain is expected tomorrow, so we are hoping to finish today. He is planting beans. Three short rows should be enough. We also planted tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, and onions. Oh yes, cucumbers.

Oh now that is attractive, weezer.!! Clark had to entertain us while we worked! He always keeps us happy and fat (he is a great cook!!)
These are the only two egg hunters for this year. Caden loved this as Cullen cannot even gum an egg this year--but look out next year!!

THESE ARE THE SPECIAL EGGS FOR THE BOYS FROM NANA AND POPS.

This is what Nana put in Cullen's special egg for this year along with a little financial bonus!!

Caden's egg is full of his favorite candy and financial bonus!!

And the hunt begins. Being the only hunters has pros and cons. You get all the eggs, but no one to fight over them with.

MY OLDEST SON'S BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.

CADEN SPENDS THE NIGHT!

Spring BreaK means Caden is visiting. He has had a problem spending the night with Nana and Pops, but he made up his mind to do it this past weekend and now he is on a roll. He stayed three nights and 4 days with us. Of course he had to sleep with Nana and Pops had to sleep in the back room. We have really had a good time.

Tub pics are the one time when he is clean!! We worked in the yard, cleaning and planting. We found Rollie Pollie bugs and spider sacs and played in the sand box (I didn't take enough pics). I cooked his favorite breakfast each morning: egg, bacon, and toast. We played Guitar Hero and he found out that Nana ain't bad!! We played football (I hate this one, but I suffer through it) and rode on the Mule (ATV). Of course we visited my mother and Caden loves to eat supper with her and give her the medications.

I will have Cullen tomorrow and Mom and Dad will take Caden to Waco to Chuck E Cheese and Putt Putt Golf. I hope the "little one" and I have a good day. What are you doing tomorrow. I might give you a call! LOL

PLAYING CATCH-UP

This week the Wacky Pack had WACKY WEDNESDAY at a local restaurant.

OK--here we all are (except me taking the picture and a couple more who couldn't come) on Wacky Wednesday. For those who don't know about Wacky Wednesday go here. If you want to be a Wacky Pac member, you can be the next best thing by becoming a WACKY WANNABEE. You can also find out about that at the same place.

Wacky Jerri brought a friend from Colorado, Marion. She was a doll. We enjoyed her so much and hope she will come back. I swear she is just as Wacky as the rest of us. Aren't they cuties? They are BFFs.

KathyL showed us her "String Thing Swap" quilt. Looks great, but KL doesn't. Sorry, I think I caught her just as she was about to spit (not really).

Below is a package that arrived in the mail this morning. It is from Gina in the UK. She left me a comment a few weeks ago about a recipe that she would love to try, but she didn't have any measuring cups and spoons that were not metric. I sent her some. This is her thank you to me. I think that I got the better end of this deal. Three beautiful magazines and a great piece of fabric. Gina---thank you so so much. It really was not necessary, but I will really enjoy this. Internet friends are the best!!

Debi, the inventor of WHIRL INTO WINTER GIVE AWAY (be sure to check out all the great blogs that participated) won my Give Away--my personal pattern and a fq pack of 30's repros.
I left Debi a comment telling her I needed her address as she had won my Whirl into Winter Giveaway. I would say she was slightly excited. This is her email to me~~~~

"WOW I never win anything....here I am...(address was here)"

Then I got another message from Debi:

"OMG I only entered about 4 of these give aways and the one I really wanted was Yours!!

Thank you sooooo much. I am so excited."

Then Another---

"Thank you soo much...I am so excited about winning the 30's fqs and the new pattern. Since you designed it, will you autograph it for me?"

So--of course I did!

I also am including some more 30's repro fabrics from my stash to make the quilt process a little more interesting. I don't know what kind of collection of 30's Debi has, but she NEEDS many to work with. It is just so much more interesting if you do. So here ya go. One is a piece of a real 30's feed sack. Can you tell which one it is? I don't think you can from the pic, but the real thing is a little looser weave. It is the 6th from the top. The white background with blue circle designs with red centers.

So Debi's complete package will be on it's way on Monday morning. Thanks Deb for all the fun!

A little family info--MY SON LOVES TO THROW DARTS! He attended a tournament last weekend and did really well. This week end he got invited to a Pro--Am tournament. He being the amateur--but not for long I don't think. The winner of the state tournament last weekend is the one who invited him to play with him in the Pro Am tournament this weekend. He practised all week after getting all pumped up about it last weekend. BUMP BUMP BUMP-------------------------------------------BUMP BUMP BUMP-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BUMP BUMP BUMP--------------\

I finally had to have him move the board . It was opposite my bedroom wall and also shut the doors. I can finally sleep a little now and if I do go to sleep, maybe I can STAY asleep.

He is just precious!!!

Love to all you internet friends and have a great week-end.

BIRTH IS ALWAYS A MIRACLE!

When DH is working, I have the awesome responsibility of watching our heifers. They are ready to calve any minute. I have to keep an eye on them in case they have trouble. Sid has been working his 4 days for the month--today is his last day and I thought I was home free. The heifers are in the East Field pasture just behind our house so we can keep an eye on them easily. I got up this morning and stepped out on the patio to see if there was any "activity". I saw one little girl down by the tank (maybe pond where you come from) by herself. Just getting a drink, I thought to myself, and I noticed a small brown lump not far from where she was standing. Maybe a gopher hill, I thought---I will come back in a minute and look again. I got a cup of coffee and went back. She was laying down by the lump---hhhhhmmmm. Well, if that is a calf, then she has had it and all is well. I got dressed and decided to get the binoculars and see if I could tell if the lump was a calf. She was standing up and licking a calf (not the lump)! It was NOT moving! I stared for a couple of minutes trying so hard to see if it was moving.-----Nothing. Well, if it is dead, there is nothing I can do at this point, so I will get dressed and drive down and see what is going on. As I was walking from the house to the truck, I could see the calf standing up and then------THE LUMP GOT UP TOO!! We have twins!!

I am going back shortly to check on them (and others) so if I can get another cute picture, I will update the post. Maybe not such a wonderful thing to you, but here on Fryer Ranch, it is one great day!! Not only for this first time mother to have a successful birth, but a double one at that (no wonder she looked as if she would pop). This is one reason I stay around here!!