Happy Birthday Gregory!

Yesterday and Monday we celebrated Gregory's second birthday. Wow, yes, he is already two years old! He is such a joy to Tom and I and we love him so much. On Monday we celebrated at home - it was the actual day of his birthday.
On Tuesday we celebrated with friends at Chuck E Cheese. Lots of fun!
Especially after Brandon figured out that the Sponge Bob machine could spit out 50 tickets if you played it just right! Here's Brandon & Tom enjoying the tickets!

Baby on the Way

I know this is a super impersonal way of finding this news out, but with friends literally ALL around the world - it's the easiest! Last week we found out we're expecting a baby! I'm due on Dec 30th - so we'll see if he/she is a tax right off this year, or next year :-)

So when you think of us, please say a prayer that this pregnancy goes full term and we have a healthy baby.

Weekly Dinners

So posting what we're going to eat during the week sure has helped me with the dinner decisions for the week. I'll probably take a break from this after this week since Tom will be in Maryland for work for two and a half weeks. The meals may just be whatever I find in the freezer :-) but we'll see.

So here's what's for dinner this week!

Monday - already in the crockpot! BBQ Chicken - I'm babysitting today and I come home exhausted usually, so supper will be ready when we get home :-)

Tuesday - Gregory's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese - so pizza!

Wednesday - Spaghetti

Thursday - Chicken Cordon Bleu nuggets - I got these with a couple of coupons and they were on sale. I love Chicken Cordon Bleu, so I hope these are yummy! - oh and we don't need leftovers tonight as Tom got Friday off since he's flying out on Sunday morning.

Friday - Date night for Tom & I - we have a gift certificate for a steak restaurant - so we're going out for dinner tonight.

1st Trip to the Zoo

Today Gregory and I went to the Cheyenne Mtn Zoo here in town for the first time. This was also Gregory's first trip to any zoo. We went with five other moms from MOPS along with 9 kids under the age of 4! What a beautiful day and a fun time. Gregory got to feed the giraffes and we saw so many animals. We had been waiting to take him to the zoo until he would at least recognize a few animals, so this was a good time since he knew a lot of the animals. I think his favorite was the tiger...so we got a little tiger souvenir to commemorate his first trip to the zoo :-) He hasn't put it down much since he got it. So cute.

Here are a few of my favorite pics from the day.
Not the most flattering pic, but shows we were really there :-)

Show's how close we really got to the animals...so cool! I LOVE God's creations!

Here's Gregory pointing at the tiger.

Dinners

So last week went pretty well with planning my meals ahead...we only changed two meals I think :-)

One was because I decided I wanted a simpler meal for Wed night and then on Friday night we didn't have our Jr High event since it was blizzarding out.

So here's this week so far...

Monday - something quick since we'll be at a birthday party at 330 and then I have a ladies night (for MOPS steering) at 630....Chicken Voila

Tuesday - Beef Stir Fry

Wednesday - once again something quick since it's church night....Hamburger Helper

Thursday - Chicken something

Friday - Frozen Pizza

Another snowy day & Gregory's first dentist appt

Yes, it really is Spring, but it doesn't look like it outside! It's snowing AGAIN! So no MOPS today. Yeah I'm bummed.

So yesterday Gregory had his first dentist appt. He did really well considering he doesn't like anyone else (other than himself) putting something in his mouth. So they did x-rays, cleaned his teeth and flossed them. And then the dentist looked in his mouth and informed me that he is getting his back molars and they should be cutting through soon. Now we know why the fever and the ear pain last weekend. Sorry no pics.

What's for Dinner

So I love following other people's blogs which do menu planning...I kind of do my own menu plans but in a different way most of the time...I usually list what all I have available to make and then pick each night from that list. So this week I've planned ahead a little bit and here's what we're having for dinner...what are you eating this week?

Monday - Sichuan Pork & Green Beans - I've never made this before so we'll see how it turns out. I got a great deal on FRESH green beans for $.33/lb!

Tuesday - Chicken Enchiladas - I already cooked up three chicken breasts and will put together the enchiladas tonight since I babysit on Tuesday's and come home EXHAUSTED!

Wednesday - Church NIGHT - so we eat something quick usually - but I am going to make Beef Stir Fry since I am planning ahead and can get the meat unthawed early :-)

Thursday - Pizza Mac (Mac N Cheese w/ pizza stuff in it) - easy meal since Gregory has his FIRST dentist appt at 3 this day.

Friday - eating out since we are doing a Jr High Fun night at a place called Mr. Biggs.

So there you have it...what are you eating for dinner tonight (or this week)?

Oh and some day I want to try doing the Once A Month Cooking plan off of this wonderful website! http://onceamonthmom.com/

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone...it's been a very snowy one! In fact this morning at church I overheard someone say "Merry Christmas". What crazy weather we've been having...beautiful warm days and snow on the other days. We've needed the moisture, so it IS a good thing (at least that's what I'm reminding myself with the slushy mess it is out there!)

Once again it's been a while since I've blogged...sorry. I want to do better, really, I do.

I guess I'll work backwards again...

This weekend has been a rough one with Gregory being sick (running a fever and his ears were hurting--but no infection--we even made a trip to the dr yesterday)...and then Tom wasn't feeling well today and this past week I hadn't been feeling too good either (just a yucky cold).

We did give Gregory his Easter basket today and yesterday we got some special presents from my parents too...my mom made me a beautiful apron (almost too nice to wear)...I'll model it for you all someday :-)...and then my mom also made Gregory a cute crayon bag and a tool apron (was to be used for dyeing eggs--but we didn't feel like doing them)...he also got a very cute noah's ark with two of each animal in a pocket (a pocket for each letter of the alphabet)...and a couple of cute books too...more pictures at http://tomandroxannecook.shutterfly.com/


Another highlight was on Friday (before Gregory had any sick symptoms) we celebrated Gregory's buddy, Luke's birthday at Chuck E Cheese. This is one of THREE birthday parties there this month! Luke (our pastor's son) is only a couple of weeks older than Gregory and I babysit him once a week with his sister, Faith, who will turn 4 in May.

Oh and the week before I celebrated another birthday - turning 34 isn't too exciting...but it was nice to spend it with my family :-) In the morning we went shopping and I got some canning supplies for my birthday (yes, this is what I WANTED), Tom also got me a cookbook and a shirt. Afterwards we went out for yummy mexican food and then in the evening was church, so nothing too exciting, but it was a nice time together...that was April 8th.