Quinn Corner

Saturday, March 5, 2011

My latest cake...

Friday, February 25, 2011

Have your cake and eat it too...

So for my birthday my totally awesome husband bought me cake decorating classes at Michael's. He couldn't have given me a better gift! I've been going a couple weeks now and here are some of my finished products...

Week 1 was cookies...I didn't think to take any pics. :(

Week 2 was icing cakes and basic decorating:

Week 3 was cupcake decorating...my favorite so far! Plus I made some yummy chocolate cupcakes so not only are they pretty but they are delish!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

To all my mommy friends...

So on this thing called being mom. As I've spent a lot of time awake the past few nights with a teething baby I've been thinking about this whole experience of becoming a mother. I've thought about the totally amazing, rewarding, wonderful moments but I've also had time to ponder on all the things I've learned from the challenges that come with this new experience. I remember when I was pregnant and read all of the posts on facebook from my friends with babies and was so excited to start making memories just like the ones I was reading about. I "knew" it was going to be hard but hey, I could handle anything. I was superwoman.

And then reality hit me like a ton of bricks.

Thud.

Squash.

Ouch.

OUCH!

Okay, so maybe it wasn't a ton of bricks, but when my precious little Aiden came along I realized there was a LOT I didn't know and it's nothing anyone can really prepare you for. I had taken the classes, read the books, spent countless hours babysitting...but boy was I unprepared. I wasn't prepared for the incredibly grueling nights, the eating cereal or a sandwich at the counter with a crying baby in your arms, the fast showers while you hope they stay asleep, the times when you just have to sit there and cry with your baby because your hormones aren't right yet and you are beyond exhausted, learning about the incredible sense babies have of when your head has just hit the pillow and they decide it's time to cry, the first time they are sick and you spend days in a stupor as you care for them, the diapers....diapers...diapers, the worry that you are doing nothing right as you sift through books and more books and websites and more websites and other mom's giving you advice and other never been mom's giving you advice, it's wondering if you can stay sane through it all and, and, and.......

And learning that it is

ALL

INCREDIBLY

WORTH IT

The first time they place your baby in your arms and you hear them cry, see their little scrunched up face, it's when you put them in the carseat, then in your car, then drive away amazed that you actually get to take them home, it's their soft smell, soft skin, wrapped in a soft blanket, it's their first smile, first giggle, the first time they reach out and touch your face, watching them figure out their world and it's the incredible love you feel for them that grows every single day.

So to all my mother friends out there who sometimes feel bad when they read a sweet post from a friend about their adorable baby and you've just had a tough night, or day, or week...just know that we have all been there and we are all normal. Or as normal as normal gets :)

Aiden, I love you more than I can possibly put into words. You are the light of my life and bring me so much joy. Thank you for your adorable face, your laughs, and for that wonderful smile I get to see every morning.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Vroom!

Another fun time we had this past weekend was going to a little park called Founders Plaza at DFW airport. It's just on the north side of the airport and at the end of one of the runways. There are binoculars so you can watch the jets coming in and out and have a speaker that broadcasts the tower communications. It was a lot of fun-and a little loud!

I love random weather...

Just had the most amazing weekend with my little fam. The weather slowly warmed up all week and by Friday and Saturday it was absolutely beautiful! We decided to take full advantage of the weather and spent a lot of time outside. For any who aren't familiar with our life story right now, we are in Dallas and my husband is a little over a year shy of finishing Chiropractic school. He is in a very intense phase of school and along with that is taking extra classes on some weekends to further his skills. I am so proud of him for how hard he works but it can be a little rough sometimes when he is gone all week on campus and then in classes all weekend. So it was an especially wonderful blessing to have beautiful weather for the first free weekend he has had since school started up again. It was so wonderful to be together with our adorable little boy and just run around and have fun. We are so blessed and I'm grateful for the tender mercies our Heavenly Father sends our way!

So for school Orie had to carry his spine around for a day...we named him Ben T. Spine, Benny or short. He ended up coming to the park with us :)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

Sorry it's been so long since I posted last! I got busy for a few weeks and then we were out of town for almost a whole month in December/January. We decided to take full advantage of Orie's 3 week break from school and spent a lot of time with family. It was so fun! We went out to California to visit my sister and her family and had the best visit ever. We love their family and miss them so much. We flew back on December 22nd, threw some more (warmer) clothes into our suitcases, loaded up the car and left the next day for Arkansas. After two wonderful weeks with family and friends in Arkansas we decided we were finally ready to head home to Texas. I think Aiden was the most excited to get home...he missed his crib :)

Here are some pics from our trips...

My sis, Jessica, and I with our kiddos. Her little girl, Cambria, is SO adorable!

Aiden was born exactly two weeks after Cambria.

This picture cracks me up because Aiden is so big-he is my chunky monkey!

Aiden with his cousins...

Orie and I had fun with my nephews, Boston and Dallin.

We even spent an afternoon building a fort...

We made a sign for their fort...they were so proud!

Dallin is the funniest kid...while we were out there he decided the line "Not today Zurg" from Toy Story 2 was the funniest thing ever. He kept asking us to say it over and over again and then he would mimick us. Here he is on camera...

Aiden tried his first cereal while we were out there. He did great!