Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We kept ours pretty low key! I made a Turkey and a few good sides! We watched the Dallas game and took naps! All in all a good day!

Today I got some sweet flannel at JoAnn's!

LOL!

Jordan got Ailsin's first little laughs out of her while he was getting her ready for her bath!

Lower Lip Service

Ask yourself one question!
Can you handle this lip?

How on Earth can something be so cute and so sad at the same time?

Please forgive the last pictures being so blurry, but I was laughing! Is that mean?

And yes, I do realize that is 3 questions!

Tagged!

4 Random things I love about Aislin:

• Her smile
• Her dimpled elbows
• Her cute little ski jump nose
• Her countless rolls

4 Jobs Aislin has had:

• Alarm Clock
• Poop Machine
  
• Bone Marrow Sucker
  
• Smile Maker

4 Movies that Aislin has watched more than once: She hasn't seen any movies, but we did take her to see Eagle Eye, and she slept the entire time.

4 T.V. shows that Aislin watches: She watches whatever we watch...She is mesmerized by the big picture screen!

• Conan Obrien
• CSI
• The Office
• Survivor

4 People that e-mail me regularly: Aislin doesn't get email but she loves to get phone calls from:

• Gramma Robin
• Daddy at work
• Grandpa Jim and Gramma Marie
  
• Auntie Kirstin

4 of Aislin's favorite foods:

• "Nay, Nay"
• "Joy Juice"
• "Sleep Serum"
• "Mommy Milk"

4 Places that I (mom) would like to take Aislin:

• Oregon
• Texas
• Kentucky
• Ireland (really I wanna go there, and she would have to come with me.)
  

4 Things Aislin is looking forward to this year: Things we are looking forward for her

• Sleeping through the night
• Sleeping through the night
• Sleeping through the night
• did I mention Sleeping through the night?
  

I just have to say that Aislin was running out of patience with me and the camera! As you can plainly see!

Black Bean Tacos!!

One of the dishes my mom made while she was here was Black Bean Tacos. It's so good we had it at least once a week. Since she's been gone there has been a gaping hole.... and not just in our stomachs. So I got the recipe and I think it turned out scrumptious! I like that word....scrumptious!



Meet the cast of the big show!

Chicken, onion, black beans, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, cheddar cheese, tomatoes with chilies, and finally, tortillas!


Cook about a pound of chicken all the way through. Salmonella is bad!

Then cut the chicken into cubes. Feel free to cut it up before you cook it. I just hate to touch raw chicken.....

It should look like this.

Then dice 1/2 cup of onion

In the same pan you cooked the chicken in, add the chicken back to the pan. Or if you cut your chicken up before cooking it, just go to the next step please. Thank you!

Add the diced onion to the pan.

Cook until onion is just tender.

Then add one can of rinsed and drained black beans.

Next comes 1/4 of a can of tomatoes with chilies. The recipe calls for 1/2 a small can of green chilies, but I didn't have any, so I substituted...

Then come the Spice Girls:
1 tsp garlic powder (I bet fresh pressed garlic would be good too.)

1/4-1/2 tsp. chili powder, depending on your taste. I added a whole teaspoon because I live on the edge.
It's like Momma always said,"If you're not livin' on the edge, you're taking up too much room!"

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. of ground cumin is in the recipe too, but I am fresh out.

Stir all this yummy goodness up until heated through.

Now add my favorite ingredient: 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese. I think I added a bit more. I really like cheese.

Stir until cheese is melted.

Place several small tortillas on a cookie sheet.

Spoon mixture onto half of the tortilla.

Fold over. I was able to make 5 tacos with the mixture, but I like to stuff it full.

Bake the tacos at 400 F. for about 10 minutes, or until tortillas are slightly brown.

Serve with sour cream, tomatoes, guacamole, black olives, or whatever your heart desires.

Enjoy!

Bath Time!

Aislin really loves her bath. She would stay in there forever if we let her. Enjoy a little video, and please ignore my movie making skills.... I never claimed to be Steven Spielberg.

She really wears herself out in her bath and falls asleep soon after.

Happy Halloween!

Aislin enjoyed her first Halloween! She loves her outfit that Gramma Marie and Grandpa Jim got for her! Can you believe it fits? It's a 3 month outfit and she is only 2 months, but she weighs 13lbs!!

Can you guess Jordan's costume? Yep he's a Caveman from the Geico commercials!

Can you guess mine?? Let me help you, I am Gum-Stuck-To-The-Bottom-Of-A-Shoe!!
I know it rocks!

Aislin was a Wiggle Worm!! She's so dang cute!!