Sisterly Love

I am amazed and humbled by how pure and immense their love is for each other already. I can only imagine how it will grow over their lifetimes.

"Mama, is Emily always going to be with me? Even when I am old? And after you and dada die? I love her so much!"

I am so glad that these girls will always have each other...long after I am gone.

My Little Pumpkins

My mama used to call me pumpkin. Now I have two of my own.

Webb Ranch

Mini Me

Everyone used to say that Ryan and Gracie look alike but get a load of this. Maybe if I was bald, people would think my girls looked like me!?!

Emily :: 2 weeks, 4 days

Successful Sleep

She was asleep in the hammock....well, for five minutes anyway.

In the sling, it is another story. She will sleep for hours!!!

PPJ!

No-Bake (One-Handed) Cookies

Maybe it is a southern thing but I grew up with these cookies. As soon as I was old enough to cook on the stove, my girlfriends and I would make these delicious no-bake cookies. So when Gracie was down for a nap today and I had Emily nursing on my left arm (well, she was nursing and I was holding her with my left arm) I wondered if I could make these using only one hand. Guess what? You can! Perfect mommy afternoon treat. So I made a little mess but I can clean that up later when I have two hands again.

Do you have any recipes that are one-handed? It will come in handy over the next couple of months. Feel free to share in the comments section.

In a sauce pan combine:
2 cups sugar (maybe less next time, these were a bit sweet)
1 stick butter
4+ Tsps cocoa (I used Scharffen Berger)
1/2 cup milk

after it has boiled for one minute add:
3 cups oats
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup+ peanut butter

use a 2tsp melon baller (if attempting this with one hand) to scoop onto wax paper or a silpat
let cool until hardened ~45 minutes

store in the freezer, in a ziploc so you don't eat them all in one sitting
or sit down on the couch, nurse your baby and eat as many as you please

My Wicked Little Witch

"Mama, I want to be the Wicked Witch for Halloween and you can be Gretel and Dada can be Hansel and Emily could be a little oven."

Can you spot her in the oven? It is amazing the small spaces that she can fit into.

Two Weeks

Honey Bunny Love

She makes the cutest little bird sounds and Gracie thinks she can already talk. :-)

Mama, she just said "O" and "Emmie"