Ummm...

This is embarrassing. I've decided to use wordpress, not tumblr. Ha. See you there.

www.healeyfamily.wordpress.com

We've moved!

I'm moving the blog to tumblr because it's easier for me to use. Hope to see you there!

www.healeyfamily.tumblr.com

What We've Been Up To

1. Watching Lucy to see if she will crawl. She hasn't. At least not forwards.


2. Catching squirrels. Rick, not me.


3. Making salsa. So good.


4. Going to Terrain for inspiration. Not purchasing.


5. Getting excited for baseball season.


6. And being crazy in general.

Random

Does anyone else think it's weird that Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for playing a person who is real and living now? So what does that lady get? Because it's her real life.

I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense. I just felt the need to get that out there.

Yummy Goodness

Fat. That's what I am. But who can resist all this yummy goodness? Here are a few meals that we've enjoyed recently.

Chicken, Lemon and Dill with Orzo


Balsamic Chicken Noodle Bowl (This is Rick's current favorite.)


Coconut Curry Chicken (I add pineapples to this one.)


Beef Stew


And a very happy dessert.
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake


Okay. I have to go exercise.

This is for Rick

Rick told me that he missed my blog updates so here is one. I was thinking of stopping it altogether but I will continue for my one fan.

Since Christmas, Lucy:
-got her two bottom teeth.
-said both dada and mama (not that she knows what they mean).
-sits up all on her own.
-tried many new foods and has grown to like (tolerate) green ones. I think her favorites are peaches and sweet potatoes.

I've started making homemade baby food. It's way easier than it sounds! Buying frozen fruits and veggies have made it pretty easy on prep. The only thing I haven't made successfully is any meat. The chicken was horrible. Any suggestions?

Rick is keeping busy helping his dad finish work on a condo so that they can sell it. He's putting in 2 nights and most of the day on Saturday. I am so proud of him and thankful for him and the way that he provides for Lucy and me. He is a hard worker.

I am still adjusting to being a mom. It has it's challenges for sure. Yesterday was a rough day... one that led me to eat a few too many carbs and chocolate. But when I put Lucy to bed that night I remembered, "God has been faithful and He will be again." He has not brought me this far to leave me now.

A few pics:

Christmas Traditions: Food

Surprisingly we don't have too many Christmas traditions surrounding food. I will have to work on that. Our first Christmas together (all of one year ago), I knew I wanted to have something particularly yummy and amazing. So my dear friend Reenie helped me to find a good recipe for monkey bread. You can find all sorts of recipes out there but as long as it has sugar, pudding, cinnamon and butter, you are good to go. I do not put raisins in mine but you can if it floats your boat.

Monkey Bread
20 dinner rolls (I use the Rhoades kind in the freezer section)
1 cup brown sugar
1 pkg. of vanilla pudding (the cook and serve)
2 T cinnamon
1 stick of butter

Place the rolls in a greased bundt pan (or a 9x13 if you don't have a bundt, Meghan). Sprinkle the sugar, pudding and cinnamon over the rolls. Pour the melted butter over the top. Cover with a cloth or plastic wrap and go to sleep for 8 hours.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.