Reindeer Noses

I saw this cute idea and had to try it! Dont they look like reindeer noses? I remember my dad would put a red light bulb high in a tree and light it Christmas eve. He would tell me that it was Rudolph's nose and Santa was waiting for me to go to bed so he could put the gifts under the tree :) The red M&m's reminded me of that memory.... can't wait to fool Copper :)

Reindeer Noses:
1 bag of pretzels
1 bag of Rolo's or chocolate kisses
1 bag of m&m's

Heat oven to 250-300
place pretzels on cookie sheet and rolos or m&m's on top of the pretzels and stick them in the oven. Let them soften for about 3-5 minutes just so the chocolate softens but doesn't completely melt. Take them out and gently press an m&m onto the chocolate. Let them set and then eat away!

*idea from www.twopeasandtheirpod.com

Nanna

Nanna,
you were an extraordinary person
I wish I could have learned more about you
I am so glad our son was able to meet and love you
We will miss you soo much
I can only imagine the fun you are having, dancing with the angels in heaven!
We love you

Halloween 2011

Copper's first Halloween will be a "first" to remember.
We had to stop by the fire station to show dad Copper's costume. He is a Frog :)

We all headed over to the Auntie neighborhood to visit Aunt Becky and Aunt Lindsay (Jeannie's sisters) for their Halloween fun! Becky and her husband Lou put on an amazing spooky halloween every year. Copper obviously wasn't scared... I have a feeling he will be trouble when he grows up...

Uncle Lou in his Sunday best...

Gigi in her impromptu costume... I thought she looked like a Miami housewife :)

First Halloween as a family :)

More pictures to come... if I can ever upload all the pictures :)

Random October pictures :)

Love my boy!

yes, bath time is ALWAYS this fun!

Visiting Dad at the fire station... practicing.

Park date with Annemarie and Burke - Copper loves the swings! My little adrenaline junky :)

GOod Morning

Date with Grandpa

Date with AUntie - Crush cafe always hits the spot. Copper is wondering why that belly of hers is always in the way. Baby Brennan will be here soon!

4 Month Check up!

I will say this over and over but... I cant believe Copper is already 4 months old!!! We had his check up the other day and, not like we were surprised... he is a chunker!

He is 16.6 pounds and 26.5 in tall! That puts him in the 97th percentile! Our doc said if he keeps growing at this rate, he will easily be 6'3" at least :) oh dear....

Copper is exceptionally good at rolling over (tummy to back and back to tummy). Seems like he might be teething a little but nothing has popped through yet. He LOVES his rice cereal at night, managing to get it all over himself and everything around him.
He is the happiest baby :) Very social and loves to smile at strangers! We love our little... i mean BIG growing boy!

First's for Copper

We decided it was time for Copper's first rice cereal! He is such a big boy so why not?

YUM!

New York Cheescake Cookies

I saw this recipe on the Food Network of course... Copper loves to watch the food network :) They were eaten so fast that I couldn't take a picture of them. They were pretty good if I do say so myself!

New York Cheesecake Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups finely crushed graham crackers (1 sleeve)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg, separated
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl, stir together the graham cracker crumbs, flour and baking powder. In a medium bowl, beat together the butter with the brown sugar using an electric hand mixer. Add the egg white and beat until well combined. Add to the graham cracker crumbs and blend until just combined.

In a separate medium bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese with the granulated sugar, egg yolk, lemon zest and vanilla until well combined. Set aside.

Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop out the cookie dough and place on a nonstick or parchment lined baking sheet. (If you do not have an ice scoop, then measure out the dough into scoops of about 2 tablespoons.) Flatten slightly, pressing your thumb in the center of the ball to create a small bowl shape. Repeat with the remaining dough. Spoon the cream cheese into the indents in the cookies.

Bake until the filling is barely set and the cookies are lightly golden, 12 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets before removing them and cooling completely on a wire rack.