From the mouth of Noah

Noah says some of the funniest things. I usually repeat them about 6 times so I can tell my mom, sisters, & Steve the funny things he says. Over the past few days there have been so many!

1) It's always funny to me when he tells us during sacrament meeting that he has to go "on the toilet". (When he hardly ever tells us this at home.) It happened again on Sunday, and can you believe that Steve said "just go in your diaper". Noah will never be potty trained at this rate. He said back to Steve "NO, ON THE TOILET!"

2) Sunday night as we're watching our show (I won't say the name - if you know the characters, you must watch it too). Anyway, Noah kept asking us, "Where's Gabby?". Then he would ask us, "Carlos is nice?"

3) Also on Sunday night Noah was standing in one place concentrating, and Steve asked him, "Are you poopin' in your diaper?" Noah said back, "Just peepin". I can't even type that without laughing out loud to myself. (Sometimes when we go to change Noah's diaper we ask if he has poops, and he says, "just peeps". So we've gotten used to the word peeps, but not "peepin".)

4) Everytime Steve & I get in the car to go somewhere, I usually ask him, "Do you have the keys?" Anyway yesterday it was just Noah & I, and he said to me, "You have the keys?". He is a parrot!

5) Last night we were getting into the car & Steve jumped out to go back in the house for something. Noah said to me, "Where's Steve?" Sometimes he calls me Shalae too.

Of course all these things he says are funny but what makes it even better is his voice. He is so hilarious. Sometimes a devil too though! Like lately when he's mad at me he'll say one of 2 things:

6) "I'm mad at you!", or "I tell my daddy".

I've realized that he's getting old enough that we should really be careful about what we say around him & what we watch on t.v.

The best recipe for CHICKEN ENCHILADAS!

At Christmas time, my friend Lexi made the best chicken enchiladas. I never got around to asking her for the recipe until just about a month ago, and I was reminded how much I loved them when I finally made them. So, you should all give this recipe a try - it's sooooooo good.

6 chicken breasts, boiled & shredded (I think that 4-5 pieces would actually be enough - 6 is just what Lexi’s recipe said. But I had a sandwich bag of leftover shredded chicken.)
FOR THE SAUCE:
1 pint sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 small can diced green chilies
1 dozen flour tortillas (small) or 6 flour tortillas (large)
1-2 cups broth from the chicken (add accordingly to how thick you want your sauce.)
1.5 - 2 cups grated sharp cheese (I liked using lots IN the sauce, and then more on top of the enchiladas at the end)
Directions:
*Boil chicken with a stick of celery, 1/2 onion, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
*Bone chicken when cooked and break or shred into bite size pieces.
*Layout tortillas and fill with a healthy serving of chicken, some sauce and cheese.
*Roll and place in a lightly greased pan, close to each other.
*Pour remaining sauce over the enchiladas and top with cheese.
*Cover with foil and bake at 325 until warmed through and cheese is bubbly (this took me about 30 minutes or so).
*Remove foil the last 10 minutes of baking.

You be the judge

People often ask me who Noah looks like more - me or Steve? I have to tell them it's really 50/50. Actually, I think that Noah looked a lot like Steve when he was newborn, but now I think he looks more like me. What do you think? It was really fun to dig up baby pictures of Steve & I to see how much Noah looks like each of us! (P.S. I had to cut & paste the pictures, since I scanned in 12x12 pages & my scanner only scans 8.5" across, so excuse the photo editing.)

Happy Birthday Jaxen!

6 years ago today, my nephew Jax was born. It was such a good day. I still remember it & can't believe he is already 6 years old.

I remember when Jax was a little toddler, I wanted a baby boy that looked just like him and was just as sweet as him. Jax has the cutest brown eyes and Noah got them too, just like I hoped for!

I had to include this picture just because I love it. This is Jax with his brother Riggs. They are the cutest.

And this is the kids with Noah when he was born. Jax of course is the one with his face outlined.Happy Birthday Chan Chan. We love you!!

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!!

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, C'MON!

IT'S A CELEBRATION!

Can you tell that I'm really excited? Suzanne & I finished up some last minute editing for our May 1st deadline and as soon as I was done with my part I had to make a quick post about it. It's almost 2am but I'm feeling good right now. Our website is now in the "upkeep" stage and not the "building" stage. This is soooooo exciting for us!! So start shopping everyone! And our website has a cool GUEST BOOK feature that allows people to leave messages - it's kind of like blogging!