One Lucky Girl: Parties

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Monday, January 16, 2017

Taco 'Bout a Party! Tanner is ONE!

And for my last monthly post of Tanner's 1st year...

Here's what's been happening this month:

Tanner is basically running now (or at least speed walking) and he is still into everything. He is getting really steady now and can maneuver around things and step over things easily.
Sleep is a little more tricky these days and he is getting a little bit clingy to me.
He is tough to take out places lately, especially by myself. He will not sit in a high chair for very long and will not tolerate the Ergo Baby for as long as he used to. Not to mention, he loves to experiment with his volume :)
We still hit up Disneyland as much as possible (every other week or so). Blake is pretty darn good when we are there considering her "threenager, I do whatever I want" stage. Tanner needs more of my attention and Blake is pretty patient and helpful.
Blake still really loves her baby brother. She is always kissing him and trying to help take care of him.
He now has 6 teeth. Four on top and 2 on the bottom. That's 2 less than Blake at this age. I am brushing his teeth with the finger brush and he loves to bite my fingers. Hard!
He loves music and both kids are super into the music from the new Disney movie Moana.
He is now drinking cow's milk along with his breast milk. He has also started water and is using a sippy cup. He does really well with both the straw cup and the traditional sippy.
He still nurses on demand and is probably waking more at night to make up for missing out all day when I'm at work. So for that reason, I'm not too mad about the constant wake ups.
His current loves: baths, music, running, climbing, stopping to lay his head down on anything soft (blanket or pillow etc) that he comes across, high 5s, giving kisses, smacking the spoon out of my hand to see what happens to the food, walks in the stroller, kicking off all shoes and socks, and all types of food.
His receptive language skills are strong. He is following directions and identifying common objects really accurately.
It feels like he is changing by the day.
No real words yet but lots of different babble sounds now.
His stats are: 21 lbs, 30.25 inches tall. His head is still really large. I hope that doesn't mean anything to be concerned about. The doctor doesn't seem to mind it.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Mexican Lime Chicken Soup

For Cinco de Mayo this year I wanted to do something different. And easy, since it's a work night. I made this soup the night before so we can just heat it up after work.

I found the recipe on Pinterest here. The only thing I changed was that I used 2 limes instead of one because I couldn't taste any lime with just one.

If you love Mexican food flavors (like I do) than you will love this soup! If you hate cilantro or cumin you better skip it :)

2 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium yellow onion
2 stalks celery
1 medium jalapeno
4 cloves garlic
2 chicken breasts
6 cups chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes w/chiles
1 tsp oregano
½ Tbsp cumin
2 medium limes
½ bunch cilantro
1 medium avocado

Dice the onion, celery, and jalapeno (scrape the seeds out of the jalapeno before dicing). Mince the garlic. Cook the onion, celery, jalapeno, and garlic in olive oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until tender.

Add the chicken breast, chicken broth, canned tomatoes with chiles, oregano, and cumin to the pot. Bring the whole pot up to a boil over high heat then reduce the heat to low, place a lid on top, and let simmer for one hour.

After simmering for an hour with a lid on, carefully remove the chicken breast from the pot and use two forks to shred the meat. Return the meat to the pot. Squeeze the juice of one lime into the soup. Get as much juice as possible from the lime by using a spoon to scrape the inside of the lime.

Rinse the cilantro and then roughly chop the leaves. Add to the pot, give it a quick stir, and serve. Dice the avocado and add a few chunks to each bowl.