Playing With Some New Presents

Nap Time with Mommy

Happy 4 Months JMA!

Cute Daddy/Son Pic Turned into Same Hair Pic

Best Friends

This Year's Christmas Treats

The Week Before Christmas

I returned home Friday afternoon from doing errands and had to practically crawl over the massive amounts of packages that had been delivered.

All Christmas presents for Jaxon of course.

One in particular caught my eye: it's a jumper that I've been told keeps the baby busy for hours and would wear him out.

I went ahead and assembled it tonight in hopes it will allow me to get everything done this week that needs to be.

It might have been Jaxon's present but Christmas certainly came early for mommy this year.

Almost Always Friends

Apparently Riding the Dog is Frowned Upon in this Establishment

Dinner Date Feast

One word.... Amazing

More Cuteness to Brighten Your Day

We upgraded Jaxon from sponge bath to baby bathtub during last nights bath time. Needless to say he displayed some "model" behavior.

Cream of Chestnut Soup

Anthony loves chestnuts. So when I found a recipe for chestnut soup I knew it would be a marriage faux pas not to attempt it.

I changed things around just a bit and I'm not too good at writing measurements but here's the simple recipe that has had my husband giving me lovingly glances ever since dinner ended:

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter

• 1 small yellow onion finely chopped
• about 1/4 cup marsala wine

• about 3 cups vegetable broth ( I eyeballed this so you may need a bit more)

• 1 bag steamed chestnuts (It either says steamed or cooked. Either way they come in a little bag)

• thyme
• 1/3 cup half and half

• melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook until the onion is tender.

• Add marsala, vegetable broth, chestnuts (I chopped them to make life easier before adding them to the pot) and thyme. Stir together and simmer about half an hour. (I think the recipe originally said 20 but the baby had to eat so simmering ended up taking 30 minutes)



• Process soup in a blender (I did it in batches using a magic bullet). Return the soup to heat and add the half and half.



• Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook over low heat until cooked thoroughly or your ready to serve.

Sneak Peak at the Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Jaxon's Christmas Best

Christmas Time Is Here...

We spent most of the week pulling out Christmas decorations, leading up to this weekend when we went out and got our Christmas tree.

Anthony was very adamant that we get it early this year, but having a baby that's more excited about the Christmas lights instead of presents will do that to you.

Here's this year's tannenbaum almost fully decorated:

Mock Photo Booth



Jaxon and Mommy

Sick Day

Not only does the baby seem to have gotten his first cold, but sniffles are running rampant throughout the Amato household as well.

Coughing and sneezing are putting a damper on the oh so jolly first day of December.

Here's my little mucus bug having a few minutes of tummy time today: