Ready to Roll Tide!

Harper is all set and ready to go with her tiny Alabama cheerleader outfit! Ken took her shopping for "gear" on Friday & I think he did great. More to come! Ken went to Atlanta for the game, and we stayed here to cheer on the team. First, we made a pre-game stop at Grandmommy & Daddy Ray's, then headed over to Stacy and Allison's for kickoff!!! She had a great time visiting with everyone and I had her in bed in time to watch the second half by myself. Very fun to watch our team start the season with a win!!!

It seems like Harper has changed so much over just the last few days! She is cruising around on anything that will hold her (and some things that don't so much) and has started babbling gagagagag-bababbaba-dadadadada! I keep saying "maaaa-maaa" and she will just look at me, smile, then say dadadadada! She is so cute that I don't even care what she's saying!

We went to Todd & Kristin's today for Lily's birthday & all of the kids were so sweet with Harper. She has some fun cousins! Lily and Isabel were wearing their Chez Ami outfits that coincidentally matched Harper. I hate that I left my camera at home because they were SO cute together! I will have to post some pictures once I get them from Kristin.

All in all, it was a great weekend. I'm so glad that tomorrow is Labor Day & not work day!

Nine Months Old!

Harper went for her 9 month check up today. She didn't even know it when they pricked her little toe, but let out a pretty good yell when she got part 1 of the flu shot! She weighed in at 17 pounds and is 28 3/4 inches -long and lean! She is so active these days crawling and pulling up on everything. We pat-a-cake and are trying to do a little wave. She's really loving her new daycare and, as always, loves to watch the bigger kids play. I know that everyone said it would happen, but the time really has flown by. I can't believe it's time to plan for her 1st birthday! It's a little sad, but good because she is getting so fun-and funny!

Here she is walking around the table. Love her knee socks? Ha, the pants are capris and I didn't want her legs to get cold during nap time! She smiles all the time!

Beachin' it again!

We are back in Gulf Shores for a quick weekend get away! It was an overcast morning and is now raining, but we had some fun play time on the beach with our Harper baby!

"Dissing" the photos and heading for the water!

Where is that cabana boy?

How nice of them to put this fence here just for me...

This standing up thing sure does come in handy!

Is this...sand?!

Katie's Bridal Tea

Harper and I went to visit with Mom and Dad last weekend and to attend Katie's Bridal Tea hosted by their church. It was such a lovely tea and nice to meet all of Mom's church friends. Harper thoroughly enjoyed being passed around!

MOB and BTB!

Harper helping Katie & Vincent check out some of the gifts.

Enjoying Uncle Kev playing guitar!

Chicken Crescent Puffs

Let me give a shout out to my girls Kasey and Robin for the yummy recipes! If you haven't ever made these, you should totally try some out. They are super easy and tas-ty! Here is the excerpt from Robin's blog:

Kasey's version:

3 oz cream cheese
3 Tbsp melted butter
1 package boneless chicken breasts or tenderloin, browned in skillet until done and diced
¼ tsp salt & pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp milk
1 tbsp chopped onion (optional)
2 8 oz cans crescent rolls
¾ cup seasoned bread crumbs

Blend cream cheese & 2 tbsp butter until smooth. Add next 5 ingredients & stir well. Roll out crescent rolls. Divide into 4 squares instead of 8 triangles. Pinch dotted lines together for each of four squares. Divide chicken mixture evenly & spoon onto squares. Pull four sides up, pinch together & twist. Brush extra butter on top & sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake on a cookie sheet coated with Pam at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.

That is the recipe straight from the book. I marinate my chicken while cooking stove top in Moore’s sauce & garlic salt because bland chicken makes me want to puke. Makes 8 puffs! They reheat well too. ENJOY!!

Now y'all know I can't leave a good recipe alone so here's what I did.

3oz of cream cheese
1/2 a container of store bought pesto
1/4 c of diced onion
1/4 c of diced red bell pepper

I didn't use the butter or the milk in the mixture and sauteed the veggies before adding them to the mix. They were DELICIOUS and would be good with a wide variety of veggies in them. YUMMO!

For my version, I used:

2 cans of chicken (fresh is so much better, but I was in a hurry)

8 oz cream cheese

3 T butter

Handful of diced mushrooms

Moore's

Splash of Worcheshire (sp?)

dash cayenne pepper, onion powder, celery salt, garlic powder

salt & pepper to taste

I didn't use the milk either & it was plenty moist. I needed 2 more cans of crescent rolls. Oops. I didn't plan much ahead!

Enjoy!

Sunday Session

I finally took my camera off of the automatic setting and managed to get these shots!

Saturday Visit

Natalie brought Anderson by for a visit last Saturday. Here he is explaining the simple toy to Harper...and all smiles!

Harper getting too close to the demonstration and Anderson gently using the back of his hand to push her away!

Anderson found the paci and brought it to me. Oh well, at least someone should use it!

Aren't they sweet playing together? They love each other!!!