bathtime curls.

love.

Our baby getting her baby ready for bed.



Look I can feed my baby at the same time.

Giving her baby "the look" and a little talkin' to.









daddy time.

Quinn loves her daddy.

Most of you know that Todd's schedule is rather busy, especially in the fall and the spring when he is coaching. We savor every minute of time we get as a family during these seasons. In the fall, Todd would go 4-5 days pretty regularly without seeing Quinn. The spring seems to be a little better. She is at an age where if we know daddy will be home close to bedtime, she stays up just a little bit longer to see him. She loves when he comes home. (So does Lucy! - Lucy goes a little crazy when Todd gets home, an extra person means equal attention for her.) Daddy time always consists of animal noises practice, her nightly lesson in sign language, some chasing & screaming, and sometimes there is enough time for Daddy and Quinn to read a few books.

signing with daddy.

Hopefully Quinny and I will be fluent in sign one day too.

Looking forward to summer coming soon and a lot more daddy time!

baby love.

She loves her baby these days.

She takes such good care of her baby. With squeezes, smiles, giggles, and feedings...

...we are working on the occasional tossed to the floor moments as she runs off for something else, yeah, babies don't usually like that. :)


And, I realized today that the living room officially became a little less safe.

I was putting dishes away and turned around to see her up there all by herself.  There is much to be said about the baby stage where you lay them on the ground, turn around, and they stay there.  In fact I'm pretty sure Quinn's baby doll is doing a great job of that in the spot she was last dropped. :)

a Free batch of cookies! - update

First come first serve!  ***Winner is Jill R.!***

One batch of 3 dozen fresh-baked, scrumptious chocolate chip cookies for free!

So if you have a gathering this coming weekend that you need to bring something to, have a party that could use something extra on the dessert table, or would just like a treat to enjoy at home - you may want to jump on the chance to enjoy some delicious chocolate chip cookies!

So there it is...
3 dozen chocolate chip cookies
Can be picked up Friday evening or Saturday.
Free!
The first person to e-mail me at simpleandsweets@gmail.com will get them!

Our little nephew Liam makes a good little cookie model doesn't he?

If you haven't checked out our Sweet Things page, hop over there when you get a chance.
Have a great day! :)
Lisa

something sweet anyone?

photograph and cake pops done by Lisa

I love to bake and I most definitely love myself a good sweet treat every now and then (more emphasis on the now than the then). :)

I enjoy all things that go into baking and seeing the enjoyment tasty treats can bring to others' faces.

examples:

So I'm adding just a little something to the mix of my stay-at-home mom capabilities.
I'm increasing my joy of baking for family and friends that would like some tasty bites for their next party, family gathering, work event, or even just for yourself. :)

If you are interested in something sweet for an upcoming event check out our updated "Sweet Things" tab at the top of the page.

Enjoy something yummy!

Lisa

14 months and sweet as can be.

Quinn is 14 months, yikes! 
For some reason this was a big number for me and she seems so much older.

This little girl is sweet as can be. And we are seeing all of her personality really start to come out. The expressions are priceless.

Every once in a while we joke that the even months she looks like daddy and the odd months she looks like me. Well this picture is a lot like her daddy, and an even month it is.

She dances, has her own version of singing, is starting to make animal sounds, gives great high-fives, and will get a little sad when anyone leaves the room (she even did this for a stranger the other day at the doctor's office). She is still our sweet, kind, patient, fun, easygoing Quinn.

Quick 14 month Stats:

- weighs exactly 20 lbs.

- takes two long naps a day

- bedtime is 7:30 and sleeps till 7:30am

- eating just about everything

- 16 teeth (bottom two eye teeth are poking through slowly)

- her hair is getting much longer, we have a little version of a mullet going on, but it is a pretty mullet :)

- scrunches her nose a lot (like mommy does, so funny)

- walking everywhere (but will still fall to her knees to crawl when she knows it will be faster)

- some animal noises she will attempt

- goes to find things we ask her about

- is pretty gentle with babies (we learned with cousin Brynn and other babies this past weekend)

- talks all the time, but still only saying a few words

- LOVES a good cake pop!

Happy Weekend!