It is almost that time again...

The Christmas season is practically here. I have already started Little Mans Christmas pictures so we could get cards ordered. I say started, because there are so many other ideas I still need to try, some of which require a tree in the background...and it is way to early for a tree in the living room.

Here is what I have so far. I warn you, this is a bit of a photobomb. If anyone wants a tutorial or has any questions let me know. This is a stay-at-home Mommy photo shoot. The only fancy equipment was my Nikon, but you would be surprised what you could do with even a simple digital camera.  I think spent about  $50 for the backdrop, the ornaments, basket, outfit, lights, and fuzzy material for the "snow".



Pumpkin Bread Recipe

It's that time of year again! Time for pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin candles, pumpkin pie...yeah, I am all kinds of obsessed with pumpkin everything each fall!

I have been baking and cooking up a storm lately. I was trying to find a bread recipe to try out and then decided to try to find a pumpkin bread recipe. I looked at a couple of recipes and formed my own based on what I had in hand. Here is what I came up with and it was delicious! Very moist, with just enough flavor and sweetness. It was awesome with some melted butter...so yum!

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

1 and a 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup olive oil(Bertollis Classico)
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, water, and spices.

3. Combine the dry ingredients with the ingredients you mixed in step 2. Mix until the batter is pretty smooth.

4. Pour into a well-buttered (I used the Pam baking spray) 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake about 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick tested in the center comes out clean. Let it cool down a bit, then remove it from the pan and place on a cooling rack.

We ate ours once it cooled down a bit but was still warm enough to melt the butter.

Hope you guys enjoy and please let me know how yours turns out if you try it!

Snoring husbands kind of suck

My husband snores... And he never actually starts snoring until I finally put my head to the pillow and close my eyes. It doesn't matter if I sit in bed reading for an hour or two, he will be pretty quite until I am ready to sleep. What the heck is up with that? I used to take my leg and slam it down onto the bed so he would feel the sudden movement and wake up and roll over (which usually ended the snoring). Then there were times when that didn't work and I had to tap him about 20 times on the shoulder and practically shout his name to wake him up. I swear this man could sleep through anything. We now have a four month old baby in the room with us and I think these boys are ganging up on me already. If I wake my husband up quietly to stop his snoring, the baby wakes up! It's like the sound ends up being his "white noise". So now it is either having an awake baby who decides he wants to play or listening to the loud snoring husband. *sigh* I totally need to have a girl next pregnancy to even out this household...since we all know us girls don't snore ;)