7 months

It's a little late, but here it is..Elly's 7 month blog post! I don't really have much new to post on. Cutie girl is really starting to show that personality of hers! We have lots of giggles and LOTS of talking. The speech therapist in me, notices every sound that comes out of her sweet little mouth. She will ramble on "da, da, da, ga, ga, ta, ta, ba!" With such excitement I inform Kris, "Listen! She is using her bilabials...alveolars...velars!" He looks at me like I am a crazy lady. I tell him, it's a speech thing...you wouldn't understand :)

Check out my bow! It's actually in my hair...and stays in place!

**Stay tuned for pictures from the Full Moon Festival we took in with Nana last weekend! Elly had a big "first" moment during our lunch. You will have to wait to see what it was :)

Apple Pie anyone?

I have had a few requests for my yummy, yummy apple pie recipe! So...here it is (with the appropriate credit of course!).

Before I got married, my mom's dear friend, Donna Christman, threw me a bridal shower out in Granbury. One of their friends, Connie Angel, gave me the most wonderful gift...her favorite recipes! The 'Harvest Table Apple Pie With Delicious Crunchy Nut Topping' was one of them. It has now become a staple at the Berry/Coyle holiday's!

Pastry for two pie crust

FILLING:

6-8 medium apples

2 T cornstarch

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

3 T sugar

3 T melted butter or margarine

1/3 C Karo Blue Label Syrup

TOPPING:

1/4 C brown sugar

2 T flour

3 T Karo Blue Label Syrup

2 T softened margarine or butter

1/4 C chopped pecans or walnuts

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Prepare crust.

Fill bottom shell with peeled and sliced apples. In a separate bowl, combine cornstarch, cinnamon, salt, sugar, margarine and Karo syrup. Pour over apples. Cover with top crust and bake for approximately 30-35 mins. or until crust is brown and apples almost tender.

Before removing from oven, make topping by mixing brown sugar, flour, syrup, margarine and nuts. Pour over top of hot pie when removed from the oven. Place pie pan on a larger pan or foil to catch topping that may run off. Return to oven for about 3-5 mins. or until topping is bubbly.

Makes 1 (9 inch) pie.

ENJOY!!!

Hey mom! I think I'm ready to try some apple pie!

Yoga anyone?

Elly decided to do a little yoga before breakfast the other day. Maybe she will be a cheerleader! Back to breakfast...Miss Thing has become quite the little eater. She will eat just about anything I scoop up on her little ole' spoon! She has tried a little of all the basics, and even some not so basics. The girl chowed down on some asparagus (pureed of course :) ) the other night! We went for round number two on avocado, and had a little better experience this time. "Better experience" meaning, at least she didn't throw up like the last time we gave it a whirl. I just can't let the avocado go without a fight. Oh well...all the more for me I guess!

I can do yoga AND suck my fingers. SOOOO talented!

Rock and roll

For a few weeks now, Elly has been trying to figure out the whole "up on your hands and knees" thing. She would push up on her hands, fall back down, then pull those little knees up under her. She couldn't quite figure out how to do both at the same time. The other day it was like a light bulb went off! She got it! Well...kind of. She isn't able to get all the way up on her hands, but she can get up on her forearms and knees at the same time. It was as though she couldn't believe what she had been missing out on! She would push up and rock, rock, rock, back and forth. I got some pictures (of course) and a little video. I always feel so goofy when I go back and watch the videos. I sound like such a dork. You can pretty much count on a high pitched "say hiiiiii! Hiiiii" and "say bye, bye! Bye, bye". Viewer beware...this video is no different!

Here I go!


You gettin' this mom?

Oh the determination...

Weeeee...this is so much fun! (Have you ever seen such a cute plumbers crack? I think not!)