This child is {SOOOOOOO} my daughter....

I had to put Hailey down for a late nap today, so she didn't go down until about 4pm. Around 6, I figured that I better wake her up if I had any hope of her going to bed at a decent hour.

I went up to her room, and her eyes were open, so I figured that she'd been awake for a bit. I smiled and greeted her, like I usually do.

Me: "Hi punkin! Did you have a good sleep?"

Hailey: {blank stare}

Me: "Do you want to come snuggle with mom downstairs?"

Hailey: {glare}

***Awkward silence***

So I just picked her up and brought her downstairs.

For the next ten minutes, while she was sitting on the couch with me, every time I said a word to her, she would slowly turn her head and glare at me.

Then, she slowly slid off the couch, yanked her blanket away from me, grabbed her baby, and marched back upstairs to her bedroom.

I went up to check on her and she was laying in her bed. I said "Are you just not ready to be around people yet?" To which she responded "EEEEEEE!" and turned her back on me.

She is soooooo my daughter, its not even funny. Love this girl!!

Remember how I said...

Well a couple posts ago, I said that I was going to use this blog as a journal as well...well, I lied. I decided that most of you probably check here for cute family stories and pictures of Hailey. You may not necessarily want to read about my innermost thoughts. So, I've created a blog, just for that purpose. That way, those of you who just come here to see the cute pictures and anecdotes about Hailey and our family won't have to wade through "journal"-type entries.

However, if you are interested in those "journal"-type entries you can come on over to my "journaling" blog. Its called A Sweet Escape. Feel free to come visit from time to time. :)

{Ryan's favorite recipe}

I know a lot of people that use their blog as their journal, although maybe not being quite as candid as you would in a journal you keep under your matress. :) I think this is a fantastic idea. One of the girls that I blog stalk does a thing called "Memory Monday" where she pulls an idea out of a memory jar and blogs about it. My cousin, Lindsay, uses a blog called Sunday Scribblings to get topics for her bloggings. Anyway, so in addition to the cute pictures of my baby (although she isn't much of a baby anymore...she'll be TWO in just two months!) I'll be using this for my journal and memories. Feel free to read these, or just ignore them :)

Anyway...here is my first "journal entry"

DESCRIBE ONE OF YOUR SPOUSE'S FAVORITE
RECIPES AND SHARE THE RECIPE

Ryan's FAVORITE recipe is baked spaghetti. Every single time (no lie) that I ask him what he wants for dinner that is what he requests. I mean I really like it, but not enough to eat it every week. He will even eat the leftovers for breakfast, lunch and dinner! I know he loves it, so I try to make it every couple of months and for special occasions.

Here is the recipe:

Baked Spaghetti
Spaghetti noodles (enough to fill about 3/4 of a casserole dish)
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. sour cream
1 jar Spaghetti Sauce
Optional: green pepper, onion, mushrooms
1 pound ground beef or turkey
Shredded cheddar cheese or Parmesan

1. Cook noodles, drain and place in the casserole dish. Soften cream cheese.
2. Add sour cream to cream cheese and mix. Then add desired amount of Italian seasoning and onion power. Spread evenly over noodles.
3. Cook meat and saute onion and green pepper. Mix meat, onion, pepper, etc.
4. Spread sauce over sour cream and cream cheese. Sprinkle cheddar over top.
5. Bake at 350 F for 20-30 minutes. If it starts to bubble, it's done.

Tips:
You can make it like the recipe says, or I like to mix EVERYTHING together in a big bowl before putting it into the casserole dish. I find that its not as dry this way.