TheJavaMama

A Bunch of Stuff & A New Recipe

March 3, 2011

My talented twinkie made these shirts for Connor last night. Aren’t they so cute! If you would like for her to make you some contact her HERE. I think they will be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day 🙂

Isn’t this the most precious Louis Vuitton you have EVER seen?

It’s an owl 🙂

What would a blog post be without a few pictures for the Grandparents?

This little booger has been into everything lately I cannot keep my eyes off him for a second!

He tries so hard to walk. Connor can take about 4-5 steps and then he sikes himself out and falls over.

But try try again we will…..

I must STOP eating Thin Mints…darn girl scouts 😛

Bonnie and I were girl scouts for years so I have a little soft spot for them. We went door to door in our neighborhood every year. The poor folks would do a double take when they saw TWO of us standing there with pigtails in our uniforms. Of course they had to buy from both

to keep it fair.

Also – A pic of my shorter hair

What do ya’ll think? It feels a lot better…it was getting so dry and tangled.

I am not one of those people who gets attached to their hair so I have no problem whacking it off!

Tried a new recipe last night :

Enchilada-zagna

Ingredients

2 to 3 cooked, boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut into small pieces (about 3 cups), divided
1 can (28 oz.) or 2 cans (15 oz. each) mild red enchilada sauce
1 container (8 oz.) sour cream
1 can (12 fl. oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
2 cups (8-oz. pkg.) shredded cheddar cheese
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilies, undrained
1 pkg. (12 tortillas) 7-inch corn tortillas

(I added corn and black beans to my meat mixture)

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
COMBINE enchilada sauce and sour cream in medium bowl. Combine evaporated milk, cheese and chiles in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until cheese has melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.

SPREAD 1 cup enchilada sauce mixture on bottom of prepared baking dish. Layer with 4 tortillas, 1 cup enchilada sauce mixture, 1 1/2 cups chicken, 1 cup cheese sauce; repeat layers one more time, starting with tortillas. Top with remaining tortillas, enchilada sauce mixture and cheese sauce. Cover with foil.

BAKE for 40 minutes. Uncover; cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

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HILARIOUS!!!

Crazy Folk

March 2, 2011

Last weekend I was texting my Dad who was visiting my Aunt Mary and cousins in Alma, AR.

Anyway, I texted him the first picture of Connor making a silly face puckering his lips.

Dad texted me back with a picture of my Aunt, then a picture of both cousins trying to make the exact same face as Connor! It cracked me up! I miss my Arkansas fam so bad they are silly folks:)

AMAZON ORDER *FAIL*

See the cute owl key covers below?
Those are the key covers I ordered on Amazon last week……

And these beauties are the actual key covers I recieved in the mail!

They are called “DooKeys” “The right poo for you!”

WTH???

I immediately wrote an email to the seller explaining I didn’t order the “Doo” key covers and I had wanted the owl ones. He responded with an attached packing slip and said he was sorry and that they had trouble getting inventory for my item so they sent those instead??? Hello??? That’s nice of you to tell me after you ship the order….I am just going to keep the “Doo” covers because I don’t want to deal with shipping them back and nobody will really know what they are supposed to be right? Icing, whipped cream, a pile of something?

What’s Ya’lls worst Internet screw up? I’d love to hear the stories 😛

Flying High

March 1, 2011

I got to play with my new Nikon D7000 this past weekend and it was so much fun! I am in love with this camera. I said before that I will do some tutorials and things, but I’m not quite sure what to do them on yet. I’m so glad we got this camera before our trip to New York in a few weeks, I can’t wait to take some cool photos while visiting.

Here are some we took at the park in our neighborhood:

This has got to be one of my favorite shots so far

Timing is everything….sometimes I take about 50 photos and I’ll like maybe 3-4 out of all of them.

I just keep shooting and shooting and eventually you get that money shot!

Gulp!

Standing up in his squeaky shoes

Did I mention Connor took his first steps this past weekend???

We have a walker on our hands and it scares me to death! ha..ha..

I thought these trees were cool 🙂

More interested in his toy than giving Momma a kiss 😛

Sunshine

Connor you make the funniest expressions

Right now you love to stick out your tongue and play with your lips

It was really windy!

I was channeling my inner Titanic scene….

He loves his Daddy so much

I love taking pictures of my child. I need someone else’s kid to stalk and photograph 24/7

Connor is so cooperative bless his heart!

I love photography, but like I said I am no professional.

It’s just a passion of mine and thanks for letting me share that with you 🙂

Got my hair cut shorter today. I like it, I just wanted the bottom trimmed a bit. It was just so dead and getting to be a frizzaster!

I also ordered my first Birchbox and I will share how I like it when it comes in!

Weekend Wrap Up

February 28, 2011

I had a fabulous weekend! My friend Amber took me to a place called The Brownstone in Arlington and it was so cool! I could have stayed in there for HOURS I tell ya! It’s got lots of sellers that resemble Etsy and everything was so cute. I need to have a garage sale or something so I can go on a shopping spree 😛

Delicious cupcakes 🙂

Connor enjoying some Mexican rice too!

So many cute finds at The Brownstone in Arlington.

I hope that when my Mom and sister visit next time I can take them there.

Thank you Amber for introducing me to this place and now I shall forever be broke!!!

I really want to get this mustache pillow for my Bloggy Triplet Summer.

Do you have one yet Summer???

IN OTHER RANDOMS:

I love getting samples of new makeup and skin care. I recently heard about Birchbox.com and I really want to subscribe to it. For $10.00 a month you get a box full of makeup, skin, and hair care samples. You fill out a profile on their website and each month you get a new box full of deluxe samples! So fun! Do any of you already subscribe and like it???

I also learned my lesson about shipping packages recently. I had participated in a Valentine blog swap and I mailed my package off to my partner Diane with no tracking or insurance. FAIL. I have honestly never had a problem shipping things with the Post Office. Ever. When I realized she hadn’t received it I got so upset….I am just hoping the Post Office finds that because I had lots of goodies for her and I feel so bad she never got it!!! I could just scream!

I picked up a pair of gray slacks I just bought a couple weeks ago at the cleaners on Friday. This was the first time for me to use this particular dry cleaner. Well, they had originally lost my pants…so I called and they said they had them there. I picked them up and never thought twice about it until I tried to put them on today and they didn’t fit! They were a size 0 PETITE!!! Those are obviously NOT my pants yo! I swear…I am never going back there. And the worst part is those people barely speak English so how am I supposed to even begin to explain this fiasco?

Well, that’s about all for now….I had a lot of playing with my new camera so I shall show some pictures this week and I think I may do a few tutorials too! If you have a photography question just email me or something and I’ll do the best I can to explain…I am not a pro, but I do love to take pictures!

Family Time

February 25, 2011

Last weekend we went to the park to visit the duck pond. The weather was so nice, but when we made it to the park it was actually kind of chilly. I wanted to get a few more pics of Connor in his birthday shirt, but he just wasn’t in the mood dude! I got a new camera a few days ago and I’m SO excited about it! I am sure I will be playing with it all weekend. I am a little picture obsessed can you tell?

Every time I put him down he would FREAK.

I don’t what is going on lately but this separation anxiety thing is not fun!

The squirrel

This squirrel was extremely friendly….maybe a little too friendly. I mean it literally walked right up to us and I think it would have crawled up my leg if I hadn’t run away from it. WE.NO.HAVE.FOOD.

Weeeeeeee!!!!

Hope everyone has a fab weekend!

xoxo – Becky

Tic Tac Toe Socks Giveaway!

February 24, 2011

I am a sucker for cute socks. No matter what Connor is wearing I think socks make a difference. At this point he’s not quite walking yet so everyone can see his feet & he’s all over the place so he needs something on his little toesies! Tic Tac Toe socks has the cutest socks you’ve ever seen!

Aren’t those just ADORABLE!!!

Here’s Connor sporting his dinosaur socks. He looked so precious in them 🙂

You can definitely tell the quality of these socks are much better than the ones I’ve bought in the past. They are not only cute, but they are thick and comfy too!

Dude loves them!

Would you like to win some Dino socks???

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Dallas Aquarium

February 23, 2011

While my parents were in town we visited the Dallas aquarium on Sunday afternoon. It was a lot of fun looking at all the birds, fish, and sharks. Terence and I had never been, but had always wanted to go so this was a great time! The weather was perfect and it was actually quite warm this past weekend. We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and it was SOOOO good as always! Here are some pictures of our afternoon together. Miss you already Mom & Dad!