For the Love of Spaghetti

I must say that once you make your own spaghetti sauce, you will vow to never buy store bought sauce again. I made homemade spaghetti sauce on Tuesday. I had it simmering in the crock pot all day long. Marc is usually not super fond of spaghetti but after he tasted the spaghetti that night he said that it was the best spaghetti that he has ever had in his life. He returned to the kitchen to get more and more. I thought that it tasted wonderful myself. That is when I said that I don't think that I ever want to buy spaghetti sauce again. It did take a long time to make...well, at least to simmer in the crock pot...but I am not going to let that stop me. It was worth it. I can't wait to make something else yummy now.

Grace's New Bed

I can't believe it! Grace Marie is growing up so fast. She has a new bed now and she isn't even 2 yet! That's right, she has a new bed! Well, even though I planned on keeping Grace in her crib until she showed signs of climbing out of it, she began sticking her legs out through the railing. She would manage to stick them so far out that they would be hanging out past her knees. Of course, they would get stuck in the railing at that point. Every time she woke up and realized that she couldn't get them undone, she would scream. We even had to get the butter out to help get her legs free from the railing. Because I was worried about this issue and I didn't want her to continue to possibly hurt herself, I started looking at toddler beds. I know that when Marc and I were little, we probably slept on twin/full beds, and just fell out of bed until we got used to it. But since they have a wide selection of toddler beds now, I started looking at those. I wanted to find one that was very close to the ground, and one that did not have side railing with holes, like her crib had. We ended up deciding to get a nice wooden white toddler bed. We thought that white would work for a boy too, when she grows out of it. I found her a princess sheet set to complete her new bed. It was delivered to us this past weekend and Marc put it together for her on Saturday. I proceeded in decorating her room more making it extra special for her. We were so worried Saturday night about her sleeping in it, mainly because she could get up and roam around the room, possibly tripping over toys and who knows what. We put a night light in her room, and had the monitor in there, and shut the door after saying our evening prayers with her. She waved and said, "Night...Night." There was a brief moment of silence first, and then we heard her cry for a short period of time. At that point, I cried and said that I didn't know if I could do this, but we decided to wait a little longer to see how she would do. I was thinking that my baby girl is only 20 months and is in a new bed. For as long as Grace could remember she has been in her crib, and now this. She was probably scared and confused. Then, things got quiet. We didn't hear toys going off, just silent breathing. She must have went to sleep. We darted up in the morning and I had the camcorder in my hand. As we opened up the door, she was laying on the bed, and she waves, and goes, "Hi!" in the cutest voice ever. She went to sleep in her bed. We were so happy for her. We can't believe that she is growing up so fast. We love her so much and are proud of her, but we don't want her to grow up too fast before we get to savor those precious moments. She loves her new room and we are so happy for her!




Just moments before waking up after her last night in her crib.



Her new bed discovery.




A little test jump.




Getting a second opinion with her toys on board.




Taking a nap on her new bed the day after her first night's sleep in it.

Grace is 20 Months!

It is hard to believe that our sweet baby girl is already 20 months now. She officially turned 20 months old on August 30th. We have cherished all of the moments with her. I hope that she knows how much she is loved. We love you Scoogs!






Thank You God for the gift of this child to raise, this life to share, this mind to help mold, this body to nurture, and this spirit to enrich.