Juliet and New Bow
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Sorry for the Delay!
Hello all!
Life is good. Juliet has definitely been a life changing experience, and I would not change it for the world. She is an amazing daughter, and I am also blessed with an amazing wife, Jenny. She has been so wonderful taking great care of our new baby. Juliet is now about 2 1/2 months and she changes almost daily.
I have posted a slide show of some of the pics of Juliet at and leaving the hospital, as well as the first few days at home. I know these are old news, but I am working on getting some more recent pics uploaded...it takes a while to upload 1500 pictures!
Jenny and I are getting the hang of things, I think Juliet has gotten us pretty well trained! She has been sleeping in her crib since she was 2 weeks old, and for the past month or so, she sleeps through the night. When I say through the night, I mean she goes to bed @ 9-10pm and sleeps until 7-8am! Jenny and I have been enjoying our sleep and are very thankful to the inventor of the swaddle. Juliet gets a double swaddle. We have the swaddler w/ the velcro that keeps her in a bundle, then we swaddle her with a linen blanket on top of that. If we don't use the blanket, Juliet a.k.a Houdini will work her way out of the velcro swaddle.
So, nights are more quiet now, and we are all getting some much-needed rest. Things are settling down, and we are also starting to get back into the fun of cooking! Last night we made a Manhattan Clam Chowder, and we also finally tried out the ice cream attachment for our kitchenaid.
The ice cream attachment is pretty awesome, and I have to thank Melonie for the inspiration. On our recent trip to Gainesville (which was Juliet's first trip out of the Tampa Area, and was great, and probably deserves its own posting) Melonie had made some espresso ice cream. We had had some of her ice cream creations before, including her Spicy Cinnamon Ice Cream, but this was different. First off, coffee ice cream is my favorite flavor EVER, and Jenny's as well. This espresso ice cream was like coffee ice cream on steroids, and it was so rich and creamy and delicious. Secondly, I was able to witness the master ice cream maker in action, and watched Melonie make the ice cream from scratch. It motivated me to try out our ice cream maker, which we have had for two or three years now (just sitting on the shelf).
Anyway, I ended up making a Berry Frozen Yogurt, which turned out quite good. I will admit, I did use store-bought non-fat yogurt as a base, but it did turn out very good. Only complaint I would have is that the blackberry seeds were a bit annoying while consuming the frozen yogurt, otherwise, it was great.
I have to wrap this up, so , things are great here, Juliet is happy, healthy, and changing everyday, it is amazing. I will work on getting some more pics uploaded, not sure if I will add them to the same slide show or just have a few slide shows, so check back for updates!
Jenny, Juliet, and I love you all, and thank all of you for your help and support.
Life is good. Juliet has definitely been a life changing experience, and I would not change it for the world. She is an amazing daughter, and I am also blessed with an amazing wife, Jenny. She has been so wonderful taking great care of our new baby. Juliet is now about 2 1/2 months and she changes almost daily.
I have posted a slide show of some of the pics of Juliet at and leaving the hospital, as well as the first few days at home. I know these are old news, but I am working on getting some more recent pics uploaded...it takes a while to upload 1500 pictures!
Jenny and I are getting the hang of things, I think Juliet has gotten us pretty well trained! She has been sleeping in her crib since she was 2 weeks old, and for the past month or so, she sleeps through the night. When I say through the night, I mean she goes to bed @ 9-10pm and sleeps until 7-8am! Jenny and I have been enjoying our sleep and are very thankful to the inventor of the swaddle. Juliet gets a double swaddle. We have the swaddler w/ the velcro that keeps her in a bundle, then we swaddle her with a linen blanket on top of that. If we don't use the blanket, Juliet a.k.a Houdini will work her way out of the velcro swaddle.
So, nights are more quiet now, and we are all getting some much-needed rest. Things are settling down, and we are also starting to get back into the fun of cooking! Last night we made a Manhattan Clam Chowder, and we also finally tried out the ice cream attachment for our kitchenaid.
The ice cream attachment is pretty awesome, and I have to thank Melonie for the inspiration. On our recent trip to Gainesville (which was Juliet's first trip out of the Tampa Area, and was great, and probably deserves its own posting) Melonie had made some espresso ice cream. We had had some of her ice cream creations before, including her Spicy Cinnamon Ice Cream, but this was different. First off, coffee ice cream is my favorite flavor EVER, and Jenny's as well. This espresso ice cream was like coffee ice cream on steroids, and it was so rich and creamy and delicious. Secondly, I was able to witness the master ice cream maker in action, and watched Melonie make the ice cream from scratch. It motivated me to try out our ice cream maker, which we have had for two or three years now (just sitting on the shelf).
Anyway, I ended up making a Berry Frozen Yogurt, which turned out quite good. I will admit, I did use store-bought non-fat yogurt as a base, but it did turn out very good. Only complaint I would have is that the blackberry seeds were a bit annoying while consuming the frozen yogurt, otherwise, it was great.
I have to wrap this up, so , things are great here, Juliet is happy, healthy, and changing everyday, it is amazing. I will work on getting some more pics uploaded, not sure if I will add them to the same slide show or just have a few slide shows, so check back for updates!
Jenny, Juliet, and I love you all, and thank all of you for your help and support.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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