Broken Bones & the Beach!

23 July 2015





Our little Ava loves to live life on the edge. She typically has one speed and that's 100 mph! In six months time we spent a night in the ER getting gravel removed and chin stitches caused by a fall after running in a parking lot and most recently we spent time with an orthopedic pediatric specialist for our first broken limb (broken humerus to be exact). Both injuries happened to occur a week before planned vacations. So from now on I'll be crossing my fingers the week leading up to any planned trips. Although I shouldn't be surprised because her father is notorious for situations like this. Its not a normal week around here if he doesn't come home from the shop or barn and say to me "Hey you'll never believe what I did today.." I then proceed to look for what part of his body is duct taped. Oh yes, I said duct tape. 


                        


As for Ava I'm learning with time to embrace all of these wild and spirited characteristics and traits that she possesses. I know that one day they will all be of great value to her (if we can just make it through these adolescent years without any more casts or heart-attacks for mom!) I've also learned that she is an incredibly resilient child and doesn't let much keep her down or slow her down. She takes everything in stride and lives by the new motto of "go hard or go home."


After all of the excitement we still decided to go on our planned trip to the beach. Although it was difficult for her to fully enjoy herself and understand her limitations she did extremely well! 

We stayed at the Seashore Campground and Rv Park in one of their cozy two bedroom cottages! On the first day Ava really wanted to play in the sand so to distract her a bit we decided to visit Cape May's FREE zoo. That's right, FREE! It was beautiful and the animals looked well taken care of, we will definitely go back! 


       
                                

                            
 The next day we braved the sandy lake area at the resort and the pool. I was able to find a waterproof cast cover on sort notice and it did the trick, and we loaded up on vet wrap from the farm. Ava was able to splash and play all morning in the pool and dig in the sand with Pop Pop & Mimi! Charlotte experienced the pool for the first time and LOVED it. 



 On our last night we hit up our favorite restaurant, the Lobster House for yummy seafood and then strolled downtown to grab some orangeades, fresh fudge to take home and ice cream to celebrate National Ice Cream day! 

It was the perfect ending to a long weekend away.













 -Tiffany

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Charlotte turns ONE!

14 July 2015

Charlotte Faye Hess


A year ago I went in for my 40 week appointment and non stress test. I met with one of my favorite midwives and within a few seconds of talking to her about how I was feeling she looked right at me and said "Tiffany, just don't seem your normal self so I think we should check you in at triage because  I honestly believe this baby is coming today." Well, 5 hours later at 6:17 pm on July 9th, 2014 Charlotte Faye Hess took her first breath and made us a family of four! 


I was so nervous that I wouldn't have enough love for two children but our connection was instant. She is so sweet and has the BEST smile.
 She is always observing her surroundings and everyone in them. I can tell she is going to be my dreamer. 
She loves puppies and never misses a chance to snuggle {and poke} my parents English bulldog. 
She babbles constantly and giggles like a billy goat.
 She does the knee bob and puts her chubby hands in the air to any song that she can find a beat too {that's my girl!} 
She loves to splash with her sister in the tub, it's the only time they do not fight over toys {just the washcloths, seriously girls..it's just a washcloth} 
She has 1.5 teeth and is obsessed with yogurt, berries, pears, watermelon, broccoli, tuna noodle casserole & pumpkin teething biscuits. 

The days can be long at times but we are so blessed to have this tiny lady in our lives and I can't wait to see her continue to grow and thrive. 



We celebrated yesterday with lots of family, a few friends, love, iced coffee & donuts! 












Thank you to everyone who is special is our little Charlotte's life. 
We appreciated and love all of you.

- Tiffany
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Red, White, Blue & Zucchini!

06 July 2015

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend! 

 It was a pretty relaxing one for us this year.
Saturday we vegged out all morning and then we attended my cousin's going away party in the afternoon. He recently accepted a job offer in Oregon and we are so proud of him and and all of the opportunities that lie ahead in his career!


women's stripe sweatshirt - hunter boots (simluar here)

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 In other news...It's zucchini season!!!

Growing up I never understood the awesomeness of this vegetable, and I would always find it  so odd when my mom would make zucchini bread. Therefore I always refused it try it. Well, fast forward to 3 years ago when Aaron and I started our first garden. We ended up with  a very large bounty from our 10 zucchini plants. (He didn't realize how MUCH one plant would produce) That summer I found myself trying all different kinds of zucchini recipes just to use them and ended up giving away the rest!

During all of my zucchini recipe adventures I came across 'Lemon Zucchini Bread'. 
If you know anything about me you know that I LOVE lemon! Love, love, love it! ..lemon cake, lemon cremé puffs, lemon tarts, lemon crinkle cookies,, lemon ice cream, lemon flavored anything with the exception of lemon meringue pie because honestly who likes that?
So, here is my all time favorite bread recipe! 

*You can glaze it you prefer but I usually don't in a ditch effort to cut of those extra calories. I do that because the crust of this bread is so sweet and yummy that I could literally cut the tops off of all the loaves and just feast on that. 


Lemon Zucchini Bread 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 1⅓ cups sugar
  • 2 TB lemon juice
  • ½ cup buttermilk (I've used heavy cream once and whole milk twice and both work fine) 
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup grated zucchini 
Instructions:
  1. Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a medium bowl and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Then add oil and sugar until well blended. Add lemon juice, buttermilk, lemon zest to this mixture and blend all together.
  3. Fold in zucchini until it is mixed well.
  4. Add dry mixture to the wet mixture and blend all together until well combined.
  5. Pour batter into greased 9x5 loaf pan.
  6. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes.
  7. While still warm, eat a piece! Then save the rest ..if you can ;)
Adapted from Lil Luna's 

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To end our weekend we watched movies all Sunday morning, Con Air for the grown ups and Little Mermaid for the littles. 
Then in the evening we had the girl's godparents and their daughter over for a quiet dinner. 
I decided to use my new spiralizer to whip up some yellow and green zoodles!





 Cilantro & Lime Zoodles:
-Sauté 2 cups of zoodles in 1 tbsp EVOO, 1 tsp minced onion, 1 tsp garlic, juice from 1/2 lime, fresh 1-2 tbsp of cilantro, finely chopped & salt and pepper to taste. 
-Sauté 2 mins for a soft crunch (longer if you prefer a softer Zoodle)
-Enjoy!
Happy Independence Weekend!


-Tiffany 
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