Baby food and Birthdays

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Who knew baby food came in a pouch?! I think every baby should come with a parent guidebook, and the table of content definitely needs to include:

Colored Poops

Things Baby's Fall Off Of 

Teething

How to navigate carseats

Food in a Pouch! (Josh you will LOVE these nifty little packages!)

And the top rated brand is ::drumroll:: Ellas Sweet potato, Pumpkin, apples, and blueberry! Kid tested Mommy approved! I taste everything Joshua eats beforehand to ensure product quality and numminess, and I give each of these two thumbs up on flavor! The only downside for me is the added fiber because any of you who know me, know my baby doesn't need any help in the poop department. He has poops of a higher caliber; colored poop, big poops, spring loaded poops, poop bombs (THE WORST) lol Still I will just avoid the mango fruit pouch in future! The rest can come with me on any roadtrip! 

~SpRiNg FaVe'S~

A little bunny left me a chocolate egg!!

To Josh, with love :(

Perfectly Pink shades that always inspire a laugh from Joshua! 

 And of course SHAPE magazine for the workouts recipes, and interesting health articles! If you're not a subscriber become one! Or at least check it out online! Of course I only read the magazine, I really need to live that kind of lifestyle too! Don't worry it's in the works! The gruesome threesome (Jackie, myself, and Ryan!) are gonna start making our spring goals, and then spring into action! 
Last but not least, in fact it is my ULTIMATE favorite, Spring forward is dead in Tennessee, the time change is no more, and my internal clock is back to normal! Hehe

Now on to todays post! A special BiRtHdAy shout out to a special GiGi! "Here Here!" to the years that have been very kind to you! And "Many cheers!" in celebration of the wonderful woman you are! <3 I hope this one is filled with your friends and family wishing you well! Joshua and I send our love and big hugs!! 

Yesterday Jackie enlisted me to help her out at home, while she manned the bands butter braid fundraiser at Ryanns' school! I felt like a fellow member of the mom club...on try outs lol PRESSURE! I had to perform a family hat trick by 7:00, and the stakes were high! Jackie was entrusting me with Grocery shopping, dinner, AND her children (the most dangerous part of all!) Let's go to an instant replay!  We decided to get dinner fixin's before we picked James up from school, so Ryann and I scoured the grocery store for a Chiulli delicacy; roasted chicken, greasy potatoes, corn bread, and mixed veggie-tah-blays! Mmmmm simple, but gooood! And maaan was it! Ryann Carried Joshua while I shopped, and by check out she had suddenly and without warning, morphed, from helpful aunt into teen mom! It was scary, every onlooker was buzzing! Some people!! I left James at school for a Key lime pie! We thought we were making good time, but pie can be a powerful fo; A cool key lime pie with those pillows of lighter than air whipped cream lining the crust; tempted aren't you!? What an acceptable way to spend daily minutes! (James didn't think so hehehe) Jackie is picking him up today ::blush:: He was a good sport about it though! :).My mommy skills with more than one kid are questionable at best. Thank Goodness for my main man Joshua! You are enough...for now...*wink*

One thing I love about the Gardners is everyone pitches in! So dinner was a snap! And we all learned something: Justin found out that it is faster to peel a potato with a peeler not your fingers! That brought a round of laughter out for sure!  I wish I had gotten a picture when all was done, not to toot my own horn or anything, but the meal was Beautiful! Being able to give something from my heart to mom and dad after they've been so generous was stupendous! So Jackie and I are going to be trading recipes, and cooking together from now on! I'm glad for it because she makes a baked ravioli that is TO DIE! MmMm 

I feel closer to Jackie every day! We have been a team since the move! lol you've heard of Band of Brothers, well we've been Band of Mothers! She is an amazing allie in this deployment scenario! Being soo close to one mom is tugging on my heart strings for one Helen Chiullli!! Your recipe was amazing mommy, i'll need to come see you soon! Mohawkess (Joshua) misses you too!! 

Soo much more needs to be covered time for a back to back! 

BIG XOXO