Whenever anything funny happens to us now, it’s always a race to see whether Michael or I will blog about it first! (Check out his great account of our day at www.francophilosophy.blogspot.com).
The Franco family had quite a nice Saturday, despite the chilly, rainy weather. Among other activities, we made lengthy appearances at two parties!
I have a 7am wakeup call every morning now, which is nice because it’s consistent, but not-so-nice because it’s consistent even on weekends! 🙂 Last night, Michael and I stayed over at a friend’s house way too late playing Settlers of Catan. This morning, however, I still had to wake up to feed the prompt 7am alarm that is my child.
The good news? I fed Gabriel, bathed him, and cooked Michael his favorite egg, sausage and cheese casserole cups for breakfast (soooo yummy, see recipe below! And yes, I do feel like a Saturday morning Superstar Mom :). Then, I put him down for his morning nap and went right back to bed with Michael!
Everyone and their mother (pun intended) tells new moms to “sleep when the baby sleeps.” For one of the first times in our life as parents, we actually did that. Gabriel kindly woke us up when our lovely hour-and-a-half morning nap was over. 🙂
Gabriel (and his parents) attended his first children’s birthday party, for our two-year-old little friend Blair Ramby (check out his mom’s blog). Blair had a fantastic party, complete with a kids’ obstacle course/play land in the garage, an airplane cake, a huge train set, chicken nuggets shaped like Mickey Mouse, juice boxes, and plenty of ketchup. I’m sure Gabriel had a great time when he wasn’t sleeping, eating, fussing or flirting with all of the cute young moms who were there.
Tonight, we went to a St. Patrick’s Day-themed party at the house of one of Michael’s old coworkers. There was a best/worst-dressed competition, so Michael and I borrowed a pea pod costume from the Perrymans for Gabriel.
Oh. My. Gosh. He was just too cute for words…so here are some pictures.
Click on this picture to have it open up in a larger size. Gabriel’s face is really funny! Kind of a “Where am I and what am I wearing?!” face…
Gabriel ended up winning second place in the costume contest. He would have won first place, but only 49% of the people at the party had the chance to hold him before the ballots were cast :).
On the way home from the St. Patrick’s Day party, I got pulled over for speeding! Apparently, I was going 48 in a 40. I have no idea because I wasn’t paying attention. I probably deserved the ticket, except he let me off the hook with a verbal warning! Maybe it was my completely surprised, tragically resigned and humbled face. Or the baby he was waking up with his police car lights blinking through the back window…In any case, I know he was doing us a favor with his “verbal warning,” and I appreciated it. 🙂
We often joke about Michael growing up in New Orleans, and how he’s much more worldly and hardcore then I am with my sheltered (?) Baton Rouge upbringing. The funny thing about getting pulled over with Michael in the car (and no, this isn’t the first time) is that he immediately gets his pokerface on. He stares straight ahead and stops making eye contact with anyone. He gets very quiet, his voice gets lower, and doesn’t make any sudden movements.
I know I’m making my husband sound like a criminal, but it’s just one of those things about him. That I love. Because my street smart, city-bred husband is calm in tense situations when I’m freaking out asking all kinds of questions like, “Should we not go on vacation this year and start using cloth diapers so we can pay what’s probably most likely definitely going to be this huge expensive ticket!?!?!?”
Overall, I am pretty humbled to have been pulled over for speeding with a baby in the backseat. What kind of mother am I anyway?!
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Sausage, Egg and Cheese Casserole Cups
(Recipe from Mrs. Lauren Orillion Romero)
1 can Reduced Fat Grand’s Golden Wheat Biscuits, each circle of dough cut into thirds
1 lb turkey breakfast sausage (1 roll)
8 eggs, scrambled with a fork
8oz (1 bag) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 lb turkey breakfast sausage (1 roll)
8 eggs, scrambled with a fork
8oz (1 bag) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Brown the sausage.
- Add scrambled egg and cheese. Don’t cook the eggs entirely–leave them a little bit liquid-ey.
- Cut the biscuit dough circles into thirds and spread each third into a muffin cup.
- Spoon the egg/cheese/sausage mixture into each muffin cup. Usually, I get about 18-20 generously-filled muffin cups out of this recipe.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.
These freeze great in Ziploc bags. Just heat up in the microwave for about 1 minute. Hungry men will eat three or four. I usually eat two or three for breakfast.
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