For Wyatt

On January 25th, a woman I know through one of my Moms of Multiples groups lost one of her twins, Wyatt, at 5 months old due to complications with his heart. As part of a larger effort to support the Gard family through fundraising, another twin mom in our group, Amy, is selling headbands and donating 20% of the proceeds to the Gard family. So, if you are in need of a headband for your little girl, please, head on over!


Click here for her ETSY shop- JAGDESIGNS27

Click here for Wyatt's caringbridge site


No code is needed. Please look around and think of the little girls in your life, we are so blessed!

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. 

XO

I know it sounds strange, but trust me

I haven't shared any recipes for quite a while so I wanted to share my very favorite, but very strange, favorite sandwich. I am a pescetarian (vegetarian that occasionally eats fish and shell fish) so this isn't your typical sandwich. What happens when a baguette, Boursin garlic-herb cheese, hard boiled eggs, balsamic vinegar and some optional veggies all get together? Let me show you :)

Egg and Garlic Cheese Baguette

Ingredients

• 1 baguette
• 4 ounces soft garlic and herb cheese (recommended: Boursin)
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, thinly sliced, recipe follows
• 4 tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 1 to 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, for drizzling
• 1 green onion, green part only, finely chopped

Directions

Preheat the broiler on high. Make 4 sandwiches, but cutting the baguette in half lengthwise, and into 4 crosswise. Spread cheese on both sides of the bread. On 1 side of each sandwich arrange the egg slices. On the other side, spread out the tomato slices. Put on a baking sheet and broil until the edges begin to turn golden, about 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle each sandwich with a few drops of balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with green onions. Arrange on serving plates and serve.

Recipe coutresy Melissa d'Arabian

I make slight adjustments such as not always using tomatoes or green onions, depending on what I have on hand. I also use more than a few drops of fantastic aged balsamic that I have saved just for this recipe, a nice drizzle works perfectly for me.

The texture and flavor is amazing. The acid of the balsamic cuts through the creamy Boursin and eggs and the crunch of the bread... yum!  My meat eating husband love this too, we pair it with soup and enjoy!

2 year well baby visit stats

The girls had their 2 year well baby check up yesterday with Dr. Coggins. Our very feisty girls gave the doctor a cardio and strength training workout, just to get through the examinations. We have been battling colds here since the weekend by yesterday, Caitlin was acting normal but Fiona had been very sleepy, moody and coughing a lot. To our surprise Fiona checked out perfectly fine and Caitlin ended up having an ear infection. She is on antibiotics and dong fine, Fiona also seems to be feeling better today.


The girls are continuing to grow and develop right on schedule and are also ahead cognitively and with their motor skills. They are still my petite ladies but are consistently growing on their own growth charts.


Fiona-
Ht- 33 1/4" (31st percentile)
Wt- 22lb 5oz (4th percentile)
Hear cir- 48.5cm (75th percentile)


Caitlin-
Ht- 33 1/4" (31st percentile)
Wt- 24lb 11oz (22nd percentile)
Head cir- 48.7cm (78th percentile)


Since we had sick babies, I wasn't able to attend the viewing for our beloved Coach Paterno. I was able to stop by the makeshift shrine at his statue after the girls appointment. I lit a candle and left it with our tailgating sign that was left in his honor.

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Fun in the snow with heavy hearts

The girls had their first experience playing in the snow and sledding this weekend.  It was a very short outing and we didn't go further than 30 yards from our front door, but we had fun.

Sunday morning our sweet and beloved Coach Joe Paterno passed away. It's such a sad time here in Happy Valley. I love you JoePa and many tears have been shed over your passing. I love how State College has come together to mourn and remember this remarkable man.

Lazy Thursday

We had a rare weekday morning with Ryan this morning. He is leaving at lunch for a work trip so it was great to get some quality time together this morning.

To keep myself occupied tonight I plan to make French Onion soup and watch Project Runway with a glass of wine. Hopefully the soup is a success and I'll share the recipe tomorrow.

I love this picture of Fiona.

Stomach virus and PSU sports weekend

After having one of the best weekends in recent memory for the girls birthday, we all became victims to the nasty stomach virus that is going around. Tuesday morning it hit Fiona, Wednesday it started for Caitlin and Thursday night it was my turn. Ryan was the lucky one out of our family, he didn't get the 'full blown' version that the rest of us did. It was the first time the girls were ever sick with a stomach/intestinal illness so I guess it was a right of passage of sorts. We survived although it was another week I realized that having a child is tough but having twins is super tough. 


Luckily we all started feeling better and were all able to make it to the Penn State Icers hockey game that my parents bought tickets for our entire family as a Christmas present. We had almost a whole row right on the glass and the girls had a really good time. 

Caitlin was a natural, pounding on the glass like a true hockey fan.

We had a lazy Saturday and then Sunday Ryan and I had a nice 'date afternoon'. My parents watched the girls and Ryan and I went to lunch, I got a new cell phone (I'm now and iPhone gal) and went to the PSU basketball game.