Sept. 28 - Chasing the Cat

Sept. 27 - Best Burger Ever

Last week, I accidentally made the best burger I have ever eaten in my life....seriously.  And I live in a city with a burger joint featured on famous Food Network shows; its burgers are good, but not this good.  Of course, I had to try and reenact that wonderful accident A.S.A.P.  Tonight was the night, and Oliver and I agreed it was a success!  So, without further ado, here is the recipe for the best burger ever:
(I'm estimating here...never actually measured anything)
1 lb. ground beef
1 egg
about 1/2 c. Italian bread crumbs
about 1 T. Worcestershire sauce
about 1/4-1/2 c. mustard based BBQ sauce (the gold colored kind)
2 t. minced garlic
some seasoned salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning
half of a small tub of feta cheese
Mix everything but the meat and feta in a bowl.  Put in the meat and mix well with hands.  Add in the feta.  Makes 4 patties.  I suppose you can grill these, but they don't hold together very well.  What I do is cook them in a non-stick skillet on the stove.  Annnnd voila!  Enjoy.

Sept. 26 - Profile

Sept. 25 - Jesus Clouds

This was God's sky tonight, after a day of strange downpours and an evening of odd light.  I stepped outside after putting Griffin to bed because I noticed that the outdoors were glowing heavily with yellowish-pink.  I had never seen anything like it, so I grabbed my camera, thinking to myself, "How do I capture this glow?"  And then, I stepped outside and saw it...  The sky was absolutely striking, and it made me think of Christ coming back, for some reason.  I suppose it just seems (in my finite mind) like the kind of breathtaking, dramatic clouds I imagine he will ride in on, the kind of clouds that would be appropriate for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, the kind of clouds that bring one to a halt and demand a sort of awe and respect, the kind of clouds that could bear the One to whom "every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess the Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."  (Philippians 2:10-11)

Sept. 24 - Race Car PJs

Forgive the horrible photo quality.  These were just taken with my point-and-shoot, and there is something wrong with the flash.  Anyway, I had to capture the moment tonight.  Griffin has been peeing or pooping (or both...) out of his diaper every single night for weeks now.  We've found the most absorbent diaper to be Target's Up & Up brand, but not even a size 6 can contain this heavy wetting boy's nighttime.  In an effort to save money lately, I've switched him back to cloth diapers during the day.  So, tonight, I tried a new contraption on him that involved 2 cotton prefold diapers, 1 Fuzzibunz insert, and 1 BumGenius insert all under an XL diaper cover.  And it.was.enormous...so enormous that Griffin could barely walk in it!  Over all of that, I put on his new Gymboree race car pajamas, which I recently found at a thrift store.  Can you believe they are 5T?!  My boy is a monster-a cute, cuddly monster that I just absolutely adore.  I'm happy to say that this diaper contraption did, in fact, work.  Unfortunately, I have to use so many diapers that I don't know if it's feasible for me to do this every night without having to wash diapers wayyy too often.

Sept. 23 - Park with Gigi

Griffin has started saying "Gigi!"  The only problem is that I'm pretty sure he is calling both Oliver's mom and Oliver's dad "Gigi."  This might get confusing :)

Sept. 22 - Toy Story Fanatic

This shot is from the day of Sully's birthday party, which also happened to be a day that Oliver's parents were able to come visit for the afternoon!  The Woody hat and Toy Story book were both party favors from the birthday boy...How great is that?!  Of course, this book is officially his favorite, and he wears his hat around the house constantly.  It's adorable.