Lemon-Poppyseed Truffle Frosted Cake

Delicious.

 

 

  

  

 

Next time it's Raspberry-Vanilla. Yum.

It's a Good Day

Rolling on Down South

 

Tomorrow I get to buy the plane ticket that will fly me and the littlest Hiscock down to New Mexico. I'm pretty sure that it's been over a year since I've gotten to visit my family at their place in the tarantula flatlands, but the time has finally rolled around again! It's going to be a pretty short visit, since I don't want Jared to shrivel up and disappear from lack of baby kisses and smiles. We're just going for a short fast here, not an all out starvation kick. My family is over the moon about the trip. They haven't seen Ryann in person since she was about 3 weeks old, so they're looking forward to playing with her.

Ryann's newest development is working on rolling over and stuffing everything in her mouth. She has actually rolled over twice, but both times were on a slight downhill, so we're not counting those as actual firsts. As for the stuffing of the mouth, she has progressed from simply stuffing her fist which is holding the item to actually being able to stuff the item in her mouth. Luckily she can't quite grab things yet, she still relies on us putting things into her little fist for her. The dustbunnies are safe for a bit longer.

This last week I've been OD-ing on lovely, beautiful 'nutrients' (that was to be said with a ridiculous rolling of the 'r', a la Nacho Libre) thanks to my new favorite, roasted beets, yams, and onions. Ah! The delectability! Ah! The scrumtiocity! Ah! It's grrrrrrrrrrrreat! And quite good for us too.

Time, or a Lack Thereof

Time is a valuable commodity in our little house these days. There's so much to squeeze into each day. While before we didn't have to choose between things we wanted to do, as long as we were okay with being busy because of it, we no longer have that luxury. There's simply too much to fit into the day. We still love to have friends over to eat and play games, and we still love to tool around downtown. Sleeping in is still a favorite past-time, and reading is a pleasure we still try to fulfill. However, with all of Jared's classes, my gym time, working at three separate jobs, and taking care of Ryann, we can longer just shove everything into the day. Something has to go. But somehow missing out on shopping now and then and watching fewer TV shows and baking not quite so often doesn't seem so bad when looking at this. After all, our time is just to precious to try to squeeze it all in.

Apologies and Giggles

Apologies to all for the lack of updates on here. I've been terribly remiss about posting. Partially because of my nifty new phone that lets me upload pictures straight onto Facebook. Oh, the wonder! However, that has definitely lessened the need to get on the computer and keep things up.

Ryann is growing like a weed and it's hard to imagine life before she arrived. Though she was born a petite little girl, she's now just below 11lbs! I suppose that's not actually that huge for an almost-three-month-old, but it seems huge to us. She's finally outgrowing her newborn clothes and fitting into the 0-3 month size. Yay for cute new clothes!

Though Ryann conquered the social smile, as opposed to the gassy smile, at about 3 weeks, we have recently been inundated with a mindboggling amount of giggles and grins. Ryann has always been a content baby, but she's now also incredibly jolly. Her newest development has been the hilarity of blowing raspberries.

Two Weeks into the Wide Blue Yonder

Introducing Ryann Serena Hiscock!

Birthday Bash

Since Jared and I both have birthdays early in October, we decided that we would combine our birthday celebrations as well as our last big date night out before Ryann joins our little family. We talked about what we wanted to do and finally settled on going out for dinner at Creektown Cafe, followed by the opening concert at the symphony, finished up by dessert out at Saffron. We also decided that we would take this spit up free, poopiless opportunity to get dressed to the nines. I wore my latest recital dress while Jared wore his tux jacket with jeans and a sweater, under approval of the JCrew consultant.

The dinner was delicious, the concert was surprisingly good (considering most of the music programmed), and dessert was a blast. Yay for good food, good times, and most of all, good friends!