Bakin' Friends!!

So, I'm posting my first ever Bakin' Friends post! It is basically a pen pal set-up group through the blog Steph's Bite by Bite that allows strangers to trust other strangers to bake yummy treats for each other. Fun, huh?

This month's "secret ingredient" was pretzels. I made my pal some deLISH Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies (with pretzels on top). It was a recipe I adapted from the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie. The real secret to making the best cookies is to refrigerate them for a good 2 hours. so the dough is super chilled. (i just learned this) So here is the yummy goodness that I created for Zainab (my Bakin' buddy). Her blog is here. She's awesome. and a GREAT BAKER!! I hope I can get as interesting and creative and artsy as she is with her recipes. PLUS, she is a neuroscience phd student and knows about the good ol' Read Montague! Small small world eh?

My baking buddy sent me some Chocolate Covered Pretzel Peanut Butter Bites. She used the recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction. Here is a pic of the little treats. Thanks, Desiree!

The lovely recipe can be found here.

Such is my life. Sweets, sweets, and more sweets. If you want to learn more about Bakin' Friends, you can read more here!
And just because I am obsessed with sweets AND my kiddos, here's a pic of the nugs. =)

Happy Weekend!

Enjoying my blessings

Life isn't so bad looking at these faces all day...

"ting, ah-siiiide?"= "swing, outside?"

Baby Nate is cooing and singing and smiling these days. Every stage is still so amazing to me. 

Thank you, Jesus for the miracle of life and child-rearing. I think I can better understand how you see us now that I'm a mama. One minute Georgia's throwing a fit on the floor and the next she is running into mama's arms for hugs and kisses. You will always be here to give us hugs and kisses even after our tantrums. What grace.