makin whoopie

i don't always bake...

but when i do, it's because i'm really bored.

and since the month of love isn't over yet i thought i'd hurry and make these luxurious red velvet whoopie pies (before the mix expired, which wasn't anytime soon)

i think primary has improved my coloring inside the lines skills.

and bam, there they are.  the decadent sugar coma inducing whoopies.

these were the best of the bunch.

as i kept reusing that blueprint my pies were getting blobbier and blobbier.

so what do you do?

take pictures of the better looking ones and give them to your friends and eat the uglies.

simple. as. that.

in other news, 

i think everton's schedule is starting to shift.

he was such an excellent napper, taking 2 naps a day while sleeping all night.

BUT LATELY, when i put him down for a nap at his normal time he screams and screams.  he'll eventually scream himself to sleep, but only napping for about a half hour.

ughhhhh that's MY nap time too!

so today, not trusting him when he starts rubbing his eyes or giving me those sweet yawns, i let him tell me he's ready for a nap when he drops and gives me some Zs.

and that's what he did.

on my lap, with his booty in the air.

i took him to his crib and he slept for 2 hours.

and i got to take my nap too.

i guess it'll be 1 nap a day.

but thank freaking goodness he stills sleeps through the night.

in other OTHER news.

my bestest friend CHARLENE just got back yesterday from serving a mission in the philippines!!

AHHHHH i can't believe it's been 18 months.  i've missed her so much.  last time i saw her was right before she left for her mission and i had gotten pregnant soon after.

and when i was in the early stages of pregnancy and i was too nervous to tell anybody, she wrote me saying that she had a dream that i was pregnant!

she's such an amazing girl and i know that she has touched so many filipinos' lives.

i won't get to see her till this weekend so i'm freakin excited.  and i can't wait to hear her speak fluent tagalog.

she'll be more fluent than me that's for sure.

and everton gets to meet his auntie!

welcome home girl!

♥

p.s. my fabulous sister, kyla, will be coming to visit this weekend also.

lots of things to look forward to this weekend.