tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28180695950529818522024-03-15T14:44:25.372-04:00The Cooking ActressThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comBlogger1249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-85476258437834318122021-10-06T21:42:00.000-04:002021-10-06T21:42:07.168-04:00Rose-18 MonthsOf course this is late (in fact, this started as a 15 month update then time became what it was). Turns out-having 2 toddlers (and in a pandemic!) is hard! But here is an update on our sweet Rosie Pose. She's growing up so fast!Date: 18 months on August 20, 2021Height: 31.3 inches, as of August 26 doctor's appointment. Weight: 24 lbs. 1.5 oz. (as of most recent appointment)SleepingThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-10280369716776892282021-04-30T16:22:00.002-04:002021-04-30T16:22:48.086-04:00Email List Change Hi everyone,Long time, no post-I know! It's hectic here in toddler-land, I'm so sorry. But I have an update for all of you who subscribe via email. Feedburner (the old email list provider) is going away so I've switched all of you to follow.it (and if you haven't signed up but would like to receive emails whenever I do manage to write a new post you can do so here!) Nothing should change-weThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-66985381862339883762021-03-18T23:04:00.016-04:002021-06-15T21:23:25.097-04:00Rose-12 months!This update took me forever to write because 1-there's so much and 2-I've been insanely busy. So a lot of things have changed since the beginning of me writing this but I'm going to try to keep it as true to where she was when she was just turning 12 months, ok? Ok! (Also-MY BABY IS 1 *sob*)Date: February 20, 2021Height: 28 inches (this is approximate, we measured her ourselves when the The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-34719259734677551602021-02-24T16:19:00.012-05:002021-06-18T15:27:45.262-04:00Salted Caramel Apple Hand PiesTurns out much/most of my life involves trying to fulfill the whims of my offspring. It is made even more urgent when Michael joins in. James said he wanted apple pies. Someone suggested salted caramel (me? Michael? Who is to say.) Hand pies/pastries were suggested. Then James proceeded to bring it up forever until I finally made it happen. And that is the tale of how I was peer pressured into The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-5916178940332834542021-02-08T22:13:00.003-05:002021-04-30T15:36:13.478-04:00Outdoor Family Session/Rose's 8 Month PhotosI realize this is extremely old but it is what it is lol. Back in October we had our friend Amanda Ellis Photography do a distanced shoot outside for Rose's belated sitter session/family photos. They turned out pretty awesome and even though it was a bit nerve wracking to be out with the kids in the pandemic I'm so glad we have these photos!<!--more--><!--more--><!--more-->The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-87204554946875246592021-01-28T22:22:00.003-05:002021-06-15T21:23:31.042-04:00Rose-11 Months!Date: January 20, 2021Sleeping Pattern: We've settled into a really nice routine. She has 2 naps that are each about an hour (10-11am and 2-3pm) and bedtime starts at 7pm (usually asleep around 7:30) and then she wakes up around 7:30am. It's been pretty steady and nice. She sometimes takes a little bit to fall asleep, sometimes not, but she's able to handle it all herself. Big girl! TheThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-65340470179502756022021-01-03T23:53:00.001-05:002021-01-03T23:53:08.473-05:00Rose-10 Months!Date: December 20, 2020Height: 27.56 inches (as of doc's appointment on the 14th)Weight: 19 lbs 1 oz. (as of the 14th)Sleeping Pattern: Things are good now but eeep this was a rough month. I think there was a leap/regression and Rose started fighting falling asleep. She also started sitting and standing in her crib. She'd seem sleepy and assume her sleepy time pose but then as soonThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-71215163254448010362020-12-01T22:39:00.001-05:002020-12-01T22:39:52.219-05:00Rose-9 Months!Date: November 20, 2020Sleeping Pattern: Things are pretty steady in the sleep department. Rose doesn't have super long naps during the day (they're usually around an hour-if I'm lucky they're longer, if I'm less lucky they're shorter) but she sleeps for a long while at night (like 12.5 hours on average) and she's a generally happy lady so no complaints! (I knew this would happen-she went The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-8129837211879687042020-11-27T16:14:00.000-05:002020-11-27T16:14:13.424-05:00Foodie Holiday Gift GuideIt's a very COVID Christmas!Too soon? Sorry. And yet-I think we can all agree that we pretty much could all use some extra cheer this year. And my food loving heart thinks that the best gift is a tasty one. So I've rounded up some of my favorite food gifts that you can order online and send to your loved ones. I can attest (through personal experience) that all of these companies make delicious The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-75871167363980255482020-10-22T23:47:00.002-04:002020-10-22T23:47:38.931-04:00Rose-8 Months!Date: October 20, 2020Sleeping Pattern: Naps haven't been amazing lately (I aim for 1.5 hours but frequently they're like an hour or less), I'm assuming partly due to teething. But it's not a big deal, we just do early bedtimes when they're too short. Rose's first nap is usually like 2 hours and like 15-20 minutes after she wakes up in the morning and then her second nap is about The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-68679251084273098372020-09-27T23:22:00.000-04:002020-09-27T23:22:29.176-04:00Rose-7 Months!Date: September 20, 2020Sleeping Pattern: We switched to a 2 nap schedule this past month with Rosie sleeping for ideally about 1.5 hours for each nap (but more often than not one of the naps, usually the 2nd, falls a bit short and then we have to do an early bedtime). Once we got the schedule and wake times all sorted out she still went down easy and then at night has taken to sleeping The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-15098582448775525072020-09-13T21:16:00.005-04:002020-09-13T21:16:52.961-04:00Something Saturdays on a Sunday (9/13/20)Oh helllooo! So, ya know, it's always a million things going on around here. As always. One thing that has been sort of exciting but is also definitely a lot is Michael and I are now, like, on the board of a brand new non-profit created by my cousin and some other people. It's called RACE (Real Action Community Engagement) and it's "a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a better The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-26071927359253322452020-09-07T15:48:00.003-04:002020-09-27T23:23:20.020-04:00Chocolate Peanut Butter TartLet's go back in time. Let's go back to a very very long time ago when I first discovered food blogs were a thing thanks to a Facebook ad for Annie's Eats (now called Everyday Annie). I started hoarding recipes to try one day. As I added more blogs to read, that list grew. Even more so when I started blogging myself. Then, in 2012 (picture this: I was still in NY, not yet engaged, Obama was in The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-15742074947248538372020-09-04T20:48:00.004-04:002020-09-04T20:48:38.853-04:00Rose-6 Months!Date: August 20, 2020Height: 25.6 inches (we measured her on 9/3/20 because they were off at the doctor lol)Weight: (as of her doctor's appointment on 9/2/20) 16 lbs. 5.6 oz.Sleeping Pattern: Things are finally settled into a nice pattern! Rose takes 1 long morning nap, a sort of medium length (about an hour) early afternoon nap, and then a short late afternoon catnap. (Of course I The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-43040583618592284022020-08-15T20:43:00.004-04:002020-09-01T22:41:52.394-04:00Something Saturdays (8/15/20)Hi everyone!I'm sorry for falling off the face of the planet. But Rose is older, I'm trying to make some time for the blog, and here we go!First...I want to check in and not pretend that everything is totally normal. It's not. We're dealing with a global pandemic and a lot of social and economic issues. Life is very much in flux and very scary and hard right now. We are very fortunate to have notThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-86430168257543861672020-08-12T15:05:00.002-04:002020-09-04T20:49:46.930-04:00Flourless Peanut Butter S'mores Cookies {Gluten-free, Dairy free} Ohhh heyyyyyy.It's been a minute, huh?Turns out...parenthood is hard you guys. It's like all consuming and add in trying to keep up with various life things (we got a minivan! James broke Michael's computer! There's a global pandemic!), generally feeding our whole family, somewhat keeping the house clean, trying to spend any time on self care or my relationship with Michael, and the little bit ofThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-86518512524903454602020-08-02T21:31:00.002-04:002020-08-02T21:33:12.322-04:00Rose-5 Months!Date: July 20, 2020Sleeping Pattern: Finally got a good consistent schedule! She has 3 naps (or on random bad nap days I'll add in a 4th catnap). Usually 2 of the naps are nice and long (1-2 hours-ish) and then the 3rd is shorter, around 30-45 minutes. Then she goes to bed about 3 hours after she wakes up from her last nap (I aim for 7ish). Putting her down to sleep is so freaking easy.The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-75983667662949216252020-07-01T23:18:00.000-04:002020-07-01T23:18:47.989-04:00Rose-4 Months!Eeep! This one is super late. I've been really busy + we didn't have her appointment until the 29th.Date: June 20, 2020Height: 24.29 inches (as of her appointment Monday)Weight: 14 lbs. 14.5 oz. (^as of Monday)Sleeping Pattern: So a bunch of stuff kind of hit and changed right around when she turned 4 months and I barely remember what she was doing before. I think she had The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-89283922355220491142020-06-01T21:41:00.002-04:002020-06-01T21:42:20.955-04:00Rose-3 Months!Man this feels late, so much has already changed since this little lady turned 3 months but better late than never! Here's all about our 3 month sweetie pie:
Date: May 20, 2020
Sleeping Pattern: Schedule has gotten pretty steady-I did play around with cutting a feed and nap but I don't think she was quite ready so we went back. She eats every 2-3ish hours and her wake times start The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-6641694408372411542020-05-09T22:55:00.000-04:002020-05-09T22:55:12.700-04:00Something Saturdays (5/9/20)Well hi there everyone. Sorry it's been awhile since we've really chatted. How are all of you doing with all the craziness of the world now thanks to COVID-19? Thanks to being in newborn phase it honestly wasn't a huge change of living for us first but now that life is starting to get more manageable I'm definitely missing being able to go places (and poor James just wants to go to the The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-53899182557884936762020-05-07T21:43:00.001-04:002020-11-14T22:03:57.271-05:00Rose's Birth StoryIt's taken me awhile to share it but I am so excited to talk about Rose's birth story. It is honestly so different from my first labor and birth experience (which you can read about here) and I am so happy with how it went. To the point where I couldn't sleep that first night after she was born, I was just happily reflecting on how it had all gone and I had to write up my experience. I have no The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-69643769462116371092020-04-27T22:41:00.000-04:002020-04-27T22:41:24.886-04:00Rose-2 Months!
Date: April 20, 2020
Height: 23 inches (as of her appointment today)
Weight: 12 lbs. 14 oz. (^as of today)
Sleeping Pattern: We've gotten on a good schedule (eats every 2-3 hours and is awake for about 50 minutes before naps) and the little lady has started giving me some super good night sleep! The night of her 2 month birthday she slept 9 hours (8pm-5am) and it was The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-73002623034858315422020-04-06T21:55:00.000-04:002020-04-27T21:22:09.638-04:00Rose's Newborn Photos
My amazing friend Amanda (who also did James' 6 month and 1 year sessions) of Amanda Ellis Photography completely blew me away with all the gorgeous pictures she took of Rose and our family when my little sweetie was only 11 days old. I mean...seriously...can you handle it??!
The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-928656158395856602020-03-24T08:05:00.000-04:002020-03-24T08:05:02.317-04:00Rose-1 Month!
Date: March 20, 2020
Height: 21.26 inches (as of her appointment on Monday)
Weight: 10 lbs. 8 oz. (^as of Monday)
Sleeping Pattern: We're doing a loose Babywise schedule again. She eats (hopefully) every 2-3 hours during the day, could go longer at night (rarely does) and then has very little awake time. She mostly sleeps lol. We've been working on napping in her crib but she The Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818069595052981852.post-72612828629969491052020-03-03T21:25:00.001-05:002020-03-03T21:26:42.627-05:00Presenting...
Amanda Ellis Photography
Rose Selene
The cuddliest little lady was born February 20, 2020 (2/20/20!) at 7:59 PM. She weighed 8 lbs. and 2 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. I had a completely natural (and redemptive! Can't wait to share the birth story later) labor and Rosie ended up being an accidental water birth! She is the absolute sweetest, sleepiest, prettiest thing and we all love her soThe Cooking Actresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14777879360257781197noreply@blogger.com