Today So Far..

Hey readers! Today so far has been a pretty relaxing day! The little one and I woke up fairly late in the morning (yay for sleeping in!), then we went to out for a brisk morning walk and yoga! (I gotta get in shape before the Hubby comes home from the deployment!! Lol)

Had a late breakfast, and fed my little BooBoo some oatmeal with apples and cinnamon! She loves that.

Then we played in the living room before my BELOVED iPhone came back to me! Lol. Nice and repaired! So we had to go get my sim card for that to work again, and also pick up some odd and ends at the grocery store.

My day became infinitely better when I saw they had my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE seasonal coffee in stock! Millstone's Pumpkin Spice coffee! So I bought myself a couple of bags and came home! :)

So we came home, put groceries away and brewed a pot!

What a nice relaxing day.

I also received a few emails from the husband, and a nice surprise phone call from my Auntie L! :)

What can I say? I am blessed.

Until next time! Xoxo!


Infant food recipe!
Baked apples!
Preheat oven to 400
Core an apple, we like Fuji apples. Leave skin on.
Rub the inside with some butter and dust the inside with some cinnamon.

Place your apples into a baking pan that's filled with about an inch of water and bake for about 30 minutes or whenever your apples are tender!

Once they're done you can prepare them however your baby likes them! :)

BooBoo likes them slightly pureed with little soft chunks and mixed into her baby oatmeal!! Enjoy!!!

BIRTHDAY GIFT!!!

So! I went on a little trip to go pick up my birthday gift today! It was waiting for me at BestBuy at a neighboring town! Guess what it was!!! It is a Blackberry Playbook!!!! How awesome huh???? This thing is pretty nifty!! It's small and portable and I can do pretty much everything that I need to do on my computer on this playbook! I am TOTALLY stoked!!

Can we just say, that my husband is the coolest husband ever?! Last year I got a Kindle! Ohhh my little techie heart is just exploding with excitement!

What an awesome day!!

I love you Bud!!!!!! And thank you!!!!!

Now..... time to go play.... hehehe  write you guys later!
XO

AW! YAY!!

TOTAL SURPRISE TODAY!
My AWESOME husband who still manages to be super super awesome while deployed told me today that there is a birthday present waiting to be picked up for me! How sweet?!

makes my day wonderful and i am just so excited!! WONDER WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Woe Is Me... I Rely On My Phone TOO Much...

UGH!

So I had to ship off my Iphone today for repairs and I've had to downgrade to my old blackberry. Which completely just doesn't seem to want to do anything! I can not connect to my wifi, I can't check out my emails, I can't log into Facebook, or even log into anything so I could chat with my husband if he were online!!!

MY SOCIAL LIFE HAS DIED!!!!! haha, I am completely reliant on my IPhone and all of its functions and now I am left without it! What in the world am I supposed to do?! Woe is me...

What is a military wife supposed to do without her key tool for life? haha. 

Oh well, I've just got to grin and bear it for the next few days, hopefully they don't take forever to send me back my phone! -fingers crossed-

On other things... I am extremely tired today. I stayed up sort of late the past few days and I guess I am just paying for it now. Which really really is not benefiting my current mood!

Ohh... i think i will go and take a nap while the little one naps herself!
xo till next time!

Ahh, Mommy Time..

What a day. Nothing too interesting happened. Just a regular old day filled with the same things that I normally do. Wake up to my beautiful daughter who is filled with giggles and smiles. Have a nice breakfast. Pick up a few things here and there.

There definitely was a plus to my day! I had a chance to chat with my wonderful husband. That was nice. Of course it doesn't come close to a chat face to face, but you make due with what you've got and be thankful. We spoke to each other for quite a bit!

I look forward to hearing from him. It makes the day go by faster. Cheers you up when you are sad and of course, reminds you that you are loved, by that special someone.

Then before I knew it, it was time to say good-bye, and then dinner.

Tonight's dinner was oven baked chicken and green bean casserole. Yum!
I'll stick the recipe at the end of this. =) for any of you who want to try it out. .. that is if anyone is actually reading this! haha.

Oh and this also happened...

One of her FAVORITE skills to test out is her ability to open containers and dumping them out on the floor. OF COURSE everything tastes better once it has been seasoned with floor! DUH.

Then it was my little booger's bathtime, which of course, is her favorite time! We splashed and had a bit of fun then it is off to bed for her!

And now, it is finally some quiet Mommy time.
It always seems to me that in the evenings, when the house is quiet, the lights downstairs have been turned off, the leftovers put away, and it is just me alone on the computer aimlessly surfing the net is when I miss my husband the most. I miss those nights where we would cuddle together on the couch and watch T.V. or a movie. Or just... relax with each other. Two more months, and I will have that again. Hopefully my days until then will be just as quick as today was.

Well my lovely readers.. It is time for Mommy here to take a long hot bath and maybe accompanied with a glass of wine! =) Until next time...

Oven Baked Chicken.
Preheat your oven to 365F
Crush up a ziplock bag of French's Fried Onions
Coat your chicken breast with your fav. BBQ sauce
Cover your chicken with the crushed up onions

Line a pan with foil, and bake for about 40 minutes or until your chicken is cooked through.
Quick, Simple, Tasty. ^ Love recipes like those, when I've got my hands full with a 10 month old who wants to get into EVERYTHING! lol.

Beautiful Morning!

Good morning! The sun is shining and the coffee is brewing. Biscuits are in the oven and my sweet baby girl is on the floor banging on the floor with a measuring cup. I was in the middle of cracking eggs into a bowl so I can scramble them, when the thought crossed my mind. These are going to be some of my daughter's favorite or cherished memories when she's a grown woman. Just like I have tender memories of being a child making pancakes with my dad Sunday morning.

Or waking up in the morning and smelling coffee, that my dad brewed. I remember that aroma.

It's funny how things.. Carry over into the next generation, to the next and on.

Hmmm ... Speaking of coffee! Breakfast is calling my name!

Xo

Pumpkin Pie

Hello, so I have decided to begin a blog for myself and anyone else who will listen. I am fairly new to blogging but hey I figure if I can sit down and write in my journal about things I could just as well do it online. Besides, typing is so much faster than pen. =)

I decided that the title fits for today, it IS October and it IS that time of year where peoples homes become festive and fun. People are selling those candles that smell of holiday spices and other delicious aromas. Halloween decorations are coming out and soon Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Today I decided I wanted to bake a pumpkin pie, so my home is filled with the delicious aromas! Who doesn't love that smell while its baking!? Now it is cooling and I am hoping to be able to have a slice tonight before I go off to bed. :) YUM!

As many of you probably have noticed, my blog name is, A Yellow Ribbon. Yes, that is correct my dearies. I am an Army wife. Currently my wonderful soldier and I have a beautiful 10 month old daughter, and we live in a wonderful home. Being an Army wife is definitely interesting and it has many obstacles, as well as LOOOOONNNGG stretches of being alone and idle, which is another reason for me to start this!

Currently my soldier is deployed, and I am counting the days until he comes back home. Supposedly rumor has it that he will be coming back home in a couple of months. (If we're lucky. If any of you are army wives you know that many things are said but that doesn't mean it WILL happen at the given date and time.) So, lets keep our fingers crossed that he will make it back for Christmas!


Well, that pie seems to be calling my name.. Write again soon! xo, to any of you out there reading this!

P.S. I leave you with this...
"

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the springtime
In the merry month of May
And if you ask her why the heck she wore it
She wore it for her soldier who was far far away

Far away, far away
She wore it for her soldier
Who was far, far away

Around the block she pushed a baby carriage
She pushed it in the springtime
In the Merry month of May
And if you ask her why the heck she pushed it
She pushed it for her soldier who was far far away

Far away, far away
She pushed it for her soldier
Who was far, far away

Behind the door her daddy kept a shotgun
He kept it in the springtime
In the merry month of May
And if you ask him why the heck he kept it
He kept it for her soldier who was far far away

Far away, far away
He kept it for her soldier
Who was far, far away

On the grave she laid the pretty flowers
She laid them in the springtime
In the merry month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she laid them
She laid them for her soldier who was far far away

Far away, far away
She laid them for her soldier
Who was far, far away   "