Sweet Baby Girl

Ok, so I don't mean to play favorites and keep posting Ruby Pics and not the other kids, but these were too cute so I had to post em! It is amazing how fast they grow at this age...soon she will be naughty like the rest of em!

BTW- we still havn't figured out her eye color...they are navy blue w/grey around the edges and a little greenish hazel in the center...weird huh? And those lips....are mine, she has her mama's mouth for sure, and daddy's hair line! LOL. And yes, she has birth marks on her eyes still, I wonder if they will go away?

lily's new cut

So, Lily got her hair cut and it is so cute. She is the worst at getting her hair brushed, and I just couldn't handle it anymore. So no more tears and bad mornings. It is a really cute A-line, and maybe one day we will get a picture ....if she will ever let me!!

Horray for Christmas!

Christmas finally begins for the Nash Family when we cut down our christmas tree!

Every year we bundle the kids up and head to the mountains to our favorite tree farm. We always go the day after Thanksgiving....we don't waste a minute of valuable christmas time! After picking out the perfect tree, we watch as Daddy skillfully cuts the tree down.....plumbers crack and all!

The kids can't wait to get it home and decorate. We had a great time getting out all of the decorations, and playing "hide the pickle" which is a scandinavian tradion that the kids love; where you hide a glass ornament that looks like a pickle somewhere in the tree, and child who finds it, get a reward. The kids love it! (lily won this year).

Another thing that we love to get out is our santa pictures. Every year we get the kids pictures taken with Santa and we put them in the same picture frame, and the kids love to get them out and display all of them on a table (we have 9 of them now!) It is pretty funny, because one of the kids is always crying, or screaming in the pictures.

The difference between boys and girls

I have come to the conclusion, that there is a difference between boy and girl children. Since we had 2 girls first, I had no idea what boy children were like, other than the occasional visit to family and friends who had boys.

My girls love to draw, read books, watch movies, and are happy and content playing in their room quietly for hours (yes, they do have the loud moments and flights) but overall, they are tempered and quiet.

Then we have this sweet sweet baby boy, and all is well in our house....until he turned 3! Now, the differences between boy and girl children appear!

I don't know how moms with mulitple boys are sane! Don't get me wrong, Otto is still a sweet boy...but the jumping, running, shouting, fighting ninjas, spiderman moves and basically bouncing off the roof is tiresom!! Boys are so so more active and play louder, and make-believe more with crazy action movements and don't get me started on boys using the bathroom!

I am exhausted watching him and exhausted dealing with him, I guess I am just not used to it. And the energy level has gone up 3 notches since he turned 3. Yes, indeed there is a difference between boy and girl children, if you don't believe me, come to our house for a week!

Even though my patience is being tested daily.... Otto has his own sweet spirit and everyone he meets just loves him, He is my sweet baby boy and he is the best cuddle-er in the world. I love it when he needs me, and asks for mommy. I feel bad that Ruby has taken his place as the 'baby' in the family, and it has forced him to be the BIG BROTHER.

We are lucky to have a family business, where everyday he can hang out with daddy all day long. He goes everywhere with Trent and is his little shadow, and he loves to impress daddy and do everything that daddy does. I hope that he turns out exactly like his daddy.

I do have to admit, that he is obessed with fashion and he gets excited about new Knuckleheads designs, and he is very picky about what he wears and it has to be either, Knuckleheads (he looks for the logo) or Rock Band tees.....hummm, don't know where it gets that from!

I love his collection of cars, and his obession to have every monster truck ever made. He is happy as long as he has a little truck in one hand, and a little bag of crackers in the other.

At the end of the day, I wouldn't trade Otto for all the girls in the world. (except maybe yesterday)!

I can't just leave a post with out new Ruby pics, these are for poppy! And if you think her hair looks a little red...it is! She is going more strawberry redish blonde! LOL. I guess we have one head of every color in our house!

Melissa's Green Bean Casserole Extraordinaire

Ok, so this is the BEST green bean casserole ever! Now, I am not a green bean fan..but I LOVE this. Infact both of my very very picky sisters who also don't like green beans, couldn't stop eating this. Try it for Thanksgiving dinner, I promise it will be a hit! Oh, and the best part is that you can prepare this in 5-10 minutes!

Step 1
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups sour cream
2 cups shredded swiss cheese
4 (14.5 ounce) cans of french style green beans (drained)

Step 2
2 cups cornflakes cereal (crushed)
1/4 cup butter, melted

1. Preheat oven 350. Grease a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish
Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a large skillet. Stir in flour to make a paste. Blend in sour cream in the paste, stiring constantly. When the mixture is hot and bubbly, remove from the heat, and stir in the swiss cheese. When the cheese is melted, add the green beans, stir til coated. Pour the entire mixture into the prepared casserole dish.

2. In a small bowl, mix the cornflakes and melted butter. Sprinkle over the green beans.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, or until bubbly and golden brown.

Enjoy!!

Movie time!

Pumkin Bars Recipe

Ok, so everyone has been asking me for this, so I will post it here. Thia is the BEST recipe ever! My friend Megan made it for a party while we were in LA, and now I make it for all of our Holiday gatherings! It is soooo easy too!

PUMPKIN BARS

6 EGGS
1 ½ C OIL
3 C. SUGAR
1 ½ tsp VANILLA
1 LRG CAN PUMPKIN
4 ¼ C. FLOUR
1 ½ tsp BAKING SODA
1 T CINNAMON
1 ½ TSP SALT

Mix the first 5 ingredients together. In a separate bowl combine the next 4 dry ingredients and fold into the first mixture. Pour into greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 30-40 min.
Let cool. Frost with the following mixture;

1-8oz pkg cream cheese
1 cube butter
1 box (I lb) powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
dash of salt

New Ruby Pics

Here is a new picture of Ruby, she is 3.5 months now! She is still very attached to her mama, but we are getting sleep again...yeah! The other kids love her so much, it is fun to see a little personality appear. She is very very smiley, which is actually a major thing for us, our other kids were so hard to get smiles out of. So it is nice to get a big smile with out a lot of effort. Otto wants to play with Ruby so bad, he is a bit too rough with her still, and she doesn't care for that!

Otto is a trooper

So, the surgery went very well today. Otto was so good that the nurses wanted to keep him.
They gave him some "loopy" drugs to relax him, and it pretty much made him act drunk. I laughed so
hard, I about cried. He thought he was catching bugs in the air and laughing and slurring his words, and falling over in the bed! He is a bit sore, and cries when he pees... But that should go away soon, so other than that he is all good.

It was also a family day at the hospital, aunt jenna had her baby today- Redge Nash; 6lbs 14oz and he looks so so Nash!!!
He is a cute lil guy... another Knuckleheads model!

Otto's sugery

Keep Otto in your prayers tomorrow, he is getting a little minor surgery. They have to put him under to do a little snip, cut and a few stitches on a very very sensitive area (I will be descrete and not mention where...if you get my drift) Anyhow, they are putting him under because of the area and his age. It is a minor minor surgery, but going under general always makes me nervous and his healing after will be a little sore for him.
So, wish us luck!