-J has thrush. His purple goth lips provided by the treatment, Gentian Violet.
-I made dog biscuits!
-J got his first self-inflicted injury from exploring the house. (Please note that he is not dirty, but still has the goth lips as seen above, and is eating a baby cookie and not one of the dog treats!)
Can you see that tiny red speck there above his lip? Yep, there it is.
Don’t get me wrong, I love him no matter what. But this is definitely easier to miss! 
Today we went to target to get some new toys. Bath toys! Tonight was J’s first big boy bath (before this we have just been taking him into the shower with us). Although it did not go terribly, it did not go well.
He was not really sure what to do and what the hell was happening to him. So, he was cranky.
He was so upset at first that Jazz, who is not a fan of baths and the tub, jumped in to save him! G and I were shocked. And he stayed in the bath the whole time with J, watching us to make sure that we weren’t doing anything mean to the baby. I did not understand just how much Jazz protects J until that moment.
Here are the best of the photos we took from this event. Enjoy! (Be sure to note Jazz at J’s side in each photo.)
This week’s recipe was chosen by Rachel of Confessions of a Tangerine Tart (go there for the recipe). This was one of the first recipes that really stood out for me when I first flipped through the book, so I was excited to try them out!
Below is an action shot of the sifting.
Everything in the mixer. (By the way, best raw cookie dough ever!)
Overall, I really like these cookies. I was a little disappointed about how the whoppers became chewy after baking, but otherwise, nothing but chocolaty, yummy goodness.
Anyone want a cookie?
Go here to see everyone else’s Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops. Up next week, more cookies! Chocolate Chunkers to be exact!
This week’s recipe was chosen by Stefany of Proceed with Caution (go there for the recipe). Yay to more cookies! These are some pretty good cookies! Oatmeal, chocolate, cinnamon. Yum.
Here is the dough, all ready to be made into cookies.
Here are the cookies starting their journey to yummy-ness in the oven.
I really like these cookies and they are tasty. I am pretty sure I added peanut butter to the dough, but I cannot taste it at all. I love peanut butter so that is very dissapointing to me. But I do think that they cookies will get eaten, whether we can taste the peaunut butter or not.
You should go check out the rest of the group’s cookies here.
Next week: Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops. G is very excited about this one!
Yes, he is crawling towards the dogs’ food bowls, but whatever works, you know?
Nothing like a little backwards piano playing after a tough game of Naked Cups.
Earlier in the week, we went to the state fair. I have pictures!
First, I was a watermelon.
Then we saw some pretty fancy cakes. Here’s one. (I chose the Christmas one for a reason. I love Christmas. Yay Christmas!)
Next, some poultry. I liked the fluffy headed ones, can you tell?
And, last but not least, there was the mama pig and piglets!
(Insert breastfeeding joke here.)
That was not everything we saw, but definitely a good sampling. Gotta love the fair!
This week’s recipe was chosen by Amy of Food, Family, and Fun (go there for the recipe). This is something that I would have NEVER made on my own, becuase it seems too fancy. I have just never made anything fancy. The original recipe calls for the ice cream layers to have raspberry incorporated. Since I do not enjoy fruit and chocolate mixed together (I know, I am weird) and I wanted to be able to enjoy this, I went with plain vanilla bean ice cream.
I started the process of making this WAY too late one evening. I realized that each layer needed to chill in the freezer a while before the next layer could be added, I just apparently can’t do math… So, at 11 pm, I decided sleep was more important that a pretty torte and lost my patience. Therefore, my torte is not pretty, but it is yummy!
You can see, I also lost my patience while trying to cut out a slice!
You can check out the rest of the group’s tortes here. I am sure most of those are much neater and prettier than mine!
Next week: Chunky Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Chocolate Chipsters!
