Eden's First Year

Ok I finally made it.

I have been wanting to do this for weeks and finally did it.

Here it is - I love it and hope you do to!

We have a lot to praise God for - just look at that beautiful girl!!

**Be sure and pause the music at the bottom before you start the video**

Happy Birthday Sweet Eden!

Eden is ONE! I can't believe how fast this past year went by. It has been so amazing to see our little angel grow so much in one year. What a blessing she has been to us each and every day! Here is a little slideshow of Eden at her birthday!

We are in!

Well, we are in our house finally! It feels weird to say "our house," but also like such an accomplishment. This was such a long process and I'm glad we are at the end of the road. We still have TONS to do around here but things are coming together slowly but surely. The kitchen is all put together minus decorations. My closet is almost done. The master closet is a bit small but we are making it work. I still need to go through and move all the winter stuff and formal dresses into the guest closet and rearrange some things, but other than that the closet is almost done. Eden's room is painted and her furniture is set up in there, all it needs is decorations! We hope to get a lot done this weekend. It's really hard for me to do things as far as unpacking goes because Eden is into EVERYTHING! Hopefully Nick will get home early today and we can accomplish a good amount this evening! Eden and I have been running errands this week and staying here to let the cable, gas company, and today the exterminator, do their jobs around here. Speaking of Eden, she LOVES the house!! She runs from room to room squealing and having so much fun. It's so cute. We have also been dealing with a nasty diaper rash this week too so that has added to the craziness. Poor baby! It's TONS better today.
As soon as we get the desktop computer set up I will post some pictures of Eden from Easter! We had a little Easter egg hunt here in the house (it was raining outside) and she did so good. I thought for a second that it was going to be pointless to even try but I just showed her what to do and she caught on and started putting eggs in her basket. After she would put one in everyone would clap and say "YAY, Eden" and she would stop and clap her hands and smile real big. It was awesome - a GREAT first Easter!

I hope to post pics of the house by the end of the weekend so stay tuned :)

Have a great Friday!

-C

SOLD!

Yes, it's true!!! The Vann's have finally bought a house. We closed on our new home on Friday afternoon. It was a great feeling. We have been in desperate need for space since Eden was born and we are so excited to be blessed with this house. God has been so good through this whole process which has actually been fairly easy. We have seen God's fingerprints since the first look at the house. We will be moving in about a week and a half and we are so excited! We could definitely use your prayers as we make the transition.

We will have a house update soon with pictures once we get moved in so stay tuned!!

I can't leave you without an Eden update. She is 11 months now which is so crazy to me! She is almost 1!!!!! WOW. She is so amazing. My sweet little 11 month old is walking EVERYWHERE and getting into EVERYTHING!!. The other day I followed her in the kitchen where she immediately walked over to the cabinet under the sink, opened the door and took out the Windex! Oh me!! So, number one on the list to get done in the new house...baby proof EVERYTHING!!!

Have a great day!!

-Carissa

I've Been Tagged!

I have been tagged by my friend Karen! Here is the 4th picture off the 4th folder on my computer.



This is Nick and myself at Nick's graduation from A&M!

I tag...

Katy Link
Erin Mosier
Carrie Williams
Krista Borchard

Instructions:
-Go to the 4th picture file on your computer
-Post the 4th photo and post it with a description
*No cheating*

-Carissa

Have you seen this?

Have you seen this before??



This was totally my husband this morning. I was making breakfast and I heard him gagging from Eden's room and yelling for help!! HAHA!!!

-Carissa

Crock pot dessert! YUM!

The other day I wasn't feeling too great but wanted something sweet and not have to go to the store and found this recipe in one of my cook books. It turned out really yummy and I had all the ingredients! Here is the recipe - you should try it.

Peanut Fudge Pudding Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar (divided)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup milk
2 TBSP vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water

Directions:
1.) Coat crock pot with butter
2.) Combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and baking powder
3.) Add milk, oil, vanilla, and peanut butter and stir until combined
4.) Spread in bottom of crock pot
5.) In a separate bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and cocoa powder
6.) Add hot water and stir until combined
7.) Pour chocolate mixture in crock pot - DO NOT STIR!
8.) Cook on HIGH for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until knife or toothpick comes out clean

TIP: This dessert creates it's own fudge. When you cut into it, it will come oozing out so make sure and top your dessert with the yummy fudge at the bottom! You can serve this with ice cream or chopped peanuts on top.