Cozy day at home!

Tanner is taking his nap and our dinner is cooking slowly and beautifully in the crock pot. I am making "Crock Pot Chicken" A recipe given to me by my friend Ashlee. You put in all white meat chicken breasts and load it down with whatever veggies you want really and dump in a jar of your favorite marinara sauce and serve over pasta. I put in zuchinni, plum tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, minced garlic, yellow squash, and green peppers. Season it and slow cook until the chicken falls apart. I love using my crockpot. I can not wait to make some other yummy dishes in it this fall. I love feeding my family and myself healthy dishes. I don't stress about organic or low fat or anything we just try and do a lot of fresh stuff and a variety of different things. Fresh produce and lean meats. We shop Publix so Greenwise is good for meats and they always have the best produce and dairy. I have to brag about Tanner for a minute. He is an amazing little eater. He wil try anything. I mean anything. He loves cantaloupe, strawberries, cut up apples, corn off the cob, broccoli, turkey, pasta, brown rice, green beans, sweet potato fries, steak, yogurt, whole grain breads, honey dew, watermelon, pancakes, oatmeal, red grapes, blueberries, and he has even tried grilled red peppers and salmon too. This is amazing to me and my hubby because NEITHER one of us was a very good eater when we were little. My mom tells me how picky I was and Billy's mom said he would not eat anything but meat and potatoes for the longest time. We eat good and I love cooking. Some of the joys of staying home are being able to cook every night. Another gift of staying home is being able to work on my digital photo books. I love working on my books. Now a days with digital photos we take SO many pictures and beside putting them on the computer I mean how many do we print and put in books?? Well I work hard on putting together these books and my favorite web site for making them is mixbook. I am slowly working on 2012. I finished my 2011 and just waiting until a good deal pops up and we have the extra $ to purchase it. I may just ask for these two books as part of my Christmas. :) We have so many other things to spend our money on right now. We went after church a few weeks ago and picked out Tanner's new furniture. We are going to need his crib and changing table for our sweet new addition Holden soon. It is bitter sweet having him move to a big boy bed. Lots of activity at the Spivey house in next few days. I am so excited that Mops starts back on Thursday mornings. I love Mops and it has been such an encouragement to me in raising Tanner and now in raising Holden too. After Mops we will be moving furniture and getting organized. Well hubby will be moving the furniture. ;) Him and whatever friend or friends he can recruit for the job. I am going to be busy getting Tanner's room ready and then not long until I start filling the nursery with tiny newborn diapers, newborn clothes, and new baby stuff. We had fun picking out Tanner's furniture and buying it. I can not wait to set up each of my boys rooms. I am happy to be home today just hanging out with Tanner. We read books, played with toys, made pancakes for breakfast, and watched a veggie Tales movie. Great cozy day at home. I am so excited fall is here. It is my favorite season. Can not wait to pull out my fall decorations, light some pumpkin candles, and drink a pumpkin latte from starbucks.