Today's Coffee: Cafe Espresso with a small bit of coconut oil

It snowed a few days ago. We were so excited to get W out in the snow, but getting him dressed for the chilly air was a lot of work. He didn't want to wear his mittens but he had to. He loved it, even though all he wanted to do was push his red plastic car around. 

Other things W is doing and getting into:

1. Dipping food - he will eat just about anything if he can dip in something. It doesn't have to be covered/smothered, just the act of putting the carrot or cauliflower in a separate bowl and 'dipping' it is enough. We've wised up and started watering down the ketchup or bbq sauce though. 

2. About 80% of the time that I turn around and look at him in the carseat when I'm driving, he has both pointer fingers up his nose. So, great. 

3. He loves putting on chapstick... and eating it. 

4. He is now saying (not with sign language) "no" and "more." He also can say "basketball", "Bob" (as in, the builder), and "blueberry." 

5. For Valentine's Day, Thomas and I went to Krispie Kreme and ordered a dozen hot and now. We ate some, came home and went to bed. The next morning, we were all awake and upstairs when Wilson slides himself down the stairs. He's gone for a few minutes and it's been too quiet. We peek into the living room to discover
HE'D TAKEN ALL OUR DONUTS!!!

He was so proud of himself. He also ended up being a crazy-man for the rest of the day. Never before has my child consumed that much sugar (we're trying that parenting style of 'blueberries are the sweetest thing he eats'). 

As far as paleo is going, we. love. it. 
We love the food we make and we love making the food. Every recipe is good. And, when we have to grab something quick on the go... we can taste the difference. Last night was a Coconut Chicken Apple Curry dish served over Riced Cauliflower. 

We are also searching for a house. We are going to see one today. It's close to all the places we go already, but the house isn't in the best part of town. It's the only house to pop up on the more West side of town. So, thoughts on West Nashville? I've read articles saying that it's "more up and coming, but still has some rough spots"  - would you live in West Nashville? If you have thoughts about it, please let me know soon! The house is super super cute, and well within our price range. We just don't know a lot about the area. And crimemapping.com makes every neighborhood look really awful. Thanks!

Today is a rare Saturday that we don't have anything planned. And by that, I mean, I teach one lesson and we have to go to the Farmer's Market and we are looking at a house. So pretty easy going for us! I'm excited to see where this day takes us and our sweet little Donut-Napper!

In Christ,
Julie

P.S. - Prayers appreciated for the house search (uhm, why didn't we know it was stressful?) and for me - I'm going to the dentist on the 25th. 'Nuff said. :)