Easy Oatmeal Cookies (Carb. Free)

Hahahaha just kidding. Carb free.... Yeah right! 

But you know you are still going to make them anyways! 

In a mixer cream together 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar until thoroughly mixed. 

This is what it should look like. 

Next, add in 1 teaspoon of vanilla and cinnamon. Add a half a teaspoon of baking soda. 

Add 2 eggs, one at a time. 

Then dig through the mix and pick out all of the shells that you just accidentally dropped in while you were trying to take a picture while adding the egg at the same time, just to do a post about oatmeal cookies on your blog that probably everyone already knows how to make. 

Then gradually add 2 cups of all purpose flour. And then 3 cups of old fashioned oats. I just stopped here because I didn't have any raisins or walnuts or anything, but you're welcome to add in whatever you'd like. 

Make the dough into balls, and line them up on a cookie sheet. (Excuse my cookie sheet, it's a pampered chef stone and that's how they look when you use them for everything!)

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes depending on how big your cookies are. 

In the meantime, take a picture of your adorable baby......

And watch out the window while it rains......

And then, by that time, they should be ready! 

Here they are! Yumm yummm. So simple, yet so delicious! 

I like to let my cookies cool on a cooling rack. But you are all done! 

Oh wait, don't forget to clean up your mess before your husband gets home! 

We took these cookies to Eric's papa for his birthday! 

I hope that you enjoy them like we do! 

Harper's Room

Here's a few pics of my baby girls room. I did all of the painting and decorating by myself while I was pregnant. I couldn't wait to meet her when I was preparing her little space for her. 

Eric and I repainted the dresser that we got from his aunt. We put new knobs on it as well. 

I painted the letters of the alphabet. Her name is Harper Mae, so that is why the "H" and "M" are different. The girls at my work bought me my glider and ottoman from babies r us. To the left of it is a bookcase full of children's books. At my baby shower instead of everyone bringing a card, the guests signed their names on the inside cover of a book, so we have plenty of books for Harper to read! 

Here's the wall that her crib is on. I painted the canvas to look like animal prints and I made the chalkboard. The crib was $100 from Target. And her bed spread is Jungle Jill also from babies r us. 

I bought the letters for her name from hobby lobby and simply spray painted them black! 

I made these curtains too! I just bought the fabric from Joann's and sewed them. They were super easy to make! Then I tied them off with some giraffe ribbon I also bought at Joann's. 

These pictures were taken before she was born, so now her room has more clutter in it. Headbands. Baby bath. Car seats. Clothes. Diapers. Wipes. Blankets. Toys... And much, much more. 

I can't wait til she gets older and can actually play in here and do anything other than sleep and get her diaper changed! 

Hope this gives you some ideas if you are "stuck" for a baby's room! 

Holidays

I look forward to the next holiday the second that the current holiday is over. Sometimes even before. I'm constantly looking forward to all the festivities! 

I'm pretty sure I've used that word at least twice in each blog I post. But that's ok, cause that's what I love. 

When I was growing up we always did fun things for each holiday. We always had great Christmases and Thanksgivings. And now that I have my own family, I'm determined to carry this tradition with my daughter. 

My favorite part of holidays, especially Christmas, is giving. I don't even care if I get anything in return. I really don't. I love picking out gifts for people. Trying to find special things for them. It's my favorite. 

And of course, being with our awesome family. Eric's mom lives about 7 hours away so when we get to see her and his siblings it is so fun! Like I said before, I have the best mother in law ever! 

We really don't have any plans for the holidays yet, but we are trying to figure out what we will be doing, and I can't wait. 

I do know that I plan to teach Harper the true meaning of Christmas and Thanksgiving at a young age. It's not about all of the toys and food. Even though all that stuff is fun. It's about Jesus. Giving. Family. Being together. Compassion. Happiness. Love. 

We are going to also try to do as many random acts of kindness this year as well, and I cannot wait. I love doing things like that. It gives me a happy heart!  

Stay tuned for fun ideas and some of our holiday traditions! 

The most fall-est of weekends!

We had one of the best weekends that we have had in a long time!

It started on Friday when our cousin Whitney was nominated for homecoming queen at her high school, so I did her hair in the morning and then Harper and I went to watch all of the festivities that she was in. Rally, parade, pictures..... Here she is holding Harps after the parade. 

Soo beautiful! 

We went home to met Eric, and my mom said she had a suprise for me and was going to meet us at our house. When she got there, my sister walked in! She came home for the weekend from college. I was excited because that meant she would be joining us for our fun weekend. We visited for a bit, then headed to the football game! 

Here's a pic of little miss with her beanie that her grandma made her. 

Notice the 2031. 

Class of 2031.... 

I will be 42. 

Starting to feel old now. 

Moving along, here she is with Eric watching the game.

Oh my goodness I love them both so much. 

Turns out, Harper was pretty tired so the pic above didn't last long, and this is pretty much her rest of the night. 

On Saturday morning we went with my mom, sister, and brother to a ranch in town that had a hay maze, pumpkins, petting zoo, and train rides. We had a blast and picked our pumpkins to carve later that night. 

We went to lunch at one of our favorite places, Diamondback.... Yummm.

Then the fall festivities began.

We baked pumpkin spice muffins with cream cheese frosting. Then we made dinner and Harper went to bed. We carved our pumpkins and laughed at each other for what everyone had decided to do. It was already dark so we put candles in them and put them on the back patio. 

First one: Gabie's moon and stars to take back to the Bay Area where she can't see the stars. 

Second one: Mom's classic jack-o-lantern. 

Third one: Joey's Coors light mountains. Go figure. 

Fourth one: mine. A bird with love.

Fifth one: Eric's classic jack-o-lantern.

We had so much fun! Then we turned off all the lights and watched Hocus Pocus, the greatest Halloween movie of all time! We could still see the pumpkins glowing outside. Soo Halloween-like! 

Sunday was pretty relaxed. Grocery shopping, and watching the football game of course! 

Harper is a Niners fan, obviously. 

Today we are looking forward to a yummy beef stew that is in the crock pot. And more football tonight. I'm way more of a baseball fan, but I will watch whatever Eric is watching. 

I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as we had!

Happy start of a new week! 

Which means closer and closer to Thanksgiving........

 and Black Friday of course! 

Thankful Heart

Lately I've been thinking about how lucky we are. I think about this often but it's been really weighing on my heart recently. I have been truly blessed in this life. I could go on and on. 

It started out with my career. I always knew what I wanted to do for work. Be a cosmetologist! Ever since I was little and would go to the salon with my mom I knew it's what I wanted to be. I took the class in high school and got my license before I even got my diploma. I have been working ever since. Until I had Harper of course. And I'm soo soo thankful for my amazing clients that have made me so successful. I have the best clients that always stand by me and make me laugh! I love all of you, and I will be back to work soon! 

I met my wonderful husband and I know how lucky I am to have him. He is always supportive of everything I do. I'm so lucky to have him by my side. He has the best family too. His mom is the most awesome mother in law I could ever ask for! Better than that even. She has always just loved me, because he loves me. No questions asked. And the rest of his family are totally awesome as well. They love all three of us unconditionally. And spoil us like crazy! I'm so thankful. 

I have a healthy baby girl. Who is beautiful, funny, and most importantly happy. I cannot wait to see where life will take her. She is our everything. Also, she sleeps through the night. Again, thankful! 

I, we all, have an awesome God. Who loves us and is forgiving. Even when I fall short, He is still in control. And for that, I am the most thankful. 

Great friends. Most of them are my clients, so I guess I already mentioned them. Even when I'm not the best friend back, they still love me. It's hard when life is busy. And having a baby makes doing much else then taking care of that said baby, nearly impossible. But I really do have great friends and family. Love you all! 

I'm just spending my Monday thanking God for this wonderfully happy life I live. Thought I would share with you. 

I hope everyone has something to be thankful for as well. 

Happy Monday! 

Our Weekend

So, we had a nice and relaxing weekend over here at the Everhart home. Our little babes developed quite the personality the past few days. She is just as cute as can be. She found her voice I think. She loves to do this high pitched squeal, sort of like some animal call or something. It's so darn cute and she thinks it's funny so it sends her into a laughing fit for a while. It's just a cycle. Squeal. Laugh. Stare at us for a minute. Start over. 

She's really getting fun. Smiling and what not. Grabbing for things. Including my hair (insert sarcastic smile here). But seriously she's awesome! And she's soo stinkin cute! 

Here's my little stinker! It's hard to get a good picture of her with my phone because I am obsessed with taking pictures of her with it so she knows what I'm doing and just stares at it. So all I get is a scared out of my mind look when I try to get her laughing or smiling or being the little ham that she is. And as soon as I put my phone down, she's back to her goofy self. Smiling it up and being the cutest thing ever! 

We also made home made pizzas this weekend! One of Eric's favorite dinners. We do a spread of toppings and everyone makes their own personal one. Then Eric BBQ's them on our pampered chef pizza stone. Soo yummy! My brother came over and had pizza with us for a while. Harper loves him! Here's a pic of what we had going on.

Better.

Before I got pregnant with my girl, life was different. It was Eric and I. And Archie of course!

Hi Archie! 

He probably didn't read that. Cause he is a dog. And he doesn't read my blog. 

Archie

Ok, back to what I was saying. My blog should really be called miss easily distracted. 

We just had each other. Nothing to worry about but ourselves. So when I got pregnant I knew that it was going to change. Like change forever. But I didn't really understand what that meant. We prepped Harper's nursery and put the car seats in and everything. We were totally ready, thanks to my AMAZING family and friends at my awesome baby shower. 

Then she was born. I never knew this kind of love before. She was the result of mine and Eric's love for each other. It was the best feeling in the world. Unlike anything I could have possibly imagined when I took that test last Halloween morning. When my doctor told me it was real. I am so lucky to be her mama. We are so lucky to be her parents. 

Which brings me to better. 

Being her mom makes me want to be the best. I want to be the best wife I can possibly be to her daddy. I want to show her an example of love that she will remember forever. I want her to grow up happy and without any worries. I want her to know that she is our whole world. I want to be the best mama I can be for her. Constantly checking myself to make sure it is the right thing for her, and Eric. Better. 

Things We Love

Here is a list of a few materialistic things we are loving this season!


Travel mason jar tumblers from The Mason Bar Company. They fit right in your cup holder and they make drinking your iced coffee so fun and easy because it has a BPA free lid. I absolutely love mine and they make great gifts. Plus the owner of the company, Bobbi is such a sweet person. Go buy one for yourself, then for everyone else you know too, here.

For mom and dad, we like to drink pumpkin spice anything! So this hits the spot on a chilly morning. Tazo pumpkin spice chai tea concentrate. You can find it at the grocery store or Starbucks. All you do is mix it with milk and pour over ice, or warm it up (our fav.) And you have a yummy latte in the comfort of your own home! You can also purchase it here.

This super cute deer onesie from Old Navy! Harps is going to wear it closer to Christmas time! You can find it for sale here.

We also love these yummy lip balms from eos evolution of smooth! Sweet mint is my favorite! You can purchase them here, or at Target, Walmart.... Etc. Perfect for keeping your lips from getting chapped this cold winter! 

Super cute Jammie's to keep our little one warm this winter! Also from Old Navy, the fox ones are too stinkin cute, right? You can find the Fox Pajamas here.