Make This: chopped thai salad with sesame garlic dressing

A friend shared this recipe with me on Pinterest and I tried it pretty much right away. 

My modifications: 

The baby kale is already in small leaves so I just did a rough chop on that and called it a day. I didn't bother chopping it all into strips. 

I used grated fresh ginger in place of ginger (or lemongrass) paste because I couldn't find the paste in 3 different stores. 

As the recipe suggests, I stored the dressing separate and this lasted about a week in the fridge. We even still have some dressing leftover. 

Try it! 

photo cred: pinch of yum
http://pinchofyum.com/chopped-thai-salad-sesame-garlic-dressing

Flash Forward

It's safe to say that a lot has changed since my last post...
We got a new computer and I have finally gotten around to uploading the photos from our camera and figured that this blog could use some attention.

A quick recap of the past 6 months:

At 9 months old, Jake started sleeping through the night. I remember we were at his 9 month appointment and his pediatrician asked about his night waking (which at that point was once per night) and briefly mentioned a couple methods of sleep training. She "wanted him to be sleeping through the night by 12 months". I wanted him to sleep through the night at 12 weeks old, if I'm being honest, but he didn't and wasn't and I had adapted. He has always been on the smaller end of the growth chart and I didn't want to take away that middle of the night feeding before he was ready. But, a day or so after his appointment he slept through the night. Then he did it again. And again. It was 2 full weeks before I mentioned it to anyone because I didn't want to jinx it.

Between 9-10 months, Jake started crawling. He also developed an odd little butt scoot crawl with one leg to the side. He looks like a crab when he does it and I pray that we caught it on video.
(Yes... downloading the camcorder videos is on my to-do list.)

Also at 10 months, Jake's first plane ride (to Buffalo), first time at the cabin, and first pumpkin patch visit.

Jake was a dragon for Halloween and it was really cold out.

Then this guy turned one and got a good taste of cake.

The holidays were celebrated. 

And the New Year brought chocolate chip pancakes.

chocolate face ;)

I hope to share life on here with a bit more regularity, so stay tuned :)