14 months

^^picture taken by my sister Amie^^

Time for an update! Evelyn is now 14 months, loves to be outside and points at just about everything. She is just about the happiest baby I have ever met. She still only has two little teeth on the bottom but she is super close to having another two on the top. She is turning into such a big girl and loves doing "big girl" things. She loves any animal and knows several animal sounds. She is a very busy body and is constantly on the go, but when she does sit down, it's usually next to a pile of books that she likes to look through. I love this little girl so much and feel so blessed to be her mama. 

Bean and corn stuffed peppers

I had seen a recipe for this a little bit ago using hamburger and another one using turkey. Since Jake and I are trying to eat healthy I decided to use turkey meat. I Seriously couldn't taste the difference....but maybe that's me. So here's the recipe for you all. 

Ingredients:

• 3 sweet peppers, halved and de-seeded
• 1 cup of black beans, rinsed
• 1 cup of corn
• 1/2 onion diced
• 1 tbsp taco seasoning
• 1 cup of shredded cheese
• 1/2 lb ground turkey

First get your sweet peppers, cut them in half and clean out the inside. Place on a cookie sheet, drizzle some olive oil across them and place in the oven at 325 for 15-20 min. 

While the peppers are cooking, cook the onions in a skillet and add the turkey and cook till done. Add the taco seasoning, corn and beans and cook for another 5 min or until done. 

When peppers are done, place in a casserole dish, spoon the turkey, bean and corn mixture into each pepper, top with cheese and place back in the oven on broil until the cheese is melted. 

And enjoy!

*I would probably add avocados next time I make this because avocados make everything better...almost. Also you could probably cook some rice or quinoa and add it to the mixture*

Our Easter weekend....

....a couple of days late. 

We first headed out to Riverwoods and participated in a bunch of things they had there. The weather was perfect and there were little kids everywhere! Evelyn was in heaven.

^^Evelyn petting the cutest baby bunny and....skunk?!^^

^^Evelyn was in love with the easter bunny. I thought for sure she would cry^^

Easter morning we had a little trail of easter eggs that went from Evelyn's room out to her easter basket! It was so cute to watch her follow the eggs, try to pick them all up, and put them in her basket. 

^^Evelyn had a little too much fun with her basket and scattered stuff everywhere! It was so much to clean up...I'm still finding some in the carpet^^

We then went to church to celebrate Jesus Christ. The real meaning behind this Easter holiday. And we managed to take a couple of pictures with Evelyn in her easter dress.

^^obsessed with all the flowers that are popping up around here!^^

^^Daddy's little girl^^

Hope you all had a great easter!

Three generations....

that's what stands between Evelyn and her great grandparents. I feel so lucky that Evelyn gets to spend so much time with them. Learn from them. Play with them. It's probably one of the biggest perks of living in their basement. Most mornings the first thing she does is race upstairs as fast as she can, find grandpa, climb on his lap and sometimes, (if she's in the right mood) give him kisses. She makes them happy. And they both make her happy. 

It's such a touching interaction to see. 

If you follow me on instagram you have probably already seen some of these pictures but I had to post them again because they are very special to me. 

six inches

That's right folks. I finally went and did it.

six inches. 

and if feels oh so wonderful.

No shampoo routine

I've gotten a lot of e-mail asking for my "no shampoo" routine so here it is! Sorry it's taken so long to get up here! I've almost hit my 30 day trial and I'm still hooked. For those we were wanting to try this but were not sure about it....I'd say do it! I've really liked it so far and my hair is loving me for it. 

 Buy your baking soda and apple cider vinegar. I've heard some people using organic apple cider vinegar, but eh...I'm cheap so Kroger it is. 

I bought two water bottles to put each solution in. That way I made sure all of my hair was getting most of it instead of just pouring it on my head and most of it going down the drain. 

• Baking soda solution - 1 cup of water to 1 TBS of baking soda. Make sure the baking soda has completely dissolved. Also the solution should feel slippery in your hands. If it isn't, add another TBS of baking soda.
• Apple cider vinegar solution - 1 cup of water to 2 TBS of apple cider vinegar. Shake to combine.

Next hop in the shower and wet your hair. Take your baking soda solution and spray it on your hair, mostly focusing on the roots. Give your scalp a good scrub, then rinse. 

Then take your apple cider vinegar solution, spray on the length of your hair (not your roots), and focus on the ends of your hair. I pull mine up with a clip and let it sit while I wash my face, body, etc. Then rinse. I promise your hair will not smell like vinegar as long as you do a good job rinsing it out. It smells gross when placing it but my hair has never smelt like vinegar. If you really miss that yummy shampoo smell, you can place some essential oils in your hair brush if you want. 

That's it! It's super easy and seriously....just do it! If you guys have any other questions, feel free to comment or shoot me an e-mail! 

Evelyn goes to the zoo!

medium from Heather Wright on Vimeo.

Operation...

....Star Wars style! Okay I just come across this in my e-mail and had to post it for all my Star Wars nerds out there. My husband loves Star Wars and we usually have Star Wars marathons every once in a while. Granted we don't get very far and hardly ever finish them, (because we are old and fall asleep during movies) but oh well. Right now Best Buy is selling it for $9.99! Ha I am so thinking about buying it. Plus R2D2 is so much cooler than a fat naked man right?