Crescent Roll Chicken

We went to dinner at a friend's house back shortly after Cassandra was born. She made this for dinner and it was so yummy! I've made it a few times since, but for some reason never posted the recipe!

Crescent Roll Chicken

In saucepan, combine:
1 can cream of chicken
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/2 cup milk

2 cans crescent rolls
2 chicken breasts, cooked and finely chopped
4oz cream cheese, very soft
4tbsp butter, very soft
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
2-4tbsp mayo
1/2 tsp salt
1/2tsp pepper
1-2 cups shredded cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In saucepan, heat cream of chicken soup, shredded cheese, and milk over low until combined and melted. Spread some of this mixture on the bottom of a 9x13" pan.
3. In a bowl, combine cream cheese, butter and garlic powder. Stir until well mixed.  Add chicken, shredded cheese, onion, salt, pepper, and mayo and mix well.
4. Unroll and separate crescent rolls. Add appx 1tbsp of chicken mixture to one crescent roll and roll up from wide end to thin end. Place in pan seam side down. Repeat for all crescent rolls.
5.  Top crescent rolls with the rest of the soup mixture and shredded cheese.
6. Bake 30min

Notes: This recipe takes awhile to make. I started out with a fully cooked rotisserie chicken (used 1.5cups of chicken) and even with that, this took me a half hour from start to finish....and I had Gabe helping with the soup duties! So if you have to cook the chicken as well-it's time consuming! And yes, there's lots of cheese and you can use any kind. I used colby jack, but I think my friend used a mix of cheddar and swiss for hers. I'll also say that getting this into a 9x13" pan is quite tricky-you really have to squeeze them in there! 

Definitely give this a try-it's a good one when hosting a dinner party!

Matchy-matchy

We have very, very few matching outfits for the girls. In fact, maybe only 1 or 2 outfits. And Avery never wants to wear them.

So yesterday when she wanted them to match, I had to jump on it!

Of course trying to get a good picture of the 2 of them in matching outfits.....that's another story.

This is what you get with 2 kids and a camera:

Avery's lost in space and Cass is being a goof!

Cass falling over (yet smiling!), Avery glazed over from smiling so much

finally a semi-decent one!

New Face

There's a new face making an appearance in town these days.....

....and it totally cracks me up!

Pulled Pork

I've never made pulled pork before. I love eating it, but I always thought it was difficult to make.

Ladies and gentlemen....it is the EASIEST.MEAL.EVER!

A friend of mine told me how to do it and I made it yesterday. OMG-it is SO good! Why did I wait so long to try it?!

Here's what you need:
1 can of gingerale (I had 7up in the house so I used that)
1 pork shoulder/pork butt roast (mine was a 6lb-er)
BBQ sauce of your choice

Put the roast in your crock pot with the fatty side facing up.  Pour the gingerale over the roast. Put that baby on low for about 9-10hrs.
Carefully remove the meat from the crockpot and drain out the juice. Pull/shred the meat. Mix  meat with BBQ sauce until it's saucy enough for you. EAT!

(Notes: When I took the meat out, I put it on a cookie sheet and shredded it. Once shredded, I returned it to the crock pot with the BBQ sauce to heat it all up for a few minutes. And I used roughly 3 cups of BBQ sauce for our 6lb roast.)

Thanks Kristin for the awesome recipe-we'll be making this a lot!!

My Buddy

Gabe and the kids went for a walk today and found a little "buddy" to bring home.

A caterpillar!

I have no idea where they found it or how they got it home, but I came home and it was here. And Avery? She's obsessed with it! Girlfriend is not afraid to touch it or hold it either (she's not like her Mama that's for sure!).

Right now he's chillin' in a tupperware container with some grass! We'll see how long he makes it!
(he lasted 2 days then croaked! Oops!)

Cute as a Button....Take 2!

Remember this post?

Well, here's Cassandra in the same outfit!

I should mention that Avery was 3mos old in her pics, and Cassandra is 8mos old! Yep, same outfit! Haha!

Eight Months Old!

Baby girl is 8 months old today!

Cassandra is still in size 2 diapers for the day and size 3 for overnight. She's wearing a mix of 3 and 6 month clothing still. Some 3 month stuff fits her great, some got packed away. Some 6 month stuff fits great and some is big on her still! 

Cassandra is still a pretty good sleeper. She's been up once a night around 3-4am and still naps twice a day. One thing I noticed is that she really doesn't sleep in her carseat anymore unless she's really, really exhausted. So if we're out and about, she just won't nap! So that can be a pain at times!

Nursing is about the same-every 2.5-3hrs for the most part.  She's still having just one meal a day-dinner with us. I should add in a second meal for her, but really it's just more work for me so I've been lazy and not doing it! Yep, shame on me! This month she tried nectarine, cantaloupe, Coco pops from Wegman's, cauliflower, applesauce, pasta, and baby oatmeal.  She LOVES those Coco pops-oh my word! I tried taking a piece away from her and she totally freaked out! Sister likes her food!

As for new things this month....she has started to flap her arms up and down a lot.  She also has started grunting/growling at things, which is pretty funny! She babbles a lot now "bababa". She has started making an "ooooh" face with the rounded lips which cracks me up-it's so adorable! Cassandra has mastered rolling around and goes all over doing it! She's working on sitting up and does pretty well. She does need someone close by because she will arch herself back out of nowhere. For the most part, she does ok. She has started laughing like crazy when I wash her neck at bath time. She knows it's coming and bursts out laughing-it's so cute! She likes "peek-a-boo" and "I'm gonna get you".  Overall, Cassandra is a very happy and content little girl. She's just a joy to have around!

And now for the pics!

My favorites:

love this one!

And for kicks, here are Avery's eight month photos!