2015: Year in Review

Yes, I know- it's February. I know that this post comes about a month late (I'm blaming THAT on pregnancy brain), but in an effort to try and maintain some semblance of the blog that I'm imagining in my head that I want this to be, I'm doing my "annual" year-in-review post where I share pictures of the big events from the past year in an attempt to be able to look back later when I'm old and gray and remember the happy memories.

In February, we celebrated our first Valentine's Day, and I spent a few days in the hospital trying to figure out what my body was doing.

In March, we got MARRIED and went on our Honeymoon in Atlanta (speaking of which....did I ever blog THAT either??!).

In April, Easter happened.

I don't think anything happened in May, but lots happened in June!

We put our house on the market (and it still hasn't sold....)

And we took a trip to Texas to visit T's family!

In July, we visited Ohio for the first time and looked for a place to live.

And we adopted Yoda and I turned 25...

And we found out that we were pregnant!

August continued the theme of busy....we MOVED to Ohio!

In September, we visited the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patt...

and then we saw Taylor Swift in Columbus! 

In October, we found out that we were having a baby GIRL!

In November, we decided that pregnancy and one puppy weren't enough...so we added our somewhat-sweet Lucy to the family!

And in December, we celebrated our first married Christmas!

When I look back at all of these pictures, I realize that we had quite the busy year in 2015! Lots of adventures, fun, and laughter...and lots more to come in the rest of 2016! Marriage, travels, a puppy, a pregnancy, a move, another puppy....it was a busy year. If you made it through all of these pictures and ramblings, congrats- it was a lot, even for me! Here's to 2016!

DIY// Doggie Ice Cube Treats

Our Yoda loves ice cubes.

He's obsessed with them. We think it's because he's teething (as in, we've found little baby puppy teeth around the house), but it could just be that he's a weird dog-thing (we still aren't 100% convinced that he's not a cat). But for now, we can't go into the kitchen and reach for ice cubes to add to a drink without him looking at us with those pitiful little eyes.

He looks like he's crying, but I promise he's not. He just has terrible tear stains.

The other day, we saw something online that gave us the idea to try and make him some doggie ice cube "treats". We made two different versions to start with- chicken and blueberry- but only the chicken ones turned out "successful" in our minds. After seeing how the blueberries dyed the ice cube tray, we decided that we'd rather not introduce our floors to the color of blue, for fear that they might decide to stay that way forever. Especially since the dinglefloof likes to drag his ice cubes all around the house.

Our chicken flavored treats turned out really yummy, though (according to Yoda) AND more importantly for this tired preggo- they were super easy to make.

Things You Will Need:

• Ice cube tray
• Chicken broth
• Water
• Shredded chicken

How to Make:

1. Water down the chicken broth. We didn't use any specific ratios- I had a box that has been in the fridge for a bit that was about 1/4 full and I poured some water into it. I don't know if this is completely necessary, but I was concerned about the amount of sodium in the broth and didn't want the treats to be too salty.
2. Pour into the ice cube tray. I filled them up mostly full, but not completely.
3. Add a piece or two of shredded chicken to each "cube". I varied this per cube, some had more/some had less...depending on how big each piece was.
4. Freeze for a few hours until solid.
5. Pop them out and stick them in a ziplock to keep in the freezer until it's time for doggie to get a treat!

I'm not sure how many of these we are really "supposed" to give to puppy a day, but we've been giving him one chicken flavored a day and the rest of the time we just give him a regular ice cube (or an apple slice, carrot, or blueberry). He thinks the treats are super yummy, and I don't feel like I'm feeding him cookies all day!