Totally Stuck!!!

So today was quiet the eventful day. It started off when I heard Mason calling to me and sort of wimpering. I went in to see what the matter was and found this site.

This is a little bunt pan that came with his kitchen set. Apparently he was in his room just playing a way, cooking and such, when he stuck his finger in the middle and then couldn't pull it back out. I tried to pull it out as well, but it was really stuck. I smoothered his finger in lotion and tried again, but no luck. Every time I tugged on it he would scream in pain. I decided I need to call Drew and see if he had any suggestions. After getting a hold of him he told me to try soap and cold water. Still no budging it. This happened about 10:30 am. after trying for about an hour and a half, Drew decided to come home and see what he could do. He made it home at around 12:30. He tried and tried also. He even tried to cut the thing, but it was made out of really thick metal and we just couldn't get through it. By now Mason is to the point where he doesn't want anyone to touch it because it hurts him so bad when we tug on it. At this point we didn't know what to do to get it off so we decided to take him to the fire department that is just down the street from our house. The first guy that looked at it said to take him to Kosairs childrens hospital and they would probably have to have a surgeon cut it off. He said it was just to swollen to pull off at this point. Then a paramedic came and started working on it. Mason is still in his car seat in the car right now and this guy is tugging and pulling and doing everything he can to get this thing off. Mason is freaking out. Kicking, screaming, trying to bit the guy. It seriously was so traumatic. I was almost in tears because it was hurting him so bad. The got some Pam cooking spray and sprayed that all over and kept pulling. After about 5-10 minutes of pull on his finger, it finally came off!! I was so happy that it was off, but then I looked at his finger, and it looked awful. I wish I had my camera at that point because it was as fat as a hot dog and all sorts of different colors. They told us that we still needed to take him to the ER and have it looked at, so we drove down town with Mason crying the whole way because he was in so much pain. So after getting ex rays and having a few doctors and nurses looking at it, they decided that it was okay. Nothing was broken and they expect the swelling to go down. After 4 hours in the ER, we finally got to go home, and no one was more excited about that then Mason. I took some pictures of it when we got home, but it had been over 4 hours after they had gotten it off, so it wasn't nearly as swollen as it was at first. We are just glad that it is off and that his finger is okay. The poor little guy went through quiet a lot today and was a real trooper. The bunt pan is now in the garbage, and I would advise anyone who has this Target kitchen set to throw the bunt pan out as well. Their little fingers fit all to well right in the middle.

HaPPy BirthDay DaDDy!!

So today is Drew's 27th Birthday!! Just a little shout out to him... We love you so much and hope that you have the best day ever! Happy Birthday You!!! You are such a wonderful Dad and Husband and so talented in so many ways. What a great example you are to me! Thanks Hun for being you!!

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Our Christmas Vacation

Well we are officially home and boy did we have a great Christmas Break. We had so much fun with our family and friends in St. George. The time went way to fast and we weren't really ready to come home, but home we are. Mason was so fun this year during the whole Christmas season. He loved every bit of it and is still asking why Christmas has to be over. The thing he wanted most was a Mickey Mouse Toon Plane. Drew made sure that it was the last thing he opened, and he was so excited when he finally received it. He didn't let it out of his site for days!!

Mason on Santa's Lap on Christmas Eve at Grandma Freis'

Opening presents!!

Christmas in St. George

Well, WE MADE IT!! After a long day of traveling yesterday, we made it to St. George. Yesterday as I was busy packing and trying to get things all ready Mason said "Mom, I SOOO Excited!!" And that we are, we are here with family during this special time of the year. The flight went well. Mason loves airplanes and was in heaven at the airport and during the first little bit of the flight, then he got anxious and was ready to see his Grandmas and Grandpas and everybody else. We finally made it here last night and he was all tuckered out. Today he has just loved being here and seeing everyone. He of course has already had a wheeler ride and I know that it will be the first of many. Hope everyone is enjoying the season as much as we are!!

Gingerbread Houses!!!

So the other night we made gingerbread houses with the Ences. Mason and Kallie had a great time. They had candy and frosting all around them and ate to their hearts content, and every now and again they would stick some candy on the houses instead of their mouths. We decided we would post the houses on our blogs and let you all decide who the winner is. So feel free to comment and let us know which house you like the best. The winner is going to get something fun (don't know what yet:)
Also, a little side note to all of Drews family... this was our warm up for the big Steel Gingerbread House competition. We hope you are all ready because we are definitely bringing our A game!!!

The most wonderful time of the year!

Holy cow, its about time that I post hu!! Life has been pretty crazy here at the Steel house hold. We are totally excited for Christmas and to go back home to St. George and see all of our family and friends. I have been busy trying to get things ready for us to go. We had a wonderful THanksgiving in Nashville. My Uncle invited us down to spend Thanksgiving with his family. We had a great time. The Wednesday night before Thanksgiving they took us to see the Radio City Rockettes Christmas show at the Opryland Theatre. It was really fun and totally got me in the Christmas mood. We also had dinner at the Opryland Hotel. The hotel in absolutley amazing, a definite must see!! Of course I didn't have my camera (I never seem to have it at the right time), I wish I could have gotten some pictures, but oh well, what do you do!! Thanksgiving night we traveled back to Louisville so that I could get up at the crack of dawn and go shopping with my friends. I was up at 4:30am and out shopping by 5am. I was a lot of fun. My friends and I got some great deals and who doesn't move a great deal!! The rest of the weekend we spent hanging out and putting up Christmas Decorations. Good times at the Steel household!! Hope everyone is enjoy this fun time of year!!

also, here is my recipe monday...

Frozen Hot chocolate

6 half oz pieces of a variety of your favorite chocolates

2 t. hot chocolate mix

1 ½ T. sugar

1 ½ C. milk

3 C. ice

Whipped cream

Chocolate Shavings

*Chop the chocolate into small pieces and place it in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring occasionally until melted. Add the hot chocolate mix and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended. Remove from heat and slowly add ½ C. of the milk and stir until smooth. Cool to room themperature.

* In a blender place the remaining cup of milk, the room temperature chocolate mixture, and the ice. Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Pour into a giant goblet and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Paint, Stripes, and more Paint!

Well I finally did it (I guess I should say we did it). Since we found out we would be having another boy I have wanted to paint their bed room. I have been trying to decide on paint chips for some time now, and on Saturday I finally made a decision and we headed to get the paint. We painted away on Saturday Afternoon and got the light blue all done on all the walls, then on Monday night we painted the stripes on the one wall. I am really happy with the way it turned out. I was nervous the colors weren't going to match the bedding (I really needed my moms help for that, she is like the painting queen), but it ended up matching perfectly. Now I need to decorate and hang things back up on the walls. Here are a few pics of the finished walls. I will post some more when I get it all decorated (Which will probably be after Christmas). Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to eat lots of Turkey!!

Recipe Time

Cheese Potato Soup

Put the following ingredients in one pot and boil for 15 min:

3 Cups Cubed potatoes

1 Cup diced celery

3 Cups water

1 Cup diced carrots

½ Cup chopped onions

4 Bouillon chicken cubes

Melt in microwave:

¾ Cup margarine (I like to use butter)

add ¾ Cup flour and mix well

Add flour mixture to soup

Add 2 Cups half and half

1 tsp basil

2 Cups milk

12 oz. Velveeta Cheese

Cook until thickened and cheese has melted

This has got to be one of my very favorite soup recipes. All I can say is yummm!!!

Recipe Monday!!

So my sister-in-law Megan wants to start a thing where we post recipes every monday. Feel free to join in if you want to. It will be a fun and easy way to get some new yummy recipes!! I thought I would do something fallish for this weeks recipe.

Pumpkin Roll

3 eggs
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 C. sugar
2/3 C Pumpkin
1 tsp. Ginger
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
¾ C flour
1 tsp baking powder

Beat eggs at high speed for 5 minutes. Add sugar gradually. Add pumpkin and lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients. Stir well and pour into well greased and floured cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Turn onto towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Sprinkle again on top. Roll cake and towel together. Let cool. Unwrap. Spread with filling and reroll. Refrigerate until set.

Filling:

2/3 C Powdered sugar
8oz. cream cheese
4 tsp butter
1 tsp vanilla