Sugar & Spice by Celeste

Friends!  It's been a WHILE...over 5 years to be exact.  So much has happened since then, and I don't even know where to start.  My last post announced that we were about to have a baby.   As you can imagine, I immediately had exponentially fewer opportunities to keep the blog going as a new mom.  Plus, we had waited (not so patiently) for over 7 years to become parents, and I wanted to devote every waking minute to our new family and to savoring all the baby snuggles, giggles, and memories. Well, she's five years old now and the absolute light of our lives!  She's my little mini me and is getting more and more interested in baking.  We have a ton of fun together in the kitchen, so I thought it might be time to start up the ole' blog again. I gave her a copy of Food Network's The Big, Fun Kids Cookbook  for Christmas, and she's pretty excited to start baking and cooking her way through that.  It's a super cute cookbook.  I'll be sur...

Photo by Brad W.   Friends, I have such wonderful news to share with you.  Next week, my husband and I are scheduled to welcome a precious baby girl via c-section!  There are simply no words to rightfully express our excitement and joy. It's been a long, emotional and rocky road for us to reach this point, but it will all be worth it the moment we see our daughter's face for the first time.  Feeling her little kicks, jabs and punches has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my life. I know that you haven't seen me post many recipes lately, and now you finally know why.  As you can imagine, we've had a lot going on, and this mama-to-be just needed a tiny break.  But do not worry my foodie friends, this blog is still incredibly important to me and you will see many, many yummy recipes soon.  I can't wait to be able to share "mommy and me" recipe posts and updates about our little one!  Please keep us in your prayers as the ...