Easy Oreo Cupcakes!!

Okay, so you all know by now how untalented I am in the kitchen, well I found this Oreo cupcake recipe and I just had to try it out to see if they were better for Aubrey's party than the cookie dough cupcakes that I made last month. http://moorecraziness.blogspot.com/2011/12/results-review.html. So I used store bought cupcake mix, to simplify it!

So here is the original recipe I was "following"...
It's off of Annie's eats blog. http://annies-eats.com/2010/06/02/cookies-and-cream-cupcakes/  (FYI, She really doesn't recommend substituting or changing the recipe at all because it can mess with the results). This is just one of the reasons I did a test run before Aubrey's birthday, well that and to compare yumminess!

Ok so this is what I did:

I took regular Oreo's...

Twisted enough in half to fill the bottom of each cupcake liner, then put the ones I couldn't break nicely enough in a bag on the side and add some of the other halves (the ones without cream) into the bag. The recipe had asked for 20 chopped Oreo's to mix in, I did about 15 because 20 just seemed like a lot.  I also didn't not cut mine up. I crushed them in the bag, most of them were smaller than quartered (the original recipe says to chop them into quarters) which is how I wanted them. 

 I made the cupcake batter, Pillsbury is my favorite!! 

 Then I folded in the cookies, making sure not to mix it up too much. 

 I am really glad I did less of the cookies, because the batter was super chunky (as you can see) with the 15 so I'm worried if I did more the ratio of batter to cookies might be off. I would hate for the cupcakes to fall apart. 

 I baked for 18 minutes, and they got a little browner than they normally would. So I think next time I will try it for 16-17 minutes, but I think they might not be fully cooked at that point. If they aren't I'll just keep them in, I don't mind a little golden color!

 I frosted them with the cream cheese frosting (Pillsbury again, I just like their cake stuff best).  She made a cream cheese butter cream (I am not a big fan of butter cream, I've come to find out). 

 Once frosted I hade Greg try it first, he is a huge Oreo fan, and I'm counting calories right now so I was trying to resist. 

Greg thought they were great, so I of course HAD to try a bite for myself (for the sake of this post of course)! 

Well let me just tell you, they were AMAZING! I love them, they are a cookies and cream lovers dream! I personally like these just a tad better, the cookie dough ones can be quite heavy and sweet. Greg is taking them to work so all his co-workers can compare them to the cookie dough cupcakes. So I'll let you know what the consensus is. Either way I think I might just make BOTH for Aubrey's birthday, because these were SO simple and yummy! (Oh and they were cooked perfectly even though they were a little dark on top, still super moist!)

I don't like being woken up...

But when Aubrey called for me this morning saying "MAMA, where are you?" "MAAMAAA, I'm stuck!" I couldn't help but laugh! She is so funny! She was "stuck" in bed, she could easily get out if she tried, but she knows she isn't suppossed to. She is such a good girl, I'm one lucky Mama!

Lots of new videos and this is my 100th post! CRAZINESS!

So I know you are all dying to know what is going on in our house (like I don't post enough stuff, lol)! Well wait no longer!

Aubrey catching and throwing! I think we have a future softball player on our hands, and I couldn't be MORE excited! 

Video we made for Dada, it was just too cute that I had to share!

Aubrey using the present that Emily and Daniel got her for Christmas. She loves it! 

Aubrey using the Kitchen Grandma (Mary) got her for Christmas. 

Hi, I love you!

Giggles upon giggles! I was trying to get her to show everyone how she can go from crawling position to sitting. She has done it a handful of times now! 

This is an earlier video, of her almost getting into sitting position. 

Singing! 

Here are a few pics so not to make this post completely pointless for those who don't like to spend time watching videos of other people's children! 

 Now I have two girls who love to swing! 

 Addison's photo shoot with Aubrey! 

Aubrey sleeping so sweetly in her big girl bed! She is obsessed with going to bed now. She puts herself down for naps, and to bed. It's amazing! I am sure the novelty will wear off soon. 

 Holding her own bottle!! 

Some double bow action! 

So after I posted this I realized it was my 100th post! I can't even believe it! I started this blog after I  had Addison. I had a lot in my head that I just needed to get out, and I really wanted to try to document the girls growing up and since I am not big into doing baby books, I thought this was the next best way. The girls are exactly 16 months apart, and I have the hardest time remembering what Aubrey did when and it hasn't even been that long between babies. So hopefully this helps remind me! 

For those who follow my blog, I just want to thank you so much for following along in our journey! :) 

Through Aubrey's Eyes!

So Aubrey decided to take up photography today. She went around snapping pictures. She kept saying "Smile, Cheese!" to everything!

Then she decided to jump and take picture, big no no!

So this is what she came up with...

 I was posting on FB about her taking pictures, she caught me! 

 Didn't even realize she took this one. 

If you notice in one of the pic's I am taking a pic of her taking a pic of me. She was just so cute holding the camera up to her head, right above her eyes so she could still see. Too cute...

 She was getting comfy to take more pics of Addi...

 Then she got up after she saw me taking her pic...

so that she could take a picture of me...

Such a silly amazing girl! 

Postpartum Hair Loss...

You know it's bad when your almost two year old is picking hair from between her finger like it's the norm, nonchalantly saying "Mama's hair, yucky". Pretty sad that she knows it's mine.

She cracks me up, I was seriously rolling on the floor laughing.

 Come to think of it, maybe that's how my hair is all over the floor! :)