Dear Baby,

Dear Baby,

We got to see you one week ago.  You weighed 13 oz and you politely kept your legs crossed.  This pleased your father immensely as he did not want me to even try and guess your gender.  I'm a little sad that you're playing favorites already.  We also found out that you are a thumb sucker.  Oh, dear.  We already had strong suspicions that you would need braces but this has confirmed our fears.
You are a little wiggle worm in church which is very distracting for your poor mother.  You also get hyper when I give even a little bit of caffeine.  We look forward to meeting in a few months.  Hopefully, your parents will have everything they need to take care of you, but don't count on it.

Love,
Your mother

Barefoot and Pregnant in the Kitchen

Yes, I'm barefoot.  Yes, I'm pregnant.  And yes, I've been spending a lot of time in the kitchen recently.

Pregnancy update: my baby is approximately the length of a rather large carrot.  My stomach is the relatively the size of a football.  My baby has been moving.  Most of the time I can barely feel it but sometimes I get a good jab or two.

Cooking update:
I made these cinnamon rolls for a work event.  I think that they are the first cinnamon rolls that I've ever made.  Pretty tasty if I do say so myself.

I made Chicken-Zucchini Alfredo for dinner last night.  It was a low-fat version that skipped out on the cream. I usually don't even like saying the words low-fat but this turned out pretty well.  I think I like the real cream and butter version better but this works in a jiffy and tastes pretty yummy at the same time.

Tonight's dinner is something that I've never had: Knish.  It is not low-fat.  Basically it looks like mashed potatoes wrapped in homemade pastry.  What could possibly be bad about that combination?

The only bad part about all this food is doing the dishes.

What I want for Christmas part 2

My current living room desperately needs a big wall clock.  Here are some suggestions for those of you who can't figure out what to get me for Christmas.

I love just how basic this one is:

Diggin' the Frechiness

Now for the best one of all:

Actually that last one would drive me crazy.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

The only Christmas decoration we have are some Christmas lights which we are not even sure where/how to hang them.  There is an easy answer however and that was to scour the internet for good decorations.  I found this stocking tutorial and fell in love.

I love the bright colors that they chose to use!

I couldn't find any fabrics that I loved that weren't ridiculously expensive.   So I went to the sales rack at Hancock Fabrics (love) and picked up the fabric for my stockings all for under $3 total.  I made Aaron's first and afterwards I realized a couple of mistakes that I had made.  Mine turned out better. ; ) Maybe I should have started with mine and let Aaron have the nice one.  

I love my new rug!  Hopefully it will keep out the fall wet and the winter slush from my kitchen.  Hopefully, I won't have to mop as much!

I need to figure out how to keep the date from showing up on the photo.  Stupid.

What I want for Christmas...part 1

I saw these adorable gloves in Target the other day.  I think I need them.

And don't forget these:

I actually liked just about every pair they had and all the colors...except yellow, but that is a given. 

In case you were looking for ideas, here you go. 

Hi world!

Remember me?  I do have a good excuse for not posting: I didn't have any internet for nearly 3 months.  To be honest, it didn't really bother me much. I enjoy having it, but it makes it a lot easier to avoid temptation and be productive when it simply isn't an option.
Anywho, here is a project I've been working on lately.  They are super easy and you can find tutorials for them all over the internet.  Here is one to check out.  I love them muchly.