3 months!!!

Holy crap, I'm already 3 months into this pregnancy! Yesterday was 12 weeks for me, and compared to 40 weeks that doesn't seem like many, but 3 months compared to 9 months..THAT got my attention!

I've been feeling much better here lately, now rarely do I almost throw up/dry heave. It's been a little over 2 weeks since my subchorionic hematoma stopped bleeding and I think DH is more happy about that than I am b/c it means my doctor released me from a 6 week pelvic rest. I'm just glad the 4 weeks of bleeding is over with-yuck.

Yesterday I bought, started, and finished reading "Belly Laughs" by Jenny McCarthy. Pregnant or not, anyone can enjoy this book, it is hilarious, although lude and crude in certain places. Go check it out!

BTW, if I remember later tonight (ha I have preggo brain who I am kidding) then I will post last nights weekly belly shot!

Babywearing Contest!

How cool would THIS be to win?

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

10 weeks

Wow sorry I haven't posted in forever (wait who am I saying sorry to,no one reads this!) Things have been different than I expected with pregnancy. Complicated. BUT..God is good, all the time, and this baby bean is growing strong in me regardless of bleeding, cramping, and so forth. David and I had our 3rd appt on Tuesday. Technically I was 9weeks 6 days pregnant, but the baby measured 9w3d. Not a big deal, no concern from Dr. We heard a strong hearbeat of 173bpm which was very different from 2 weeks before that when the hb was 148bpm. We also saw the baby wiggling around-VERY COOL! So without further ado...here is our bean!..oh btw, this awesome picture you see here, is due to a certain ultrasound wand and I becoming VERY familiar with eachother...hopefully next time I go in (13 weeks) I will be far enough along for the on-top-of-the-belly ultrasound!

Oh baby!

David and I are expecting at the end of January. God has a funny way of laughing at your plans and then showing you plans of His own!

Tomorrow will be 7 weeks exactly. We go back to the OB on the 18th to see a heartbeat!

Last Weekend

Less broken tile, more wood floors, and a shot out window. Wow it seems like every weekend since we closed on the house has been SOOO busy. Last weekend I air chiseled up the tile in front of the fireplace b/c 2 of the tiles were broken...look at me go:

<--- Ok this was when I started chiseling by hand...2 minutes later I smartened up and got out the air chisel.

David and his dad started on the wood floors:

The horrible news.....we had one of our bedroom windows broken by a vandal with a pellet gun:

The Painting is Finished!!..well almost

So David finished painting the super high ceiling:

...and I painted the front door!

All we have left to do is finish painting the baseboards and then the flooring begins!!!

The color is Royal Mahogany from Lumber Liquidators

Weekend Work

Hmm...what did we do this weekend? We had our new microwave installed Friday...thanks mom and dad for the awesome gift!

We also pulled up all the disgusting carpet:

...and David did the front landscaping:

I'm sure we did more...but this is all I can think of at the moment!

soooo tired!!!

So yesterday we spent 8 hours at the new house. Painting, more painting, changing the locks, mowing the lawn, edging, weed-eating, and did I mention MORE painting? We are beyond exhausted, but we have almost covered all the canary yellow the previous owners left behind. Big thanks to our family for helping us out big time this weekend!

Closing Day!

Today was closing day on our house..woo hoo!!!! Tomorrow it will be officially official when the funding goes through. Check out what our realtor brought us at closing:

New Bedding!!!

So today Mr. Forever gave me the go ahead to buy NEW bedding for our new BIG bed that we are inheriting from his grandparents. I wanted something really fresh and light..check it out!

2 weeks till closing!!!

Today is 2 weeks until closing and we couldn't be more excited and nervous. We are praying that everything goes smoothly and that there will be no problems between now and April 16th. If you think about us, say a little prayer for smooth sailing!

Appliance Shopping

Today David, my mom, and I went to Lowe's to check out appliances. After we close on the house (18 more days) we will need a fridge, microwave, and dishwasher. We have been VERY blessed by our parents who have offered to buy our microwave and dishwasher, as housewarming gifts, so that David and I only have to buy the fridge. Here's what we are leaning towards-GE® Energy Star® 25.4 Cu. Ft. Stainless Side-By-Side Refrigerator with Dispenser
Model#: LSS25XSWSS



...and Microwave-GE® 1.7 Cu. Ft. Over-the-Range Microwave Oven
Model#: LVM1750SMSS




What do you think???

First Day Back

So today was my first day back to teaching after a 1 week and 1 day break. It was a glorious break, but all that bliss had to end sometime, and sometime was today. Surprisingly enough, the day went by super fast and my kids got right back into the groove of school with few problems. Tomorrow is 3 weeks until closing. We are still praying that everything continues on time and without any glitches!

It's been awhile!

Wow, it's been forever since I've blogged. Let's recap quickly shall we? D's birthday was in January, we finally tried out The Keg. Turns out they make a GREAT Seabreeze. Starting in Feb. we started seriously house hunting. We put in 2 offers, on houses we really thought were "the one". Neither offer worked out, then we were blessed to find an AMAZING house in a BEAUTIFUL neighborhood...a TOTAL Godsend. We close on April 16th and are going stir crazy until closing day. We already have all downstairs paint colors picked out, plus flooring! Take a look at our Dream House!

Dad's Birthday!

Yesterday my dad turned 60. Talk about making a girl feel old. Dad's favorite cake is a black forest cake. Have I ever made one? No. Would it be fun to try? Of course! Here it is, my first black forest cake. Happy birthday dad!

Lauren is Home!

On Monday Dec. 17th, Lauren and Brian came over to celebrate Lauren being home from college..FOR GOOD. We were going to have chicken alfredo, but I was craving enchiladas. I've never made cheese enchiladas before, but these tasted amazing!!!

What you need:

1 pkg corn tortillas

1 large pkg shredded mexican cheese

1 large jar of red enchilada sauce

vegetable oil

What you do:

~preheat oven to 350

~cover the bottom of a skillet with vegetable oil and heat it up

~cook each side of every tortilla for 5 SECONDS and take out of skillet

~cover the bottom of a large glass dish with red enchilada sauce

~dip each tortilla in red enchilada sauce, place in pan, fill with cheese, roll it up!

~continue with each tortilla

~cover all enchiladas with more cheese and leftover red enchilada sauce

~cook on 350 for about 20 minutes

Black Friday

We didn't do anything crazy like wake up at 5am to go shopping, but we did find something great. Our FIRST married Christmas Tree. It's a 6.5 ft pre-lit Balsam Fir. The very best thing about it (ok, in my opinion) is that it is only 3 pieces. You don't have to manually put in every single branch like some trees. WOOHOO! We have decided that our family (David and Cassie) will put up Christmas decorations on the first day of December....a tradition begins....come back in 8 days to see the decorations.... <3

Chocolate Pound Cake

So I don't even like Starbucks, but they used to have this chocolate pound cake that rocked my world. Then they discontinued it. Since I was already making 2 desserts for Thanksgiving I thought I would try to find a recipe for chocolate pound cake and see if I could come close to appeasing my cravings. ~Well it is good, and I did get lots of compliments on it, but isn't Starbucks. Maybe next time I will try chocolate chips in the batter. ~Isn't the serving dish cool? It was a wedding present and I've just now been able to use it!

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
5 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the dissolved coffee and buttermilk. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Chocolate Cheesecake

Mmm Mmmm Mmmm my amazing chocolate cheesecake with chocolate chip cookie crust! This was a hit at Thanksgiving last year so I HAD to make it again! Be sure to cut VERY small slices as this dessert is SUPER rich.

~Ok so I forgot to take a "before" picture, so here is the "after".

Ingredients:

1 pkg of chocolate chip cookie dough

2 pkgs(8 oz each) of cream cheese, softened

1 cup of sugar

4 packets(1 oz each) of unsweetened chocolate squares

2 pkgs(8 oz each) of cool whip, thawed

~you will need a springform pan for this dessert~

Directions:

~Preheat over to 350 degrees-then grease a 9 inch springform pan

~Press cookie dough into the bottom of springform pan and bake for about 15 minutes. Let cookie cool completely.

~Combine cream cheese, sugar, and chocolate squares in large mixing bowl until well blended.

~Add cool whip and stir until just blended.

~Spoon mixture over cookie and smooth top.

~Cover and refridgerate for 3-4 hours, or overnight.

~Remove sides of pan.

Peanut Butter Pie

So I lost my wonderful peanut butter pie recipe I had made from last year's Thanksgiving, and had to search for a new recipe. I have to say, it was a little runny, it didn't hold together very well. I'm posting the recipe anyway, maybe someone else can figure out how to adjust it so that it stays together better-I'm thinking less cool whip.



INGREDIENTS:

1 baked pie crust, or use graham cracker crust, 9-inch
-I bought the chocolate pre-made pie crust
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup milk
8 ounces whipped topping
chocolate shavings, optional

PREPARATION:
In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and peanut butter. Slowly add milk, beating until smooth. Fold in whipped topping; pour into crust. Freeze for 1 hour.