My Baby Daddy

Yes, the title of this post refers to the father of my child, but I chose to label it with some slang. I'm choosing to have a little humor in this whole hormonal roller coaster game that they call pregnancy. Now back to the reason I started this post...

I have subscribed to a few fun blogs that I've found or friends have alerted me to. I recently found this post and really wanted to order the item until I realized that the baby will probably grow out of it before I can even count out $26. And plus, that's just outrageous.

Check it out...
http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2009/05/18/my-dad-s-a-geek-onesie.aspx

It has been too long...

I just realized that I last posted a real belly picture in March.  You better get ready for this, because this little girl has been growing.  And she has hiccups as I'm posting this!

31 weeks

I haven't seen my feet in a while...

The Baker

With my little "bun in the oven" I haven't had much time or energy to bake, which is probably one of my favorite things to do.  This weekend, I needed to make a few different things so I opted for a "safe" recipe as I like to call them, meaning one that I had previously tested.  It was great because I was able to make two pies for two different events.

Here's me in action at 31 weeks!  The apron is covering my big belly, which by they way, is becoming quite a hindrance in getting close to the kitchen counter.  So I'll post some better pictures later.

And here's the yummy recipe that I tried.  Of course it's a Paula Deen recipe.  That southern lady knows how to make some dessert.

Shaver's Chocolate Pecan Pie

Serves 6-8

1/2 c butter 1/4 c all-purpose flour

2 squares (2 oz) semisweet chocolate 1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs, well beaten 1/8 tsp salt

1/2 c sugar 3/4 c chopped or whole pecans

1/2 c light corn syrup* One 9-inch unbaked pie crust

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Melt the butter and chocolate in a double boiler over hot water.  Pout this into a bowl and add the beaten eggs, then stir in the sugar, corn syrup, flour, vanilla, and salt.  Fold in the pecans.  Pour the filling into the crust and bake for about 30 minutes.  Watch carefully and do not take the pie out of the oven until the top looks dry.  You can make up to 4 pies at one time.  They freeze beautifully.  Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on top, if you like.

*The first time I made this, I wasn't able to find light corn syrup in my grocery store (weird, I know).  Another cookbook said that I could substitute 1/2 c sugar and 1/8 c water and it seemed to work fine.

Baby is getting famous

A few weeks ago before we "cheated" and "found out", somebody started getting fan mail.  John's mom sent us this cute night gown set with a hat and cutie booties.  We decided to hang it inside the closet door, so each time we open it we get a smile and remember why our apartment is a complete mess.  

She also sent the new and improved GloWorm.  When I was a kid, we just had a little stuffed doll that had a light in it.  Now they light up and play nursery rhymes.  Pretty cool!  Hopefully we won't kill the batteries playing with it before the baby comes. :)

Tell me it isn't so!

I needed a second ultrasound that was scheduled for last Tuesday.  Thanks to my not-so-good-at-surprises hubby he talked (no, begged) me into finding out the gender of the baby.  Long story short...it's a GIRL!  

It's really hard to believe that we now have even a clue as to the gender.  I can't say that John was excited when the lady told us, in fact, he actually had to sit down for a few minutes.  Ha!  Honestly though, we are both very thankful for this little girl and can't wait to meet her.  Take a look at that little button nose (if you can find it on the blurry picture) and tell me you haven't already fallen in love with her!  We have. :)

You might laugh, you might not...

It just depends on how you look at it.

Friends forever

Thankfully, there's a baby on the way to save you all from getting continuous pictures of our cats.  But until then...