Last night, while cooking dinner, I hear Chris from the living room:
"Hey, how do you rotate an image?"
Maybe this GRAPHIC DESIGN schooling isn't paying off...
A few nights ago, in the car:
"Chris! Stop picking your nose. Do we need a humidifier in our room?"
"No way! I'm not spending money on a humidifier when God gave me a finger for free."
I promise, he doesn't always pick his nose. Just when other people aren't around :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Girliness
I'm pretty sure Chris knew what he was getting in to when he married me. He knows I'm a girly girl. He knows I desire to do (and be!) all things homemaker. He knows pink is my favorite color. So, in my defense, should he really have been surprised when I came home with a sack full of fabrics that look like this?
I don't think so. His daughter is after all at least 50% of me. Certainly she will be so glad that the first years of her life were spent in a pink-zebra print room :)
But all joking aside, I really think this room will end up being super cute! I'm planning on sewing and crafting almost everything on my own. Here are a few of those things:
- paint the crib
- paint the cradle
- make crib sheets
- make bedskirt
- make crib bumper
- sew a shabby quilt
- blankets
- curtain swags
- new lampshades
- crib mobile
Oh, did I mention she's due in 4 short months? And that I work 40 hours a week? And that the holidays are coming up? I may or may not be nuts. We'll see! Anyway, I found a pretty awesome blog with patterns for almost everything that I don't know how to sew, and also some pretty cute patterns for burp cloths and other such things. This will be fun!
Menu Plan - 3 Weeks!
We got some much needed time away from Topeka a few weeks ago. Chris has become an expert at building these: 
Not bridges, but fire. He makes one in our fireplace whenever it's going to dip below 45 or so. Keeps us warm! I wonder if his cousin Jake showed him how? ;)
Well here goes THREE WEEKS worth of menu plans. Sounds nuts doesn't it?
Monday: Meatball Subs
Tuesday: Twice baked bacon potatos
Wednesday: Lentil sloppy joes
Thursday: Biscuits and gravy
Friday: Shihshkabobs (grilled by the hubs)
Saturday: Couples Conference, a.k.a. something DELICIOUS
Sunday: Chicken Fajitas
Monday: Meatloaf and mashed potatos
Tuesday: Lasagna, green salad
Wednesday: Chicken casesar salad (haven't cleared this with Chris...)
Thursday: BBQ Chicken Pizza
Friday: Pancakes and bacon (a la Chris)
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Baby Shower!
Monday: Chili and cornbread
Tuesday: Southwest Chicken Salad
Wednesday: Roast and potatos, carrots
Thursday: Spaghetti and salad
Friday: French toast
Saturday: KU Game!
Sunday: Leftovers
Whew! That's a relief. Wish me luck!
A really cute kid I know!
My sister brought this over last night:
Isn't he just the most adorable dinosaur ever? He gets it from his adorable mommy.
That's actually not true at all. He looks just like his dad.
But she is so cute! And so is he. There must be a correlation :)
Fittingly so, this little dino had his first taste of candy last night. His bedtime is straight up 8pm, and he will remind you if it's a minute past! Needless to say, by 8:15, he was wailing. The pacifier brought no comfort. So what did? A raspberry tootsie pop. Given to him by no one other than grandpa Jay. He had only a few licks, but it definitely calmed him down. He contentedly stayed for about 10 more minutes. Glassy eyes and all!
Friday, October 29, 2010
So... I'm pregnant.
Recently, a friend made me feel very guilty about not keeping my blog updated. Honestly, it is something I enjoy doing, I just forget that other people sometimes enjoy it, too!
I also started feeling guilty lately that I haven't documented a single thing about my pregnancy. The first picture I even took of myself was last week! And I'm already more than halfway done cooking this little one :)
So I thought I would kick off my non-menu plan posts with a baby post. I don't have very many (if any) pictures to go along with this post, so hopefully just the little tidbits of info will be enough!
July 10 - A positive pregnancy test! I had no idea how far along I was, Chris and I were just excited to be expecting :)
July 15 - We began telling family and friends that we were pregnant. After some research and paying attention to a timeline of symptoms, I gathered that at this point we were probably around 8 or 9 weeks pregnant. (Just remember folks, though I was only 6 weeks in to marriage, 2 weeks of that is not gestation. Women are already 2 weeks pregnant at the point of conception, based on when their last period occured.)
July 19 - Called Birth and Women's Center to schedule my first prenatal appointment. Based on my account of my last period, they agreed I was probably around 9 or 10 weeks pregnant and scheduled me for my first visit at 12 weeks.
July 28 - After being nauseous for nearly 10 days, I decided to cave in and call for a script. Those little 4mg tabs of Zofran are like gold!
August 5 - First appointment. Got a tour of the Birth Center, drew some blood for labwork, weighed myself (up 2 lbs!), and then got started with the appointment with the midwife. I met with Norla and she went over a few health history questions and other wonderings me and the hubby had. She used her magic "wheel of conception" to calculate my due date of February 20, 2011. Then she tried to hear the heartbeat using the doppler. She said the baby must be a stinker, because at first she couldn't find the baby (I'm sure that will be true!). But, alas, we got to hear the little heart pounding away! Heart rate was in the 170's. It was a beautiful sound :)
August 9 - The nausea left just as quick as it came! I continued (and still continue) taking about 4-5 Zofran per week, down significantly from my 3 per day. Though I never actually tossed my cookies, it made work quite impossible.
September 2 - Had my second appointment at Birth and Womens. This one was sure interesting! She measured me and said I was measuring 4 weeks ahead. I told her that I was wondering if it was twins, because of all the family history, and my bulging belly bump (I had added 9 inches to my waist already). She said she couldn't say definitively, and went on with my appointment. She listened for the heartbeat and heard it pretty high up in my belly. Then when she moved the doppler to the other side of my belly button (about 5 inches away) she could hear a heartbeat again. I told her that my baby moved A LOT and I had been feeling it kick for about two weeks. She said that with everything she had observed through my appointment, combined with my severely increased appetite and family history of twins, that she thought we were having twins, too. Needless to say she talked me in to an ultrasound!
*The month of September included a lot of anxious waiting!*
October 5 - After much confusion, many tears, and lots of grief, my sonogram appointment finally arrived. The office it was scheduled in was a Perinatologist's office in order to get a 4D ultrasound. We wanted to check for pyloric stenosis because of Chris's strong family history of being predisposed. But much to our surprise, there was one baby only :) And it's a baby girl! Because girls don't usually have pyloric stenosis, we are looking forward to a gastrointestinally healthy little one. However, once they had completed all the measurements, she was too itty-bitty for February 20 to be the correct due date. Instead, they moved it back to March 13, 2011. We'll have to wait a little longer, but a spring break baby is okay with me! At this point, I have gained 12 pounds, and am 17 weeks pregnant.
October 23 - Got the nursery completely empty. It's so exciting to start preparing for a little one. Especially after we got to see pictures of her. We picked up the crib and cradle from Chris's parents so I can start refinishing them. Pictures will be up soon!
October 29 - Today, I am 20 weeks, 5 days pregnant. I feel the baby kick all the time! She gets especially aggressive if something is pressing against her (i.e. if my pants are a little snug or I have to go to the bathroom). My eating has slowed down, but I still snack in between meals. I haven't craved anything specific over an extended period of time. The only thing that always sounds good is lots of condiments! I load everything up with butter, salad dressing, sour cream, soy sauce -- anything to season what I'm eating! We do have her name picked out. We'll share it when she's born! Until then it's a surprise. So for right now Chris and I are just enjoying living life as DINKs :) Only 135 days left until baby girl Young is scheduled to arrive.
I also started feeling guilty lately that I haven't documented a single thing about my pregnancy. The first picture I even took of myself was last week! And I'm already more than halfway done cooking this little one :)
So I thought I would kick off my non-menu plan posts with a baby post. I don't have very many (if any) pictures to go along with this post, so hopefully just the little tidbits of info will be enough!
July 10 - A positive pregnancy test! I had no idea how far along I was, Chris and I were just excited to be expecting :)
July 15 - We began telling family and friends that we were pregnant. After some research and paying attention to a timeline of symptoms, I gathered that at this point we were probably around 8 or 9 weeks pregnant. (Just remember folks, though I was only 6 weeks in to marriage, 2 weeks of that is not gestation. Women are already 2 weeks pregnant at the point of conception, based on when their last period occured.)
July 19 - Called Birth and Women's Center to schedule my first prenatal appointment. Based on my account of my last period, they agreed I was probably around 9 or 10 weeks pregnant and scheduled me for my first visit at 12 weeks.
July 28 - After being nauseous for nearly 10 days, I decided to cave in and call for a script. Those little 4mg tabs of Zofran are like gold!
August 5 - First appointment. Got a tour of the Birth Center, drew some blood for labwork, weighed myself (up 2 lbs!), and then got started with the appointment with the midwife. I met with Norla and she went over a few health history questions and other wonderings me and the hubby had. She used her magic "wheel of conception" to calculate my due date of February 20, 2011. Then she tried to hear the heartbeat using the doppler. She said the baby must be a stinker, because at first she couldn't find the baby (I'm sure that will be true!). But, alas, we got to hear the little heart pounding away! Heart rate was in the 170's. It was a beautiful sound :)
August 9 - The nausea left just as quick as it came! I continued (and still continue) taking about 4-5 Zofran per week, down significantly from my 3 per day. Though I never actually tossed my cookies, it made work quite impossible.
September 2 - Had my second appointment at Birth and Womens. This one was sure interesting! She measured me and said I was measuring 4 weeks ahead. I told her that I was wondering if it was twins, because of all the family history, and my bulging belly bump (I had added 9 inches to my waist already). She said she couldn't say definitively, and went on with my appointment. She listened for the heartbeat and heard it pretty high up in my belly. Then when she moved the doppler to the other side of my belly button (about 5 inches away) she could hear a heartbeat again. I told her that my baby moved A LOT and I had been feeling it kick for about two weeks. She said that with everything she had observed through my appointment, combined with my severely increased appetite and family history of twins, that she thought we were having twins, too. Needless to say she talked me in to an ultrasound!
*The month of September included a lot of anxious waiting!*
October 5 - After much confusion, many tears, and lots of grief, my sonogram appointment finally arrived. The office it was scheduled in was a Perinatologist's office in order to get a 4D ultrasound. We wanted to check for pyloric stenosis because of Chris's strong family history of being predisposed. But much to our surprise, there was one baby only :) And it's a baby girl! Because girls don't usually have pyloric stenosis, we are looking forward to a gastrointestinally healthy little one. However, once they had completed all the measurements, she was too itty-bitty for February 20 to be the correct due date. Instead, they moved it back to March 13, 2011. We'll have to wait a little longer, but a spring break baby is okay with me! At this point, I have gained 12 pounds, and am 17 weeks pregnant.
October 23 - Got the nursery completely empty. It's so exciting to start preparing for a little one. Especially after we got to see pictures of her. We picked up the crib and cradle from Chris's parents so I can start refinishing them. Pictures will be up soon!
October 29 - Today, I am 20 weeks, 5 days pregnant. I feel the baby kick all the time! She gets especially aggressive if something is pressing against her (i.e. if my pants are a little snug or I have to go to the bathroom). My eating has slowed down, but I still snack in between meals. I haven't craved anything specific over an extended period of time. The only thing that always sounds good is lots of condiments! I load everything up with butter, salad dressing, sour cream, soy sauce -- anything to season what I'm eating! We do have her name picked out. We'll share it when she's born! Until then it's a surprise. So for right now Chris and I are just enjoying living life as DINKs :) Only 135 days left until baby girl Young is scheduled to arrive.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Menu Plan..
Well, I just got around to pressing the "post" button on the last menu plan, but I refrained from editing to reveal what we ACTUALLY ate those nights. It wasn't too different, but things always get rearranged for some reason. I'm trying really hard to find meals that sound good after 12 some odd hours of work, and that are already ready when I get home! This is a challenge. And so are Chris's and my conflicting schedules... My plan for this week is to try to double or triple most of the dinners to freeze -- that way it's available for lunches/weekends/lazy evenings! Hopefully this will be a lifesaver :)
Thursday: Chicken and Noodles and Mashed Potatos
Friday: Blueberry Pancakes and Cheesy scrambled eggs
Saturday: Chili and Cornbread
Sunday lunch: BBQ Chicken pizza
Sunday dinner: at the Nienhuis's! for some SPADES
Monday: Fettuccini Alfredo and Honey mustard carrots
Tuesday: Biscuits and Gravy and eggs
Wednesday: French Dip sandies and chips
Thursday: Eat out? KU v KSU
Friday-Sunday: Vacation!
Monday: Leftovers/Eat on the road
Tuesday: Potato Soup and homemade bread
Wednesday: Stuffed pasta shells
Thursday: Nachos
Friday: Baked Potatos
Saturday: Eat out for family birthday
Whew! That's a relief to be planned. Now I just have to be adventurous enough to make all these things!
Thursday: Chicken and Noodles and Mashed Potatos
Friday: Blueberry Pancakes and Cheesy scrambled eggs
Saturday: Chili and Cornbread
Sunday lunch: BBQ Chicken pizza
Sunday dinner: at the Nienhuis's! for some SPADES
Monday: Fettuccini Alfredo and Honey mustard carrots
Tuesday: Biscuits and Gravy and eggs
Wednesday: French Dip sandies and chips
Thursday: Eat out? KU v KSU
Friday-Sunday: Vacation!
Monday: Leftovers/Eat on the road
Tuesday: Potato Soup and homemade bread
Wednesday: Stuffed pasta shells
Thursday: Nachos
Friday: Baked Potatos
Saturday: Eat out for family birthday
Whew! That's a relief to be planned. Now I just have to be adventurous enough to make all these things!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Menu Plan!
I have only been planning about a day in advance. Mostly because I never know when I'll feel up to cooking! But I know that if I cook, I'll feel so much better eating a filling, fresh meal. Plus I need to start experimenting with some freezer cooking so I can be prepared for this baby! Apparently it's going to be a big one, considering I'm only 18 weeks :)
Monday: out to eat with the fam
Tuesday: Lemon chicken and stuffing
Wednesday: Biscuits and gravy
Thursday: Spaghetti a la Chris :) and salad
Friday: Bean and cheese Burritos
Saturday: Discipleship weekend
Sunday: Chicken Stirfry
Monday: Ham and cheese Omelettes and hashbrowns
Tuesday: Sloppy Joes and honey-mustard carrots
Wednesday: Taco Salad
Thursday: Lasagna and salad
Friday: Date night!
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Chicken Enchiladas
Because I grocery shop once per pay period (except for milk and eggs - we go through so many!), it's easiest to make the menu for 2 weeks at a time. I'm also happy that I am starting to understand more about what I can and can't make on the days I work. It's best to have something already prepared for those days! Or just ask Chris to cook ;)
We do keep some staples around the house all the time. Hot dogs, ham and cheese for sandwiches, cereal, fresh fruit to snack on, chips and salsa, etc. That way I don't have to fix lunch for the few days that Chris and I are both home! It's working so far, but I can't help but think that it will be easier to cook for more than just 2 people.
Monday: out to eat with the fam
Tuesday: Lemon chicken and stuffing
Wednesday: Biscuits and gravy
Thursday: Spaghetti a la Chris :) and salad
Friday: Bean and cheese Burritos
Saturday: Discipleship weekend
Sunday: Chicken Stirfry
Monday: Ham and cheese Omelettes and hashbrowns
Tuesday: Sloppy Joes and honey-mustard carrots
Wednesday: Taco Salad
Thursday: Lasagna and salad
Friday: Date night!
Saturday: Leftovers
Sunday: Chicken Enchiladas
Because I grocery shop once per pay period (except for milk and eggs - we go through so many!), it's easiest to make the menu for 2 weeks at a time. I'm also happy that I am starting to understand more about what I can and can't make on the days I work. It's best to have something already prepared for those days! Or just ask Chris to cook ;)
We do keep some staples around the house all the time. Hot dogs, ham and cheese for sandwiches, cereal, fresh fruit to snack on, chips and salsa, etc. That way I don't have to fix lunch for the few days that Chris and I are both home! It's working so far, but I can't help but think that it will be easier to cook for more than just 2 people.
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