On To Coffee

I finished my tea, broke down and took some Sudafed, (don't worry! Dr's approval) and now I'm on to drinking decaf.

I recently bought these boots at Target. I LOVE them! Cute, comfy and affordable. I'm so fickle about boots that I decided awhile back I'd quit spending huge amounts on shoes I don't wear all year.



Okay! Now off to shower, maybe the steam will help me breathe! Can you tell I'm stalling? I really don't want to break out the Neti Pot.

P.S. The pregnancy brain is in full effect still. Please excuse any misplaced words, incorrect spelling and random thought process.

22 Weeks With Jesse And Emery

Well, I'm up too early! Emery's at Benji's parents this weekend. Which is good, because I've got my second sinus infection of this pregnancy! It's so frustrating because when I actually have a day to sleep in, I'm awake trying to breathe.

I'm sitting here on the couch, (which has become my bed since my hip hates our regular bed).....drinking ginger tea, trying to decongest. I decided I'd update everyone on the awesomeness that is Emery. I really need to start blogging what she says more, because she is hilarious, clever, kind and super entertaining. :)

Yesterday Benji was in the garage refinishing the dresser for Emery's big girl room. She walked out there, (unprompted by me)...gave Benji a big hug and said "I love you Daddy bug, thank you for fixing my dresser."

I mean really? My kid is adorable.

I have tried to instill in her an attitude of thankfulness and gratitude. I also try and make sure to tell her how much I love her every time I think it, which is a lot.

But I've never seen her exhibit that kind of emotion with such clarity before.
I. Love. Her!

She has gotten into the habit of calling Benji "Daddy Bug", which is absolutely adorable. She gets it from Kathi calling Asher, "Asher Bug".

Of course something not so cute she did recently happened last week. She was in a totally foul mood. She was eating a snack out of a bowl in the living room. When she was done she threw the bowl. Not necessarily AT me, (I don't think haha) but it flew in my direction and hit me. Well I grabbed her and popped her hand. It was one of those times where she fell apart.

She looked at me through her tears and sobs, crawled in my lap, hugged me and said, "I think it's tap for a nap!" So....off we went to lay down. :)

I've been feeling pretty good with Jesse. I feel like he is way more active than Emery was. I haven't had a headache in about two weeks, hopefully they are not coming back! My hip has been bothering me a lot lately, which is kind of discouraging because I'm only half way through. My hip makes it very difficult to sleep already. I'm hoping that I'll get some relief for a few weeks before the heaviness of the third trimester sets in.

I've gained about 8lbs so far, which is much better than my track record with Emery. :)

Hopefully with in the next few weeks we will get Emery's room finished so that I can start on my boy nursery! I have to say that I am pretty excited about getting to decorate for a boy. I adore my girl (obviously) but I am super excited that I get to experience something totally new this time. It feels kind of like having another first child because I know it's going to be SOOO different.... Hooray for Boys!

Petunia Pickle Bottom

Baby Boy means a new one of these!Even Babies can never have too many bags. ;)

Halloween GNO 2010

I am super worn out tonight! I know, I know nothing new. We had a great but busy weekend. We had our family/Emery's 2year pictures taken this Saturday. Sunday after our normal church routine we went to Stewart Farms with Benji's small group leaders. It was so fun. We picked pumpkins, had BBQ, took a hay ride and walked a corn maze.

Tuesday was my monthly GNO. Our annual Halloween night. We ate out, IN our costumes then went back to Ange's house, had dessert and carved our pumpkins. GNO is a balm to my soul. I am so blessed to have these girls in my life.

In baby news, I realized I had not started taking belly shots yet. I felt like last night was the perfect time to start the series! Haha! I'm getting super excited about Jesse's arrival. I'm getting baby fever and can't wait to feel him in my arms.

Apple Cobbler-The Easiest Eva

We picked about 10lbs of apples when we went apple picking recently. Good thing is that apples last forever, especially when they are a little unripe, which ours were.

I made a batch of apple sauce to freeze, gave a few away, froze some cubed up for later use and STILL had about 10 left over. We tried to eat a few but each one I peeled was just too unripe to eat.

So I scurried to find recipes to use up the last few. I found this one in an old cook book I had and I had all the ingredients on hand so we tried it for dessert tonight, it was delish! I can't wait to have some for breakfast in the morning!

~Crunchy Cobbler~
This can be used as a recipe for any fruit cobbler, peaches, blueberries, etc.
I of course used apples. :p

3-4 cups fresh fruit or pie filling (two large apples or 3 small,peeled and sliced)
2 tablespoons lemon juice (I used juice of one fresh lemon)
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger (I used fresh minced ginger b/c it's what I had, but I'm sure this means powdered)

Place fruit into 7x11 inch baking dish. (I have no idea what size I used, I just found one that looked like it would work and it did! ha!)

Sprinkle fruit with lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger. Mix it all so that apples are covered evenly.

If you need add a light sprinkling of brown sugar (or regular) to sweeten the apples if they are very tart.

For crust mix flour, sugar, egg and vanilla until lumpy. spread over fruit. Drizzle melted butter over top and bake for 30-35 minutes at 350 until browned and bubbly... (Mine took more like 40 minutes).

Serve w/ Vanilla or Caramel ice cream! mmmm.

So So good and so easy, it really took like 10 minutes to prepare.

My New Domestic Obsession

I'm a huge fan of sparkling water. "Water with gas", "voda mineral", "water with bubbles"...whatever. If it's water and it's got bubbles in it I'm happy.

In my former days when I wasn't buying diapers and gallons of whole milk at a time I enjoyed splurging on Italian and French sparkling waters.

Specifically San Pellegrino and Perrier.

There is just something so refreshing and cleansing about a nice chilled bottle of Pellegrino, poured into a frosted glass with a slice of lime....that is perfection! Trust me on this and if you've never experienced it, try it.

Any way tough times called for a cut back on my international imports.

But, since I'm preggo I've tried to drink more water instead of my beloved Diet Coke....Which is why I was super excited when I stumbled across this gem at my Publix recently.

Way cheaper than my Italian and French loves and way more convenient since it comes in a can.

La Croix Sparkling Water comes in fun natural flavors as well. Yum!



P.S. I felt bad after dissing my Italian love, so I do admit that when Costco mails me coupon books with $$$ off of cases of Pellegrino I DO splurge and load up on a case or two. I mean who can pass up a Costco deal????

Benji's Birthday Week

Benji turned 31 this past week! Finally, he's not quite as far away from my age. :)

I'd say he had a great week! He killed the biggest deer of his life, got the phone he has been obsessed with for months and we went to a GA game and they actually WON!

I had a blast at the game as well. I really hope we can get down to at least one game every year. Of course it helped that they won, but I would have enjoyed the time with my man regardless.

Happy Birthday Benji! Love you more today than last year!