Finished nursery

Here are pics of our finished nursery... please keep in mind that it is our nursery, guest room, AND office :)

Belly mover

So last night, Carl and I were hanging out reading and Miles decided to wake up. Here is my belly normally (well, as normal as can be for 34 weeks)

And here is what it looks like after Miles decided there was not enough room, so he would make some:

Yes, that big bulge on the left is  him, pushing out his little baby body as hard as he could.

My belly looked like a lopsided alien tummy. 

Carl and I had a good laugh and gave my belly a rub. 

Miles moved back in and quit pushing (for about 2 minutes and then proceeded to do it on and off for about an hour).

I have decided that my little boy is going to be a bit stubborn, but that's ok with me :)

Dinner time

Last night, Carl and I made the most AMAZING dinner! (although he would say I made it and he assisted a bit)

 We made........

Alfredo! It was so easy and the best alfredo I have had in a really long time (maybe even the best I have ever had... yes, it was that good!)

Here is the recipe I followed. I used whole wheat pasta, added steamed broccoli and chopped fresh tomatoes, AND Carl made Parmesan chicken that I chopped up and added as well. It turned out SO good! Good enough that I commented to Carl, " this is the kind of dinner where you want to lick your bowl." 

The only down side was it used a lot of dishes..... although I think we could have used less if I had made the chicken earlier or made it in a skillet instead of on the grill. The dishes that got used was our little grill for the chicken, a blender for the sauce, my steamer pot (which is 2 pots... one filled with water and another with holes in it to steam veggies) with the noodles cooking in the water under the steaming broccoli, and a skillet. So, I ended up with a sink full of dishes to do this morning... BUT it was TOTALLY worth it! Sooo... If you want to try the guiltless alfredo sauce sometime, let me know what you thought of it!

I thought I would also include a pic I took yesterday of my ever growing belly and new haircut!!! What do you think?

My week in Farmington

I spent all of last week visiting in Farmington and thought I would share the highlights of my trip

- Lauren (who hosted my baby shower, along with my mom) ran me around! We went to tons of stores (target, party stores, the mall, cake stores, ect), getting the baby shower stuff bought and put together.

- Carl stayed home until late Friday night and although I missed him everyday, I slept better than I had been for the last month and a half.

- I often forgot to eat at my normally scheduled snack time and ended up really hungry for lunch almost everyday.

- I cut my hair on Tuesday. I decided to be radical and just go for what I thought would look good....this included bangs. I haven't had bangs since I was 17 but I think they look good. I also colored my hair really dark, but I think it is the closest to my natural color that I have been in a long time. Now I just hope I don't regret this choice when I'm in labor or when Miles gets here.

- Lauren and I ate California Pizza Kitchen's pizza and appetizer and it was so good! I was very surprised that it tasted more like a delivery pizza than most of the frozen varieties and the dip was SO good!

- Thursday it rained so hard that I took a "stay at home day" to rest and recoup from all the fun Lauren and I were having. The rain lasted right up until the baby shower.

-Saturday came too fast! It seemed like the week went by and all of a sudden it was baby shower day!

- We had a bunch of great food, friends, and family that made my baby shower so fun. It was a great day,  full of love and support. 

- So many people volunteered to help clean up that it only took us 30 minutes to undo what had taken Lauren and I days to accomplish. 

- Sunday morning Carl and I went on a photo shoot with his sister Linley. She took so many pictures and even though I have only seen 10, I know they are all going to be so great. I can't wait to print them and put them all around the house. I will definitely be posting the pics whenever I get them.

- I am now even more excited for Miles to get here because Lin is going to take his pictures too!! So we will have super cute pics of our new little one :)

- We finally got home Sunday night around 8:30 pm. I decided this was my las time traveling while pregnant. It is too hard once you get this far along to be comfortable in a car. 3 hours feels like forever and everything ends up super cramped and uncomfortable... thank goodness it was only 3 hours :)

- I already have everything unpacked and put away... this includes all the baby stuff. It was fun to go through it all and realize that I am so close to seeing my son...  5 to 8 weeks left. That's it... 5-8 weeks and I won't be pregnant anymore and my baby will be here. Honestly that is a bit scary and sad, but happy and exciting at the same time.

- I promise to update soon with more pictures :)

In Farmington

I am now in Farmington, spending the week with my mom, and getting ready for the baby shower this weekend. Yesterday, was a very busy day filled with a lot!

It started with waking up and watching some t.v. while cleaning out my mom's linen closet. I thought that since she is being SO generous with all the baby shower stuff, that I would help to repay her by organizing some of her home (these are things that she asks me to do almost every time I visit... and if I have time, I usually will organize whatever she needs). I took some pictures and here it is...

This is the before... and after I had already taken out the bunch of blankets in the next picture

All the stuff I took out at first (trust me there was A LOT more I took out) 

The after! I organized the blankets, sheets, towels, ect

The bottom of the closet all organized.

After cleaning out this closet, I went over to visit Lauren. We went out to eat, ordered the cake, went to the party store to get the plates and decorations, went to Sam's club so she could get a few things, went to the college, and then hung out at her house... it was a bunch of fun, but also bunches of errands! I even went to the grocery store afterward to get some things I needed. 

It was a long day yesterday but a lot of fun... and now I am one day closer to seeing family and having the baby shower! 

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Well, I posted this earlier, but blogger deleted it so I am going to blog about it again :)

I found this recipe and decided to give it a try! The only thing I did differently was I used a gluten free cake (I did it only because this was the only cake without trans fat!). 

Here is how my lemon poppy seed cake/bread turned out!

While I was making the batter, I found that I actually have a bunt pan! LOL... it does make a pretty cake though, right?

Look at that golden outside crust!! YUM!

The great thing about this cake is it is so moist! Having the pudding in the mix makes this cake super moist and yummy.... the only thing I would do differently is to put in a bit more lemon. Maybe I'll try lemon extract or some extra lemon zest for the next cake (and I am sure that I will be making this again.. Carl loves it!)

What did I do today?

Wanna see what I did today?

before

after

lookin good!

Yup... that's right folks. I painted my toenails. This might be a small thing to most of you, but for a 7 months pregnant woman this is a  BIG deal!

Hope it lasts to my baby shower ... honestly I hope it will last all the way to delivery because I don't think I can do it again :) LOL