Movie Night!

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Saturday night while my mom and the big boys were visiting, we decided to do a family movie night.  I bought Wreck-It Ralph for us to watch and Grammy was in charge of the snacks. She bought a bunch of foods that the kids strung into necklaces- Cheerios, Fruit Loops, pretzels, yogurt covered pretzels, Funyuns, [...]

He’s Growing!

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Logan had his two month well baby appointment today, and with that we got some updated stats.  He’s 9 pounds even and 21 inches- that’s up from 4 pounds, 6 ounces and 18 inches.  He’s more than doubled his birth weight in two months! He’s a night owl like I am, and with Aaron home, [...]

Breakfast Casserole

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We’re moving really very soon, so it’s time to use up all of those random refrigerated foods that are hanging out in the far corners of our refrigerator and freezer.  Sometimes, I buy things with these grand ideas in my head and then they never get made, and we end up with say, 2 dozen [...]

Gestational Diabetes and Hospital Food

Chicken stir-fry.  Surprisingly tasty for hospital food and great for my sugars.

The Friday before I was admitted, I received a call saying I’d failed the three hour glucose tolerance test and needed to come in to learn how to control my blood sugars- what to eat, when to test my blood glucose level, when and if I’d need insulin… The appointment was set for the following [...]

Flatout Pizza Party Saves the Day!! #flatoutpizza

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I had big plans last weekend to visit the pumpkin patch. We go every year, and we’d been talking about it and the kids were totally excited and ready to go.  Our local pumpkin patch has big tractor-pulled hayrides out to the patch itself, where you pick your pumpkin.  There’s an awesome little gift shop, [...]

Flower Pot Cupcakes

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I’d found these cute silicon flower pot shaped cupcake holders, and knew I wanted to make something cute with them, but I struggled to figure out how to make the flowers grow out of them.  The package that they came in showed them decorated with white icing and flower shaped sprinkles, but I knew that [...]