Waaaaaaaaaaay behind.

Time to get back on the ball and start posting again.

But I don't wanna!

His arrival

Well, I fell behind on posting again.

It is now February 1st and my last post was in August....that's a lot of catching up to do, but thankfully I have pictures!

Here I am, September 25, two weeks away from my due date(October 8th) and giving baby his eviction notice. ;)

Gabriel ignored that notice and held on for another 6 days after his due date before we were finally induced.
Within that time I slept, as much as I possibly could and tried to hide from everyone.

On October 13th I check into the hospital to see if their eviction notice was more effective. 
The contractions started at 4am the next morning and he arrived at 1:08pm that afternoon.
We were blessed with a smooth and healthy delivery and I couldn't have pushed through without my amazing husband by my side the entire time.

More cake please :)

It's been a while since I have blogged. Again....oops :)

I am now 34 weeks along and the humidity here is killing me! I look like I just had a bucket dumped over me most days. lol!

Here is a belly picture at 32 weeks and I will be updating the blog soon with a new belly picture(I think he has dropped a little).

We also have just about everything we need for the baby and his room and I will be hanging up the pictures and such as the last touch. I can't wait for it to be done but I keep wanting to rearrange the room...slowing down our progress. Oh well!

I was asked by a friend to make a Hello Kitty cake for her daughter and she specifically asked for fondant. I love love love using fondant but it is also so very temper mental! 

I had more fun making that cake than any other cake I've made since I was working in a bakery over 4 years ago.

Other then that things have been quiet here but my creative juices are flowing and I feel a few projects coming on in the next few days!

Projects...

These are a few things I have done over the past few months.

Baby shower cupcakes (for a boy).

Baby shower cake (for a girl :)

A t-shirt I love but never ever wear...that went from this...

To this...

Made with just these

And this

And this!

The t-shirt bag I found how to make from this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6yDxK68OZc

Pizza or cheese?

Saturday Isaac and I were doing some grocery shopping and were talking about dinner. He wanted something very very cheesy and I wanted pizza.

We decided on, and created this monstrosity!

CHEESE!!

It was a simple 30 minute ordeal with a can of Pillsbury pizza dough, about a cup (maybe a cup and a half) of ricotta cheese mixed with WAY TOO much shredded mozzarella, Parmesan an egg and herb seasonings. Oh, and some four cheese pasta sauce to remind us that we were making a pizza. We baked it and then put more mozzarella on top and baked it some more. 

Holy shmoly! 

It was incredibly cheesy delicious but next time(if we ever dare again) we're going to broil it so the cheesy goodness gets a nice little crunch on top. 

Talk about a weekend splurge!

Catching up

So it has been an unreasonably long time since my last post! I hit my second trimester and just went nuts with all the energy I HAD. 

With doctor appointments for myself and Isaac and summer starting up, school and so many other things, blogging was placed on the back burner. Well, NO MORE.

I'm currently in my 28th week of pregnancy and definitely slowing down because of lack of energy and I just can't be doing as much as I had done a few weeks ago. It's a little hard to handle but a healthy mama and baby are absolutely worth it. :)

I have avoided the baby bump pictures for as long as possible and the requests kept coming. Guilt finally overcame me and I know that one day I would like to look back and say "That was when I was pregnant with Gabriel!", so I took a quick photo this morning for all to see!

I will try to get a better photo with Isaac as well. That will definitely be a keeper.

The discomforts of the third trimester are setting in, but that's all they are...discomfort. My lower back has been aching something fierce and my feet are beginning to swell now and then and achy hips and difficulty bending over have become a constant. On those bad days I make my way to the pool and savor each moment of blissful "water therapy".

Through all of this, I'm so incredibly grateful for mine and baby Gabriel's health!

Lucky is doing great and is so spoiled with all the play time with "daddy".

He has been very attentive to him, seeing my discomfort and helping out with walking Lucky also taking him out and playing fetch until he drops. A tired dog is a very very good dog!

What a fantastic husband I have!!

Isaac has managed to still work out almost every day, pushing through his knee pain and general discomfort. He is going to have surgery to remove the torn miniscus and is working on scheduling a date. He also is continuing with his school classes/pre reqs for the nursing program so he's been very busy these past months.

We've been rearranging our home for our future addition and I think I may have hit the nesting phase because I can't seem to stop finding something to deep clean or completely reorganize and even throw away. 

Isaac and I after sunset paddling :)

With all that we are all happy healthy and continually blessed by God.

A Boy!

So Isaac and I had our regular check up this past Monday and my very first question to the doc was if we could find out the baby's gender. She seemed just as eager as I to find out(I don't know where she gets her enthusiasm doing this over and over, day after day) and because of her diligence, we caught a few glimpses. 

Baby Brennan wasn't being very cooperative! He would move and move but turning back to the same position so we couldn't see anything. The doc finally started to push a little on my uterus to get him squirming more and all he did(in protest I'm sure) was flip over on his stomach(facing my spine as I was laying down) and staying there for a good minute! Holy shmoly if that's not for things to come.... ;)

He looks so cozy! The doc said he kept moving into the farthest corner of my uterus and behind the placenta....time to brush up on my hide and seek skills!

We are so very excited to be having a baby boy and now things seem so much more real as we give him names and I try to visualize his face as a little boy and grown adult. I'm also doing quite a job of worrying myself silly, but that's the momma in me I'm sure!

"Guys, come on!"

When the name has been chosen, we will post ASAP!

Look at that noggin!