Well, I am 14 almost 15 weeks along! I am so happy to be done with the first trimester! It was so hard being so sick and already having bad lower back pain. Let's just say that I have an amazing husband! He cleaned the house and took care of us all! It feels great to be able to clean and do the projects I have been wanting to do! I love getting in te cleaning mode but then I usually end on doing way too much and my body kills the next day. But we sure love our clean house! I went to my doctors appointment a week ago and he did a ultr sound to check on things and everything is great! And of course he couldn't see what the sex of the baby was! Dang it! Lol. Buy he did say well just come back in 2 or 3 weeks and I will do a quick ultra sound to see what it is! Yay! I was so excited because it was either wait till 20 weeks or go early to the fetal photo. Now I can just wait till I'm 16 weeks for the next appointment! I sure hope te baby cooperates! I will let you all know what it is!
Funny Andrew
So, the other day I had the flu and was not feeling well at all. I looked to Andrew and he said mom, are you not feeling good? I said no im not. I feel sick. When you say your prayers will you pray for me to get better?" he says " ya, and get the oil out off the keys and give you a blessing"? I just laughed and said " yes. You can do that when you get older"! He was all excited! I love the things he says sometimes!
We are expecting!!
So, we found out that we are expecting a new little one in August! We are so very excited!! I would be even more excited if I could stop feeling so sick! I am hoping this first trimester will go by fast! Then we can find out what we are having! So exciting!
Well, the other day I was cleaning and Andrew was going potty and he started to throw a fit because he didn't want to wipe his bum. (I think he wants to be lazy and always wants me to wipe it). So I told him to stay there until he wiped his bum. Then I couldn't hear him anymore and this is what I found!! I was laughing so hard! He woke up saying he couldn't feel his legs!
I am so grateful for the laughter and joy he brings to our family!!
We have moved!!
We moved from American fork to Lehi about a 3 weeks ago! But I'm sure you would like to hear the real story right? Well, it all started after we put our townhome up for sale. After we went under contract our upstairs toilet decided to leak all night long. So we woke up to our upstairs bathroom, hallway and bedroom under 2 inches of water! Then we went downstairs and it had leaked thru to the family room! We called our insurance company and they sent out a restoration company ASAP. We then found out we needed new carpet in the whole house except for one room. So we got a storage pod and had to put all of our furniture in it while they ripped up carpet and had heaters and fans on. It was 108 degrees in our house. Just so they could get it dry. It was soo hot!!!! Luckily we were staying at a hotel in Lehi. But the bad thing was we stayed in the hotel for three weeks!!! Way too long for the kids and we had to eat out almost every meal. It was so hard! We did have maids to clean our rooms! That was a nice break for me! Lol! But I was craving to cook home made meals! It was driving me crazy.
After the second week of staying there we found a house in Lehi that we could move to anyways. Since we were selling our home. So the third week we slowly moved out of the hotel and the townhome and into our new house!! We finalized on our townhome a couple of weeks ago! It feels so nice to have that place sold and we can move on! We love the room that we have and our garage is a plus!! I will post pictures later!
Stolen Card...
I got a call yesterday from my bank.....it was a call that I thought I would never get.
The bank told me that someone in New Jersey got a hold of my card number and used it at Walmart and Target!!!
I was shocked and just kind of didn't know what to say!
She explained a little more to me and said we would have to cancel everything and get me a new account number and new cards. Then she asked me if I had any questions....I just sat there drawing a blank and couldn't think of anything to say. She "just said oh well okay then..let me know if you have any questions."
So, today I had to go into my bank and fill out some forms so they would reimburse me. I am so grateful that my bank knows what they are doing and staying on top of things! I from now on will not use my card as debit and do not want to buy anything online. A similar thing happened to my brother last week. America Express called him asking if he had approved of a purchase in another state the amount of $1,200. And another of $1,500. He said no and so they were actually able to catch that person. That person apparently made a card when he got his number. So he could use it.
Everyone....please be careful when using your card for ANYTHING!
There are really crazy and stupid people out there!
Family pictures July 2011!
Can I just say I am so behind........
Wow! I am so behind on my blogging. I am only like 4 months behind is all. :) That won't take me long at all to get caught up! lol. I really am going to try to get you all caught up on whats going on in our lives. I just wanted to write this to let you know! Pictures and plenty of stories to come!
Diaper cakes I have made...
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| I made this diaper cake for my wonderful friend Ashley! I am so excited to see her sweet little girl soon! |
This is my fourth diaper cake I have made so far. I will find pictures of the other two I have made.
I learned with this diaper cake that I love the receiving blankets around each layer to hide the diapers more. I also have a blanket that is on the bottom taped around a light weight pizza pan.
I LOVE making diaper cakes! Can't you tell? I think they are so much fun! If any of you are wanting a diaper cake made for someone special then let me know!
Our Western Carribean Cruise.......
This is where we ate for lunch the first day on the ship!
This is from the same table...you can see mini golf,surf pools,zip line.
Name of the ship we were on.
This is looking at the ship. This is central park.
This is when we were leaving Ft.Lauderdale Florida. The beach there looked amazing!
I did it!
Ya....I don't know what i'm going to do. I feel like the color I have right now is a in between color. I think that's why I don't love it.
What do you think??
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Isaac is 9 Months
He LOVES Andrew so much. Anytime Andrew laughs he laughs and loves to copy him. Isaac is such a good hugger. This last week he started this new growling thing in the back of his throat. I have no idea on why he does it but it's so funny.
He also almost has his 2 bottom teeth in! They have been trying to break through for a month now poor kid!
One thing he does that I think is so funny is bonks. If you are holding him and say bonks he leans his head forward to bonk your head. He thinks its so funny.
I took him to his 9 month check up today and he did so well when he got some shots. He cried for about a minute and was done. When they had to do a little poke in his toe to check for iron...ya he just sat there and stared at the nurse. Didn't even cry at all. I was so surprised. He did so well today!
He weighed 18 pounds.
He is about 18 percentile for weight and height right now. But the doc said that's normal around this age.
He is doing really well with the whole weening thing. The doc said I can give him milk. So, I am giving him Almond milk and regular milk and only nursing a couple times a day. Plus he loves food. So he is always eating all day long. I hope it will continue to go smoothly. I love my Isaac so much! He is such a light and joy to our family! He loves to smile at everyone and just giggle at everything.
I love my two boys!
Recipe 3 & 4
Crock Pot Chicken
1lb. chicken breast
8oz. cream cheese
3Tbs. butter
4Tbs. dry onion
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pkg. dry Italian dressing mix
1 bag egg noodles, cooked
The recipe didn't say how much milk to add so I just guessed.
Salt and pepper chicken and place in crock pot. Add remaining ingredients, except the milk, and cook on low for 5-6 hours. Add milk with 30 minutes remaining. Shred chicken and mix together. Serve over noodles or rice. We had this over rice! It was amazing!
Chicken Ranch Tetrazzini
8 ounces uncooked spaghetti
2 cups shredded or cubed cooked chicken
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
1 jar (41/2 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbs. dry bread crumbs
Cook spaghetti according to package. Drain and combine with chicken, broth, dressing & mushrooms in a large mixing bowl. Place mixture in a 2-quart casserole. Mix together cheese and bread crumbs; sprinkle over spaghetti mixture. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until casserole is hot and bubbly.
We don't like mushrooms so I added corn instead. This actually called for ceasar dressing if you wanted to use that instead of ranch.
Cruise VS Nursing
A new recipe motivation!
So, we are so tired of all of the same meals that I make all the time. My husband is so tired of Taco salad and taco soup and Alfredo with noodles. So, I decided a while ago to make a post about it. I am going to find one new meal to make each week for a month. I could do at least 2 meals a week but I don't want to pressure myself too much. I will then post the recipe on here and tell you how it went each week. I challenge any of you to try this out for you and your family. I know the first meal I found and made my family LOVED it! I am already behind on posting this because I found my first recipe two weeks ago.
So.......WEEK # 1......
White Chicken Chili
Melt 1/2 stick butter
Add 1/4 c. flour
Make a paste.
Add:
3/4 c. chicken broth
2 cups milk
Stir together to make a thick white sauce. Then add:
11/2 tsp. chili powder ( I use only 1 tsp. because I don't like it too spicy.)
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. pepper
2(4-oz.) cans of diced green chilies
chicken breasts cooked and shredded( sometimes I use canned chicken)
3 cans navy beans or white northern beans
1 can of corn( If desired)
Don't drain liquids out of cans. Heat all ingredients together. If desired, top with shredded cheese, tomatoes, & sour cream.
WEEK # 2
Chicken Taco Pasta
I know the name is a little weird...but try it before you judge it.
3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed( i used canned chicken)
1 can of black beans rinsed and drained
1 can corn drained
1 can diced chilie's
1 packet taco seasoning
1/2 cup salsa
4 oz. cream cheese ( I would have liked more. Maybe 6oz.)
1 packet of hidden valley ranch dressing mix
1 can olives, sliced
6 oz. of cooked penne pasta
shredded cheddar cheese for topping
Cook pasta til done. While pasta is cooking simmer everything else in a large pan until well combined. Add pasta when it's done and bake in a 13x9 casserole dish at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Add the cheese when it's done or if you like it melted put it on a few minutes before is is done in the oven. Scrumdiddly!
I will post this week what the recipe is for week #3 soon!
Andrew's conversations....
Andrew and I had our first real conversation the other day. We were in his room and his window was open. He could hear some sirens from a fire truck and he stops and I said oh the fire truck is going to help people who might have a owie. He repeated the exact thing I said. I said uh huh. Cool huh? He said ya. (my brother in law Rob is a firefighter and I said ya, Rob goes and helps people too. He said oh when they have owie's? I said yup. And Heavenly Father watches over them and helps them too. He said Heavenly Father has owie's? I just laughed and said no......Heavenly Father helps them. He kept repeating and asking questions about it for the next 30 minutes. He was so into the whole thing. It was the cutest thing ever! Andrew is growing up so fast and is learning so much everyday!
When he was a baby I used to try and imagine what it would be like when he could have conversations with me and well......here it starts! I LOVE it! I do. Sometimes I just want him to be quiet for just one minute but most of all...I love it. It's so fun!
My trip to Mayfield!
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| Sweet Isaac was so good for me! |
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| This was up the canyon. I felt like I was on top of the world! |
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| We went fishing and it was freezing cold! This was a random dog by himself! |
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| Andrew was scared of the 4 wheeler but I was able to get him on for a little. |
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| I love this picture! |
Evan is home from his mission!!!
Evan served his mission in Austria, Germany and loved every minute of it!
Blair Family Pictures 2010
