tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24003420962659655702023-11-16T03:39:12.559-08:00Preparing for EternityFollowing God's WillLizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019448587055864882noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400342096265965570.post-3117950797630615562013-06-28T13:53:00.001-07:002013-06-28T13:53:18.982-07:00What I've Been Up To The Last 5+ WeeksHello Everyone!<br />
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I know I deserted the blog for quite a long time. Too long.<br />
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I won't say that I'm back entirely, because I know that I'm destined to take another unexpected leave, but I'm at least here to update you on what I've been up to.<br />
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This my friends has been my life for the last 5 weeks and 2 days.<br />
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This is Isaac James. He was born May 22nd at 7:54am. He weighed a whopping 8 lb. even and was 19.5 in. long.</div>
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Needless to say this has been quite a busy time around our house. A time full of adjustments for everyone. Things have not necessarily been easy on all fronts, but we're hanging in there.</div>
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There are days where I find myself wishing for time to go faster, but I'm really trying to enjoy this time of Isaac being little. I know that I spent a lot of Evelyn's baby months wishing for her to move on to the next stage so that things would get easier which just left me sorely missing the baby stage far too soon.</div>
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Sometime in the near future, before I forget it all, I'd like to share Isaac's birth story with you guys. Also I'd like to share some more recent pictures since he's now a lot bigger than he was in all of these pictures.</div>
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For now I'll leave you with a couple more pictures of our family's new addition.</div>
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I don't tend to use this space as a place to air my complaints, but sometimes I just have to vent. This past week (more like weeks) has been vent worthy.<br />
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This past weekend was Nick's Guard Drill weekend. Which basically means it's not actually a weekend, because our days stick to pretty much the same schedule as the work week. All in all that's not really a bad thing, but this past weekend Evelyn was getting over a cold. She seemed to be on the mend Saturday though which was good, because I was getting my hair done on Sunday by my sister.<br />
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Well I woke up Sunday morning feeling miserable. What I had thought had just been allergies was in actuality me catching the same cold that Evelyn was getting over. Being 7.5 months pregnant and getting a cold while trying to care for an 18 month old is pretty much the most exhausting thing ever.<br />
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Thankfully Nick decided that if I still felt miserable on Monday he would stay home and get some things done for me.<br />
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Unfortunately when Nick got home from drill on Sunday night he could barely walk. He managed to do something to his back and it was causing him a lot of discomfort. He said he'd done this before and that a good night's sleep should help.<br />
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He woke up Monday morning still in a lot of pain and not being able to get around very well. So the day of him staying home to help me out turned into a day of me dropping him at the doctor's office and then mustering up the energy to run to the grocery store, because we were out of food.<br />
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The doctor said he was having back spasms and had some muscle strain. He gave him a couple of prescriptions. We're still not sure what actually caused it, but thankfully he seems to be getting better slowly.<br />
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Tuesday Nick managed to make it back to work and I had to rally the energy to get myself and Evelyn out the door and over to my mom's. She was going to watch Evelyn for me while I went to the 1st of my weekly non-stress tests at my OB's office. Somehow I made it through that day, but I'm pretty sure I was asleep by 9:30 that night.<br />
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The rest of the week was spent getting the most minimal things done around the house with my completely lack of energy. Thankfully I'm not starting to feel better and slowly my energy level is improving. This weekend is going to spent trying to get back on track as far as chores go. I won't even begin to admit how long it's been since I've worn a clean pair of pants, thankfully I've had plenty of underwear!<br />
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This next week will be a busy one, but it's all good things. Nick's birthday is on Thursday and then on Saturday we're headed up to Omaha for the night so that we can go to the zoo up there on Sunday. So there are lots of errands to be done next week.<br />
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Hopefully you all have had a better week than I have! Have a good weekend friend!<br />
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Since I don't really have anything profound to write about or any delicious recipes to share or even any baby updates I thought I'd just do a post filled with the randomness that I've been up to/floats around in my head.<br />
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Here it goes!<br />
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- We might actually be done with the snow. It's been quite nice around here the last couple of days and the snow from last Sunday's storm is almost all melted. The forecast even looks promising with no snow in the immediate future. Then again this is Nebraska and it always seems to be just when you think spring is coming we get hit with one last April snow storm. Hopefully that is not the case this year, I'll have my fingers crossed just in case.<br />
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- Today I get to babysit these cuties!<br />
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- This past week we booked our hotel for our mini family vacation we're taking next month. We're going to spend the night an hour away in Omaha so we can go the the Henry Doorly Zoo the next day. I'm pretty excited even though it's still about a month away. It will be nice to do one last fun thing before we're a family of 4.<br />
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- I'm excited for St. Patrick's Day, but only because I'm excited to eat some corned beef. I have a fabulous corned beef recipe that my mom used to always make (I shared it last year, <a href="http://liza-preparingforeternity.blogspot.com/2012/03/glazed-corned-beef-recipe.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and I try to make it every year either on St. Patrick's Day or sometime around then. This year I was smart and bought too corned beef briskets so that sometime later this year I can make it again.<br />
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- Nick and I have been making a point of spending time alone every week lately. I'm very thankful for having family in town to watch Evelyn, because it makes finding time to go out a lot easier.<br />
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- I get to eat some leftover Indian food for lunch. I can't even describe how excited I am.<br />
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Well I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Hopefully it's going to be nice weather wherever you are. Here it's suppose to be only ok, but no snow so that's a huge plus!<br />
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We had some dark chocolate m&m's on hand so I set out to find a good m&m cookie recipe.<br />
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I don't know about you, but when I try out a new recipe I'm always a little leery. I'm always worried that it won't turn out like I expect and it will be a waste of ingredients. That's why I'm pretty vigilant about reading recipe reviews when I find a new recipe online. This recipe had great reviews and seemed promising, with a few tweaks. Thankfully they turned out wonderfully so I thought I'd share the recipe with all of you.<br />
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1 C. Brown Sugar (packed)</div>
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1 C. Butter (Softened)</div>
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Cream together butter and both sugars until fluffy & creamy. A mixer works best for this.</div>
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Beat in eggs and vanilla until completely combined.</div>
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Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.</div>
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Stir in M&M's and sprinkles (optional) by hand.</div>
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Bake at 350 degrees for 8-12 minutes. Make sure not to over bake them. Just bake until they start to turn golden.</div>
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This recipe should make 5-6 dozen cookies mattering on how large you make them.</div>
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*I had the dark chocolate ones on hand so that's what I used. Plus everything is better with dark chocolate right?!</div>
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If you try these cookies out let me know how they work for you!</div>
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Lizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019448587055864882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400342096265965570.post-54625930997357338682013-02-15T09:26:00.001-08:002013-02-15T09:26:31.784-08:00Our Valentine's DayIt's been forever since I've posted...again. I don't know if it's just from lack of inspiration to post or just the business of the ever day. Either way I'm finding it hard to take the time to sit down and concentrate long enough to write a post. So forgive my sporadicness.<br />
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Our Valentine's Day was a fairly quiet one. It's never been a big ordeal for Nick and I, so I figured we can just make it a family centered holiday and just have fun with it. Since Evelyn is still so young we didn't do any fun Valentine's themed crafts, but we did manage to buy some valentines at the store and send them off to a few people. Evelyn's contribution was allowing me to trace her hand inside and I'm lucky I got that out of her.</div>
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As for our actual plans for the day we decided to just have a fun family dinner and make that a tradition. We had a free pizza from Papa John's so we decided to order that and have some salads. Nothing too spectacular, but I did set the table festively.</div>
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For dessert we made ice cream sundaes with some red velvet ice cream I had found at the grocery store. Evelyn had her's right after dinner, while Nick and I waited till after we had put her to bed. Poor Evelyn has either a cold or just a runny nose from teething so she's been going down for bed early lately and last night was no exception.</div>
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As far as gifts Nick and I had already exchanged gifts this past weekend. I needed him to come with while I bought his gift, because it was a new wedding ring. He's lost so much weight since we were married that his old one falls right off his finger. (Lucky him!) I had guessed what he was getting me so he just took me along to get it. It was a Keurig! I'm pretty excited, because it means more easlily making coffee once I have two little ones.</div>
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Evelyn got her little gifts on Valentine's Day though. She just got a card and some candy. Also I bought her a monkey sippy cup from Target's Valentine's Day selection. It was so adorable she kept kissing it after she took a drink, so I'd say she loved it.</div>
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All in all it was pretty nice Valentine's Day, even despite my sick little one. I'm excited to grow our family tradition more next year when Evelyn's a little older. I must say making new family traditions is one of my favorite things about having little ones. Holidays are much more fun when you're sharing it with your kiddos.<br />
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How was your Valentine's Day? Do you have any fun traditions for your family? I love to hear about it!<br />
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Honestly I've only had one real snow day as a kid and it was actually a whole week off due to a massive snow storm in late October that left a lot of people without power for that whole week. (This was during my brief public school stint in 4th grade.) Being home schooled I didn't really get snow days, but my mom would at least let me take a break from school work so that I could play with my neighborhood friends.<br />
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One thing we always did on snowy days was bake. Sometimes it would be something sweet and tasty or it would just be a loaf of homemade bread. Regardless I now associate snow days with baking. So having to cut back on baking due to my gestational diabetes has not been fun this winter.<br />
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I gave in today and made some pumpkin cookies. (I'll try to share the recipe sometime soon) They are so delicious and fluffy. Now I just have to keep myself from overindulging. Which isn't easy, because this recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies! So if anyone would like any tasty pumpkin cookies come on over! I've got plenty to share!<br />
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What are some of they things you ladies like to do on snowy cold days when you're stuck indoors?<br />
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Now I've babbled on quite long enough without really saying anything. Hope you all are doing well!<br />
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We're having a BOY!<br />
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Apparently Nick thought it was going to be a boy the whole time, but since I wanted another girl he just wasn't tell me. I'm excited for having a boy even though I feel way more scared about raising a boy then I do a girl.<br />
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Everything else with the ultrasound looked pretty good. They did find that Isaac has a two vessel umbilical cord. Usually an umbilical cord has one vein and two arteries. A two vessel cord has only one artery. They assured me that since everything else looked perfect there is no need to worry about the two vessel cord. It just means they want to be doing non-stress tests and ultrasounds to check amniotic fluid levels weekly for the last 2 months of my pregnancy. Apparently at the end with the two vessel cord there is some concern about the baby having a lack of nutrients and not growing as it should. We're just putting it in God's hands and not worrying about it.<br />
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This weekend we went to a baby consignment store that was having clearance sales and picked up a bunch of clothes for the first couple of months. All the clothes I got from the impromptu baby shower that Nick's aunts had for me will come in handy! We're holding off on buying anymore of the things we'll need until we get our tax return back. At least I'm going to try and hold off buying anymore!<br />
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As of this past Friday I'm officially 20 weeks pregnant. That's approximately half way done. Due to my gestational diabetes I'm probably a little over half done, because they won't let me go all the way to my due date.<br />
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Overall I've been feeling pretty good, that is once we got over the stomach flu that came and went for about three weeks around here. I feel as though in the last week my belly has really pooped out, but I've been showing for quite a long time now so maybe that's just me. (That's what getting pregnant a year after giving birth will do. I felt like I was showing for day one!) I've been feeling the baby move around for weeks now, but it's starting to be strong enough that you can actually see my stomach moving.<br />
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Pregnancy for the second time around is much different than the first time. I'm constantly forgetting I'm pregnant or forgetting how far along I am or even what my due date is. I don't know if it's just the fact that I'm chasing after a one year old all day which is making my brain fried or if pregnancy brain is just worse this time than it was last time.<br />
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One thing I really didn't miss from being pregnant is the acne. Man my back and chest have not been this broken out since I was in high school. Oh well, it's a small price to pay.<br />
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Tomorrow we go in for our 2nd trimester ultrasound. Which means tomorrow we find out if we're having a boy or a girl! I'm excited to find out, but that just means we'll actually start having to make decisions on names. When we went in for Evelyn's gender ultrasound we already had a girls name and boys name picked out. This time we have a few first names we kind of like, but no middle names to go with them.<br />
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Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This was our first weekend with absolutely no plans since well before Christmas! We just hung out at home all day Saturday and then went to church and ran some errands on Sunday. It was pretty wonderful!<br />
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The first of our family Christmases (I had to look up how to pluralize Christmas. Don't judge me!) was on Saturday the 22nd. This is was our Christmas with my sisters and my parents. Unfortunately two of my sisters and their families couldn't be there so it was only my sister Tasha, Jeremy her husband, her two daughters Drew and London, my parents and then our little family. I managed to forget my camera at home, so I didn't end up with any pictures from the day, I'll have to steal them from my mom sometime.<br />
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With my sisters instead of exchanging gifts we do a gag gift exchange. This year's gifts were pretty over the top and ridiculous. For instance I came home with a huge blanket with a very goofy/close-up picture of my father on it (this is probably be going back to the gift exchange next year) and Nick came home with a farting alarm clock. It was a fun day though, we ate brunch and just hung out. I got to hold my month old niece London for a long time which is always nice.<br />
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On Christmas Eve we went to church and then headed over to Nick's parent's for dinner and presents. Evelyn got her first baby-doll and she loved it. We ate turkey and other tasty holiday food and just spent the evening relaxing and talking.<br />
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When we came home on Christmas Eve we opened our new pajamas, which is a tradition of ours. We put on our pj's and then all headed to bed, because Christmas was going to be a crazy day.<br />
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Christmas morning we woke up (At 6am! I was paying for that the rest of the day!) and opened up presents just our little family of 3. For once I had no idea what Nick was getting me for Christmas. It was nice to be surprised. He got me a beautiful watch and the the large skillet and griddle pan I had been wanting. I surprised Nick with and Ipad 2 and a few accessories for it. (I had been saving my "fun money" for a few months so that I could get that for him.) We ate breakfast as a family and then got ready to head over to my Aunt's for lunch.<br />
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My family has gone over to my Aunt's for Christmas lunch every Christmas for long before I was ever born. It's always fun to see family and spend time together. We even managed to get a family picture, we're just missing my sister Jenn and her kids who couldn't make it back this year.<br />
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Yesterday we had our 4th and final family Christmas with Nick's mom's side of the family. (While I managed to bring my camera I didn't manage to actually take any pictures, oh well.) We ate lunch then had our gift exchange. I got an awesome 2.5qt CorningWare casserole dish and Nick got some tools and candy. Well Nick's aunt's surprised his cousin who's expecting a baby boy in February and I with an impromptu baby shower. Since we don't know if we're having a boy or girl yet they stocked us up with a lot of yellow things. Much of it has little ducks on it, which I have always thought are the cutest baby things. It's always nice to get to see that side of Nick's family, because we only usually see them once a year.<br />
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It was a crazy couple of weeks, especially when you add in that Nick, Evelyn and I were all sick twice during that time. Thankfully we seem to have beaten the illnesses so far and we're hoping not to get anymore for awhile. Now for the rest of January our weekends are laid back, which is just what we need after December's craziness.<br />
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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families. I pray that the new year is treating you well so far!<br />
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Can you believe Christmas is only 4 days away!? I sure can't, it feels like last Christmas was just a few months ago.<br />
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I hope you've been enjoying the recipes I've been sharing with you over the last few days. Today I have the 4th and final recipe, Chocolate Chip Tea Cakes. These cookies are my mom's favorite. There aren't any eggs in the dough so you can snack on the dough without any fears. That's always a plus!<br />
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Be sure to let me know if you decided to make any of the cookies I've shared with you. I'd love to hear how they've turned out for you. Also if you have any favorite Christmas cookies yourself I'm always looking for new recipes and I'd love if you'd share them with me. You can either e-mail me or leave the recipe in the comments.<br />
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Tonight I'm headed to dinner with my girlfriends. It's a tradition we have been doing for about 4 or so years now. Instead of giving each other gifts we get dressed up and go out to dinner. It's always a lot of fun. Then after dinner I'm headed over to Nick's parent's house, because his dad's side of the family will be over there. So tonight is going to be quite busy, but busy in a good way.<br />
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I hope you all have a very Blessed Christmas! Be safe if your traveling. Enjoy celebrating our Savior's birth!<br />
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Welcome back! I hope you're ready for the third recipe I have to share with you guys. This recipe for Scandinavian Almond Cookies came from my mom's good friend Lorie. We've only been making them for the last 5 years or so, but they quickly became one of my favorites.<br />
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As you can probably tell from the picture we didn't use sliced almonds. My mom had just regular raw almonds so we just ground them up a bit and it seemed to work out just fine. These cookies are really good with a cup a coffee. I'd even eat them at breakfast!<br />
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Tomorrow I'll have the last recipe for you, just in time for Christmas! I hope you all are doing well & staying warm!<br />
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I'm back for day number 2 of my favorite Christmas cookies! Today I'm going to share with you the recipe for the Spritz Cookies my mom has made every year since I was little. She's probably made them even longer then that.<br />
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This recipe for Spritz Cookies comes from the old Betty Crocker cookbook my mom has. (I blogged about that cookbook <a href="http://liza-preparingforeternity.blogspot.com/2012/08/childhood-recipes.html" target="_blank">here</a>) You're going to need a cookie press like <a href="http://www.pamperedchef.com/ordering/prod_details.tpc?prodId=27475&words=cookie%20press" target="_blank">this one</a> from Pampered Chef.<br />
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These cookies always look nice and festive if you color the dough. Otherwise if you'd like to add sprinkles just do so before you bake the cookies so that they stick.<br />
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Come back tomorrow for another delicious cookie recipe!<br />
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Today I went over to my mom's house and we baked all morning. Since neither her nor I need many cookies this year we baked everything together and just split it up. That made the process go much faster.<br />
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I thought I'd spend the next few days posting my favorite cookies recipes. I figure, what's a better way to get in the Christmas spirit?<br />
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Today I'm going to share with you our Chocolate Ball Cookies. They are one of my favorites and resemble a truffle, but with a cookie consistency. They are super easy to make, which is always a plus.<br />
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Hope you like them! Tomorrow I'll share with you another recipe. Until then I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!<br />
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So what's a girl to do when she needs a little decorating help? Go to Target of course!</div>
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I ended up spending much more then I intended to, but I'm really very happy with the final result. Also everything I bought <i>(minus the votive holders) </i>was on sale. So obviously that justifiably makes it better. The table now goes much better with my kitchen decorations then the silver decorations did.</div>
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I'm going to make the bold statement that I'm now completely done buying Christmas decorations for this year. Until after Christmas sales that is!</div>
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Somehow even through the craziness of Thanksgiving weekend we managed to at least get our Christmas tree up. (The rest of the decorations stayed in boxes all over my living room for almost 2 weeks after that.)</div>
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Last year Evelyn was much too little to even begin to help put up the tree. This year she wasn't much help, more of a menace, but she sure did like looking at all the pretty lights and ornaments. At one point she even ran off with the star tree topper to get a better look.<br />
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Since our cats like to knock out tree over we decided that instead of putting the tree in our bedroom, like we did last year, we're just going to lock them in the basement whenever we leave the house. So far it's worked out pretty well. I'm not too sure the cats appreciate it, but it means far less of a headache for us.<br />
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So far Evelyn really only disrupted a few of the ornaments. There are a couple that are right at her height and easy for her to pick off the tree. She always brings them right to me like she's giving me some sort of gift. Next year hopefully we'll have less of an issue, because she'll be able to communicate better.<br />
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Now for a little baby #2 update. I had an appointment today and everything was perfect. My first 2 weeks of blood sugar readings we're so good that I now only have to test twice a day instead of 4. The little jelly bean's heart rate was in the upper 140's. My next appointment is in about 4 weeks and it's the big ultrasound to find our the baby's gender! I'm pretty excited to for that one.<br />
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I hope you all are doing well and staying warm! It's been pretty cold around here lately, but still no snow :( I'm pretty bummed about that. I'm still hoping for a good layer of fresh snow for Christmas!<br />
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Well friends I took a much longer break than anticipated It was prompted by a little bit of writers block and a huge bit of life being hectic. I'm hoping to be back more regularly, but with Christmas coming up soon I may still be in and out over the next month.</div>
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I thought I'd just give a quick overview of what has been going on around these parts. Then I'll reveal the big announcement that I hinted at in my post over a month ago.</div>
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Since I pretty much stopped blogging right after Halloween I never had a chance to show off Evelyn's adorable costume. She was the cutest little duck around! We made a stop at each of the grandparents' houses to show her off and then made a quick stop at our friend's house.</div>
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On the 18th of November we had Evelyn dedicated at church. She had the prettiest little dress and was well behaved through the dedication. Thankfully they do it at the beginning of service so that she could go to the nursery during the sermon. I don't think she would have been as well behaved if she had to sit through the whole thing.<br />
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For Thanksgiving we had quite a busy day. We had lunch with my parents, sister, brother-in-law and niece and then had dinner with Nick's parents. Even though it was too big meals I managed to not over eat which is amazing, because I'm a big fan of Thanksgiving food!<br />
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A few days after Thanksgiving on the 24th my sister gave birth to her second child. Her name is London and she was only 5 lb. 6 oz. She's a tiny little thing even though she was only a week early. Her big sister Drew thinks she's pretty cool.<br />
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Now for the announcement. The big reason why I've been M.I.A. from the blogging world for the last couple of months is because I'm pregnant again!</div>
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This time around I was feeling pretty sick during the first trimester. I actually got put on some anti nausea pills, because I was finding it hard to eat since I was so nauseous 24/7. They worked like a dream, but nothing helped with exhaustion and that's why I took a break from the blog. Chasing around a toddler and being pregnant is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.</div>
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I'm due on May 31st. They were a little iffy on my actual due date since I got pregnant while I was nursing, so we got two ultrasounds in 2 weeks to just confirm everything. The first time there wasn't much of anything to see, but the second time there was a strong heartbeat and a little jellybean.<br />
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Unfortunately I have gestational diabetes again. They did the test around 12 weeks this time since I had it with Evelyn. So now I'm testing my blood sugar after every meal and right when I get up in the morning. I'm hoping that my numbers are good enough that I can go down to just testing after one meal and in the morning like last time. So while you're all enjoying your sugary treats this Christmas, I won't be. That's the only part I'm bummed about.<br />
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Well there you have it. That's what I've been up to. I hope all of you are doing well. I'm hoping to blog about setting up our Christmas tree either this weekend or next week sometime.<br />
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We were blessed by a beautiful day that started off cooler, but ended up being so nice. It was so windy all week leading up to when we had planned to go that we were a little bit afraid that it was going to be cold. Thankfully it got up to the mid 60's and was glorious.</div>
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The first thing we did when we got in was go and see the goats. Evelyn was so intrigued. She even got brave at the end and would stick her fingers through the fence and pet their noses. It was pretty adorable.<br />
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It was a very busy day at the pumpkin patch. It had been the first weekend with good weather since it opened for the season and lots of people were taking advantage of that. Thankfully we got there early so we were leaving before the worst of the crowds.<br />
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A lot of the stuff Evelyn was still too little for, but we could tell she still had fun. Especially when it came time to share some cookies. She got chocolate everywhere, but boy did she love those cookies!<br />
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The last thing we did before we went home was ride the hayrack ride out to where they grow the pumpkins and pick one out. The line for the hayrack ride took a long time to get through, but it was worth it. Evelyn made friends with all the people around us. She loves saying "hi" and "bye" to everyone she meets.</div>
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Did any of you make it to a pumpkin patch this fall? Tell me about it if you did!</div>
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This last Saturday we had Evelyn's 1st Birthday party. We just had a small party at home with mostly family and a few close friends. It was a pretty fun day. Evelyn got spoiled with lots of toys that make noise, which is a new thing for her, because we have been holding off on letting her have anything noisy for our own sanity.</div>
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All the decor was based around a tablecloth that I got at a garage sale. (It's the one on the dessert table) I made all the the desserts. We had cupcakes, dipped oreos and rice krispies. Everything else I bought at Sam's Club.<br />
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Evelyn wasn't so sure about everyone singing happy birthday to her and instead of trying to blow out her candle she tried to grab it. However she loved getting to eat a cupcake. She didn't let any of it go to waste. This wasn't her first time having cake, but it was her first time having frosting. Boy did she love it!<br />
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Evelyn has been all about her new toys. She hasn't played with anything else all weekend. She uses that ladybug racer (right) to get up onto furniture though, so I have to be on constant watch.<br />
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All in all it was a really good party. I think I over did it on the food, because we had quite a bit left over. Oh well, I'll know better for next time. The whole process exhausted me though! All I've wanted to do is sleep. Thankfully Nick had yesterday off so he helped get things back to normal around here, whatever that means.</div>
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Lizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019448587055864882noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400342096265965570.post-49033294507923037972012-09-27T07:41:00.001-07:002012-09-27T07:41:12.865-07:00Evelyn's 1st CausalityWell you can now award me the <u><b><i>best</i></b></u> mom award, because I officially <u><b><i>rock</i></b></u>!<br />
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If you couldn't tell that previous sentence is dripping with sarcasm!<br />
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Yesterday was a trying day for this momma. The morning was fine then Evelyn woke up from her morning nap. I was letting her play in the living room while I finished up something on the computer.<br />
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To tell you the truth I was probably just being lazy on the computer and not doing anything of consequence. Therein lies the root of the problem, but back to the story.<br />
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Now it's not as though the computer is far from the living room, because technically it's in the living room. So I was able to keep a decent eye on Evelyn or so I thought. She wasn't but ten feet away from me playing with her toys; I thought.<br />
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I started to hear some banging. I glanced over it seemed like nothing. Then I heard a louder bang I turned around and the lamp in the living room was precariously leaning against the window. I bolted up from my chair and ran to the lamp, but I was too late. About half way there it crashed to ground and the glass shade shattered into a million pieces ranging from bigger than my hand to as small as a pin head.<br />
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Believe me that picture does not give justice to how big of a mess it actually was. Thankfully Evelyn was fine so I put her in the highchair with something to drink and got to cleaning things up. After picking up all the big pieces I got out the vacuum and attempted to get all the tiny pieces. Unfortunately our vacuum doesn't work the best anymore so I was still finding little pieces after going over everything with a vacuum more than 5 times. I think I have it all cleaned up now though.<br />
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So it looks like we'll be looking for a new lamp sometime soon. We have another one in our dinning room area so that one will have to do for now. At least we got a long life out of that lamp. I think we've had it since we got married. It served us well.<br />
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In totally unrelated news we're having Chili and Cinnamon Rolls for dinner! Eating chili with cinnamon rolls is a Nebraska thing. I have yet to meet someone who eats them together who isn't from Nebraska or at least spent sometime in Nebraska. But I could never have chili without cinnamon rolls, it's just a must.<br />
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Have you ever had chili with cinnamon rolls? Or even heard of doing so?<br />
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It's Thursday everyone! One more day and then it's the weekend! Hope everyone is doing well!<br />
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So things around here have been busy, hectic and all around tiring. Life has left little time for things like blogging. I'm just trying to keep up with the daily things that need to be kept up with and falling farther behind daily.<br />
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I have all these posts I want to do, but just no time or initiative to do them. I'm hoping that October is going to be an easier month to blog. We have much less going on once we make it through the 6th which is Evelyn's 1st birthday party.<br />
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These are the posts I'm trying to get out in October:<br />
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- Living Room/Dining Room/Kitchen Reveal<br />
- Evelyn's 1st Birthday Party<br />
- 1st Trip to the Pumpkin Patch<br />
- My Fall Decor<br />
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I'm sure there will end up being a few more.<br />
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Let me know how your September has been!<br />
Hopefully you've been able to enjoy some cooler weather and other fun fall things!<br />
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-This little one is getting braver and braver. Still to scared to actually try and walk, but standing and doing various different things have become the norm.<br />
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-She also took her first big tumble this past week. We even ended up going to the doctor to make sure she was ok. Thankfully it was just a bump and even that was pretty much gone by the next morning.<br />
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-See that diaper box there. Well Evelyn decided to push it to the rocking chair and use it to hoist herself up there. Thankfully we noticed before anything bad happened. Now you see how she fell and got hurt. The girl is a climber!<br />
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-It's thankfully getting cooler around here. Cool enough that I'm evening drinking warm coffee sometimes; like now for instance. It also means we don't have to run our A/C. It gets so cool at night that I open the windows and as long as I make sure to close them before it gets too warm the next day the house stays nice and cool.<br />
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-We've been trying to spend as much time with this guy as possible! Since he had to work this last weekend we've only had evening to catch up, but that's better than nothing. Evelyn loves her daddy so much. She even waves and says, "Hi, Daddy" whenever he gets home from work. I can't get her to say "momma" to save my life.<br />
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-See that lovely embroidery hoop filled with beautiful vintage fabric and the word "beloved" embroidered on it. Well that my friends was made for me by my very special blog friend <a href="http://contemplatingbeauty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gina</a>. I have been oohing and awwing over her embroidery ever since she shared some pictures of it a few months back. She offered to make something for Evelyn's room and I just leapt at the idea. When it arrived in the mail I was so excited to put it on her wall I found a nail immediately. I think it fits her room perfectly. Thank you <a href="http://contemplatingbeauty.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gina</a>!<br />
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Well there you have it friends. That's what I've been up to as of late. Tomorrow both Nick and I are getting out eyes checked so that means <b>new glasses</b>! I'm so excited. I'll be sure to share pictures once I have them.<br />
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Also I haven't forgotten about sharing pictures of our painting project. We still don't have chairs at our dining room table or in our living room. Once that happens expect a post devoted solely to our painting "adventure".<br />
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What have you all been up to lately? I'd love to hear from you!<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend!<br />
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Last weekend we decided to undertake painting the main room of our house. Our main room consists of living room, dining room and kitchen. Not only did we have to paint all of the trim and all of the walls, we needed to paint the ceiling.<br />
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Needless to say it took longer than expected. Thankfully last night we finished up and now we just have to get the house put back together. Nick and I keep saying how much we feel like really adults now that we have painted walls!<br />
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Now for some Friday's Letters<br />
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<b>Dear Nick,</b><br />
Thank you so much for helping me with the huge task of painting! At least we are both on the same page as far as hiring professionals if we ever get the bright idea to paint again! I really wish you didn't have to work this weekend so that we could just hang-out and be lazy together. Love you!<br />
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<b>Dear Evelyn,</b><br />
Thank you so much for being a good sport about this being stuck in the basement for 6 days. I know we had our moments of frustration, but all in all you were a good baby. P.S. You are going to be a year old in just over a month. That just blows my mind! Love you little one!<br />
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<b>Dear Obnoxious Allergies,</b><br />
I hate you! I have been miserable the last 2 weeks and the paint smell doesn't really help. I take my allergy medicine but you still seem to wreck havoc on my sleeping. Please just leave me be so that I can feel normal again!<br />
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<b>Dear Back,</b><br />
What in the world happened yesterday?! One moment I was sitting on the floor playing with Evelyn the next moment I was writhing in pain. I do not have any clue what I did. All I felt was my back crack and then immense pain. Thankfully the pain has subsided a little bit, but I still can't look down without a pulling pain. Please just get better I really don't want to have to go to the doctor.<br />
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<b>Dear Sam's Club,</b><br />
I'm a bit addicted to you now. I still need to compare prices with what I usually buy, but I can already tell that quite a few things are cheaper from you. Sorry Target, you may have been replaced a little.<br />
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Lizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019448587055864882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400342096265965570.post-70256089349460307072012-08-30T19:47:00.001-07:002012-08-30T19:47:50.413-07:00So I'm Biting the BulletSo I've been nominated 3 times in the past 2 months for the Liebster Award. I never do these kinds of things, because I feel weird nominating other people like I'm suppose to. Maybe it has to do with my shyness, I don't know. So I'm going to answer the fun questions and all, but I'm following what Michelle@<a href="http://michellesncheese.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">michmash</a> and not nominate anyone. It's only the answers you care about anyways right?!<br />
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I was nominated by Monica@<a href="http://mrsv820.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Captivated By Love</a>, Vanessa@<a href="http://purejoyandadoration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pure Joy & Adoration</a> and Amanda@<a href="http://bringingupallie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bringing Up Allie</a>. Go check all those ladies out. They're awesome!<br />
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The first thing I'm suppose to do is give you 11 facts about me.<br />
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<b>1.</b> I had this weird obsession with Elijah Wood after the first Lord of the Rings movie came out. I'm pretty sure I was in middle school at the time. I just thought it would be so cool if I could marry him, because then we'd have the same initials, E.J.W. I was young, silly and boy crazy.Good news is my hubby is way cooler than Elijah Wood, just sayin'.<br />
<b>2. </b>This should be nothing new to all of you, but I have a pretty unhealthy obsession with donuts. I don't know why, but those things get me. I'm not much of a sweets person either, but donuts are a whole other category for me. Add sprinkles and I'm in heaven!<br />
<b>3. </b>Before meeting my hubby 4 years ago I thought for sure I would be on the mission field somewhere by this point. Obviously God had other plans for me, but I'm content and happy with the life I have.<br />
<b>4.</b> So we don't have TV. We have an actual television set with an X-Box360 & Playstation2 hooked up to it for video games, but we don't actually have any TV channels. Instead we (mostly me) get our TV fix via Hulu or other places on the internet.<br />
<b>5. </b>I hate to admit it, but my favorite shows to watch are The Real Housewives and other ridiculous reality shows.<br />
<b>6. </b>Most days I'm lucky if I put on make-up or do anything with my hair. Thankfully I've actually gotten in a better habit of washing my face in the morning even if I don't shower. That mostly only has to do with the fact that I've started breaking out like a 15 year old and I'm trying to combat that. It's just when I know I won't be leaving the house it's hard to put much effort into my appearance for Evelyn.<br />
<b>7. </b>I was home schooled through 12th grade. All except for 2nd grade and a portion of 4th.<br />
<b>8. </b>My best friend and I have been friends since I was 6 and she was 3. We became fast friends the summer after I moved into her neighborhood.<br />
<b>9. </b>Upon first meeting my best friend mentioned above I thought she was a boy because she was all bundled up in winter clothes and had short curly hair. We laugh about it now.<br />
<b>10. </b>I have a ridiculous fear of fish. I don't know why but they freak me out. I refuse to go snorkeling. Aquariums are ok, but only as long as it's salt water fish, fresh water fish are ugly and give me nightmares.<br />
<b>11. </b>As a child I watched my sister's VHS of The Littler Mermaid so much that it got stretched out just before the big fight between Ursula and Prince Eric. It would always break our VCR if I tried to watch all the way till the end, but I would still try it almost every time. I still love that movie and know all of the songs!<br />
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Now for the Questions from Monica@<a href="http://mrsv820.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Captivated By Love</a><br />
<b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1. What is your dream day? Anything.. money is not a problem.</b><br />
My dream day would probably include going to Disney World with my whole family. I just love Disney World and would love to go back there.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">2. When you were little... what did you want to grow up to be?</b><br />
Honestly I've always wanted to be a mom and homemaker growing up. For actual outside of the home careers I remember as a 4th grader I wanted to be a scientist/astronaut. Now thinking back that is just utterly ridiculous, because I loathed science class and I've never been very good at it. I find all that stuff interesting, but I could never do it as a job.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">3. What is your favorite holiday and the traditions that go with it?</b><br />
I'm going to be cliche and say Christmas. I just love it though. My family has always opened our presents up on Christmas Eve after church and then gone to my Aunt's house for lunch on Christmas Day. Now with our own family we do kind of the same thing. We go to my in-laws on Christmas Eve, do our own thing Christmas morning and then head to my Aunt's for lunch. We get together with my family sometime around there, but it's usually the day before Christmas Eve or the day after Christmas mattering on peoples schedules.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">4. What is your least favorite chore?</b><br />
This is hard, because I don't like quite a few. Least favorite would have to be vacuuming/cleaning the floors. It just drives me nuts and they never seem to be all the way clean.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">5. What was the last thing you did for the first time?</b><br />
Going shopping for a whole day with my husband's mom & aunts.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">6. Where would you travel if you could go anywhere?</b><br />
Europe, specifically England. It's always been a dream of mine to go there.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">7. Favorite memory?</b><br />
Umm...it's difficult to choose just one. The one that first popped into my mind was the day I found out I was pregnant. It's was so exciting and something I had prayed for for such a long time.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">8. How did you come up with your blog name?</b><br />
Since my intention was to just write about my life, it's just a culmination of what my whole focus of my life is. <br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">9. Do you stay up late or wake up early?</b><br />
Both and it leave me tired. Usually I tend to wake-up early. I've always been a morning person.<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">10. What is your favorite restaurant... and the favorite meal there?</b><br />
My hubby and I's favorite place is called Lazlo's. We always get their spinach artichoke dip and my new favorite mail course is their avocado salmon salad. It has all these delicious toppings, which include artichokes, avocados, onions and the most perfectly cooked salmon. Then it's topped with a creamy avocado dressing. It's to die for!<br style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;" /><b style="font-family: Molengo; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">11. How was your first kiss with your hubby? </b>
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Ha! Good...I'm going to leave it at that.<br />
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On to Vanessa@<a href="http://purejoyandadoration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pure Joy & Adoration</a>'s questions.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">1. What movie could you watch over & over, and why?</span><br />
Pride & Prejudice the BBC mini-series. It maybe 5 hours long, but I love it and it's so true to the book.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">2. What's your ideal date night?</span><br />
My favorite of our date nights are actually when we get take-out chinese and watch a movie in the basement after putting Evelyn to bed. Don't get me wrong I love when we dress up and go out, but there is just something about a simple night at home with just my hubby that I love.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">3. When do you feel the most beautiful?</span><br />
Whenever my husband tells me I am. He's constantly telling me how beautiful I am and it makes me feel so special.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">4. What is your most favorite piece of clothing you own?</span><br />
Ugh...I don't like much of my clothes right now. Still trying to deal with the changes done to my body due to having a baby. If I had to choose something I would choose this stripey cream & red sweater I got at Goodwill.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">5. What is your favorite Scripture?</span><br />
It has always been Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm, plans to give you hope and a future." That verse just gives such hope.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">6. Do you dress up for Halloween, and if so, what ideas are you thinking of for this year?</span><br />
I used to, but it's doubtful that it will happen this year because now I have a little one.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">7. Who would you consider an awesome female role model in your life?</span><br />
My mother. She has really taught me what it means to be a godly wife and mother. She's a great grandmother and one of my best friends.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">8. What is your favorite food?</span><br />
I love food, but I would have to say that any sort of carbohydrate is a favorite of mine. I love pasta, bread, rice, muffins. While I'm not a big sweets person, I am a carbs person. That was one of the hardest things about being diagnosed with gestational diabetes.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">9. What's one thing you love about yourself?</span><br />
Physically I love my eyes. I have bright blue eyes that I get from my dad. Evelyn has blue eyes that rival mine; they are so bright and blue. In other respects my favorite thing about myself is my fierce loyalty. I'm loyal to people almost to a default. It means I'm easily hurt by others' actions, because I feel it's a breech again their loyalty to me.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">10. Early bird or night owl?</span><br />
As I answered before I tend to be a bit of both, but I've always been more of a morning person.<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">11. What one goal have you set for your future?</span><br />
My husband and I really want to be foster parents in the future. We're not sure the timeline, we're still just in the prayer step of it.<br />
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Last but certainly not least here are Amanda@<a href="http://bringingupallie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bringing Up Allie</a>'s questions.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1.What is something we don't know about you?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have only lived without a cat for a very short period of my life. Short as in a month. Otherwise there has always been at least one cat if not more living with me; even as a baby.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2.What is your dream job?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I have it! It's being a wife, mommy and homemaker.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3.What is your favorite thing about blogging?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I would have to say the community that makes up the blogging world. I never would have thought how quickly I could make friends with some wonderful women through blogging. It's pretty awesome.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">4.If I could give you a plane ticket to anywhere, where would you go?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Europe</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">, specifically England. (same as above)</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">5.What's your favorite meal?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">For at a restaurant see above. At home I love Chili & Cinnamon Rolls. It's a Midwestern thing, maybe even just a Nebraska thing. Chili with Cinnamon rolls is a must though! Can't wait till it's cool enough to make some.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">6.Any pets?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes! 3 Cats and they are terrors!</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">7.If you won $150,000 how would you spend it?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I'd pay off the rest of our house and do the few home-improvement things we're saving for. After that I'd probably pay for our whole family to go to Disney world.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">8.What is your favorite picture (please share it with us) and why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For right now this is one of my favorites. (Even though it's old) I even have it printed out and on our wall. I don't know why it's my favorite, but she just looks so darn cute. Don't worry I'm sure I'll have a new favorite next week.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">9.What's your favorite room in your house?</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I really don't have a favorite, but I really like how Evelyn's room is decorated. Maybe after we paint our main room that will be my favorite.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">10.Tell us a little about your family...</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm the youngest of 4 girls, but I came along so much later than the rest that I basically grew up like an only child. I have 8 soon to be 9 nieces and nephews, 5 of which are all from one sister. I have a great mother and father who knew all the tricks by the time I came around so I didn't even bother trying to get away with anything. I'm married to a pretty awesome man who has a sister and 2 wonderful parents. We have a beautiful 10 month old daughter. Our extended families are too big to really describe.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">11.What do you consider to be your best quality?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">That took forever! Any of you that read all of that deserve a donut! Once I can figure out how to send one to you via e-mail you'll be sure to get one!</span></span></div>
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