What's New?

Why have I been so silent and distant with you oh blog land? Because I'm not good at keeping secrets at all, especially ones I'm VERY excited about. So, to keep myself from exploding on the internet I've ignored my blog. It was hard enough to keep my keyboard shut on Facebook!

For the past 2-1/2 years Brian and I have struggled to conceive another child. It has been a frustrating journey full of patience testing and faith building. I loved being pregnant, I loved giving birth, and being that I myself am an only child I knew I wanted Adam to have a sibling.

Well, I'm happy to report that many prayers have been answered and without the help of any medical interventions we are due to have our second baby in mid-December!!!! For all who prayed for us I can not thank you enough and I know that each of those prayers worked.

Now we need some prayers for our own home to magically appear! :) I will not have this baby while living with my parents!

This is Interesting..

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following:

There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1(yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer

New Birth Blog

Check out this new blog about birth http://www.blogsmonroe.com/childbirth/

This woman attended my very first Bradley Method class way back in 2006, proceeded to give birth to her 10 lb. 8oz. son totally natural, then had a second child naturally and now teaches The Bradley Method herself! She just got approval to write this blog for Monroe County and I'm SO proud of her!
Congrats Jeanette!!

Ideal Bite

Look at me getting all famous & stuff on Ideal Bite

Before & After

10" of my hair donated to Locks of Love today. Time to start growing it again!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy 4th Birthday to one little boy who just won't stop growing!!

Love you! Mama

Currently Cooking

It's been a while but here's a new favorite I made for dinner tonight. From the Rachael Ray cookbook Brian gave me for Christmas.

Broken Florentine Lasagna Bake
serves 4

4 Tbls (1/2 stick) butter
4 Tbls all-purpose flour
3 cups milk
salt and pepper
ground nutmeg
1-1/2 cups grated Parmigiano Reggiano
2 Tbls EVOO
1 garlic clove, cracked away from skin
1-2 pounds fresh spinach (the recipe calls for 2, I use 1 and it's fine. I don't even take the time to chop it like the recipe calls for and it's fine)
1 box no-boil lasagna noodles, broken into large pieces. (if you have a little one at home make them do this. It keeps them busy the entire time you're making dinner. awesome)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Melt the butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Sprinkle the flour over the melted butter, whisk to combine, and cook for about 1 minute. Slowly whisk the milk into the butter-flour mixture, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, and cook for a couple of minutes to thicken. Stir in half the Parmigiano (about 3/4 cup). Set the sauce aside.

Heat the EVOO in a large (she calls for cast iron but I don't have one and it still tastes good) skillet over medium-high heat. Toss in the cracked clove of garlic and cook for a minute or two to release its aroma and flavor. Add the spinach a few handfuls at a time, wilting each batch before adding more. Season the greens with salt and pepper.

Toss the broken pasta into the greens and stir to combine. Pour the sauce in the the skillet , stirring again to incorporate them. Smooth the top down and sprinkle with the remaining 3/4 cup Parmigiano. Cover the skillet with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and finish cooking for about another 15 minutes to brown the cheese.

Enjoy!