Decisions, Decisions

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

So we have a doctor's appointment for Thursday, a week from tomorrow and I am so anxious. I'm officially out of school and will graduate on Friday! I'm so excited, and yet I have not been feeling well at all. On Sunday I had my first bout of throwing up from morning sickness along with all-day nausea. Sadly it didn't stop there, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. I may sound crazy, but I'm perfectly fine with all these symptoms. It hopefully means that I still have a baby thriving inside of me. I'm not only anxious, but excited for Thursday. I hope everything goes so well and that we see our little bug growing past 8.5 weeks with a precious heartbeat.

Tuesday, April 23rd

So I'm titling these by the date, because these won't get posted when I actually write them. You all know why that is.

So, today (2/23) I took a test. It came back positive!!! Majorly BFP, putting me at about 7.5 weeks. We're so excited, but trying to keep it under wraps so shhh for now. According to my calculator, I should be due in  early December. When I go to my OB appointment, they will tell me how far along I am and if there's a heartbeat...thoughts and prayers for the baby please.

Dinner and yummy water

So tonight was my night to cook dinner again and I had to share. This past weekend I was at the store, and I ended up picking up brown rice and quinoa, to be a bit more healthy and add some variety to our meals. Tonight for dinner I decided to make a quinoa and bean salad. I used the white quinoa, because it was what was at the store. Yes, it's served cold.  So, here it is:

Cook 1 cup quinoa according to box directions, put aside in fridge for 2 hours.
Chop up 2 oz of red peppers, green peppers, purple onion and black olives each, set aside.
Drain and rinse a can of red kidney beans, white kidney beans and black beans.
Drain one can of diced tomatoes.

After the two hours, mix all ingredients together.
Add in 1/4 cup of Zesty Italian Dressing, stir well.
 Put it in the fridge for about one hour.


My yummy water is just one lemon and one full glass of sparkling water.

Kendra's Mac and Cheese

So one thing I haven't really told you about is my husband and I love our kitchen. At the moment, we've been busy with work and school, but tonight was my turn to make dinner. I like it so much, I had to write about it. I adapted this recipe from The Pioneer Woman.

So to start I boiled 1 lb of Italian Trio pasta.
Chop up about 1 oz of green peppers, red peppers and broccoli each. Set aside.
Whisk 1 egg in a separate bowl, set aside.
In a big pot I melted 4 oz of salted butter, whisked in 1/4 cup of flour, cooked for about 5 min making a roux.
Then poured in 2 1/2 cups of whole milk.
Dump in about 1 Tbsp of Golden Spicy Mustard and whisk.
Take  some of the cream sauce and whisk it into the egg. This is called tempering. Then you poor the egg into the pot.
Once this is whisked, pour the egg into the pot and whisk again.Once it's combined, add the veggies.
Shred 2 lbs of cheese. I used 1 lb of Jalapeno Velveeta and 1 lb of white cheddar (the better the quality the better the taste).
Add the cheese and let it melt before adding pepper, salt and paprika to taste.
Mix in pasta.

*It is delicious if I do say so myself. And my husband and his friend liked it too. The only thing I'd change for next time, is use the cheddar, and chop up finely a real jalapeno.

Almost done!!!

I can't believe it. I have less than four weeks of school left including finals week, and still so much to do. Sorry, but I've been so busy, I haven't had time to write between work and school. So my husband and I have talk more about having a baby, and once we go to Colorado, I think we'll be looking into fertility clinics. Until then, I will be researching this summer to learn about IVF and testing and whatever else there is out there. I'm excited to be going to Colorado, because they have some highly rated fertility clinics. I think little by little we're taking baby steps to reach our goal of becoming parents!

thinking, dreaming, hoping, wishing and praying...

My husband glanced over at the screen and said that I should let you know that "We're working hard." I then asked him what we're working hard on, and to that he said a baby. I had heard a poem somewhere, and it's so true. granted it might not be word for word, but I want to have it hanging in the nursery when we do have a baby.

Before we even knew you,

We thought about you;

We wished for you;

We dreamed about you;

We prayed for you;

We loved you.

Hopefully sometime soon I can bring you happy news about a blessing in our lives. But until then, I'll keep talking to you. Not sure what about though....oh well, until next time!

a home is a home is a home

While I was growing up, my mom always said to us that she didn't want to raise us in a trailer, apartment, but in a house. She wanted us to have a place that we could always call home. Years later I look back at this, and I'm glad I don't have the same thought process. As still newlyweds, we live in an apartment. Lately, we've talked about moving after I graduate and living with my mom to get some money saved up. From there, we've talked about getting a trailer to get DP through school. Once we've done that, maybe figuring out where we want to settle and building a house. Yes, we may have kids along this path, but I'm okay with that. I've known all sorts of families that come from all sorts of places, and the one thing I've learned is that it doesn't matter if you live in an apartment, trailer, or house; you make that your home. I believe that saying, home is where the heart is. I know that no matter where we are, as long as I'm with my husband, I'm home.

Sorry for the short post, and it taking so long.