My new stove??

Ok, so I haven't really gotten a new stove, but you'd think that I did since I've burned just about everything that I've tried to cook since Thursday!!

On Wednesday, I was complaining about how difficult the stove plates were to clean and keep clean. Ken suggested just to go buy new ones. Sounded good to me!! While at Target I decided to also purchase a new skillet to replace one that I've had since our first Christmas as a married couple. The old one had certianly seen better days! So I ventured back home with new stove plates and two new skillets.

I replaced the plates and washed the skillets so that I could use them. Well... since then, I've burned grilled cheese... almost burned a scrambled egg, and all my water boils in less than 4 minutes. Boy, you'd think that I've never cooked before!!

Fourth month is the hardest...

Well, I have come to the conclusion that the fourth month of pregnancy is the hardest... Not physically, obviously, but emotionally. There's my reasoning:

• Your just now feeling yourself again after the first months, but don't want to over-do it. Do you push yourself? Do you whimp out?
• Your belly hasn't grown a ton (although some of the women on line look like their 7 months pregnant already). You just basically look like your bloated, or have gained a few pounds.
  
• The baby may move here and there, but there's no consistent movement. Those insecurities that you have begin to creep in... is the baby ok? Is the baby growing enough and properly?
• You don't know if the baby is a boy or a girl... so no planning can be done and no purchasing of items. Just waiting.
  
• Just all over emotional tendencies as your hormones race!!

So, these (in a nut shell) is why I think the 4th month of pregnancy is a rough one, emotionally. And I suppose it puts you in my mind for a moment, and these are a few things that I'm dealing with these days... internally/emotionally.

A few more photos

I haven't posted in a few days and not sure why. But thought I'd post a few photos.

Here's one from Easter day. I realized later that I didn't get one of the three of us. Which disappointed me a bit. But I suppose that it will happen!
Here's Finnegan enjoying his first Peep! This is the first bite!!


Needless to say, he liked it!

This was today. He was petting the doggie and saying "good doggie". This is our girl Tootsie... She loves Finnegan and let's him love on her. He'll even lean over and give her a hug. It's the cutest thing!
This is Finnegan talking on his "new" cell phone. I was working with the calculator today and I think he thinks it looks similar to my new cellphone, so he kept talking on it. I will try to get a video of it, because it's pretty cute. He says "hello" and then a bunch of gibberish, and then "hello" again! so cute.


Here's another new favorite pass time... Stacking plastic cups. They were out from our Easter brunch and Finnegan will stack them and unstack them. Then throw them all over the living room, pick them up (after mommy asks) and then does it all over again. And one of my new favorites. Finnegan doesn't like to sit next to daddy anymore. He shimmy's his way down on daddy's lap and sits with Ken while he works. Ken has been turning on a video game or surfing the Disney website.

Dessert by any other name??

Creme Anglaise... The original recipe that I had was for a Bread Pudding with a Vanilla Sauce. The Recipe is derived from a dish that is served on Disney Property in Florida. It's THE BEST Bread Pudding I've ever had!! I'd read the recipe several times and was pretty sure that I could do it for Easter Brunch that I was hosting this year.

Then, this week, I just happened to catch a few Food Network Programs that put it all into perspective for me. The first was an episode of the Barefoot Contessa. She was actually making an Italian Gelato, but the base of the gelato was what she called a "creme anglaise". And then turned it into ice cream. The second program I wastched was Throwdown with Bobby Flay. He was making bread pudding against a dessert truck in New York. As they both made their bread puddings, they both showed the process that they went through to make their sauce, or their creme anglaise. Then it hit me, that is what I was making...

Creme Anglaise... A french custard that can be difficult to make if you do it too fast or the milk is too hot. Essentially, you boil milk, and whisk eggs in a bowl with sugar together and then slowly add the milk to the eggs and just pray that they don't scramble in the bowl. The recipe that I had for "vanilla sauce" was just this method. Oh, no!! Would I be able to do it??

Well, sure enough I did. On Saturday night, I was preparing some prep items for Sunday's Brunch and I successfully made a Creme Anglaise. And then today, when we tasted it with the bread pudding, it was just divine!!! I was very proud of myself, and then began to think that culinary arts school would be fun... I'd like to wear a white jacket!!

Mr. Stylish!!

First off... Finnegan enjoyed his first trip to DQ on Saturday. We had a beautiful weekend and we got to do DQ together as a family. This is Finnegan having a taste of Daddy's cone. Needless to say, he didn't really understand how to eat it... so he just stuck his tongue out. :)


Here's my stylish kid... I just can't deny that he is so cute.

Here's his Easter outfit. We tend to go to the Sunrise Service on Easter and it is outside in a stadium. So we normally bundle up. So this last week, he wore his Easter outfit to church and then he'll wear it again on Easter for brunch.



This shirt is for his Papa!!
Here's another one for Papa!! He loves his Ambulance!!

Here's the last one for the night. My boys hard at work, writing code!



Hope you're having a good week!!

Photo Post

Here is the long awaited photo post...

Here's my boy, hard at work like his daddy!!




He's recently started feeding his stuffed animals. It's the sweetest thing!!
We had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and corn the other night for dinner, and Finnegan had an itch on his face :)

Ringtones...

So, I'm planning to post some photos of Finnegan, as I know I've only been writing lately, and we all know that that just gets boring... So those are to come...

Now, today's feature presentation... :)

Ringtones. Aren't they great? Whoever came up with the idea of taking a snipit of a song, and playing it instead of the annoying ring of your cellphone, should get a raise! What a great idea! I love that you can pair a person with a song. The song that you love, or reminds you of them. Just fun! Recently, I purchased my first ringtone... to only find out that my phone wasn't advanced enough to hold the memory that it needed to work!! There goes $3 wasted.

So, I was offered a new phone by my cellphone carrier for free, so I took them up on the offer. I wasn't allowed to transfer that song that I bought, but I could buy more!! :) So that is what I did!!

I didn't buy a lot... Only 4 songs. But they're fun ones:

• For Ken's ring: Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Callette... If you've never heard it, this is the portion of the song that it plays, "I'm lucky I'm love with my best friend, Lucky to have been where I have been, Lucky to be coming home again!" This song just makes me smile. It's a new favorite of mine, and it makes me happy when I hear it say "coming home again" because that is normally when Ken calls me, when he's on his way home! The song has great harmony too, which just makes me smile!
• For Beth and Andrea: Happy Working Song from Enchanted. I wanted a Disney Song, but something that encompased both of them. They both love this movie, and its a fun song to hear!
• For Mom and Dad: Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow, from the Carosel of Progress ride at WDW and it's also in Meet the Robinsons Movie. I LOVE this ride at WDW and was sad that we didn't ride it when we visited this last time. But it's a happy song and reminds me of happy times and a great promise!
• For the rest of you... Another current favorite.... Single by NKOTB. I know it's silly, but its a fun dance song, and it was originally gonna be Ken's song (so he didn't have to ever hear it play) but not any longer :)
  

Fun songs make for a fun time. I love music, and how music can motivate and inspire us. I searched for many other artists that inspire me, but the Verizon store just isn't that user friendly, especially with Praise and CCM music :) I did find many TV themes that I almost purchased, but didn't. Particuarly the L&O them... That would be a great one!! Maybe next time!!

What fun ringtones do you have??