How did I live before?!?!

Okay so I have two new loves!!! And one is this book :) I have seen it before and always thought I would want to try it but then I saw Jessica Seinfeld on Oprah and I was HOOKED!!!! I totally went a bought it the next day and was so excited to make dinners for my family with veggies hidden in them!! Well I didn't buy the Magic Bullet (which they recommend) I thought I have a blender and that will work just fine-
Well one of my first recipes were the brownies that have carrots and spinach in them-- What?!?! You may ask - I know I know I was nervous---- and well I should have been -- With using only my blender (which again I thought would be "good enough") I served my family and friends brownie with chunks of carrots in them -

yeah..... not the warm welcome I though it would be-- no one likes a brownie with carrots not so hidden in them-



So finally I decided that I need to give the Magic Bullet a try - so I tried to totally ignore the fact that I was going to be paying $50 for something that I didn't think was going to do any better then my current BLENDER








Was I ever wrong!!!!! Oh Lord how have I lived without this wonderful product called the Magic Bullet!! It is wonderful-- And now I can make Deceptively Delicious meals without my friends and family seeing the chunky veggies in their meals!!! The French Toast with Sweet Potatoes with a Huge hit with David, and so was the Potato Soup with Cauliflower-
I am loving it and am now a pureeing MASTER!!!


"what did you say David .... you would like a fruit smoothie, but you are running out the door for football practice.." No problem I will have one coming up in less than a minute!!!

I LOVE IT :)

Isn't She A Beauty !!

well for any of you that have really good vision- Here are some photos of her :)

No longer just a Banana!!

Yesterday I was soo nervous, I got up, got David off to VBS- quickly came home and showered- played a game of basketball with Cohen ( because hello does he do anything else??) and patiently tried to calm myself before heading out at 10:00 for my 10:30 ultrasound appointment- I was soo nervous I couldn't eat breakfast and was shaking on the drive there, thinking-- Is this really happening, could I really be having a girl?? I was so excited that carried Cohen up two flights of stairs so that I would have to wait for him to slowly climb the stairs-- so there I am shaking with excitement and exhaustion from the stairs and the lady at the front desk calmly says-- Your appointment was scheduled for 10:00 and you were a no-show, so we now have to reschedule you for the next day- I started crying in the waiting room- I was sooo upset!! This was the moment I had been waiting for and now I had to wait AGAIN!!!! No that was not happening!!
I tried to calm myself to see our doctor but of course once I was in the exam room I broke down again-- Doesn't anyone else understand how big of a deal this is!!!!!! Praise the Lord they told me that just had a cancellation for a 4:00 - could we come back---

Ummmm HELLO I would come back no matter what!!!! So the rest of the day dragged on but finally 4:00 came and ALL 4 of us got to come to the appointment and see our beautiful new baby GIRL!!!!
I actually believe this was a total God thing, because now David got to be with us during the ultrasound and it was such a special thing for him to be there-- And God knows that I wouldn't have wanted it any other way !!!

Thank you God for taking care of every little detail in our lives-- You are amazing beyond belief- And thank you for the precious new baby inside of me - I promise to take care of all of them to the very best of my ability!!

We are a Banana!!

Wow!! 20 weeks and the size of a banana-- we are moving right along :)

And tomorrow we find out if our banana will be pink or blue !!!!

Sooo excited