game day

soccer season is here and it has been so fun to go to nolan's soccer games and cheer him on.

one of the funniest things to watch is adrian yelling at nolan from the side lines telling him to watch the ball...he tends to get a little sidetracked.



and, of course, we have our little fan club yelling nolan on...

granola

i have been craving granola for oh so long... not just any granola however, it had to be my mom's granola.

i finally broke down, got the recipe from her, and went to the store to buy all the things that were needed to make it...pure heaven.

Granola:

*bring to just boiling (do not let it overflow)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups honey

1 tsp. vanilla

*mix the following in a large bowl

4 cups old fashioned oats

1 1/2 cups coconut- eric really likes coconut so i added a little extra

1 cup raw sunflower seeds (optional)

1 cup toasted wheat germ

1/2 cup poppy seeds- (i only used about 1/4 cup)

1 cup sliced almonds

1 cup sesame seeds (again, i only used about 1/4 cup)

1 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup flaxseed

*pour liquid over dry ingredients and stir well. divide into 2-4 batches and spread on cookie sheet. bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until nicely browned; stir frequently (10-15 minutes). after it is baked add raisins. Stir-cool-store- and enjoy!!!

pregnant or not...its still my belly

so it has finally happened...the whole stranger thing wanting to touch my pregnant belly... AWWW..freak me out!!

i had a doctor's appointment today and as i was walking into the hospital there was an older guy (i know age is relative) probably in his early 60s sitting in a wheelchair outside the hospital entrance. i was almost to the doors and he jokingly asked me "what happened?" i laughed and said, "o, i swallowed a pumpkin...haha"
i continued to walk towards the door when he held out his hands and said... "come here let me rub your stomach."
i'm thinking...are you kidding me..but i laughed again and said, "that's okay."
he was like, "come on"
"ummm...well, i am going to be late for my doctor's appointment."
"o, come on let me rub your belly."
you freak... "no really, that's okay."

thankfully he was in a wheelchair or i am guessing he wouldn't have asked, but would have just touched my belly anyway.
so here is my question... do people think that once you become pregnant that your belly isn't a part of you anymore. i mean, seriously, its one thing for people i know, like from church, or my family to touch my stomach, but it is a completely different thing for a complete stranger to just want to touch my stomach.

shew...glad i got that off my chest, (or should i say belly).

at least i got a good laugh and blog post out of the deal... any of you have similar stories about strangers touching your stomach. i would love to hear them.

Psalm 1

i have been helping out with AWANA this year. all the leaders were challenged to memorize several passages in Psalm. we have our first AWANA leader's meeting tonight so i had to get Psalm 1 memorized.
eric decided it would be easier for me to memorize if he helped me out a little. so, here he is...his masterpiece of talent. isn't he expressive.
and actually it helped i think...as long as i can picture him doing the motions in my head when i say it tonight at the AWANA meeting.

Week 31

I am officially down to single digits...9 weeks to go!!!!!

Next weekend I can start to tell people that I am due next month!! It is crazy how fast time goes.

Had another doctor's appointment:

Weight- so far I have gained 17 pounds...whoa...eric better be careful, i might catch up to him before this pregnancy is over

We also had another ultrasound and saw our precious girl...she weighs about 3.4 pounds!!! We might have another ultrasound, this time in 2D...my doc wants to make sure everything is okay with the babies bladder. hopefully we will get some good pictures of the baby.

It is crazy how much she moves around. the movements have started to feel a little different then they used to...it used to feel more like kicks, now it is like she is rolling around trying to get more room in my belly.

eric and i have actually narrowed our name choices down to three...pretty good, eh? i still have no idea which one we will choose, but i like the three that we have picked out so far. maybe we should start a poll and see which one is the most popular... hmmmm...not a bad idea, except i am not too sure how to set it up.

the lost is found...what was, is no more

YES!!!
even though this is not the original ring, it is the exact replica (a size smaller, so it won't be flying off my finger into the lake any time soon...and if i ever wear my rings to the lake again, someone just hit me up-side the head.)
you might remember this post from last summer. what a sad, sad day when i lost my beautiful engagement ring.
so yesterday when eric surprised me by getting down on one knee and pulling out a ring box, i couldn't believe it. i just kept saying, 'this had better not be a joke... is this for real?!'
and YES!!! it was...not a joke, i mean.

so...even though the lost really wasn't found, the lost was replaced!!! it is a beautiful, same as my real engagement ring replica, and i couldn't be happier.
okay, so i could be just a little bit happier...

my dear husband called me from work the other day and said calmly, 'ummm, babe, i can't find my wedding ring.' nope, not even kidding. so we are now in the beginning process of trying to find his ring/maybe having to get him a new one. thankfully his is not quite as expensive as mine was. but i had better get it fast, because he already had one lady ask him if he was married so she could bring her niece in for him to meet. good thing he has a tan line where his ring used to be...he can just show them that for now.

so the lost has been found/replaced, and what was, i am sad to say is no more...until i get him another one.

puppy love

jack's new cousin...maverick, the cutest little german shepherd puppy. he is so furry and soft. makes me miss the puppy stage with jack...ok, not really, i am actually soooo glad that he is not that little anymore, but i loved getting to pet maverick. his ears are the cutest things ever.

and then there is poor little lucky, she had to fight to obtain her place with these monstrous dogs... she did pretty well holding her own though.

the guys were nice enough to help us out by holding down the crazy dogs so we could get a couple of pictures.