I had a baby.. in my dreams

Last night.. or probably more accurately, this morning.. I had a very odd dream about being pregnant, having a baby and then living with the baby.. with a splash of ashlee simpson (weird, I know).

First of all, I am not pregnant, nor will I be pregnant for at least another year.. or 9 months, really because we plan on preheating the oven in July. But regardless, I see pregnant people and babies all the time, so it's safe to say i have babies on the brain.. just not in the oven, yet.

Anyway, i don't remember being pregnant for 9 months in the dream but i went into labor apparently and asked for drugs and felt no pain at all (relieving since i'm pretty scared of that part). I had a baby boy, and i remember him being smaller than normal (which i think stems from me holding the baby kittens a lot which are tiny). I actually remember breast feeding, which is completely odd let me tell you, and not because I don't plan to breastfeed (i do!) but because i saw my own boobs in my dream.

I also remember my stomach looking exactly the same as it does now, it was like my tummy never grew to a stretching size and it didn't have to shrink back down because it didn't get big in the first place. I remember being proud that i didn't have a tummy.. (another thing i'm scared of). That's basically it, though I also remember not being prepared for it, so i had to stay at my parents house and i would breastfeed under my large shirts so no one could see me do it.

That's it.. weird dream. I can completely dissect it though and know where all the parts come from, but i won't do that here out of respect of blog entertainment.

Oh i forgot to mention ashlee simpson. She was in my dream, playing me at one point.. talking to her husband (or boyfriend) about the baby and then kissing him.. that's all i remember but i KNOW it was her. Simply odd!

Pumpkin Shaped Cookies

Close up of the Cookie, I didn't know how to rotate it, or i'm just lazy :)

This was the 2nd time I worked with Fondant, and I have to say, definitely
easier than the first time! So i think i'm getting the hang of it.

Okay, so for Alex's Beer Club picnic today, I wanted to make pumpkin shaped cookies with fondant on top instead of just icing. I wasn't sure how good they would taste since most people peel away the fondant on cakes. But I used a marshmallow fondant and put some faux buttercream under the fondant to make it stick. I had serious problems making a buttercream and I think it was because i used fake egg whites instead of real ones, so it didn't meringue quite the way it should've. So i threw that one away and made another one, but that time (like the first time) my butter wasn't completely softened. So lesson learned!

Anyway, one thing i was surprised with was how much food coloring it took to make it orange enough. it took a lot! anyway, the fondant worked really well this time and i think they turned out great! Also, I tasted them with Alex and our friend Matt who was over and we all thought they tasted great! So yay! Hopefully everyone at the picnic likes them.

Happy Sunday :)

Old School

This morning I was unloading the dishwasher, trying to be quiet because Alex was sleeping upstairs.. He probably couldn't even hear it through the stairwell and closed door but I just like to be quiet in the morning when people are sleeping.

It reminded me of sleeping over at friends houses in the living room and being woken up by the parents (usually mom of whoever's house we were at) unloading the dishwasher. And not being quiet about it! My friends would all be dead to the world and I would be awake listening to the loud clinks and clanks of silverware hitting each other or dishes running into one another. I mean, come on! If it's loud to you, it's loud to everyone else. And they couldn't have waited until everyone was awake or the people were gone?

Therefore I swear to never unload the dishwasher the morning after my childs sleep over and to be unbelievably quiet around the house while everyone else is trying to sleep (except for the floor creaking because it does that a lot in our current house, upstairs at least).

My life is kind of boring..

My life currently consists of:
-Volleyball on Mondays
-Visiting the Kittens at least once a week
-TV shows since the Fall season is in full swing
-Working (sort of) for the weekend
-Busy weekends filled with Beer Club Events, Friends, Family, etc.
-Trying to figure out what to make for dinner
-Trying to eat healthy
-Trying to find more time to exercise
-Sleeping
-Wishing I could sleep in
- Believing every Wednesday and Saturday night that i'm going to win the Powerball

And that's all I can think of right now. I really need to get myself a hobbie, and then find time for that! After work I have 5 hours to fill.. which normally are filled with dinner making, dinner eating, cleaning, showering, television.. every night of every week (except monday). BORING!

Though I am cherishing this alone time with my husband before we put a bun in the oven. I'm sure i'll look back on this time at some point and think "man, i had so much free time" even though I feel like I have none.

Happy Hump Day!

Weeekend Update

Well sorry that my blogging life has come to just updating you after weekends.. i'll work on that.

Friday: It was my niece's birthday and I decided to join my mom, sister jess, sister nicole and makayla at the infamous chuckie cheese in harrisburg. Chuckie Cheese is so different than it used to be. No more ball pits, more machines that take your money and give you two tickets in return. Makayla loves that place, obviously, but it was nice to hang out with them and play games with her. And have some pizza of course. Afterwards I drove home to watch Ghost Whisperer, the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy and then last week's Grey's so that i'm now caught up. I still have some other shows to watch, like Private Practice but i'll get to them eventually.

Saturday: Slept in, felt amazing. I truly love sleeping in and i'm treasuring these moments as I know in a couple years when I have babies, I will no longer afford this luxury. I dilly-dallied around for a while, showered and headed to the grocery store for some stuff to make corn bread. We headed up to Allentown to visit Matt and Brittney. I love their apartment and decor.. I wish I could be that organized! We chatted, laughed, played games, drank cocktails and had a great time! Which was followed by a great sleep!

Sunday: We awoke at the Hix's after sleeping in a bit.. chit chatted some more before heading to Hburg for Makayla's birthday party. We stopped at Toys R Us first to get her gift since it wasn't at the Lancaster store and man is Toys R Us huge. I hadn't been in there in quite some time but they do not disappoint with toy selection. We made the drive, I was starving so we stopped at McDonalds for some french fries and a milkshake to hold us over. We spent the rest of the day hanging out with family, catching up, getting asked multiple times how married life is going, played with Miss Makayla and ate some delicious food. Eventually we headed home, watched some boob tube and hit the hay. Another great sleep in the sleep bank.

This week we don't really have many plans, we'll have dinner one night for Jess' birthday (which is today) and then visit the kittens another day. I do have a volleyball game tonight and i'm going to go a little early so that i can get some practicing in before game time.

Have a happy week!

OOhh's and Aahh's

Here they are fooling around in their nest.

Above is Domino.. they weren't very good at looking at the camera,
but there will be more pictures in the future.

And this is Kali.. again, not good at looking at the camera.

So when we visited yesterday, Butterscotch (the mom) was keeping watch outside her nest.. Probably because Alex's Aunt was there and I'm not sure how well Butterscotch knows her. So we pet Butterscotch for a while to distract her and then Alex reached in and grabbed the kittens for us to hold. That's how we got the pictures above.. obvi.

They're so adorable.. 7 weeks is a long time to wait! But as you can see we did name them, Domino and Kali. We're not sure of their gender just yet but Kali has to be a girl since she's calico colored. Their brothers live with Nick and Laurel.. Dilla and Othello.. we can only hope that these kittens will become as fluffy as their bros in DE.

Everything was going really well with holding them, that is until someone put one of them in front of Butterscotch and she got paranoid and tried to take them back to the nest.. here's a picture:

They carry them by their teeth.. Kittens are born with extra
skin on their neck for this exact purpose.

Anyway, right after I took this, Butterscotch dropped her and went over to the nest. Alex but Domino back and then I put Kali back and they fed. I think next time we go (which is Thursday) we'll wait until Butterscotch is out of sight.. that way we won't stress her out. There were a lot of people around this time which i'm sure is not ideal for her.

But they are so adorable, i'll be documenting them everytime we visit so we'll get to see their growth!

Weekend update

Friday: Got out of work late because of a phone call (boo!) and then headed home to pack really quickly, pick up Jen, pick up Matt and headed to Delaware. Laurel, Jen and I headed to Atlantic City for Courtney's Bachelorette party numero uno. Pretty short/easy drive with a nice stop at Taco Bell. We surprised Courtney by our arrival which was fun. That evening and into the wee hours we chatted it up and laughed and had a good ol' time and eventually went to bed.

Saturday: Got ready and headed to the beach to see the ocean.. it was freezing and I was unprepared. But we didn't stay long.. just took some snap shots and then headed to the AC Boardwalk. We walked the mall, stopped and watched the water and lights show.. did some window shopping (some people did real shopping) and then Court and her sister got their palms read.. very appropriate when you're about to get married. Then we headed back to the condo for a late lunch. Afterwards we decided to get ready for the casino/dinner. We did our hairs and got all dressed up and then headed into the City of Atlantic. Had dinner at Trinity Pub (i think) in the pier mall which was delicious.. i had a leek and potato soup which was phenomenal! Then we headed over to Caesars, then Balleys, then the Liquid Bar where we ended the night with dancing and shout outs to Court from the DJ/Karaoke Queen. I fell asleep shortly after we got home.

Sunday: After sleeping in, we awoke and went to get Bagels for breakfast. Packed up our stuff and headed out. It definitely took longer to get home, but we dropped off Jen and headed to the farm. We had some birthday cake for Nick and found the kittens then went to dinner at El Serrano's (always delicious). We then relaxed the rest of the night and had a great nights sleep.

Hope your weekend was just as fun and eventful. Next weekend is sure to be a doozy!