new recipes

we have been trying out some new recipes and so far they have all been keepers! the hubs started off with some cilantro lime chicken fajitas. delicious!

 

next up was a belated fathers day meal (since i worked on fathers day). started out with frozen yogurt covered blueberries. i tried two different yogurts...regular strawberry and then vanilla greek style yogurt. the hubs liked the greek version better. and it seemed to freeze better as well. 

and then the main course. store bought sweet potato fries and broccoli with cheese sauce. and my first attempt at shrimp. i dont like shrimp but the hubs said it was really good. all thats needed was lemons, dry italian seasoning and some butter. easy peasy. 

life these days

life these days. its been pretty interesting. 33 weeks has come and gone. little ivan or dot is keeping his/her eyes open when awake, weighed about 4 1/2 pound & was about 17 inches long. and i found out that im so hot lately because during pregnancy your metabolism increases by 20%. whoa. gotta love the work uniform.

and this week is week 34. baby is able to recognize & react to simple songs, is the size of a butternut squash and is about 18 inches long. these days baby has also been hanging out on the right side a lot. so odd. does that mean he or she is gonna be right handed????

 

and then theres the feeling of "we arent gonna get everything done" feeling. even though i know we will get the essentials done, i still feel overwhelmed. less than 6 weeks until someone is supposed to arrive. which means less than 6 weeks until i have to deal with this:

 

do i need to say more? lol. all kidding aside, we ARE getting ready. slowly but surely we are getting ready. we have been making progress on the nursery & other baby projects which is great. we are still trying to narrow down names and middle names.

and this weekend little ivan or dot will be celebrated once again at our second baby shower...we cant wait!

more wisconsin fun

after the baby shower on saturday we got to hang out and relax some more with some friends and family. the hubs friend eric brought over the game kubb. (according to wikipedia its a swedish game, kind of a combo of horseshoes and bowling) 

and heres a little play by play. not sure if he was bored or posing for the camera...either way he put on a great show.

and while the guys were playing kubb, we got to relax with miles and emma. 

sunday was filled with more family time. a bunch of family and friends surprised kelly with a little retirement party --- and she was definitely surprised! 

 just like usual, we had an awesome time seeing everyone in wisconsin. but just like usual, time seemed to fly by too quickly. we are already looking forward to our next trip over there...but that time there will be three of us...(so odd!!!)