Our Little Shamrock...

...is THIS big this month!



Per thenestbaby.com, Randy might be able to pick up Shamrock's heartbeat (no stethoscope required)by putting his ear to my tummy. Inside the womb, the formation of tiny capillaries is giving him a healthy pink glow. Shamrocks's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and he will soon perfect the blink -- perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes.

Black Forest Mousse Dessert

I made this EARLY this morning for my Grandfathers 85th (!!!) Birthday party this evening. While I haven't tried it yet, it looks amazing and super easy.

Adapted from kraftfoods.com recipe.




Ingredients:


1-1/2 cups cold milk
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding
1 tub (16 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
16 OREO Cookies, divided
2 cans cherry pie filling

Directions:


POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping. Coarsely chop 10 of the cookies; stir into pudding mixture.


SPOON half of the pudding mixture into 1-1/2-qt. serving bowl; cover with 1 cup of the remaining whipped topping. Top with 1 cup of the cherry pie filling, the remaining pudding mixture, remaining whipped topping and remaining cherry pie filling.

CUT remaining 6 cookies in half; arrange on top of dessert. Serve immediately. Or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.

White Thanksgiving?

Here's hoping not, but this picture from this morning isn't giving me the warm fuzzies that's for sure.

Where'd that come from?

Halloween Candy + Wendy's + Chocolate Cake + Baby =



23 weeks, 4 Days.

::breathing into paper bag::

It just hit me that on Monday I'll be six months pregnant.

Holy. Crap.

Tag, You're It!

I was tagged by Mrs.Rotty .

I've never been tagged before (and if I was close enough I probably would have thrown my shoe at her!) so here goes.

Rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about you.
3. Tag 7 random people at the end, and include links to their blogs.

1. I wear my heart on my sleeve, always. Over sensitive? Maybe. Overly caring? Most definitely. This generally either makes me cry or get REALLY pissed at people really easily.

2. I graduated from a high school that was 90% Italian. Tell me how a 5'10" blonde girl with the last name of Sullivan was supposed to come out of that well? (PS. I did!)

3. While I know that green, leafy foods are what's best for me I will 98% of the time pass these over for something chocolaty and/or salty. Eating my way to gestational diabetes? I hope not.

4. I haven't the slightest idea what my "real" hair color is and fear that I would be quite upset if I ever had to find out.

5. I met my husband while dancing on a bar (that's right, on top of the bar a la Coyote Ugly). Very Klassy.

6. Not only did I meet him while dancing on said bar, I was also the one to make the first move because he just kept staring at me (hello, two weeks in a row and I don't even get a "hey, you're hot?" What was he waiting for?)

7. I'm scared to death about becoming a mom (did you know they are actually going to GIVE me a baby to take home?!), but can't wait to see what's in store.


I now tag: alboogie, JessiMurph, shoequeenrach, Myn, thefirecat, Megan.10.06 and Di

Saucy Stir-Fried Pork

Courtesy of kraftfoods.com



Randy is actually home all this week (gasp!) so I'm determined to try out a few new recipes. This one DEFINITELY made the cut. So very YUM.

Prep Time:
15 min
Total Time:
25 min
Makes:
4 servings, 1-3/4 cups each

Ingredients
2 cups instant white rice, uncooked
1/4 cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing
1 lb. pork tenderloin, cut into thin strips
1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
8 oz. sugar snap peas
3 green onions, diagonally sliced
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. ground ginger

*If you are in a pinch, substitute fresh veggies for a frozen stir fry mix.

COOK rice as directed on package.

MEANWHILE, heat dressing in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add meat; cook and stir 2 min. Add peppers and peas; cook 3 min., stirring frequently. Add onions; cook and stir 1 min.

MIX soy sauce, cornstarch and ginger until well blended. Add to meat mixture in skillet; cook 1 min. or until sauce thickens, stirring frequently. Serve over the rice

Voila. Dinner in about 20 minutes. I dashed a bit of soy sauce on mine and made it even more divine.

Enjoy!

Nursery Update

This past weekend I worked on the wall letters for the nursery. For those not familiar, these are wooden letters that usually spell out the baby's name.

Since we have picked out the bedding the colors were easy to pull out.



I'm not thrilled with how the striped letters turned out and may end up re-doing them...we'll see.



But I have to admit, the polka dot letters turned out pretty well!

Belly Picture

I probably won't get to update again until later this week...but you get the idea!



Pssst...yeah, I'm 20 days from being in the double digits. Holy Crap!

Just a Friendly Reminder

"Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our Little Shamrock...

...is THIS big! (This represents the next three weeks)



Per thenestbaby.com, Shamrock is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, he's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop. He started kicking me early this morning, guess he was hungry!

Do you know the Muffin Man?

Not a great picture, but here is our Halloween Costume this year.



(my shirt says "Bun in Oven" and Randy's apron says "Bun Maker")

Randy totally carried the costume complete with chef hat, whisk, rubber gloves in his back pocket and a mixing bowl.

I carried the costume with raspberry lipgloss.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!