Conglomeration

I'm alive!!

Sorry for the blogging silence. I am almost to the end of this "tunnel" of March. I have to do my state writing assessments (mucho paperwork!) and finish conferences, then it's off for a weekend of debauchery with Brown Eyed Girl and Mrs. Ruby Turtle Hippie Times in Michigan. CAN.NOT.WAIT!

In the meantime, I've got a HUGE random conglom of "stuff" to share. Let's begin with some pictures, shall we??

I got this gem from a friend yesterday (the recipe and picture). It is a chocolate cake made in a coffee cup in the microwave. Seriously. I have not tried it yet, but girlfriend knows me too well to be sending me chocolate/dessert ideas.  Recipe is at the bottom of this post. If you have tried it or do try it, please inform a sister on how it turns out! 

Oh my sweet baby Jesus. Look at my girl at 8 weeks old. Another friend emailed me this picture-this is Emma and her friend Harper. Are they not God's gift? Precious angel babies. They are now 19 months old. I teared up, then thanked God for letting me be pregnant again to see another sweet face like this. Which one is Emma? :)

Girlfriend is doing SO WELL with the glasses. It's been 8 days and she doesn't take them off! I am so relieved and so thankful that God answered my prayers on making this transition easy!! She is adorbs, duh. Here she is puttin' down on a Frosty.

This cracks me up! We went to Buy Buy Baby (superior store) and were looking at cribs for Emma's new room. We put her in it and told her to go, "Night Night" and this is what she did. Then, she proceeded to CRY when we took her out to move on to other things.

 

Love the Elmo she janked from the shelf and toted around!

Aaaaannnnd, said Elmo came home with us. She is seriously obsessed with him. I'm not sure where she picked this up, because we don't watch Sesame Street or have really anything with Elmo on it. She says, "Melmo." Be still my heart. He has a little mouth opening, and on Saturday she was stuffing it with banana nut cheerios. Priceless.

Reading with her Great Aunt Ginger. She calls her GiGi. Is this not presh??

 

Eating snack. I just have to show you how the glasses are just no big deal.

She is just my love nugget. Sorry.

 

Moving along, we're in week 26, almost 27 with Mr. HME. I'll do a little meme for you all, but I'm too slack inconsistent to keep up with it every week!

 

Frontal

 

Side

 PS if ONE MORE PERSON says I'm huge, I'm not going to make it all the way, etc, I'm gonna bash their skull in. So STEP OFF. Damn! How Far Along: 26.5 weeks

Total Weight Gained: I really prefer not to say. But, it starts with a 3 and ends with a 0.
Shut up or I will stab you.

Sleep: I'm sleeping okay. With earplugs. And a beanie pillow. And getting up at 4 am to pee every night.

Best Moment of the Week: When HME wigs after I eat sweets and does little karate movements in the belly.

Food Cravings: Cheez its, Edy's fruit popsicles

Food Aversions: Eggs

Symptoms: Nothing really. I've been tireder (is that a word?) this week.
Movement: He moves a lot during the early morning hours and after dinner. After school I'll feel him banging around. However, I have an anterior placenta and don't feel a lot of his movements. This makes me a little sad b/c I felt EVERYTHING with Emma.

Gender: Boy-HME

What I miss: Alcohol lately-not sure why? Seasons changing?

What I'm looking forward to: Getting to the 3rd trimester on Saturday.

And finally, here is the cake recipe:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE COFFEE MUG CAKE!!


4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla essence
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to your largest mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using), vanilla essence, and then mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts (high).

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now you are only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!




What's been going on with you all? I have 75 items in my google reader right now-from yesterday and today. So, I'll get around to reading/commenting. Thanks for all your sweet comments and such on my last post-it's just "that time of year!"

xoxo

It's time for a..............

PHOTO SESH!

This is what Emma wore today on our snow day. Doesn't she look like a character from Super Mario Brothers? I think it's adorable-good thing this was a hand me down, cause I never buy stuff like this!

Cuttin' those eyes already.

Playing with all her "technology."


Ha! Husband's 1990 flip phone-he broke his Crackberry.

And yesterday we put Emma in the desk drawer.

Here is Miss Thing going to a birthday party in her all white attire.

A beautiful white dress with a scalloped hemline, a white monogrammed cardigan, and a giant white bow. What a Southern lady! :D

Emma and mommy-take 1-husband working the camera-

thanks for chopping my hair off.

I know, I need to work on taking pictures of her without the paci-

Emma and mommy-take 2-I do have hair!

Apparently I also need to work on putting some lipstick on and finding my lips-they seem to have disappeared. Hmmmmm.............

Remember Me???

Hello peoples, my momma has been slacking on discussing me, so here I am!

Trying to crawl

Playing with my friend Gracie

Playing in my exersaucer



I have moved on to the next stage of bows!

I was eating carrots-I am not sure about them.

Here I am, being my normal presh self.

Good Day to you all. Enjoy your day off.

As Promised, Photo Post

Sissy! How cute is she!

My niece! Isn't she presh!

Post in Pictures-The Mother Load Thanksgiving (Part II)

Okay, to start the running commentary on each photo:

My cousin Bubba Dimitri (real name James) with Aunt Kathy Wright

Bubba Dimitri's wife Heather

Grannie still has the Great Depression vibe going on, and she asked me to

clean out her cabinets, fridge/freezer, and pantry. I got so absorbed in my

job, I only got these pics:

Before:

Need some muffin mix anyone?

Pantry

After-and PS-I may or may not have found some Jello and other foods from
1999, 2004, etc. Yikes a million. Grannie eats like 3 oz of food a day, so I know
she won't come across this expired food since it's buried in the back, but still......




Emeline Turney and Emeline Sarah

Emma and Witt (she loved him!)

Emma, Emma, and Witt

Nonnie (my mom) and Emma

Pregnant Sissy-17 weeks!

Cheesy senior portraits

Husband and Emma

Cousins Beau and Brett

Cousin Melissa (nice Mo)

Mom making gravy without the giblets.

Aunt Kathy, Uncle Pete, Aunt Crazy Suzy cooking.

Grannie and Aunt Suzy

A major smoked turkey that was divine.

Aunt Suzy and her daughter Mo Melissa

Sissy Sarah and Emma

Uncle CR and Beau

Uncle CR and Brett

Sissy, BIL, and Emma

Hubs, Grannie, and BIL

Preggo pounding a Sharps.

Me and my Grannie

Melissa in a rare moment of touching Emma.

Emmster

Aunt Suzy (the soother) and Emma

Nonnie and Emma

FOUR GENERATIONS!!!

Mom, me, Emma, Grannie

My Daddy

Laura and Dad

Dimitri, I mean Bubba (my cousin James)

Erikface the Godfather with his snuggly Emma

Laura, Snubbs, Emma

Me and husband

My friggin plate: starting with the croissant clockwise: onion casserole, pickles, olives, wild rice, green beans, broccoli casserole, sweet potato casserole, spinach artichoke casserole, dressing, turkey and ham underneath it all, with some asparagus. Yeah, sorry WW. But I did only eat one plate. :D

Dad and Sissy

Aunt Jazzercise Suzy, Melissa, and Heather

Aunt Kathy Wright with Emma

Sonic giving Emma some nose love.

Mom, Dad, and Emma (how cute is this?)

Other Aunt Kathy and Emma

Rusty and Emma

Nonnie

Dang, that was a lot of pictures! Mom, if you are still reading, make sure Aunt Kathy and Aunt Kathy Wright actually read my blog to see the family pictures. I will send a picasa album later today. My hand is falling off.

PS, is there a batch upload option on blogger people?