So today was a definite improvement over the last few.
Tonight I went to a baking with natural yeast bread class. I am soo excited. I fed my start tonight, I have yet to figure out a name (supposedly it helps you to take care of the start better- like a pet- Ya! I have allowed my family to have a pet- Gunnar can't say I never let us have a pet! But it stops here- this is the ONLY pet to be allowed.) I am so excited for pancakes!!
I have found a breakfast success for Avi- I heat up some granola with whole milk, add bananas (or peach), raspberries, and some of Avi's yogurt, and she eats it up like crazy!!
I made some broccoli soup tonight- I was at class, but mom informed me Avi liked it!! Ya!
We went up to the park by the temple and took pictures of Avi to make Christmas cards- I have a free card deal that expires tonight- so it had to be done today. Avi was adorable!! though very hard to get pictures of. The first time we went- She had not had a good morning nap, so I don't think I got her to smile once, and there were kids around so she ran off and played with them- I was glad to have her play. So we went out a second time, after afternoon nap. Well, she came away with two scraps on her face and she put her hands in- I am guessing- dog poop- that ended the photo shoot!
But I think she just looked beautiful!
This morning we got to skype with Gunnar!!!! Oh my word- every time it is sooo good to see him!! We got to read scriptures and say a family prayer. Best of all Avi got to see him- and he her. He got to see her walking around a bit. It is amazing how much she has grown. I swear she is taller even in the last week! I hope we can start to regularly have Avi see him. I want her to know him when he comes back.
At this point I still feel he should be able to come back permanently when the baby comes. I think there should be a way to get his orders changed- if anyone knows how- please let me know. How am I suppose to handle a new born and a nineteen month old??? I am already having a tough time.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Way Cute Picture Fun and Pumpkin Bread
Look what I learned to do tonight! It is not perfect, but I thought it rather nifty :).
I was going to do it on a wedding photo, but the cd's are in the room with sleeping Avi.
Here is the Link for the tutorial
I made Pumpkin Bread today- yum!
Dry:
3 1/2 c. Flour
3 c. sugar (I left out abt 1/2 c)
2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 pkg vanilla pudding (I couldn't find vanilla in my pantry, so I used cheesecake- it worked!)
2 1/2 TBLS pumpkin spice
Wet:
2 1/2 c pumpkin
1/2 c. oil
4 eggs
2/3 c. water
mix and bake at 350* for 50-60 min
Opt 1/2-1 c. pecans (wish I had remembered to try some!)
Avi loves the pumpkin bread- she points to it to ask for more- I try to limit it, so she doesn't end up sick again!
She had a major poop out- again! I think part of it is that we are in between diaper sizes- so nothing fits quite right..
I got to talk to Gunnar- Hallelujah! finally Five days! I was going way crazy- the sad thing is- I was so down today, I was even down when talking to him- it was a big down to come out of. But I feel better now. Goodness, I can't wait for him to be home!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
chicken cordon bleu and carpets
Cleaned the carpets this weekend- the house in an upheaval, slowly settling back. I am so glad I was finally able to do it. We were super blessed because my mom's visiting teacher owns a carpet cleaner, so I just had to buy soap. When it was done- I was tired and blistered, but much happier with Avi toddling about on cleaner floors.
I have been reading The Help. I marvel that these things happened so recently. How can people be so cruel to one another?
We went to Erin's the other day. Avi got to try on Aliea's tinker bell costume- ya it fits! She will be so cute for Halloween. Erin made baked hot chocolate-oh! baby! what a chocolate fix! I have been craving chocolate so bad- with Avi too- I think Avi came out half chocolate ice cream.
Speaking of Avi and sweets- I have been a bad mom this week. I went to a friend's house for a craft night- and Avi was all over! I had brought here snacks and a few toys- not enough... Well, to keep her occupied-because she wanted one sooo bad- I let her have a cookie. It was her first chocolate chip cookie. She ate the whole thing- and for a few minutes I could actually work on my project.. but after, poor kid threw up a bit. I do not think her tummy was happy. And then today I let her have some sugary cereal that the little girl we sat next to in Sunday school and Relief society had, and let her have banana bread- well, poor kid spits up again. I need to be more diligent. I let it slid this week, but back to being very careful! I don't like to see my baby not feeling well!
Three days no communication with Gunnar- and the last time we talked we didn't even get to say goodbye. Between that and not getting much sleep. I had a tough day..or two. Then today- I missed him. He usually messages sometime from 8:30-10 pm, and tonight it was six. I had checked just in case earlier to see if he had left a message- my facebook was up, but I didn't have a hope that he would be around anytime soon. I made dinner-
Chicken Cordon Bleu- it was really good:
pounded out 2 chicken breasts, tossed with rosemary
put 3 pieces of ham and 2 slices of swiss cheese- sprinkled with salt, pepper, and some poultry seasoning
Wrapped ham and cheese in the chicken- toothpicked, dipped in melted butter and covered with crushed corn flakes- while the chicken baked at 400* for 40 mins. I heated in a sauce pan:
abt 2/3 c white grape juice
1 chicken bullion
then added
1 c heavy cream that was mixed with 1 TBLS cornstarch
let that thicken up.
to serve put the sauce over the chicken.- yum
We had it with some instant potatoes- I am usually a one dish cook- and green beans. Good dinner.
But while we were having our great dinner- Gunnar was wondering where I was- since I my facebook was up... Thankfully he left me a wonderful message, which I have e-mailed to myself so I can look at easily. Oh, my word I miss that man. I am praying the Lord will take away my fears- and that there will not be a reason to fear... does a wife ever stop worrying about her husband?- or is that just me?
I have been reading The Help. I marvel that these things happened so recently. How can people be so cruel to one another?
We went to Erin's the other day. Avi got to try on Aliea's tinker bell costume- ya it fits! She will be so cute for Halloween. Erin made baked hot chocolate-oh! baby! what a chocolate fix! I have been craving chocolate so bad- with Avi too- I think Avi came out half chocolate ice cream.
Speaking of Avi and sweets- I have been a bad mom this week. I went to a friend's house for a craft night- and Avi was all over! I had brought here snacks and a few toys- not enough... Well, to keep her occupied-because she wanted one sooo bad- I let her have a cookie. It was her first chocolate chip cookie. She ate the whole thing- and for a few minutes I could actually work on my project.. but after, poor kid threw up a bit. I do not think her tummy was happy. And then today I let her have some sugary cereal that the little girl we sat next to in Sunday school and Relief society had, and let her have banana bread- well, poor kid spits up again. I need to be more diligent. I let it slid this week, but back to being very careful! I don't like to see my baby not feeling well!
Three days no communication with Gunnar- and the last time we talked we didn't even get to say goodbye. Between that and not getting much sleep. I had a tough day..or two. Then today- I missed him. He usually messages sometime from 8:30-10 pm, and tonight it was six. I had checked just in case earlier to see if he had left a message- my facebook was up, but I didn't have a hope that he would be around anytime soon. I made dinner-
Chicken Cordon Bleu- it was really good:
pounded out 2 chicken breasts, tossed with rosemary
put 3 pieces of ham and 2 slices of swiss cheese- sprinkled with salt, pepper, and some poultry seasoning
Wrapped ham and cheese in the chicken- toothpicked, dipped in melted butter and covered with crushed corn flakes- while the chicken baked at 400* for 40 mins. I heated in a sauce pan:
abt 2/3 c white grape juice
1 chicken bullion
then added
1 c heavy cream that was mixed with 1 TBLS cornstarch
let that thicken up.
to serve put the sauce over the chicken.- yum
We had it with some instant potatoes- I am usually a one dish cook- and green beans. Good dinner.
But while we were having our great dinner- Gunnar was wondering where I was- since I my facebook was up... Thankfully he left me a wonderful message, which I have e-mailed to myself so I can look at easily. Oh, my word I miss that man. I am praying the Lord will take away my fears- and that there will not be a reason to fear... does a wife ever stop worrying about her husband?- or is that just me?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Tuesday
Ha! I can't really remember yesterday- I know we played out side, went for a walk and... I made black bean soup.
Today I made more black bean soup and dropped it off for a funeral, we did some shopping, went to the library-it was story time, but A. it is geared toward older kids B. Avi was everywhere!! she did pay attention when the parachute came out, but then it was gone- she fussed for a second when they put it away.
We went to the relief society activity tonight. I tried to rush to get Avi home close to her bed time. Avi again, all over, but thankfully a young woman took care of her a bit.
I found this adorable bed spread I want to do with an Gunnar's old comforter.
Today I made more black bean soup and dropped it off for a funeral, we did some shopping, went to the library-it was story time, but A. it is geared toward older kids B. Avi was everywhere!! she did pay attention when the parachute came out, but then it was gone- she fussed for a second when they put it away.
We went to the relief society activity tonight. I tried to rush to get Avi home close to her bed time. Avi again, all over, but thankfully a young woman took care of her a bit.
I found this adorable bed spread I want to do with an Gunnar's old comforter.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
General Conference Sun
Second day of conference. It was wonderful, but I missed snuggling up to Gunnar. Erin was able to feel the baby kick. Avi loved playing with Jaxon and Aliea. She was so busy grabbing toys and walking around with them. Baby is kicking right now- I think he is going to be a soccer player.
I made blueberry waffles, Jennica made buttermilk syrup- yum! For lunch we had Hawaiian haystacks.
It was fun to be with family. This evening Sonja stopped by :). The Hendrix were in town so they also stopped by! I felt like it was a piece of home. We love them so much!
I felt one of the main messages of conference was- Read The Book of Mormon! I also thought being a missionary- of being kind and patient, trying to follow the Savior. And also feeling and believing in the Lord's love.
I made blueberry waffles, Jennica made buttermilk syrup- yum! For lunch we had Hawaiian haystacks.
It was fun to be with family. This evening Sonja stopped by :). The Hendrix were in town so they also stopped by! I felt like it was a piece of home. We love them so much!
I felt one of the main messages of conference was- Read The Book of Mormon! I also thought being a missionary- of being kind and patient, trying to follow the Savior. And also feeling and believing in the Lord's love.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
General Conference Sat
Avi did the sweetest thing tonight. As I was praying with her before I put her to bed- I said Jesus in the prayer and Avi perked right up and pointed to our picture of Jesus in our room. It was so sweet.
I just started The Help, on the second page it mentions how baby like fat-to snuggle. I have been thinking lately about that very thing as I hold little Avi- usually as I am singing her a lullaby and she is moving her head around to try to find a comfortable spot- I have rather boney shoulders with my clavicles sticking out, so the poor kids has to work to find a comfy spot- at those moments- probably the only moments in my life- I wish I had some more meat on my bones- at least on my shoulders :).
General Conference was wonderful. I missed Gunnar. I wonder if we will have time to talk about it. I felt so excited to be pregnant during Elder Anderson's talk- the man knows how to strike a pregnant woman's emotional cord- but then again, that is not a challenge...
One of my favorite lines from conference was Elder Scott- when he said memorizing a scripture was like making a friend.
I just finished Have a Little Faith and saw two things that were mentioned in the book- about how the Lord expects us to be faithful, loving, devoted, serving.... (in the book it was told as a joke- that a man tells the Lord he did X amount of good things, loved his family, and was faithful- so what is his reward- and the Lord responds, 'what reward? You were suppose to do those things.') And the other thing that I saw was to Look up. In the book the author talks about how he looked down on others who were religious, and then he learned he should not have been looking down on them, but looking up. I loved the talk by Elder Cook- in which he said to be faithful and Look up no matter the circumstance... I realized I need to be better about being faithful. I get down and discouraged so easily- one thing I love about Gunnar, is that he doesn't get as worried- he just has faith that things will work out, to just trust in the Lord. So the talk was so good for me.
Okay, who does not love Elder Uchtdorf?? I loved, Compared to God we are nothing, but to God we are everything. I ever need to hear we need to focus on doing our best and not comparing ourselves to others. I really felt the Love of the Lord while listening to his talk.
Elder Arden's talk, I felt him talking about making sure you are productive, not just busy was so good, and that we need to identify our time wasting behaviors and desolate them- to grind them away.
Oh, my word- as I look at my notes- I just loved every talk- not that I have a ton of notes from the afternoon session, because Avi was awake- her nap time is during the morning session, and she napped really well. But one more- Wow, for Provo's second temple! It is the perfect solution saving the tabernacle!
In the evening we saw Sonja, Gunnar's sister. It was so nice to see her and hear a little about her life. We also stopped by Roberts craft, because everything was half off... and they had some crafts you could do for free- we did one a little Halloween decoration- I thought it was pretty cute.
*** I have started to feel the baby move!! He is a kicker! I love it!!
I just started The Help, on the second page it mentions how baby like fat-to snuggle. I have been thinking lately about that very thing as I hold little Avi- usually as I am singing her a lullaby and she is moving her head around to try to find a comfortable spot- I have rather boney shoulders with my clavicles sticking out, so the poor kids has to work to find a comfy spot- at those moments- probably the only moments in my life- I wish I had some more meat on my bones- at least on my shoulders :).
General Conference was wonderful. I missed Gunnar. I wonder if we will have time to talk about it. I felt so excited to be pregnant during Elder Anderson's talk- the man knows how to strike a pregnant woman's emotional cord- but then again, that is not a challenge...
One of my favorite lines from conference was Elder Scott- when he said memorizing a scripture was like making a friend.
I just finished Have a Little Faith and saw two things that were mentioned in the book- about how the Lord expects us to be faithful, loving, devoted, serving.... (in the book it was told as a joke- that a man tells the Lord he did X amount of good things, loved his family, and was faithful- so what is his reward- and the Lord responds, 'what reward? You were suppose to do those things.') And the other thing that I saw was to Look up. In the book the author talks about how he looked down on others who were religious, and then he learned he should not have been looking down on them, but looking up. I loved the talk by Elder Cook- in which he said to be faithful and Look up no matter the circumstance... I realized I need to be better about being faithful. I get down and discouraged so easily- one thing I love about Gunnar, is that he doesn't get as worried- he just has faith that things will work out, to just trust in the Lord. So the talk was so good for me.
Okay, who does not love Elder Uchtdorf?? I loved, Compared to God we are nothing, but to God we are everything. I ever need to hear we need to focus on doing our best and not comparing ourselves to others. I really felt the Love of the Lord while listening to his talk.
Elder Arden's talk, I felt him talking about making sure you are productive, not just busy was so good, and that we need to identify our time wasting behaviors and desolate them- to grind them away.
Oh, my word- as I look at my notes- I just loved every talk- not that I have a ton of notes from the afternoon session, because Avi was awake- her nap time is during the morning session, and she napped really well. But one more- Wow, for Provo's second temple! It is the perfect solution saving the tabernacle!
In the evening we saw Sonja, Gunnar's sister. It was so nice to see her and hear a little about her life. We also stopped by Roberts craft, because everything was half off... and they had some crafts you could do for free- we did one a little Halloween decoration- I thought it was pretty cute.
*** I have started to feel the baby move!! He is a kicker! I love it!!
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