Recipe Friday!!!

I am totally lacking for recipe inspiration right now. A little over a week ago, I had to go on a "dairy-free" diet. Gideon has been having some issues and they think it is because he has a milk allergy. It has been super hard on me. I have been starving for the last week.. not really starving. But super hungry because there just isn't a whole lot at our house that I can eat. And eating "dairy-free" is crazy expensive. Dairy is in EVERYTHING!!! If you don't believe me, go look in your pantry and I bet that 80% of what is in there has some sort of dairy in it. There is a whole list of ingredients that I never even knew were dairy. So here I am on a dairy-free diet. I made a big batch of the soup from "The Soup Diet" and every day I just add a few ingredients to it so its not so blah! I guess its a good way to loose the rest of my pregnancy weight. haha. But I am also not looking forward to going to my parents house on Tuesday, where my dad has been baking cookies and treats for a week. All contain butter, therefore, off limits for me. Bahumbug!!! I go back to the doctor on the 27th to get a little more information, so we will see if this has to continue. 


Anyways, on to recipe friday. This recipe is NOT dairy free, but a super yummy recipe that we love!!! Its fairly healthy also. 

Mediterranean Chicken Bake

1 lb chicken breast, cooke and cubed --- I usually substitute 1 lb of rotisserie chicken meat
1 large onion, chopped
2 medium zucchinis cut into 1/8 inch slices
1/2 cup orzo pasta (uncooked)
1/2 cup water
2 plump roma tomatoes, chopped
1 jar (26 oz) roasted tomato and garlic pasta sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
6 sheets frozen phyllo (filo) pastry sheets, thawed from a 1 lb box
3 Tbsp. butter, melted


1. Heat oven to 400 degrees and spray a 2 quart glass casserole with non-stick spray. In a skillet cook chicken for 8-10 minutes, until no longer pink. Then stir in zucchini, onion, pasta and water. Cook 5-6 minutes until veggies are tender crisp. 


2. Stir in tomatoes, pasta sauce, cheese, and Italian seasoning. Spoon mixture into casserole. Brush the top of each phyllo sheet with melted butter. Crumple each sheet and place it on top of mixture. (Reference the picture above for crumpling)


3. Bake uncovered for 20-30 minutes or until pastry is golden brown.


Happy cooking!!!

Recipe Friday!!!

Our friends Sean and Jenny have been talking about this Tomato Pie for quite some time... they said it was delicious. At first I couldn't imagine how it would be. Even as I was making it, I wasn't sure that I was going to like it. Not only did we like it, we loved it! This is going on the list as one of my favorite recipes. I added a few things to the Recipe that I got from Jenny and here is what I got!!!

Tomato Pie

1 9 in' pie crust **
1/2 yellow or red onion, chopped*
3-4 tomatoes, sliced horizontally, squeeze to remove excess juice, the roughly chop
1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced
2 cups shredded cheese (cheddar, mozzarella, and or monterey jack)
1 cup mayonnaise
fresh ground salt and pepper


1. Preheat oven to 400 and pre-bake the pie shell for 8-10 minutes
2. place chopped tomatoes, onion, and basil in the pie shell. Cover with salt and pepper
3. Mix mayonnaise with the cheese and spread over the top. 
4. Bake for 20-30 minutes until golden brown on top. 


* Next time I make this, I will double the amount of onions and caramelize them before hand. The onions were pretty raw after it was baked and they kind of over powered the pie. 


**I made my own pie crust for this, but it would be faster to use a pre-made crust. 


Pie Crust - Betty Crocker
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
2-3 tablespoons cold water
1/2 teaspoon salt


1. Mix salt and flour together in a small bowl. 
2. Cut in shortening using a pastry blender or pulling 2 forks in opposite directions until its the size of small peas.
3. Sprinkle with cold water one tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork until pastry is moistened and comes away from the sides of the bowl.
4. Gather pastry and press into a ball. Refrigerate for 45 minutes.
5. Place ball on lightly floured surface and roll out with floured rolling pin until its about 2 inches bigger than pie pan. 
6. Fold pastry into fourths and place in pie pan. Unfold the pastry and trim the overhanging edge 1 inch back from rim of pie pan. 
7. Roll and crease the edge of the pastry even with the edge of the pie pan. 




Happy Cooking!!!

Its been a while

I was just looking at my blog and realized that the last 3 posts are recipes. Dang it! I am totally falling down on the job. Actually, last week I was preparing what I thought would be a great post. I have started a new Bible study and the post was about something profound that God has been teaching me about my "image." I have a good portion of it written, but have all of a sudden totally lost all direction. I still want to post it, but am praying for a little more vision and insight. It is one of those complex things and I want my point to be very clear. I think you all will love it and I hope you are inspired by it. I will hopefully have some clarity and direction soon so that I can share it will you all.

Now, since it has been before Thanksgiving since I have updated you here is what is going on in our world... Its a lot, so take a deep breath....

Right before Thanksgiving, Gideon discovered his toes!!! He is getting so much bigger and much more alert. I seriously am in awe of how quickly kiddos change and grow. Jared and I have been also noticing that Gid is filling out in his cheeks and as of his 4 month check up weighed in at 15 lb 3 oz. He is such a good baby. Every morning when I get him out of his crib, I am greeted with the biggest smile and little coo, that if he could talk would say "Good morning mama, I love you so much!!" =) He just brings so much joy to our lives. A lot of nights, Jared and I lay on the floor with him and just giggle with him. It is so much fun!

My parents came up for Thanksgiving, which was so much fun! We had gotten a ton of snow right before they came and we thought that it might hider them from coming. But thank goodness the roads were clear and them came up anyway. Some of Jared's parent's friends also came up from Boise. We sure had a full house. We cooked a 20 lb. turkey at our house and my mother-in-law cooked a fresh ham at her house and then we all ate over there for sake of space. It was such a wonderful time spent with my parents. They even installed a new hot water heater for us.

For my birthday, Jared gave me some cash and three choices. 1. A new oven. 2 A new washer and dryer OR 3. New clothes. Some of you may think I'm crazy, but I chose number 1. I have been wanted a new oven for our house since the day we moved in. Our old oven was such a piece. The handle was dented and the bottom element was on its last leg. So I opted for the oven. Home Depot was having a really great sale so I got a really good deal. I was so proud of myself. It was delivered about a week ago. I love it. It came just in time for holiday baking.. my fav!!!!

This is probably the best picture of the old stove that I have... me lookin' real good. bahaha not. I am however 16 weeks prego in the pic. =) You can even see the dent in the handle. 

Brand new!!! I love it.

For the past year, Jared and I have been talking about inviting a bunch of people over to our house to have "Saturday Night Dinner." At first, Jared was the one who was super into it and couldn't wait to have people over. I was newly pregnant and had absolutely no energy. It was all I could do to work 40 hours a week at Starbucks. I was not interested in cooking for our friends let alone entertaining period. After a year of talking about it, we finally made it happen. With the help of social media, aka Facebook, we invited all of our friends who live close. We ended up having 19 adults and 7 babies (13 months to 3 weeks). We have a pretty small house, so it was funny to see that many people all crammed in here. I am bummed that I didn't get any pictures of the madness!!! We had so much fun connecting and sharing a meal together. I made 2 kinds of Chili and Texas Sheet Cake. Other people brought appetizers, salad, drinks, and some yummy pulled pork sandwiches! I cannot wait to do it again next month!!!

LIke I said above, I started a new Bible study with a great group of women. The study is called 5 aspects of Woman. I have really enjoyed it. The ladies that are doing it with me are a totally random mix, but it was such a God thing that we all came together like we did. I am looking forward to digging deep with all of them. I just can feel that God has great plans in it all.

Well, I think that is about all for now.

Muffins on a Monday

Monday's are so drab sometimes. Its always the day that it takes me 30 minutes to get out of bed. I drink twice as much coffee as I do on a normal day. I usually don't get showered until about noon. And I'm lucky if I make it out of the house before 4.

One thing I do love to do on Mondays is bake muffins for the week! I love experimenting with using different ingredients. Last week I had some friends over and made these muffins:

                         (The pictures doesn't quite do them justice, they were really yummy!!!!)

Mix in Muffins

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1 cup sour cream
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla


1. In large bowl mix together all dry ingredients. 
2. Melt butter and whisk together with sour cream, egg, and vanilla.
3. Stir butter mixture into flour mixture until just combined **
4. Divide batter among greased muffin tins
5 Bake at 400 for 20 minutes until golden brown and tester comes out clean


** The great thing about these muffins is that you can mix-in your favorite goodies. For this recipe, I used 1 cup sweetened Coconut, 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips, and 1/2 cup dried cranberries. 
You could also add:

• 1 cup drained pineapple and 1 cup coconut
• 1 mashed or chopped banana and 1 cup simi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup toasted almonds, 1 cup cranberries, and 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Hope you enjoy!

Happy Baking!

Lettuce wraps

Recipe Friday is back!! 


I made these lettuce wraps a few weeks ago. They were really yummy. I found quite a few recipes and took a few things from all of them and this is what I came up with. 


I will say that although this recipe is quite delicious, it does take a while to prepare. There are just a lot of steps involved. I saved myself about 15 minutes by just buying a rotisserie chicken from Costco and using the meat from that instead of raw chicken breasts. 

Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients:
2 boneless skinless Chicken breasts. (or 2 breasts off rotisserie chicken if short on time)
3 tbsp. oil
1 Cup water chestnuts
2/3 Cup mushrooms
3 tbsp. chopped onion
1 tsp. minced garlic
4-5 leaves of iceberg lettuce


Special sauce:
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. hoisin sauce
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1-3 tsp. Sriracha hot sauce
2 tbsp. ketchup
1 tbsp. hot mustard (mixd with 2 tsp. water)


Stir Frying sauce:
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp. rice wine vinegar


Directions:
1. Start by making the special sauce. Add the sugar to the water and stir until dissolved. Then add hoisin, soy, oil, and vinegar. (You will add the Sriracha and hot mustard to the mix at the end.) Mix well and then put in refrigerator. 
2. Add oil to large frying pan or wok. Add chicken and cook 4-6 minutes on each side until cook trough out. Set aside to cool.
3. Keep oil in the pan hot while you mince water chestnuts, onion, and mushrooms to the size of peas. 
4. Mix soy, brown sugar, and vinegar for stir fry sauce.
5. When the chicken is cool, mince it as you did the vegetables.
6. Add another tbsp of oil to the pan. Then add chicken and vegetables
7. Add stir fry sauce and fry together for 1-2 minutes. 
8. Add mixture to lettuce "cups" and top with special sauce. ( You can also top with chopped peanuts and/or chow mien noodles.)




I hope that you enjoy them as much as we did!


Happy Cooking!!!

Leftovers

I didn't post anything for recipe Friday because I got up SUPER early to take full advantage of Black Friday. I spent the afternoon sleeping and weeping because my parents had left. =( Always a sad day for me when my parents leave. 


I decided that I would post a recipe today instead. I am always looking for good recipes to use up left over meat that I have cooked for a different meal. Since we always have a ton of left over turkey, I thought I'd help you use it all up. Also, it has snowed 19 inches since last week here in Coeur d'Alene so I thought that a soup would be appropriate. Enjoy!!!


Tex-Mex Turkey Soup
Serving: 6


Ingredients:
1 T. Olive Oil
1/2 C. minced onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 t. chili powder 
1/2 t. cumin
1/2 t. oregano
4 C. water
1 can (10.75 oz) condensed tomato soup
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes 
1 C. salsa
4 C shredded cooked turkey
1 T. parsley 
3 chicken bouillon cubes
1 (14 oz) can black beans, rinsed, drained
2 C. frozen corn
1/2 C. sour cream
1/4 C. fresh cilantro


Toppings:
Corn tortilla chips
chopped green onion
shredded Monterey Jack cheese
fresh cilantro
sour cream


Directions:
1. Heat olive oil in large sauce pan over medium heat. Add minced onions cook until onions begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
2. Stir in water, tomato soup, diced tomatoes, salsa, shredded turkey, parsley, and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes or until bouillon cubes dissolve. Add black beans, corn, sour cream, and cilantro. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. 
3. Serve with crushed tortilla chips, chopped green onion, shredded cheese, and additional cilantro and sour cream. 


Try it out and let me know what you think!!!!


Happy Cooking!

Saturday Morning Sleep In

This morning was a huge blessing for many reasons.

1.  Gideon woke up at 4:30am and went back down until 8:30am!!!! I got so much sleep last night. It was A-mazing! I love starting the day feeling so rested.

2. It is the first morning in a very long time that Jared and I have been able to wake together and start our day together. I have been working Saturday mornings at Starbucks for the last little bit so we haven't been able to do this for a while.
3. The SUN was shinning so bright. It was wonderful to see God's light shining in our windows this morning.
4. Jared and I sat down together to enjoy some yummy Pumpkin Apple muffins and Thanksgiving Blend coffee from Starbucks. They complimented each other perfectly.

5. And to top it all off, we were able to start our day in God's word, together!

"He is the image of the invisible God, He is the first born of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers of authorities - all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the first born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and through him to reconcile himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross."

Colossians 1:15:20

Amen!!!

Recipe Friday!!!

For those of you reading who don't already know this, I love love love to cook and bake. So much so that when Jared and I got married our officiator asked us to come up with 5 things we loved about the other person. One of the things that Jared said he loved about me was my "culinary prowess." In my opinion, anything would have been better than his bachelor meals that consisted of ramen, fettucini alfredo out of a box, or subway. But thats not the point. The point is that I have decided to post recipes every Friday.  I know that I am always searching for great dinner ideas or some appetizer to take the a friends party, of just a yummy dessert to eat. I have started compiling a bunch of yummy things I have made recently. I will be sure to post a range of options. 

This week's recipe is Cafe Rio Burritos. I got this from a blog I follow called Fabulessly Frugal. I will give you the link to the recipe at the bottom, but this is to the blog. (Check it out! They have great tips for any fellow couponers!!!) I will only be following the recipe for the meat and rice only. Then creating my own burritos. I made these a couple weeks back and they are D-lish. I will be making them in the crock pot today as well. My mouth is watering as I am thinking of how good they are!! YUMMMM...

Cafe Rio Burritos

For the Meat-

3 lb pork roast - I bought a boneless shoulder roast

1 cup Salsa of your choice

1 cup brown sugar

1 can or 16 oz Dr. Pepper

1 teaspoon ground mustard

1 teaspoon garlic

Salt and pepper

Place pork roast in crock pot first. Then add the other ingredients. Cook in crock pot on low for 6-8 hours. Shred the meat with about 1 hour of cooking left.

For the Rice-

3 cups uncooked rice

3 cups water

2 teaspoons chicken bouillon

1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

1 can diced chilies

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 onion, chopped

Bring water for rice to a boil, add rice and all other ingredients. Cook as directed on rice package.

After meat and rice are ready, warm tortilla. Add meat and rice to tortilla. We are adding warmed black beans, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream to ours. 

**Original recipe has you put beans of your choice in with rice and meat. Then place in a baking dish, cover with enchilada sauce and cheese. Place under broiler until cheese is melted.**

(We didn't love it this way. The enchilada sauce takes away from the flavor of the rice and meat.)

Link to original recipe: Cafe Rio Style Burrito

Happy cooking!!!!

Meredith

Be my EVERYTHING!

Today has just been one of those days. I feel restless, stressed, and am having a hard time trusting. In turn, I am being reminded that I am being disobedient and relying on myself. This always hits me right between the eyes. I know I will look back on this season and know that hindsight is always 20/20. God will be there in his "God-fashion" with that "I told you so. You should have just trusted me." Even as I type this and am aware of what is going on in my heart, its so much easier said than done. My flesh has gotten the best of me today and I'm struggling to get back to trusting the Lord.

So for the rest of the day I will be meditating on Proverbs 5:3-8:

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

So you will find favor and good success

in the sight of God and man.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

Be not wise in your own eyes;

fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.

It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones.

And letting the Love of God be my EVERYTHING.

Stressful week

I am sitting down this morning to enjoy a freshly brewed cup of french press coffee with homemade whipped cream and start reading my Bible, when clear across the room I hear Gideon "shart". This may be a little graphic but seriously I probably could have heard it outside. It was loud and juicy. Little man had a really rough week last week. He went through a huge development, which I will get to in a minute. He also spent most of the weekend fussy and not able to go poo. I felt so sorry for the little guy. He would just scream out in pain and then tighten up his belly. I gave him gas relief to try to break it up, I tried massaging his belly, I tried everything I could, but nothing would help. Thankfully this morning he was able to get some relief. phew! I hope we off to a better start this week. So after a bath and starting a load of laundry I was able to sit down and read and enjoy my yummy coffee, it was a tad cold but I guess thats life. 


I mentioned that last week was a huge week for Gideon. Starting last friday Gideon had been getting up every 2 hours at night wanting to eat. It was horrible for me. I got absolutely no sleep. Add on top of that I got pretty sick. Boo! I wasn't sure what was going on with him and why he was getting up so frequently. I asked some of my mommy friends and some suggested a growth spurt. He hasn't gained any weight but.... He ROLLED OVER!!! He has not mastered the skill yet but he is getting better. It is so funny to watch him trying so hard. He grunts and pushes himself so hard. Gid also started putting his coos together and it sounds like he is singing!! It is so cute, especially at night when he is tired and he sings to himself. 


We are loving every moment of this stage even though it's been a little stressful or tiring. God just keeps impressing upon my heart that we will only have one child once. Gideon is our first baby and everything we are experiencing is new. We have to enjoy it and soak it in. Take the good with the bad and make the best of each stage. All it takes for me is to look into his sweet innocent eyes or see him smile back at me or giggle when I tickle him to put it all into perspective for me. He brings me so much joy and love that I have never experienced before. Thank you God for such an amazing little boy! You are great! You are worthy!


Big news for Jared and I too.. we bought a new car last week. It just added onto the stress of an already stressful week for the both of us. Although it was a great move for us. We are super excited about it. It is a 2000 Subaru Outback. I will post pictures later today after I go pick it up in Spokane. I am excited to have something a little more roomy and more safe and comfortable for Gideon and I to be in this winter. They say its going to be a nasty one. Thankfully we have all wheel drive now!!! 

She's the best kind of friend there is.

I have to say that I have been feeling incredibly blessed lately. Something that I prayed for for MONTHS and maybe even a year, was a friend. Not just any ol' friend either. I prayed for a best friend. I prayed for God to bring someone into my life that we be there for the long haul, someone who would share in life's ups and downs and all of the different seasons. Someone I could count on for anything. I wanted someone in my life who valued authenticity and "realness" as much as I do. I have had great friends in my life, and some even best friends. But there was a longing in my heart to "know someone and be known by someone." God is always so faithful. I can honestly say that I have that person in my life. 

Kedron has been an amazing blessing. We have walked through some of the hardest time and some of the greatest times. God never ceases to amaze me. I have learned and grown in so many ways through the blessing that she has been in my life. God has taught me so much about Himself through our friendship. 


I am so excited too for this season of life we are walking through right now. Keje had her baby!! Yay. And better yet it was a BOY!!! Now Giddy can have a best friend too. And even better yet is that he was born on my birthday!!! It was such a sweet day. It is so fun being able to have someone to call and share stories and big accomplishments with. I am excited for the journey ahead of us as we navigate this thing called mommyhood. I know that God has great plans awaiting us!!! But I think we better buckle up because it could be a little crazy!

Kedron: I never though I would ever have a friendship like the one we have. All praise and glory be to God!!! Thank you so much for being such an amazing friend. Thank you for allowing God to work in your heart and for displaying His love so easily. You inspire me to be a better friend, wife, mom, and believer every day. Thank you for the time you have taken the last 3 months to care for and love my baby boy. I am so excited to see you with Easton. I know that you are going to be a great mommy. Patrick and Easton are so very blessed to have you. Love you amigo!

Come Spend Time with ME...

This morning started out way later than normal... I heard little Gideon stirring in his crip at 7am. I was still REALLY tired so I went in and got him and brought him back into our bed. While feeding him, I fell asleep. Thankful for the side latch!! haha Gideon then slept until 10. This is huge for him. Usually he is up at 8am no matter what. Apparently we both needed the sleep.
So at 10, I got up and made some coffee and breakfast while Gideon enjoyed some "tummy time." At 10:45 he was getting tired again. I couldn't believe it. I fed him and put him in his bed. He was out in like 2 seconds. I walked out of his room and took one look around my house and thats when it all started...


OUR HOUSE IS A WRECK... haha. Seriously. There is toys and baby things everywhere. The dishes are piled in the sink from the night before. There is a heap of clothes in front of the washer from the million outfits we change into each day because of a lovely thing called acid reflux. I felt like I was going crazy as I looked around our house. So I did what any person would do. I started to clean things up. But something about cleaning just wasn't right. I kept hearing a voice in my head say "Come spend time with me." I suppressed the voice just once and kept folding laundry. But I couldn't deny the voice a second time. I heard it again. "Come spend time in My Word."

I needed to hear God speak those words to me today. I needed to hear how much my Father wanted to spend time with me as I spent time in His Word. So often I go about my day because "I just have stuff to get done" and I don't take time to ask God where He wants to take me for the day. I don't stop and ask Him for guidance for the day. For an extra amount of Grace that He knows I need or the extra patience I will need towards my son or husband for the day. I know I can't function with out the Love of God, without the patience He gives me, without the strength He provides, and without His influence in everything I do each day.

Any moment now....

This is my best friend Kedron. She is currently 41 weeks preggo... hence the any MOMENT now. 

I can't wait to meet this sweet little babe! My phone is by me at all times. At night whenever I get a text, Jared responds with.. "Is it Keje? Is she checking into the hospital?" Gideon wants to know if he has a BFF or a girlfriend... yes, we are talking arranged marriage if it is a girl. =) 


We are so excited for you friend. I love that we get to do this "parent" thing together. You're going to be a great mama! Love you. 

Wednesday nights

I love Wednesday nights. For the timing being, I am nannying on Wednesdays until 7 pm. This is perfect for Gideon's schedule because he usually goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. When we get home, its BATH time. This is a really special time for me. Jared is away at small group so Gideon and I get to share this time together. We love to take a bath together. Giddy is getting to such a fun stage. I ask him if he wants to get in the bath and he gives me a huge smile. It is the cutest thing. I'm pretty sure he just smiles back because he thinks I am silly or something. But when we get in the bath, he is in heaven. He is so calm and smiley. Just last week he started to kick a little and hit his hands in the water.

After we get out of the bath, I put his pajamas on him and we snuggle up in the rocking chair. I read him a story from his Jesus Storybook Bible. This is probably the best thing about Wednesday bath night for me. I just feel like there is no greater pleasure and duty I have as a mom and as a follower of Jesus, to teach my son about Jesus. I pray every day that Gideon will know Jesus' saving grace. I pray that God's will be done in his life. It make the long term seem a little less scary when I trust in the Lord and ask that His will be done in Gideon's life.






"The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14

I created this MONTHS ago...

So, a few months ago (and by a few I mean almost a year ago) I created this blog. It was right after I found out I was pregnant with our little Gideon. I didn't ever post anything to it 1. because my friend Bonnie and I used to give our husbands so much crap and say things like, "Why don't you just go blog about it." and 2. because I wasn't sure I had the time to figure out the blog world. I am just now creating my first post. I was inspired by my friend Kedron, who is due to have her first kiddo any MOMENT now... I am waiting on pins and needles to get the call that she is in labor. I figure that becoming a mommy is a blogging right of passage. I'm sure my post from here forward will consist of new things that Gideon is learning, all things poop, and the dreaded teething. 


Happy reading friends!