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Breaking (and Making) Bread
I’m so excited about the fact that I pulled out our breadmaker and made some bread this week. It’s so simple! (I have to confess that I took even more shortcuts by buying a bread mix from Whole Foods).… Read More
I simply added water and oil into the breadmaker, dumped in the contents of the bread mix, made a hole for the yeast, and added it. I shut the lid and pressed start. Four and a half hours later, I had a loaf of freshly baked bread (and a delicious-smelling house!).The plan is to use the bread to make grilled cheese sandwiches later this week.
As we prepare for
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Midwife Visit #2
P.S. I’m on the verge of needing to start wearing maternity clothes (either from excessive gas or from my ever-expanding uterus). I hate to buy new maternity clothes for such a relatively short amount of time, and I’m a bit too busy to scour Houston for good, used stuff (school starts s-o-o-n!). If you happen to have a box of maternity clothes that you aren’t using and would be willing to lend to me, please e-mail me! I will gladly pay for shipping. I’m 5’7″ and I used to wear a size 6/8 or medium.
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Baby Announcement Idea
I know I’m getting way ahead of myself here, but I’ve been thinking about baby announcements ever since we promised the innkeepers at The Desert Thistle that we would send them one when the baby arrives in February (Editor’s Note: I’m going to the midwife today, so I’ll be able to give you an update about how the baby is doing.).… Read MoreI realized that I want to be able to get as much as possible done before the baby arrives. Here’s the plan I came up with:
- Matt and I could make a collage of pictures from the pregnancy using the collage feature at Wallgreens or Snapfish. We could leave

