Happy Easter

I got in a little bit of trouble because I did not post any blogs last week. I was taking pictures all week just didn't get around to blogging. So here is everything.
Madeleine is definetely my child! She saw me eating a pickle and wanted some and then her own. She was making faces but kept asking for more and then was upset when they were all gone.



Next Madeleine has been putting our shoes on a lot lately. In fact she will chase us down, have us take our shoes off and she will put them on. Well, Last week Jahno had left a pair of his shorts downstairs and Madeleine found them. She put the on and was walking around the living room.



We went to Plano for Easter weekend. We left early Friday morning to run some errands and then off to Plano. Our trip up there was...interesting. Around Huntsville there was some construction and we were down to one lane and almost stopped when a truck did not see us, slammed on the brakes, smoke everywhere and swerved to the grass median and then stopped about 2 cars in front of us. Then Almost to Dallas a truck had a blow out, the truck in front of us ran over it and shot it up in the air. It came flying towards us and hit my windshield, I flinched and every muscle in my body tightened. Part if it went under the car also. We pulled over to check everything and as we turned we heard this terrible noise. There is a mark on my bumper and it ripped the plastic at the base of my wheel well so it was rubbing against my wheel. Jahno was able to push it back to drivable long enough to get almost to Plano. We had to stop at a church to push it back again and when we finally got to Aunt Sue Sue's house he had to fix it with tools and stuff. Once everyone else got there we visited for a little while and then went to Fresco for dinner. We ate a Babe's which is a good home cookin' place. You chose your meat which they had like 5 choices and then they bring your sides Family style and the sides were Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Corn. Everyone got Chicken Fried Steak except me and I got Smoked Chicken. Everything was amazing!!! The best I have every had and they had homemade biscuit...yummy! Then Saturday we got up and went to the King Tut Exhibit at the Dallas Art Museum and it was really neat. Madeleine did pretty good and we were able to see everything we wanted. We were a little irritated with the people who had the audio things because they would stand in front of the exhibit where no one else could see until their audio was over. Anyways. After that we went to this Mexican Food Resturant...I think Mottito's or something. They had the most amazing Guacomole I have ever tasted!!! We drove around the Dallas area for a while admiring the views and then back to the house. We relaxed for a while and then back to Fresco to go shopping and then to Mr.Gatti's. We had to stop and take some pictures with the Blue Bonnets on the way. We got to the mall and Aunt Sue Sue bought her owl which was amusing and then we rode the Carousel and shopped and then had a good dinner and played games and just had fun! Then this morning it was raining so we hunted eggs inside. We had so much fun and really enjoyed seeing the family.

"Watching" Madeleine

I was sitting on the couch with my feet on the ottoman. Madeleine had been going between Jahno and I asking us to read. She went around to the other side of the ottoman and sat down. I could still see her and it looked like she was reading. She ran to the kitchen to get a toy and the ran back over to her play area and then went back to behind the ottoman. She picked up something and I asked what it was and I thought she said Bandaid. I asked her to bring it to me and it was a piece of gum. I got up to look where that would have come from...it was all over the floor. Madeleine had gotten into my purse, unwrapped and tore apart a whole pack of gum. I looked for my camera but it was MIA. Also there were no wrappers anywhere around.I gathered up the gum and went to throw it away and there were all the wrappers in the trash...so at least she cleaned up after herself...kinda. And she did not put even one piece of gum in her mouth. So we are going to have to watch that kid a lot closer!
Also I tend to blame Jahno for Maddie's OCD tendencies. We got all of our Easter stuff for Maddie and MOM's Club and had some left overs. I decided I wanted a little packet of nerds. I opened them up and they were rainbow. My food can't touch and I don't mix flavors even with candy so this is a problem. Not even thinking I got a plate separated the colors and started eating the the blues and then the purples and as I finished the purples I realized what I had done. So I might have some OCD tendencies also...but Maddie's mainly come for Jahno. :-)
Oh and when we cleaning up before bed I found my camera.

Over Did It

Well, yesterday Jahno and I moved our King Size Temperpedic bed (It is ridiculusly HEAVY!), Our Futon, a dresser and a Queen size bed and then I cleaned cleaned cleaned our room. Last night when I finally stated slowing down I realized my lower back was kinda hurting but didn't think too much of it. Well, I knew I needed to relax a little bit before trying to going to sleep so I got into bed and was reading the paper. My back really started hurting! This morning My alarm went off and I couldn't move. I tried to get up to go to the bathroom and was in awful pain. I got back in bed reset my alarm and hoped to make it to Church. I couldn't really go back to sleep and the alarm went off again. Nope not happening. So I just laid there, Maddie and Jahno slept for a while. Finally they got up and got breakfast and here I am, hurting really bad. I am going to take some Tylenol and soak in a bath in a few minutes and see if that won't help. I guess I can't do everything I want and need to slow down and leave to heavy stuff to others. (Though other than the baby's furniture there shouldn't be anything else)

The Beach Trip

Well, I got Maddie up from her nap and she was still really sleepy and a little fussy. I was telling her we were going to the beach and we were going to have lots of fun but that wasn't helping. I got everything together and we walked outside and she just perked up, she was so cute with her glasses and hat. Before we left I told her she could take one toy with her. I had already packed a pail, shovel and a ball. Well she went and got Curious George, ok we will just leave him in the car at the beach. When I got in the car I realized I was really hungry so we stopped at Taco Bell for a snack, I got her Cinnamon Twists. She licked the good stuff off and left the rest. I did not know this until I went to eat one...ewwww. We got the the beach parked and got out. We walked down and she wasn't too sure of the sand. I put down the towel and pulled her shoes off but she wouldn't put her toes in the sand. We shoveled sand into the pail and she was bothered when sand got on the towel. It was a little chilly but it was her first trip so I wanted her to feel the water. It took a lot for me to get her off the towel but I final got her to walk to the water. The water hit her toes and she backed up. I scooted away to try to get a picture and a big wave came and got her pants wet and she started sinking...she hated the mud and tried to get it off her feet. We walked back up and she got on the towel and would not get off. We had fun and hopefully next time it will be warmer and we can really get in the water. (For some reason the pictures where put in reverse order, the trip starts at the bottom.)

Friday Thoughts

So Madeleine is napping and I usually nap with her but today I decided to stay up and clean a little and get ready for the beach. We are going to go to the beach for a little bit this afternoon. I just got this burst of energy and ideas of things to do. I just hit the second trimester so maybe that is the reason. Anyways. This weekend we are planning on moving everything around and get the baby's room empty, I am excited about that. Now just have to wait to find out the gender so I can start decorating. I was slightly obsessing over finding out what we were having but I no it will only take time. I did all the myths and all are pointing towards a boy though part of me still hopes for a girl. At MOM's club the other day we were talking about Car Seat Expiration dates. For some reason I was slightly obsessing, looking up every article I could find and found that car seats last between 5 and 6 years unless otherwise noted. So then I went to look at my car seat and after much searching I found the date in the plastic, "Do not use this car seat after December 2012". YAY I have plenty of time for this baby and maybe even another one. Just joking, we are just planning on 2. Anyways. I am going to go get Madeleine up and we are heading to the beach. I will blog and post some pictures later tonight.

Thursday Dinner

Tonight was Lemon-Pepper Red Snapper (Tilapia) and New Potatoes. We chose Tilapia because the only Red Snapper was a whole fish and I am just starting the cooking and not ready to skin and bone a fish...are those the terms? Anyways. I prepared the New Potatoes and put them in the over and start on the fish. I sprinkled the Lemon-Pepper on both sides and put it on the skillet. I cooked it a little longer than they said because I am always worried about under cooking meat. I put the 2 pieces on a plate and in the microwave and put the other 2 pieces in the skillet. When I went to pull the last pieces out of the skillet I pretty much dilapidated them. We sat down for dinner and the potatoes were great! We tried the fish and it was...well...overly seasoned! I used the right amount but the flavor was just too strong and the flavor had gone all the way through so we couldn't just scrape it off. I got a little sick because I got so hot in the kitchen so I just sat and drank some water. Finally Jahno said "Why don't I save the potatoes for tomorrow and we can go grab something?" So we had Whataburger for Dinner but here are some pictures of dinner.
The Potatoes.

The Dilapidated Tilapia.


Also due to the weather Strawberry Picking was cancelled again. So we are going to try for next Tuesday.

Wednesday Dinner

So since I prepared everything last night I basically just had to cook everything tonight. It was pretty quick and almost painless. The only grill I have is the Gorge Forman so I plugged it in and started the green beans...I know green beans don't really go with Korean Style Pork but it was the veggie I chose. I put the first few pieces on and closed it up. I noticed there was a lot of smoke coming off so I checked but they were cooking fine. I flipped them over and even more smoke was coming, I started looking for the smoke alarm...there is not a smoke alarm in the kitchen! Great for this situation but bad for safety issues. Well, I finished up and Jahno walked in...Perfect timing! We sat down and it was great! The flavor was amazing and actually tasted like Asian food. The green beans were bland and Jahno told me to again to get my mom's green bean recipe. Well, at least the Grilled Korean Style Pork was great!