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!

Tuesday the 31st

Well, attempt 2 not so successful. Jahno asked for Korean Style Pork tonight. So I looked at the ingredients and the prep and cook time. 10 mins prep and 20 mins cook so I expected it to take about an hour. I minced the garlic and the jalapeno and was reading ahead only to find out that the pork needed to marinate for 2 to 24 hours. So I finished getting all the marinate together and added the pork and figured I would let it marinate for about an hour and then grill it. I know it wouldn't have as much flavor but what could I do. I knew dinner would be late but we could have a little snack until then. Jahno got home and I told him. He was starving and said why don't we just marinate it over night and we can go grab something. I was a little disappointed but it will marinate for the 24 hours and full of flavor, So pork for tomorrow.

I went to the doctor today for the genetic testing which is an ultrasound and blood work. The ultrasound Lady was training another lady who is going to start working at the Pearland office. So I got more time. This baby is...a little stubborn. :-) It was upside down which makes it really hard to get the measurements they needed, it then flipped around but was looking at us so again they couldn't get the measurements, it kept waving and kicking its feet. They started calling the baby Micheal Phelps. Finally they got the measurements they were looking for. She also was measuring the length of the baby and got the right size and due date estimate but then it was getting farther along, once she was up to a week later she stopped measuring because we knew I couldn't be that far. Then I went to get my blood drawn and the lady was on her phone again, she had me what 10 mins last time. After about 5 mins she drew my blood. I have good veins but for some reason she went for my smallest vein, it hurt so bad and I bruised almost instantly. I have my regular appointment on April 23 and then we go for the "Big" ultrasound on May 11th. Here are some of the pictures.

The baby looking right at us and has its arms tucked in.


Waving at us.


And it was doing a summersault and legs were stretched out.

Monday Dinner Attempt

Tonight I decided to cook Thai Shrimp and noodles for dinner tonight. The cookbook said 10 mins Prep time and 20 mins cook time. It took me well over an hours and I was getting frusterated. The 10 mins prep doesn't include shredding the carrots or mincing the garlic or cooking the shrimp. Oh and it is a good thing I know how to cook shrimp because they didn't tell you how to cook them. And I couldn't find either of my peelers so I had to shred the carrots with a regular knife. Now I know what a convenience charge is for and almost think sometime it might be worth it. Very tricky and sneaky and not cool. So I finally got everything together and had a little more time before Jahno got home so I decided to make a Carrot Cake. Jahno got home and while the cake was cooking we had dinner. I have never had Thai food so didn't really know what to expect. Well, I hated it! I left some shrimp out of the dish so I ate those but Jahno said it was great, he loved the carrots and snow peas which he usually didn't. Maddie even ate some of it. Jahno is taking it for lunch tomorrow. So Day one of real cooking took longer than expected but was a big success!!! I am going to go ice the cake and we will have dessert for the rest of the week. I will keep you posted on the first week of real cooking!

Here are the left overs...it looks pretty!

This Weekend

Saturday afternoon I got out a cookbook and made a menu for this week. Well, Jahno and I called out page numbers and we each had one veto and that is how the menu came about. Finally after Jahno dilly dallied we left to go to HEB. We always go to Walmart but no matter how much we get we always spend the same amount which is a lot and since I needed fresh meat and spices I figured HEB would be worth a try. Sure enough, we got everything on the list which was a basket full of food and spent just over what we would at Walmart...oh and we got 3 pounds of shrimp with that. I am definitely sold on HEB.

Sunday we got up and I made cinnamon rolls which were yummy and only the out edge we dark brown! I might actually be figuring out my dumb gas oven. We got ready and Madeleine was finally about to wear the dress that Meme made her for Christmas. It is still long and she tripped on it several times but it is cute and fits well everywhere else. Sorry the picture is a little fuzzy.

March 26th

I had a head ache for over a week and it turned into a migraine on Sunday. Tuesday I woke up from a nap and my vision was blurry so I finally called the doctor. Dr. Klein was in surgery and they don't kept pain killers in the office so they told me to either go to the ER or urgent care and not to wait so long to call them next time. So we went to urgent care because it cost the same as a doctor's visit where the ER is 50 times more. They gave me a shot of phenegan and a prescription for Tylenol 3. Several hours later I started having muscle spasms which lasted until after 3 AM. Jahno ended up going and sleeping on the couch. I finally fell asleep and Madeleine woke up. I got up to get her and ran into Jahno at the stair. he went and got her and I went back to bed. It was still early, I think so I figured he would just come get me when he needed to go to work. At 11:30 he came and got me up and I came down to a clean living room and kitchen...aawwww! So I got sick, I guess from moving and then ate some breakfast, Maddie at some lunch and Jahno got ready for work. After he left I went to bed again for a nap. Jada came over to help and then we went out for Jahno's late Birthday Dinner.

Madeleine is into shoes...especially ours. She will put them on and walk around the room. Well she found my High Heals...it was really cute.



We went to the OB today. Everything looks good, and the Baby was moving. I go back next week for labs and genetic testing.

Monday

This morning Madeleine and I had Breakfast and then we were playing. Well, Maddie kept saying outside, outside so we went outside. I pulled Madeleine's car out and then sat done since I still have a head ache. I notice there are a lot of papers on the drive way so I got a bag and went to pick them up. When I got to the very end of the drive I noticed 4 strollers down the street. I considered going inside because I basically just put clothes on this morning and pulled my hair back, I was looking rough. But Madeleine was having fun so I thought well they will just walk by and we'll say Hi and it will be over. As they are getting closer I notice one of the Strollers is Grant and Aimee. So between the panic attack and embarrassment Aimee came up and talked for a second and then they were off on their walk. When I told Jahno he said it sounded like Westside Story. Anyways.

I decided to wash my car since it really needed it and there was no chance Maddie was going inside. Before I washed my car I needed to make room in the garage since it looked like it was going to rain. As I did that Madeleine pulled out every ball out of the garage and old toys. I finished my car, got it in the garage, attempted to get Maddie's toys inside and then get Maddie inside. We got inside, had lunch and took a nap. Here are some pictures of our outside time.

Madeleine in her car before the embarrassment.


Madeleine with all the Balls.


We were playing football.


Madeleine was putting everything in her car.

Monday Morning

I got a migraine last night so I did not get too much sleep. Yesterday I had to wake Madeleine up at 8:15am and she still was not having it. She fussed at me, rolled over and went back to sleep. I pulled her out of bed and got her ready for church screaming and kicking. Since I did not sleep last night I was hoping she would sleep a late again this morning...no luck. She was up around 7:10 and crying, I went in there and her arm was tangled in her shirt. I don't know if she was taking her shirt off or on but either way her arm was all twisted up. I got her untangled and sat down to rock her for a second to calm her down. She saw her bedtime book and reached for it. I put her down and she was flipping through it and all of a sudden grabbed my hand. I was thinking she was ready to go down stairs, nope, She pulled me out of the chair so she could get in. Then she asked for her book and started reading it.



Yesterday we were going to get dinner and Madeleine got ready by getting a hat and the keys and was knocking on the door. She is a mess.