Two weeks to go!

Well I am 38 weeks pregnant now and had an appointment a couple days ago that was a tad depressing. No changes. Not dilated, at all, yet. I have been a little concerned though because I keep "measuring small" even though they go on and on about the baby having a big head and being big. So I had to have another ultrasound to check his measurements. At 38 weeks I should have measured 38 cm but was only 33. Odd. But according to the ultrasound he is still on target and is now 7 pounds, 2 ounces. He gained an ounce. I however gained 2 pounds, ha. I'm okay with that though - I'd rather him not gain much more. Still it's odd that I would measure so small, and I don't feel like my stomach looks any bigger than a few weeks ago, and definitely not as straight out as Leyla was. They said it may just be his position, or that he is all curled up in a ball. He still moves plenty. Yesterday right at my belly button I had this very strange tiny round pointy thing pop-up. It was so strange and freaked me out because that's normally where his butt is!! The only thing I can figure out is it may have been a heel. Although I'm not sure why it was at my belly button - unless he has dropped lower and his butt is now lower so his feet are lower. He's just a strange little thing...I can't figure him out! I don't have that bowling ball feeling yet but Beth said she thought I did look a little lower. Who knows!!

 Here is Leyla and a couple kids from church in a 60's corvette :) Some friends of Beth and Cliff's brought it to church to show off - apparently he had been working on it for a few years. Pretty nice!

 We had home-made chicken pot pie one night and Leyla got to help Beth roll out some of the dough. She made heart "cookies" with her dough, then we made the pie. I caught her eating the leftover part of her dough, though! You can probably guess that after that she didn't eat much supper, ha.

 

 Here's my cutie-pie on the rocking horse in the bedroom. She puts a hat on herself and the horse and says she's a cowboy!

Learning to Cook!

Leyla loves to help Mommy in the kitchen. She always wants to help or sit on the counter and watch - a lot of times she gets in the way, but I can't help but think about the future and how she will grow up with a love of being in the kitchen and cooking!

 

New Favorite Dinner Recipes

1. Cheesy Chicken Pasta Bake

The recipe is on this blog, here.

It's really easy to make. I left out the mushrooms and added broccoli, plus I used fresh tomatoes since I didn't have sun-dried tomatoes.

2. Broccoli Cheese Soup

The recipe is on this blog.


This soup as is needs a little something extra. It didn't call for any spices, so next time I will add a little garlic and some salt and pepper. But the basic soup turned out nice and creamy so I will definitely make it again.



3. Cinnamon Roll Cake

Here is the recipe.

I loved this cake. It was so gooey and delicious. The only thing I changed was to add more cinnamon. The recipe calls for very little and honestly I don't know how you call it a cinnamon cake without at least a good 4-5 tablespoons! The end result was delicious!