It is once again time that I sit down, have my morning cup of delicious and tell you tales of all the things that make this life great. Time to relax, rub my belly, and turn on a movie to keep Hudson occupied.
What was that? I let my toddler watch TV?!
Yes. Yes, I do. And no, his brain is not turning to mush.
Anyways, I do believe the last time I checked in I was sporting a teeny little baby bump that rivaled that of a skinny girl who claims to be "fat" and then pushes out what little bit of belly there is.. But these days I most certainly have a belly. And that sucker cannot be sucked in. Nor can it be contained in my zip up hoodie. Truly unfortunate considering the fact that Winter has decided to stick around MUCH longer than anyone could have desired. Global warming? I don't buy it. Climate change? Okay, maybe. And I realize they're one in the same but I just can't get on board with anyone saying things are getting "warmer" around here. Call me crazy but I tend to remember Spring Break usually happening around March time.. and up until about 5 years ago I remember those breaks from school being t-shirt and flip-flop worthy. BUT! Returning to the real topic at hand....Ah yes. Big fat prego belly! (Okay, normal sized prego belly.) Check this baby out!
Took this on Monday.. So as you can imagine, not much has changed. Except for maybe the fact that I have since showered :)
As for the Pumkin Muffins reference in my title, I am somewhat happy that the cold weather has stuck around because this means I can feel NO shame in baking pumkiny things. Like muffins. Or banana pumpkin bread. I just adore baked goods made with pumpkin- I don't know what it is about the flavor but I just can't get enough! Such a constant addiction to having pumpkin things in my home (even though my husband won't join in on the action.. leaving me to eat the entire loaf alone or find neighbors and friends who don't mind partaking in such an autumny treat!) moved my dear friend Jenny to ask me to teach her how to make the Banana Pumpkin bread I'd shared with her. They don't really make these sorts of things in Germany, nor do they make anything along the lines of Sweet Potato Casserole. She had some of that back I made it for Thanksgiving and we decided to just make an evening of it! We had a blast making and baking sweet things. And my goodness, it felt like Fall had arrived all over again. Delicious!
We found out a few short weeks ago that we will be needing to clear some space... and by some I mean ALOT. Why? Well this little wriggle worm in my belly is sporting an already dramatic hand resting above the eyebrow look, and will soon be gracing us with HER presence and all the many many things that come along with her arrival. Oh, my heart. I am so excited to be able to say that we are having a girl!!! Her name is still undecided- but I feel like we will know when we see her. Until then we are happy to call her baby girl.. and even occasionally by the name we had picked out before we found out what she would be. Something about it tho- once we knew for sure that she was indeed a she- we just can't commit to a name. Haha. Oh well! As I said, I am sure once we see that precious little face we will know.
