Update!!

I wish I could write to tell you that I have had the baby and he is big and healthy and handsome...but I can't. I'm still pregnant and pretty huge (have I mentioned that yet?).

Anyways, I am writing to tell you all that Jake and I finally, FINALLY, got his assignment for the Florida Highway Patrol. We're going to Gainesville, FL. Which is amazing and perfect because it is exactly where we said we wanted to go when we started the whole application, interview, training process about a year ago. We have about 5-6 weeks left in Tallahassee and then we'll be in the swamp!

Also, I must mention that the little floating baby is pretty cute on the side of my blog but I never noticed the little umbilical cord until about a day ago. It kind of creeps me out...

Fabulous Fall

Okay, ladies, here's a post for you that doesn't have to do with pregnancy and toddlers.

Today, I ate dinner in heaven.
I'm not kidding. I sat down at a cumulus table and dined with angels today. This kind of dinner only happens in one season every year... Fall.
For dinner we had butternut squash and apple soup. It is the most amazing soup that I have ever had/made and you can only make it in the fall.
It's creamy (though not made with cream) and sweet and spicy and it has the most amazing melt-in-your-mouth flavor that is the.... I don't know what it is.
Anyways, if you want toe recipe go to foodnetwork.com and type butternut squash and apple soup in the recipe finder section at the top of the page. The recipe I use is from the Barefoot Contessa.

Alright. After that wonderful dinner I started thinking about my ideal menu for the different holidays that are coming up.
Here is what I was thinking:
Thanksgiving would consist of the aforementioned butternut squash and apple soup as a starter. Turkey (made using a recipe by Bobby Flay--I can't think of what it is called but it uses apples as well) with cranberry orange relish, fresh green beans sauteed with olive oil and fresh cracked pepper, mashed potatoes and home-made dinner roles would be the main course and dessert would be choice between apple-cranberry crist or pineapple-coconut tart.

If you can't tell, I'm a big fan of apples in the fall...I think it is because I'm from Washington State.

Christmas hasn't been decided as specifically as Thanksgiving has but Jake and I want to do a big Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. In the morning on Christmas Day I'm making this great Breakfast Sausage Casserole recipe that I got from the Cooking Light website. It is AMAZING!! It is so rich you couldn't eat it even once a month but it would be perfect for a Christmas tradition. The best part is that it is made with ingredients that keep it pretty healthy.
Christmas Eve Dinner would for SURE include a Honey-Glazed Ham and fresh green beans. I'm not sure what else. Dessert would probably consist of chocolate mousse with cherries.

What are your family traditions? I'm trying to figure out what we can do to create our OWN family traditions. Fill me in!!

I just CAN"T decide...

So, I've gone back again to the idea of going into labor on my own.
The longer I am pregnant (really, the closer I get to my due date) the more I realize that I would rather be pregnant and spend more time with Jane than throw myself into the frying pan with two kids and a husband that is gone 5 days a week.
Plus, I'm pretty scared about having two kids...
This is where I need all my veteren mom friends to swoop in to the rescue to remind me that it isn't going to be as hard as it sounds and I'll love the little baby as much as I love Jane because there seems to be a disconnect with me and those topics right now...
I hate to admit it but I really DON"T know what to do with a boy. I'm a little terrified by the thought of it. I'm not a huge fan of change that I can't control though...
What do you think??

I'm also a little nervous about the whole "going into labor" thing. In that respect I feel like a first time mom because I didn't go naturally with Jane. I don't know what to expect other than contractions that don't go away. I thought for sure that I would have the baby by now because of nesting and pressure and contractions...but, my doctor says he is still pretty high. Who knew?
So anyways, I'm still pregnant and I'm pretty happy about it.