Recipes that must be shared

I made an Our Best Bites recipe tonight and we really liked it, so I wanted to share. It's the Guiltless Alfredo Sauce. I used penne pasta and added chicken, mushrooms, and sun-dried tomatoes. I think the sun-dried tomatoes were a key ingredient. They flavored the whole sauce. I let it sit for a while in the pot so that the flavors could come together. It was really delicious.

After dinner we made these cookies and I'm pretty much obsessed with them. I've actually posted the recipe here before, but I feel so strongly about them that I have to post it again. They always turn out so, so good. But they are by far the best if you eat them soon after baking them. Some cookies taste better the next day, but these are best fresh. Try them!

Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies (Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip)

Paige and Kate's Room

I still have to paint those cardboard letters for Kate's name.

I bought that unfinished bird at Michaels and just put scrapbook paper on it with Mod Podge.

I got the idea for that butterfly canvas art from this Pottery Barn Kids room...

http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romgir/romgirhle/

I bought that unfinished birdhouse at Michaels and just painted it, sanded it a little, and then used Mod Podge to put scrapbook paper on the top.

A couple weeks ago I made that cupcake liner garland and it turned out pretty cute. And it's about as easy and cheap as it gets. The girls are doing pretty well sleeping in the same room, but I have to put Kate down first and then Paige about 30-45 minutes later (after Kate is asleep). If I put them to bed at the same time it's just insanity for like 2 hours. It's not worth it. So what we're doing is working pretty well. I thought they would wake each other up in the night, but they are definitely learning to sleep through each other's noise.

28 weeks (7 months pregnant)

I'm officially in the 3rd trimester! Woohoo! I'm feeling pretty good overall. I have sciatic nerve pain, which I don't remember having with my other two, but it's not horrible. I'm so excited to have this baby. It seems like she should be coming any day now, but nope. I still have 12 more weeks. I just can't wait! I'm so thankful that things are going smoothly with this pregnancy. It's such a blessing.

I moved Paige and Kate into the same room already, and I'm almost done decorating it. I will post pictures when it's completely done, which should be in the next week. Most of the stuff I've done is just rearranging things we already had, but I have bought a few things and it's looking cute. The baby's room is pretty empty, but I'll figure something out.

Not much else is going on around here. I feel like we've been pretty reclusive this winter. We really don't get out that much, but I kind of like it that way. It's been relaxing, which is great because I feel so exhausted all the time and it's nice not to have a lot going on.

Nate has been really busy though with his MBA program, and he is applying and interviewing for Medical Sales jobs lately too, which is really exciting. He's been wanting to move into Medical Sales for quite a while and a few different positions have opened up recently, so I really hope he finds something that he will love. I think it will happen soon.

So that's what's new with us. :)

Quote by Paige

During the sacrament today I got the little cup of water for Kate, but for some reason she wouldn't drink it, so I gave it to Paige. She was excited that she got two, and she said:

"Now I'm going to remember Jesus A LOT!"

Lately

Last Sunday I decided to make a chocolate cake, and Paige wanted to pretend like it was her birthday. So that's what we did.

Can you tell Paige is camera-shy?

By the way, I wouldn't recommend making a large cake for a small family. I ate like 75 % of that cake throughout the week. Too much cake for one person!! Geez!

It was a good chocolate cake though. Here is the recipe if you're interested:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Sour-Cream-Chocolate-Cake.aspx

I did not use that frosting recipe though, so I can't say if it's good or not. But I really liked the cake!

24 weeks (6 months pregnant)

I'm 6 months pregnant now. Exciting! I can't wait to have this baby. 16 more weeks. Wow, that's a long time. I'm feeling pretty good. I'm really tired all the time, but I think that's pretty standard for pregnancy. I've been walking 3 miles 4 days a week with my friend, Jenny, and it feels good to be outside and getting active again.

Things are going well with this pregnancy and I'm very thankful for that.

Quotes by Kate

Kate is really into baby dolls right now. She is the cutest little "mommy" to them. A couple days ago Paige was calling for Kate to come downstairs and play with her.
Kate yelled: "I change a diaper baby. Just a minute!" She sat there pretending to change her baby's diaper for quite a while.


Today I was putting Kate in her carseat and she was holding her baby doll. It was in the way of buckling the straps, so I picked it up and was holding it with my teeth for a minute. That sounds weird... I was out of hands, ya know?
Anyway, Kate said: "You bite baby! You being meeeem!" (mean) She was so disturbed that I was hurting her baby.