"Nesting"

I guess you could say the nesting has begun! I need to constantly be cleaning, organizing, or doing something "productive" or I go crazy. Tonight, I chose to be crafty.

As Brett was growing up his mom would chart their growth on their kitchen wall. You know, stand tall, mom places the ruler on your head and marks the wall with your initials and the date. Such a neat thing to look back on. However, the house is now up for Sale and unfortunately we can't take the kitchen wall with us. With baby #1 on the way I wanted to come up with a way to measure his growth, that we could take with us.

I came across this on Pinterest and thought with a little work, I could make this kid friendly. The final product...

I started with a plain 4 foot piece of shelving board, purchased at Lowe's.

Then I painted it, with an 89 cent bottle of craft paint, and added my measurements.

Lastly, I hot glued the soccer ball, football, basketball, and baseball on!

So easy! I love the way it turned out and I can't wait to hang it in his room!

Any one else want one, I still have at least 6 weeks before baby comes, I could make a lot of these!

Strawberry Valentine Oreo Cookies

These bad boys just came out of the oven...Mmmm

I LOVE Strawberry cake mix, it is my absolute favorite! So when I found this recipe on Pinterest, I knew I would have to make them. The last 8 minutes have been the longest 8 minutes of my life. Want your own Valentine Oreo? Here's How! Only 4 ingredients if you cheat like I did.

Strawberry Valentine Oreo Cookies

Ingredients:

1 pkg of strawberry cake mix

2 eggs

3/4 cups shortening

Frosting (I used Butter Cream flavor)

Directions:

-Mix cake mix, eggs, and shortening until well blended. The dough will end up really thick!

- Roll into balls (make sure they are close in size so that your cookies will be easier to assemble). I used a cookie dough scoop!

-Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

-Immediately transfer cookies to cooling rack.

-Once cookies are completely cooled spread frosting between two cookies, smoosh together and enjoy!

If you would like to make your own cream filling. Here's how:

Ingredients:

8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature

1/2 stick of butter, softened

2 tsp. vanilla

4 c. powdered sugar

Directions:

-Mix all ingredients until smooth until smooth.

I chose to use store bought frosting because, well let's be honest I'm pregnant, I forgot my sticky note that said "Barbee get cream cheese" and well, that's a main ingredient, and I had store bought in the cabinet:) They taste just fine, but I'm sure the home made would be delicious too!

Why are you still reading my boring blog...GO...go make cookies!!

The Bump

I've tried so hard to get a "bump" picture each week. I've only missed a few, so crazy to watch and see the difference from week to week.

Week 6-the week we found out we were expecting!

Week 7, I only took a pic with my shirt pulled up, no need to see my bare tummy online!

Week 8-This was the week we told the news

Ellen, Grandma, and Sarah's reactions! (Sarah please don't kill me for your blurry beautiful pic)

Butter Bean's first picture. The family decided he looked like a bean.

Week 9

Week 10 or 11 both me and Brett!

Week 12-starting to show

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16- mom and dad to be

Week 17

Week 18, I decided it would be cool to get the stomach bug. No pictures were taken during this time. I might have forgotten during week 19, and 20 too.. oops. What's it called pregger brain??

More to come!

It's a...

BOY!

This week Brett & I had our anatomy scan and 22 week appointment and found out we are having a boy!

Now begins the process of choosing a name. Never knew it would be so difficult! We have the last name picked out, Jeschke. Do you like it?