Heavenly Angel Food

Dustin and I had dinner with some good friends this past weekend and Kim made a delicious dessert. Not sure what the technical name for it is but, I'll go ahead and call it Heavenly Angel Food. And, since this weekend is July 4th this would be a perfect dessert for your guests or the party you attend!








Ingredients:
Angel Food Cake -- cut into 3 slices
Pudding Mixture -- blend large instant vanilla pudding, 3 cups of milk, Thawed Cool Whip
Fruit -- she used bananas, strawberries, blueberries, crushed pineapple (sometimes she uses blackberries)
Pie Filling -- she used blueberry

**You can get real creative and Patriotic and go Red, White & Blue with the fruit**

Layer:
Cake
1/2 pudding mixture
Fruit
Fruit
Cake
1/2 pudding mixture
Fruit
Cake
Top with pie filling

Chill for 2 hours


Feel free to play around and layer it how you wish. If you make it and change anything please be sure to share! :)

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Our Little Avocado

I'm 4 months along! Wow, I can't believe how fast this is going. I'm SURE once I get real big I won't be singing the same tune but we'll just go with it for now. According to Baby Center our baby will be doubling in weight and will be adding inches in length in the next few weeks. Right now he or she is about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces.

In two weeks we have an appointment to find out the gender of the baby. We are so very excited to find out.

Our guess is that it's a boy! We have a 50/50 chance of being right. :)

Sweet Treat Friday

If you've never had Nutella before please run to your nearest grocery store and buy some, immediately. I'm dead serious. You'll thank me. My father-in-law introduced me to it and my life has never been the same. If you aren't familiar with Nutella let me give you the low down. It's a chocolatey-hazelnut spread, It's heaven in your mouth. Spread it on your toast, line it in the inside of your ice cream cone, or just get a spoon and just DIG IN! 

I tried a new recipe tonight, Nutella Filled Croissants. Oh my goodness, it was to die for. It only requires two ingredients:

1. Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

2. Nutella

3. Pre-heat oven to 350 

4. After adding Nutella and rolling up dough cook for about 10 min or until golden brown

Dab some Nutella on the rolled out dough

Finished product! 

Enjoy!!

God Bless!

A Total Body Experience

"Pregnancy is a great time to learn the life lesson of surrender. This body is not for your personal enjoyment at the moment. It is a cozy home in which a child is growing, and you can choose to fight it or to relax and enjoy the ride. That is why I tell you the straight information and then sit back and laugh with you about it, because your sense of humor may be the only thing to get you through these trying times." (The Girlfriends Guide To Pregnancy, Vicki Iovine)

This book has been an absolute life savor! I knew that whenever I would become pregnant my belly was going to grow, that's a given. However, I didn't take into account all the other bodily changes that go along with pregnancy. The author really does a good job of filling you in. It's as if you and your girlfriend are having a heart to heart. I've literally "LOL'ed" in every chapter. She's so funny. And, like she says ... your sense of humor may be the only thing to get you through this time. I'm at that stage where I don't look really pregnant ... I'm in this in between stage and I just want to tell everyone that looks at me "I'm pregnant, honest!"

FOOD/CRAVINGS
I've really been craving a lot of nectarines, grapes, milk, (I woke up in the middle of the night really craving a muffin from Mimi's Cafe) ... lately I've really been on a salsa & queso kick. I'm being very careful as to what I consume. A lot of people tell me to eat whatever I want but guess who's going to have to work super hard to get rid of that extra chocolate cake weight? That's right, ME! So, I proceed with caution :)

It's 9:44p.m. and my hubby just brought me some salsa, queso and chips from one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. Yes! He's awesome!

Until next time ...

God Bless!

Oh, BABY!

Praise the Lord I have had a great start to my pregnancy. I struggled with morning sickness {which doesn't just occur in the morning, btw} but when I say I struggled I mean ... nausea ... big time.  I've been very fortunate to JUST have that. Somedays I truly forget I'm even pregnant because I feel so great {Lord, please allow this streak to continue, I'm truly not bragging} There is a co-worker of mine {whose due date is just 4 days after mine} that was sick as a dog when she first found out. I was starting to think maybe something was wrong since I wasn't sick. But, I'm perfectly fine. Everyone's body just handles it differently. Again, thank you Lord Jesus. I'm now in my 2nd trimester and can't believe how fast time has flown. My pants are fitting a little too snug around my hips, and, let's just say other things are increasing as well. I've had to go shopping! I've come to find out that the Maternity shopping isn't all that fun. Stores hardly have anything to choose from! I told Dustin we should come up with a Maternity Line. However, I've had great luck with online shopping. Something I'm not really used to doing. But, it's so much more convenient and that's a plus! Since these bodily changes are not permanent, I don't want to spend a LOAD of $$$$. Luckily, Old Navy Online has GREAT deals!

{Maternity Cow-Neck Striped Tee $16.94}

{Maternity Full-Panel Jeans $34.94} 

{Maternity Full-Panel Denim Capris $29.50}

God Bless!

It's Good To Be Back!

Welcome! Thank you for visiting my blog! I'm so excited to share my daily/weekly experiences with you all. With that being said, please bare with me as my page is in the construction stage.  I'm currently working on a face lift for it. But, I'm excited to be back and I'm so excited that my good friend, Magan, encouraged me to start blogging again.  And, I'm especially excited that YOU will be stopping by to read about me and my little growing family's journey!

God Bless you!