Not sure about these!

While visiting the botantical gardens we discovered guords. Now I know many people grow them and I understand that they are related to the squash family and some are in the squash family, however, I do not see the point in these interesting nutrient suckers! I do have to admit they are rather cool hanging from this arbor looking canopy.

I dont think that I will be planting any of these anytime soon, as I dont have enough for the things I CAN EAT!

I am turning into my mother....

In August we drove to Washington to visit family and friends, but also to attend my grandparents anniversary party/birthday party/any other event that might have happened that year. We had a great time, except for it being extremely hot, my morning sickness, and ALOT of little old women with bad perfume!!

As I have gotten older I have stumbled upon some things that I do or say that are just like my mother. Scary I know, when as a teenager you spend your years trying not to be like your mother!!! I think it is sort of a right of passage though, and I have come to realize that turning into my mother isnt really so bad. Anyway, my point is that a friend captured these two pictures at my grandmothers party and these facial expression our, if you know my mother, exactly my mother!



This is my grandmother explaining to me who people are that were at the party, since I did not know alot of them! This is minutes before she drag me through crowds of old people that had WAY TOO MUCH perfume on, which at that time in my pregnancy made me want to vomit!! All is well now and I survived!

Parents visit to the Botanical Garden

Recently my parents came to visit us in St. Louis, they only stayed about 4 days but we had a great time showing them around our city. We found this arbor walking through the gardens, maybe someday we will have one like that. Whats a pond without a turtle!

These were the leaves to gigantic water lillies, they were amazing!

The pond with glass balloons in it!

Water Lilly!

We had a great time, and it was a beautiful day! Both Anthony and I wish my parents could have stayed longer but alas we all have to get back to work! UGH!

The Famous Stool, Again!

So I am not the only one that uses MY stool. Anthony has used it NON-STOP since we brought it home!
Now I have to fight him for my stool! UGH, could I please have MY stool to myself!

Let the Baking Begin!!!

So with the fall season ahead of us, it marks the beginning of my baking season. So to kick it off I decided to make brownies from scratch! It was surprisingly easy and they are really good. Here is the beginning. I made sure to measure out all my ingreidents first and then began.
This is all the ingriedents together and placed in the pan and ready for the oven!

All done! These brownies are so DE-LISH! The only thing that would make them better is if they had frosting on them, but I thought that might be a chocolate overload, since they are already double chocolate brownies! Maybe I will make these for when my parents come although I plan to have sugar cookies and pumpkin pie too. Hmmmm, better start working out mom!

One of my favorites!

So I recently got back on my Wii Fit and I was happily surprised that it said I weighed 5.4lbs less than I had been before. Now it also said that I weighed 7lbs less then what I weighed at the doctors office, so I don't know accurate my little board is. Sad! Is there anyway to make my board more accurate??? Anyway onto one of my favorite things!
This is one of my MOST favoritest things!!! Tomato Mozzarella Salad. I could eat my weight in this alone! The salad dressing is a basil balsamic vinaigrette, hmmmm DE-LISH! The basil you see on the plate is from my garden, as well as the tomatoes! This is healthy salad minus the dressing I am sure, but oh well it is so good I can't ever pass it up! Thank you honey for making me something delicious always!!!

Fall is coming and I love food!

Thank you Tropical Storm Hermine for all your rain, but you could have come yesterday when I had to work. Now I know I live in the Midwest but apparently tropical storms that come up through Texas make it to St. Louis.

This week has started to cool off and stay around 70 instead of 90 or 100, which all of us enjoy. Last week I decided to put up my fall decorations which I enjoyed and of course my wonderful hubby put up with, of course. Today after some wonderful green tea, a delicious omelet (made by the best chef) and some baby book reading, I am going to step on my Wii-Fit....yes, I am very scared, but now that I have started to like food again, and real food at that, I would like to try and make healthy choices. For last few months, I have lived on Top Ramen, Mac and Cheese and donuts! Healthy I know, but it sounded good and Anthony was begging me to eat anything. I have had a good couple of days, and hope that, that continues. I have been reading about healthy choices as well as watching my weight so that I don't go crazy and gain twice as much as I need to! While I understand weight gain is important, I also know it is important to maintain a healthy weight too! My doctor would like me to gain right around 25 pounds in total, so far I have not gained any, but now that food is appealing I could reach that 25 pounds at record speed! So here is my plan, lots of fruit, veggies, lean meats and whole wheat! Also a light exercise plan, swimming and walking.

So back to the fact that Fall is coming. This is my favorite time to BAKE, ugh not healthy! I love Sugar cookies, making pumpkin pie and lots of other things. Sugar cookies will be my weakness straight through Christmas! On the garden front things are starting to slow, minus my tomatoes, good god they are like energizer bunnies!! I don't think I am going to plant anything for the fall, I just have so much going on, I know I will regret this in a month or so, but it is a decision I have made. I will still have my herbs and some other small things, but nothing to exciting!

All for now, we are headed out to do some shopping later and to look at some baby stores, so I will know which ones to take my parents to when they come. HEHEHE!!