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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Meal Plan Monday... I mean Wednesday?


After a several month hiatus it is time for me to get back into the habit of meal planning & cooking! So here is what we are having over the next week or so:


Porcupine Meatballs:
1 lb ground beef           1 box beef-a-roni         1 can beef gravy
1 egg                            1 cup water                   veg. oil
egg noodles

  1. Mix beef, rice only (dry, not flavor pack) and egg
  2. Form meatballs
  3. Brown in a frying pan with Veg. Oil
  4. Drain off oil
  5. Add water and flavor pack ( mix first before adding to frying pan)
  6. Simmer for 30 min. in skillet (covered)
  7. Add water if needed
  8. When rice is soft add can of beef gravy
  9. Serve over Med. Egg noodles
Chicken and Noodles in the CrockPot
12  ounces extra wide egg noodles
31.5  ounces cream of chicken soup (I just use 2 or 3 cans)
3-4 Chicken Breasts (i just throw frozen ones in)
16 ounces    chicken broth

Directions:
 Put cream of chicken and broth in the crockpot and mix until well blended. Add chicken and cook on low for 8 hours. Add noodles about 1 hr before serving. 



Monday, December 27, 2010

13 Weeks and Counting


  • How far along: 13 Weeks
  • Total Weight Gained: 4 or 5 lbs I think
  • Maternity Clothes: None yet, but I am fastening my pants with a rubber band because they wont button without hurting anymore. 
  • Sleep: I am doing ok with sleep. I wake up a lot during the night though. Trying to train myself now not to sleep on my stomach or back, both of which I love! So thats been kinda hard. 
  • Best Moment of the Week(s): Getting to see the baby on the Ultrasound! So exciting!! The funniest part was anytime I laughed and you could see it shake the baby! Ha! 
  • Movement: I cant feel any, but the nurse at the Doctor's office said the baby was flopping all around on Tuesday! 
  • Food Cravings: Not a ton or strong ones yet. A few weeks ago I had a huge craving for Hamburger Helper! So good!
  • Food Aversions: It varies from day to day. Mainly chicken, but somedays it is fine. Weird! 
  • Morning Sickness: I have been lucky and haven't gotten very sick. I am trying to eat something small every 2 hours to keep my stomach full. So far it has worked. 
  • Symptoms: Fatigue, peeing all the time, Mr.Pate says I have preggo brain, a growing mid-section, very sore boobs and shortness of breath when I do anything slightly taxing. 
  • What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach comfortably! 
  • What I'm looking forward to: Not being so tired, having a big baby bump so people can tell I am definitely pregnant, and feeling the baby move! 


Milestones: 
According to Babycenter.com, Baby Pate is the size of a medium shrimp or a lemon (3 inches). Fingerprints have developed this week! 
*My pictures are actually from last week (12 weeks)... 

Why I Love This Week




::: No work all week again!
::: I am spending Monday with my sister and nieces. Good quality time after the chaos of Christmas events.
::: I got shopping $ for Christmas, so I am off to buy some maternity clothes... Hopefully that will go well!
::: I am getting my hair cut this week. Nothing drastic because I am trying to grow it out, but it needs some shaping really bad!
::: Good ole fashioned downtime!

What are you up to this week?

- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas

Here's my Christmas morning view:


Merry Christmas! We have celebrated it up in Louisville and are now headed down 65S to good ole TN for another family filled day. There is snow on the ground but luckily the roads are clear thus far. Hope all of your Christmases are filled with love and joy this year!! I am trying hard in the midst of the busy events and wrapping paper to treasure the true reason to celebrate- a baby who grew into my savior!


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Telling the Youth

After thanksgiving, we decided it was time to tell the Youth we were preggo. So one Wednesday night we had a game of hangman setup when they got there. We played guys against girls. The actual message was "Baby Pate is coming in July!" I wish I had been able to video the girls faces as they started to figure it out. They had most of the puzzle except the word "baby". As they started to figure out it could be baby, the girls kept looking at it, then looking at me like "could it be?"

They were all super excited to hear the news, and they spread the word around church much faster than I could have! By the end of the night the whole womens bible study had texted me and some of the kids were running up and asking me about it! Church is super pumped, it is all they talk about!! I thinking one baby is going to be pretty spoiled...


- Mrs.Pate via my iPhone