date night

'how about a date night tonight?' dave emailed me friday morning.

i'm always up for one of our date nights.
not sure i ever turned one down.
our date nights are simple.
and we don't mind at all.

a movie.
and some type of junk food.

last night...

a free redbox movie, thanks to a code in dave's email folder.

and chocolate covered frozen bananas, thanks to what we had on hand.

a totally free date night.

being at home with my best friend is really all i wanted :)

see... we started dating at 17.  pizza and a movie were our dates.

and a few number of years later... it's still our favorite date.

i'd choose this over going out any day.

tonight?

catching up on the bachelorette, big brother and friday night lights.

i can't wait :)

and the bananas...

frozen bananas are the big rage all over blogland right now.

these? oh yum.

slice a banana (or 2) into inch-ish slices.  whatever size you like really.

cover in melted dipping chocolate. (i used part chocolate/part white ghirardelli scraps for this batch... though adding some peanut butter sounds amazing.)
put on a wax paper lined tray, and put in the freezer.

i think ours were in about 3 hours.

take out just before eating.

delicious. tastes like ice cream :)

oh and the movie?
the adjustment bureau.
(pretty good one.)

baby 3 pics :)

weighing in at 14 ounces... our newest little one!

i was so excited this baby measured in under a pound :)

(lilly and cohen were just over a pound at their 20 week appointments.)

though true to my baby growing skills...

my doctor said im measuring a little ahead of schedule.

(aka: it's another big baby in the works.)

gratefully, the technician told me to look away while she measured the baby's femur, just in case.  and i turned my head. and i'm so glad...
because i have no visual inkling of whether it's a boy or girl :)

it is so hard to believe this pregnancy is half way through.

this is going way faster than i remember.

it only takes 40 weeks to grow a human being.

wow. amazing. totally amazing.

(you can bet i won't be saying that at 38 weeks ;)

a day at lakeside

one of our favorite places.  lakeside.
we went up for chip richter's concert the beginning of july.

we had fun riding the golf cart...

playing shuffleboard...

 a picnic dinner and the concert!

 and what's a concert without some video?

we are already planning a return day trip once the busy (hot) season is over :)

florida 2011

a sampling of our florida pictures :)

first time on a plane!

the first hotel's pool....

 cooling off...

 looking cute...

dinner with uncle rick in daytona beach...

 ready to swim...

 downtown disney...

magic kingdom!

the view out our window at the 2nd resort!  pools everywhere :)

it was hot.

very very hot.

but we had a lot of fun.

see you in a few years, florida!

long time no blog

woah. long time no blog.
not too much of a surprise really though.
as much as i do love my blog...
there are other things i love a bit a lot more.

life is getting a wee bit busy around here.
(or at least now i'm seeing the busy-ness that it always was.)
and i only expect it to get busier...
maybe we should substitute the word busy with the word... full.

my life is full.
with lots of great things. and people.
and i want to be the best i can be for the people in my life.
(and id like a few naps. please.)

and so i have decided to step away from Sweet Day for a while.
i'm reclaiming my kitchen (& many precious hours) for me and my family.
(gift certificates are most definitely still valid!!)

Little Bean is however up and stiching away!!
keeping me just busy enough. and helping our family in many ways.

thank you.
for supporting me.
and my full life :)

techies

growing up in the tech world.

pretty rough.

600 post answers part 1

Ok, so it’s only about a month later before I finally get around to answering some of these questions you asked :) (that may answer a few of your questions in itself!)

To the questions!!

Do you want another boy or girl? will you find out what the baby is beforehand or "patiently" wait for the surprise at birth?

Yes please… we will take one or the other :) Either way we are good. Well, I am good... Dave and Cohen would love another boy. Lilly would like a sister. (But I know they will all be happy with whichever we are blessed with.) I’m super excited to find out which gender will be majority in our family... but we will wait till delivery to find out :) That is the best surprise in all the world. And the one surprise I actually like in life :)

Compared to your first 2 pregnancies and deliveries, is there anything you know you will do again? Anything you know you will do totally different?

My first 2 pregnancies and deliveries were pretty much awesome, and I would be blessed to have a repeat the 3rd time around. One thing I am doing differently this time around is exercising (which I never did before). So I am anxious to see if that helps out anywhere… namely in the ‘trying not to grow a 10 pound baby’ department :). Another thing I am really doing different too, is truly enjoying this pregnancy as being my last. Not that I didn’t enjoy the other 2 pregnancies, as I really did… but this time, I have a totally different and appreciative mentality. Another thing I may do differently, is camp out in the hospital parking lot the week I am due :) Besides that, I feel like I am doing most things the same. I will definitely go with the flow of my labor, and let my body tell me what I need to do to enjoy the process. No shame in another epidural...

Can you come here and make me dinner? You can bring the family.

Oh Katy! I am not much for traveling… but if I ever do venture across that big pond, I would LOVE to make you dinner!!

Do you wanna come to Indy for a weekend? We have only the worlds best children's museum and for a very limited time I have guest bedroom?

That does sound fun Katie! I’ve been known to make random spur of the moment plans… so this may actually happen someday. Thanks for the invite ;)

Do u think this will b your last baby? Are u feeling the same or different than ur last pregnancies?

Oh yes. I most definitely think this will be our last :) (Though I’m sure crazier things have happened… and I'm not about to jinx myself.) We are already feeling happily complete with this little one on the way! And... so far, I am feeling more similar to my pregnancy with Lilly, minus the ability to nap at any given moment ;) But I still have a ways to go, so we will see!!

alright! that's the first set of answers :) more to come...

2011 garden!

the 2011 garden :)

 how sweet is it to have fresh home grown
no pesticide added food growing in your own backyard?

pretty darn sweet.

 and our little city farmers make it even better :)

special thanks to my awesome husband who makes this garden possible!

(i pretty much just pick, prepare, serve, and eat what he grows ;)

"wholly cow! look how big already!!"

and here is what our gardens grow...

zucchini

strawberries

tomatoes (of a billion varietes)

snap peas

snow peas

green peppers

red peppers

jalepeno peppers

banana peppers

garlic

watermelon

honeydo

acorn squash

chives

basil

oregano

cilantro
(oh and forgot these ones too...)
raspberries
(and our fruit trees :)
apples
pears
peaches

and how does our garden grow?

good top soil, manure, lots of sun, water.

good plants from whole foods and cooley's greenhouse.

and a really good farmer.

summertime 2011

here it is!

our summer 2011 list :)

we've already marked a few boxes off...

and hope to cross off many more over the next few months :)

(click the pic for a close up ;)

happy summer!!

600 post winner!!

hey all :)
THANK YOU to all who took time to comment with a question :) (((HUGS)))
and thank goodness for my children... this video is halfway entertaining.
(winner: i will be in touch with you :)

and i will answer all of the questions in future blog posts.
sooner or later.
in all my free time :)

more fb loners

i could have put these up on my facebook page.
but i didn't ;)

-I will not. I repeat. Will not. Eat more than one everything bagel with cream cheese a day.

-Wow. That bag of dark chocolate peanut m&ms lasted 24 and one half hours.

-Who let the dogs out?

-My husband really appreciates my sarcasm.

-Oh Nutella. You do not know what you do to me. Oh wait. Yes you do. You grow me 10-pound babies.

congratulations kyle and megan!!

dave's (hockey) buddy kyle got married a few weekends ago.

and dave was honored to be part of the wedding party.

look how handsome :)

the hockey stick tunnel was dave's idea.

(why we didn't have this at our wedding... i am not sure.)

 the new mr. and mrs.

lilly felt soooo special that megan let her hold her bouquet!

and just to prove i was there :)

sweet day also made an appearance....

(this was our gift to the newlyweds :)

megan and kyle had the most amazing photographer!!

britt lakin.

check out her blog post with tons of gorgeous pics from the wedding.

(including a few more with my handsome hubby...)

this one though, i had to share here :)

they are both mid air.

 how i love my sweet littles :)

and can you spot lilly in this one??

congratulations kyle and megan!