Check out how many days are left!!! I'm into the double digits!

I don't have a cool little picture for this but Christmas is only 52 days away!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought I'd start another new....series for lack of a better word because I've been sitting here for probably 5 minutes trying to think of the correct word I'm looking for :)

I'm going to post recipes -- both new and tried and true.

I had heard about a recipe on the radio and then Olivia confirmed it's deliciousness.

I made them last night and man were they good!!! They were incredibly chocolate-y, very moist and super easy. I brought a bunch into work and everyone loved them. No one believed there was pumpkin in the muffins!

Chocolate Chip Muffins

1 package of chocolate cake mix

15 oz canned pumpkin

6 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used mini choc chips)

Mix together; batter will be thick. Pour into muffin tins. The batter will not rise, so fill close to the top. Bake in a 350 oven for 15-20 minutes.

I had this posted on the post below but for some reason, it isn't showing up anymore. See my other post below.

I have been very fond of the Dove products and their ad campaign for quite some time now....but this video, makes me love them even more.

This is from their website:"Half of girls in grades 3-5 worry about their appearance. Here are several hundred reasons why:"

This video moved me...moved me to want to take action, to raise my children in any way to not allow the eating disorder and appearance issues to set in. Society needs to let go of it's grasp on us. But how do you teach children this tough lesson when society is SCREAMING all these impossible body image ideas from every media outlet?

Anyone? Any ideas? Feedback?

The official blog nagger said I needed to keep up better with my weekly pregnancy postings; so here is another one. I don't have much to write since I just sent out a long email the other day.

I've been experiencing a few new things lately. I've been noticing my eye sight changing which isn't good for me at all. I've been totally putting off getting my eyes checked. It isn't because I'm scared or hate going, I just never think of it. So I already know I need a new Rx but now that my eye sight is changing more, I'm afraid after my pregnancy I'll be stuck with a bunch of contacts in the wrong Rx. I think I'm just going to have to suck it up though.

I also have been having problems with my eyes. Both last Sunday and this Sunday, I woke up with a bump on my right eye. It goes away after a few hours but it's painful and actually on the whites of my eyeball. Today I'm donning my glasses today :( They say around this time it becomes harder for a lot of pregnant women to wear contacts. I've been hoping this won't happen to me because I hate wearing my glasses. Hopefully it's just a fluke this has happened twice in one week.

Now onto more exciting things. Mike and I made our first big baby purchase last night. I found a coupon online for 15% off any one item at BabiesRUs, so we went and bought our stroller travel system. I'm so in love with it!! It's a stroller, car seat and baby carrier unit.

We are pretty stinkin excited. It's a sure sign that we are getting old -- when you get excited about buying practical items.

We are narrowing down our nursery/bedding theme and actually may have made a decision! Not only are we are trying to spread our costs around but also we need the spare bedroom to still be a bedroom for the next week and half but we are excited about starting to work on converting our spare bedroom into the nursery in the next few weeks.

Well I think that's all I have to share for now. I'll try to keep up with this better.

P.S. - The baby says 'hi' via their foot to my stomach just a second ago :)