Dinner Help NEEDED!!!

So…I feel like I cook the same like 8 things for dinner all the time. I need some new yummy recipes! Any good ones out there?? My family is not really into seafood/fish. And while Parker and I love chicken, Colin is allergic to it. So, I need some with Chicken and some without. I am looking for anything- slowcooker, instant, quick and easy, long and complicated, whatever! I just need some inspiration. If I have to eat chicken, potatos and green beans or pork roast, rice and green beans once more this month I will boycott. Also, since green beans, carrots and corn are the only three veggies Parker will eat (and one isn’teven a veggie) it would be great if I could get some veggie ideas for how to hide them or something. *sigh* It seems like with the holidays we got lazy and ate out a lot and snacked and now I want to make sure we are all eating healthy, well rounded meals. Maybe if I get enough recipes I will publish it as a book and hand it out…one of my mom’s favorite cookbooks is the one she bought from my dad’s old high school with all the families contibuting!

Much appreciated!

A Pickled Pregnancy Brain

Ok, so I thought 14 1/2 weeks was a little early to start with the pregnancy brain syndrome but I guess not..maybe the older you get the sooner it starts. I swear it was until like month 7 with Parker that I started! But, yesterday I returned books to the library with my mail in it! I had just gotten it from the mailbox and hopped in the van to return the books, didn’t realize I had shoved the mail in there. So, like an hour later, I am frantically searching for the mail (of course there were two important things in it!) when the Wake County Public Library calls to inform me they have found my mail in the book drop! Ugh. Then this morning I managed to burn Parker’s toast which is kinda hard to do in a toaster oven with a sensor and setting thingy…now I am getting the stink eye.  *sigh*

To all the currently preggos…are you dealing with this too? To all those who have recently given birth- did this happen to you? Does it get worse?? *gulp* I hope not! I have the mind of Christ….

 

2009 is gonna be a big year

Well, 2009 rang in last night. Can you believe it?? 2009??? Wow! This is going to be a great year for the Jump family. We have some exciting things planned and other things that will pop up and bless us in great ways. Pretty soon we find out what our little one is. You know, there is something in the water. Seriously people, we are taking over the world one womb at a time! Not counting recent births and just counting currently pregnant women that I personally know, the count is 20!! Wow! That’s alot of gestating!

Speaking of babies, we are working on girl names, our boy name is in pretty much written in stone and has been since Parker was born (Cooper Elisha), but the girl name has proved troublesome. When we lost our little girl we had already picked out her name, Aubrey and I was toying with the idea of using Aubrey as a middle name but I am just not sure. So far Colin is all for Reagan Noel and I am hung up on Ella Elizabeth. I guess there’s no use disagreeing about it until we know what we are having.

We had another sonogram the other day and everything looks awesome. Our little one is growing by leaps and bounds and we are thrilled to have so many good pictures every few weeks! I am officially in my second trimester now, they moved my due date up to July 1st! Works for me! That means I am 3 days closer to holding my little one!

I know this post is really rambling….but since I haven’t written anything in a long time, I thought it was better than nothing. Next week we are back to our normal schedules. Parker heads back to school on Monday and I get to spend the next few weeks bonding with a little cutie named Caleb. Jen Spinks is heading back to work for a bit and I get the privilage of watching Caleb! I am so excited! It will be a nice refresher course considering it has been almost 6 years since I’ve had a baby! Can you believe Parker will be 6 in Feb?? It’s right around the corner…time to start planning that birthday party…whew!