Christmas morning! Abby is checking out her new cell phone, she loves to talk to people on our phones-so now she has her own! She walked around all day with it to her ear "talking" to everyone she could think of!
I didn't take alot of pictures on Christmas day, but we had a very good dinner and spent lots of quality time together! Abby and I went to Druber's Donut shop this morning to see Santa and eat some yummy donuts! Needless to say, Abby was not excited about sitting on Santa's lap.
*Note: I started this post a couple days ago, but due to the yucky flu in our house, I am just now getting it finished. I am glad to say that the flu bug only lasted about 24 hours, and only Richard and I were sick. I am praying that Abby doesn't come down with it later.*
I can't hardly believe it's already here, this week I'm officially 30-weeks along in my pregnancy! Yay! The countdown is on!
I had a dream a couple nights ago, well, I ALWAYS have dreams when I sleep, and I can almost always remember them. Some of my dreams are very vivid, and the dream I had a couple nights ago was no exception. I dreampt that I was at the end of my pregnancy and I went to the hospital to have the baby. (Just in case we haven't told you, it's a girl, and her name will be Alivia Jane Wallace.) Well, in my dream everything went very smooth, and I held Alivia in my arms. She was so perfect and beautiful!
When I reached this point in my pregnancy with Abby, I remember that I couldn't wait for the BIG day to come when I would meet her! I was so excited about everything, about being a new mom, about getting the room ready, and mostly about meeting this little person that was going to bless our lives. Well, at this point in this pregnancy, I am definately not feeling the need to rush things along. Don't get me wrong, I am SO excited to meet our new little girl, but I am also very nervous about having a 19 month and a newborn!
We are very thankful to have a healthy toddler running around, and a healthy baby girl in my tummy. So...10 weeks left, and counting!
This is not Abby's 1st winter, but it is her 1st winter that she is old enough to "play" in the snow. We went outside for a little bit to experience the 1st snow of the season.
In this picture, she is screaching from excitement!
Trying to walk is a little harder with 5 inches of snow on the ground!
I put snow on her nose, and she started crying. After she realized it didn't hurt her, she was trying to figure out the whole thing. (Looks like she's concentrating pretty hard.)
Abby is always wanting to mess with my jewelry, and of course, I always tell her no-no. Well, I found these play beads in a box in the closet the other day and gave them to her. I knew she would like them, but I had no idea how much! She put them on right away, and wouldn't take them off. She wore them to Wal-Mart, Dillons, and didn't even want to take them off at nighttime. The next morning, she went and found them right away and kept them on all day again! She loves them.
She wanted to go play and I made her sit still so I could take a picture, this is the face (and tears) that I got! I still thought it was cute!
Here is her sad, pouty face... Isn't it pitiful?
I came home from doing a jewelry show one night and this is what I found. Abby and her daddy were watching a movie together and she fell asleep on the couch. This had never happened before. Richard left her there until I got home because he thought it was to cute to move her.
Ok, so this is really late getting posted. But, here it is! Our little baby was a ladybug. We were only going to go trick or treating at a few houses, but Abby decided it would be limited to only 2 houses! After the 2nd house in our neighborhood, she decided she was tired and just laid down in the street and wouldn't walk anymore. I didn't think about it until afterwards, but I guess we could have pulled her around in her wagon. Oh, well!
Here is our little family, with one on the way...
And here is our little baby... Isn't she cute?
Awhile back a friend did a recipe challenge. We were all supposed to post a family favorite recipe on our blog. Here is a family favorite of ours! WARNING: Do not make this recipe if you are in any way counting calories, I'm sure because of the ingredients, it is not the healthiest meal to eat. But oh my, it is so yummy!!!
CHICKEN FETTUCCINI ALFREDO
1/2 cup butter
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup grated parmasean
1/4 tsp. pepper
4 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup milk
16 oz. fetuccini pasta
1 lb. chicken or (shrimp, if you prefer)
In a double broiler pan, melt butter and cream cheese. Add heavy whipping cream and pepper. Allow mixture to get hot. Once hot, use wire wisk and slowly add grated parmasean (mixture will be very thick). Then, use wire wisk and slowly add milk to thin out the alfredo sauce. Allow sauce to get hot once again. (When sauce gets hot, it will thicken up a little bit, to the perfect consistency.)
Dice up and brown chicken in a skillet, turn burner to low so the chicken stays warm.
Cook pasta as directed.
*Spoon pasta on plate, top with chicken, then drizzle sauce over pasta and chicken! Top it off with fresh grated parmasean cheese!
ENJOY!!!
