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asparagus soup

My mom sent me this soup recipe and it is out-of-this-world delicious.  I’m already planning on buying ingredients so I can make it for the freezer for post-baby.  Also proof of its awesomeness: Leo put down a whole bowl in a blink.  He’s normally a little choosy about soups and only eats half of what he’s served, but he gobbled this up!

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Asparagus Soup

  • 3 leeks, cleaned and the white and pale green parts diced
  • 1/4c. olive oil (some really good glugs from the bottle)
  • 4lg. garlic cloves (but the more the merrier)
  • 8c. water
  • 8c. vegetable broth
  • 1t. salt
  • 1 1/2-2lbs. asparagus, cut into 1/2″ pieces
  • 1c. brown rice

Saute leeks and garlic in olive oil over medium heat for 5 minutes, until leeks start to get tender and translucent.  Add the remaining ingredients.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to a vigorous simmer and cook uncovered for 90 minutes, until liquid has reduced down by about a third.  Puree soup completely.  Adjust salt as needed.

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father’s day weekend

We weren’t sure if Dave was going to be around for Father’s Day weekend, so when we found out on Friday that he would, we cobbled together some plans.  Our quick-laid plans came out fantastic and we had a lot of fun!

Saturday:

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hello, giant cinnamon roll.

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baby Joey (our neighbor) came to hang out with us for two hours

baby Joey (our neighbor) came to hang out with us for two hours

dinner win: strawberry shortcake followed by chocolate peanut butter pie

dinner win: strawberry shortcake followed by chocolate peanut butter pie

Sunday:

huge sand dunes in Michigan!

huge sand dunes in Michigan!

throwing rocks.

throwing rocks.

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Dave made sure Mosie got representation

Dave made sure Mosie got representation

Leo started salsa dipping on his own initiative (and kept on coming back). We've never been so proud.

Leo started salsa dipping on his own initiative (and kept on coming back). We’ve never been so proud.

Sunday night Leo and I took a walk with a friend and Dave went to see the new Superman movie with his dad.  All in all, a pretty awesome weekend.  It was fun to get away together and take a mini family vacation!  And we loved celebrating Dave who is just the all-around best dad!


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boy or girl?

Do little girls like carrots, too?

Miss Carrot?

Miss Carrot?

Yep, Leo’s going to have a little sister (the majority of you called it!)!  The ultrasound went really well and she measured right on track.  So much fun to see her and watch her shake around.

Dave was thinking it was maybe a boy.  And I had been thinking it was a boy (since my pregnancy has been so similar to Leo’s) but just this weekend I decided “I bet because I think it’s a boy it’s a girl.  I think she’s playing tricks.”  Tricky little girl!

As with Leo we’re keeping her name to ourselves until she is born.  Right now we think we know her name, but we’ll see how it feels calling her that over the next few months.

So excited!


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this and that

I don’t really have much to say and I almost didn’t post at all, but lucky you, you get me!  Here’s what’s been happening lately:

We had this macaroni and cheese for dinner last night.  I swapped out the spinach for broccoli.  It is so killer good.  This skillet veggie lasagna is also on tap for the week, as well as some corn on the cob.  What have you been eating lately?

Leo has started saying two words together.  He added “big rock” to his repertoire today.  He says “more trains” the most and says it so often that sometimes it could just about drive you crazy.  FYI he’ll keep repeating “more trains more trains” until you acknowledge it.  Still, it’s so fun to hear him talk more.  He has tons of words and floors me daily with how much he understands.  Watching him grow and learn is straight up amazing.

Baby Whatsit’s room is slowly coming together.  Fact is, the room will remain partially undone until we shift Leo into a big bed and then move the crib over.  So I don’t really anticipate it being done done for quite a while, since we want to wait to move Leo until he’s at least 2 (but probably a little after).  While Leo’s room is blue and gray and white – colors that can easily shift and grow up with him – this room will be more colorful, a little more random, but hopefully still just as able to grow and change with the little boy or girl who sleeps there.

Speaking of Baby Whatsit, our gender ultrasound is Monday!!!  We will pass on the news here, too, once we’ve had a change to let our families know.

I wen to the dentist yesterday and, thankfully, came out cavity free.  I have a bit of phobia about the dentist ever since my two cavities post-Leo, but I do think the calcium/magnesium supplement I take helps me out.

I can’t end a post without pictures, so here’s two Dave got the other day of Leo in the midst of his favorite activity: finding rocks and throwing them:

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18 weeks, take 2

I technically was 18 weeks on Friday, but didn’t get a picture til now.  It counts, right?

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Movement: I’ve felt a few taps here and there that I think is baby movement, but it’s not frequent enough to convince me.  It’ll come.

Energy: I haven’t been tired, which is really nice.  However, my runs have been shorter, as five miles has just felt like too dang much.  I’ve been doing more like 4, which feels more reasonable right now.  I might stay at 4 or maybe energy will come back and I’ll go up.  Whichever!  I’m just happy to get out for runs and walks (and so is Leo).

Food: Aldi has had the most delicious peaches lately.  I’m digging them diced up with plain yogurt and cheerios.  So good.  I’ve really wanted fruit lately.  I’ve also had decaf coffee more often, which just makes mornings taste right.  And randomly this weekend mozzarella sticks sounded just amazing, so Leo and I got some from Arby’s.  He took one bite and said “no, no.”  Sometimes I really don’t understand my own kid.  FRIED CHEESE, Leo.  Get on board!

Sleep: Me and melatonin are best friends.  Ha!  I take some every night simply because I sleep much better with it – less restless, easier to go back to sleep when I inevitably get up to go to the bathroom around midnight.  Two nights last week I had a hard time sleeping, but that was because of middle-of-the-night breathing treatments for Leo, which required me to think of various songs to sing for 5 minutes while the machine ran.  It woke me up.

Weight: Up about 6 pounds right now.  Can I just say that weight gain with pregnancy is weird?  I know I need to gain and I really don’t stress about it much, but pregnancy weight gain is so inconsistent (at least for me) – I’ll hold steady for a few days and then randomly jump up 2 pounds.  It just is hard to wrap your head around or not be a little freaked out the scale jumped so much at once.  Anyone else?

18 weeks the first time around

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