Handsome Tie

I made Zane his first tie this morning!  I had trouble adjusting the length, so I need Jeff can help me out, but it was really fun and easy to make.  I found a great tutorial here for anyone else that wants to make one!

Crepe Myrtles

Our crepe myrtles are blooming and I think they are so pretty!

Backyard, Homemade Apple Pie

A really nice couple at church gave us a bag of apples from their backyard.   I didn't even know you could grow apples in South Texas!  I thought this was just citrus country.  They suggested using them for baby food, which is great, except I don't have any room in the freezer to store them.  So, the next best thing was an apple pie!

Cute little apples

Mmmm...smells so good!

Baby, Hurricane, or Both??

I am trying to get prepared for this wonderful baby to come, but since I don't really know what to expect, I'm not sure if I'm on the right track!!  Today, I went to the stores and stocked up on canned vegetables, soups, pasta, paper goods, etc so that I won't have to go to the store when Zane comes...at least for a while.  Of course, it's also hurricane season down here, so we're prepared for that now too!  Or maybe it will be a cute little bundle of a hurricane!! 

The cashier was enthusiastic about double bagging!  Really! 

Me in my "fancypants" as Jeff calls them!  :-)

Gorgeousness

We had a thunderstorm come through earlier tonight and we saw this sight out the window afterwards.  I haven't seen a rainbow in a long time and thought it was so pretty.  I couldn't fit the whole rainbow in the picture, but it looked like it touched the ground on both sides. 

Finally...Watermelon Size!

I can't believe Zane started out the size of a grain of rice when we first saw him to now being the size of a small watermelon!  Yippee!!

37 1/2 weeks!

Feeding the Freezer

It's been on my mind lately to stock our freezer so we don't have to worry about cooking when Zane comes.  So far, I have Santa Fe chicken, Red Beans (will have to cook the rice), baked spaghetti, a double recipe of chili joes, rice crispies, Texas sheet cake, cookie dough balls, banana bread, and tonight I will add enchilada casserole.  There is more that I'd like to put in there, but I guess I'm doing it a little at a time.  But I am happy because they are individual portions, so we can just take out what we need at the moment.  I do need to find a good way of organizing them.  I'm thinking about using the freezer bags that were mentioned in an earlier post and making a bag for desserts, main dishes, and maybe lunch stuff?  I'm not sure.  But it would help to get somewhat organized, so we aren't just rummaging through all the squares of wrapped aluminum food!