Friday 29 May 2015

The Nugget's Baby Shower

It's so nice to be back.  My computer has been in and out of the computer repair shop for the last few weeks so it's been difficult to get posts written.
However my computer is now back and hopefully it will stay working.

So I thought I would share as my first post back, my absolutely awesome baby shower that my friend S threw me last weekend.


The shower was so much fun and I had the added excitement of  having my mom and lil' sis (who originally wasn't going to be able to make it) attend. 
Guess how large the belly is

I can't believe all the amazing stuff our friends got us, and just how generous everyone was. 

It was more then I could have asked for, S went above and beyond. (Plus she had LOTS of pickles and cake which was AWESOME!!!)

Thanks to everyone the nugget was spoiled so much (and so was I)

I ended up eating about 1/2 this cake.  It was soooo yummy I don't feel guilty at all







Wednesday 13 May 2015

Mother's Day, a bittersweet time

For the last couple of years Mother's Day has been a bit of a sad day in our house.  It's been 2 years since the Hub's mom passed away just after Mother's Day.  Then on top of that it became a annual reminder that we were having fertility issues.

This year however we have a little joy to mix in with our sadness.  With my due date about 2.5 months from Mother's Day weekend it seemed like a good year to bring back a little happiness to this weekend.  And I definitely got my happiness wish.  The hubs surprised me with a Strawberry shortcake that he had carved into an M, and a card from him and "the baby".  It was such a sweet gesture (especially since I had been craving  strawberry shortcake for about 2 weeks).
In the morning we got up and went to a super yummy Mother's Day brunch.  I LOVE breakfast buffets so it was great to get to do that.  I ate my share and the baby's share.  I thought by the end the Hubs was going to have to roll me out.  I was so stuffed.  But really is there anything better then a happy, full pregnant lady??

I know it was a really hard day for the hub, and I'm really grateful for the effort that he put into showing me a fun day.

To all the mom's out there (however you identify with being a mom), hope you were able to also feel special.  And to all the moms who are no longer with us, we miss you a lot.

XOXO

Sunday 3 May 2015

A pretty amazing weekend/date night

It was such a beautiful weekend in the capital this past weekend.  We had nothing but sunny days and temperatures above 20.  It felt like spring/summer is here and we are finally done with this crazy cold winter that seemed like it would never end. 

I absolutely tried to take advantage of this gorgeous weekend.  Friday night I had dinner and caught up with my friend S who I haven't seen in such a long time.  It was so great, we went to Don Cherry's where we got food (OK I ate a meal she had a really yummy looking desert).  It was great to just sit around and chat.

Saturday was a beautiful day out, so I decided to run some errands in the morning and take advantage of the beautiful sunny day.  But the gorgeous day and the great feeling of having all the baby's clothes washed and put away was nothing compared to the SUPER AWESOME date night the hubs and I had Saturday night.

Just about to go in and enjoy our dinner
The hubs and I went to a teppanyaki place for dinner.  We had our first teppanyaki experience on our honeymoon a few years back and we liked it so much.  While we were trying to get pregnant I came up with the idea that it would be such a cool association to go again to teppanyaki when we w.  were successful. However the celebration dinner was put on hold because of my severe morning sickness.

Our table
Well this past Saturday I made the reservations and the Hubs and I finally got to celebrate the pregnancy.  If you haven't ever been to a teppanyaki place you absolutely need to check one out.  It's a little more expensive then your average dinner out, but you also get a pretty awesome show while they prepare your food.

Here are some of the pics from our great night out.

My super yummy drink, it had coconut, orange and some other juice.  Pretty tasty (almost didn't miss the alcohol)

The Hubs got beef sashimi to start.  He said it was AMAZING!
Onion volcano, such a neat trick.
Very talented chef.

My dinner of chicken, the Hubs had Kobe steak.  It was yummy
Very happy/full from our great date.

It was well worth the wait to have this as a celebration dinner.  But I think next time we won't wait as long (3 years) to go again.  Maybe we'll go after the baby is born.  I love the idea of tying this style of restaurant to big life events. 



Don’t Rush Things.  Anything Worth Having is Worth Waiting For - Unknown
 

Super Easy BBQ Side Ribs

With the upcoming baby I have been going through my Pinterest Boards and trying out lots of my slow cooker and recipe pins.  I am trying to come up with 8 recipes that I can make and freeze so that eating yummy food won't be an issue when we are trying to figure out how to be parents.

One of my go-to meals is possibly one of the simplest slow cooker meals I make, BBQ Side Ribs.  All it takes to put this recipe together is 3 simple ingredients: side ribs, BBQ sauce and an onion.

I pick up the ribs whenever they go on sale so I usually have 1 pack in my freezer.  Since there isn't much to this recipe it's important that you use a BBQ sauce you really like (I used Diana's).

Slice an onion and sprinkle on the bottom.

Place frozen ribs on top (I never defrost things before putting them in the slow cooker).

Cover with about half a bottle of BBQ sauce (remember the ribs are frozen and will let off juices as they cook so the sauce will be more at the end.
Turn on low and cook for 5-6 hours.

That's it.  Easy Peasy.  (Sorry I forgot to take a finished picture, but trust me they were yummy)