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Maine, A home visit with Lobster

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

I went home in October and got to have a delicious lobster roll.

But there is nothing that can compare with taking live lobster, cooking them and then dissecting and sucking the meat out of them. I know that sounds disgusting, but for a true Mainer it sounds blissful. So when we went up to Maine for Christmas, we devoured.

And it was amazing.

My sister-in-law’s dad is a lobsterman. So she was able to rummage up 12 lobster. Then her sister-in-law gave her 20 pounds of clams.

So we decided to make a paella, lobster and clams…obviously.

We cooked a couple lobster first to add the meat to the paella. Same with the clams.

We couldn’t find one specific recipe that had both clams and lobster in it so we combined the basics, added our own mix and created a miracle.

Then while the paella was finishing up we continued to cook the lobster and clams. It doesn’t take very long.

Finally. It was time to eat!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it just me or does this look delicious?

Notice that everyone got wine….everyone but me

I just got a cup of butter and boiled clam juice.

I didn’t drink them!

Gross.

They are for dipping. The Clam juice helps get the little gross grit out of the clam after you’ve pealed it and the butter is for succulent dipping and savoring.

Look at that paella!!!!!!!

So good.

My big bro also brought along a TON of beer for a little tasting with everyone….except for me. Which was actually ok because beer is disgusting. Really quite gross.

Then my sweet mommy made my most favorite dessert ever. I’ve been craving it for so long and always forget to ask my mom for the recipe. But this time I didn’t forget.

I started cutting off little one in pieces before anyone could notice…then my mom and sister saw and it turned into the whole first row disappearing and the lemon sauce having some little brown floaties in it. It was worth it.

It was a delicious and delectable way to spend one of the last nights of non-mommyhood with my family in Maine. We were so blessed and enjoyed so fully this wonderful part of my life. I’m sorry to make you slobber. But that too is part of life.

The best part of the whole evening, having all us kids together under one roof with our grandparents for the first time in over three years!

Even though I look like a cow…I was a very satisfied cow. With a very satisfied calf inside of me.

Forgive the yellowness of these pictures. I’m getting too lazy these days to go all super post edit. I promise to be better. Plus I have a new camera and it’s marvelous! This will make my post editing life so much easier.

5 weeks away from meeting our little girl!

Lovies.

Tags: clams, lobster, maine, paella, winter
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Blessing Upon Blessing

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

What a whirl wind!!!!!!!!!!!!

We hit 34 weeks on Tuesday.

Which mean we are T minus 6 weeks away and counting. Though I am honestly rooting for somewhere in the 6-1/2 to 7 week mark because then my parents will be here. This is so crazy to me. I can’t even believe it. I feel like it was just yesterday we were realizing our lives were going to change. Then during 2nd trimester I felt so drawn out physically that I felt like I was going to be pregnant FOREVER!

But now things are winding down. I can tell my body is getting ready. I wish it would get my mind ready!

Our apartment is not ready.

We have a small one bedroom apartment with an office that we will be making into her room and having her sleep with us in our room for the first couple months. Our lease is pretty much up and we are planning on moving this summer anyway so we weren’t too worried about setting up a baby room completely, but now my nesting instincts are hitting and I’m getting antsy.

Still we are much more prepared than we were. God has been SO good. Can I tell you?! If you look at our baby website (which you should because it’s great) you’ll see that we have our registries up but we also have a wish list. And we already have most of the things on our list! And we either didn’t pay for them or got them super cheap or in great condition on Craigslist. THANK YOU CHICAGO!

My favorite so far is the glider we got. It’s a super expensive one that we got for a fraction of the cost from a great home. The mom wanted it for their fourth and final baby but then she never used it because of running around three other kiddo’s so it literally is in perfect condition. And it’s comfy and gorgeous and I can’t wait to cuddle with our little girl in this chair while we have our unrequited moments in the wee morning hours. Once we get it up to the apartment I’ll have some pictures for you.

I’m feeling so thankful for what we have and getting nervous about what we have yet to get. But the lovely ladies in my Bible Study are putting on quite the Baby Shower as my sources tell me and I”m so excited! It’s only a couple weeks away! Then the final purchases can happen and maybe we can get all things ready for this little girl’s arrival.

Time for bed. I’m so tired!!!!!!!!

Lovies

Tags: 34 weeks, baby, chicago, craigslist
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Pregnant With Twins

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Not me silly!

The sweet couple that I photographed before Christmas!

You thought it was me didn’t you?

No no. But here is some cool information: they are due the same day that we are! But because they are having twinkles they are actually getting to meet their little surprises in late February! I’m so jealous!

Unfortunately I wanted to get some more time with them and with both of us being tired pregnant ladies, it was rather difficult to get the quality that I wanted. So here are some of my favorite shots that I got of them.