My PB + J

If you actually care to see what I have been up to in my kitchen please visit my Cupcake Blog, the link is to the right…

There will be a lot of fun things coming up for the holiday season.
Anyone wishing to place an order can e-mail me directly at
lepetitekupkak@yahoo.com
I am really reasonable!

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Baby Shower Numero Uno

Yesterday was our first shower. We had a co-ed shower thrown by the Schack’s, we watched the Charger game, ate yummy food and of course opened gifts. It was very relaxing and nice to see everyone, especially since we couldn’t really talk to anyone last weekend during Jim’s drunken daze. I started off the day by eating it hard in the driveway, I now understand the statement “barefoot and pregnant”. I have only worn heels once since being pregnant, but I didn’t have any flats that matched my dress so I rocked my gold Steve Madden heels with the full intention of taking them off immediately. Well, I decided to park my car on the street and then started to walk into the driveway, not even paying attention to the street. Well, my heel got stuck in a hole and my fat prego body met the concrete very hard. I had thought my heel broke right in half but it came flying off and I went a crashing! It was really funny, I literally could not stop laughing, but my laughter turned into tears. The outcome of this fall is a badly scraped foot all along where my shoe was, a two inch gash out of my knee, a bruise the size of a softball on my hip, two broken nails and a sprained wrist. Great start to a shower, but it gets better! I was going outside to check on the kiddos and as I was turning the door knob it broke off (just my luck) and if it couldn’t get any better, later that night as we were leaving Jim elbowed me in the forehead. Despite all the injuries the shower was amazing! Al and Kathy are super generous, besides throwing us an amazing shower they gave us a camcorder to document the baby, of course it was for selfish reasons because if I go into labor during Christmas they won’t be here so we need to document everything, but as Al said it’s to document our second dog’s life..ha ha.
We received all our major gifts so now we just need to get the bedding and furniture and get the nursery ball a’rollin‘. My parents are coming down this weekend to help Jim move out our guest bedroom furniture and then the painting will begin. It is all finally starting to sink in that in less than twelve weeks we will be welcoming our little girl into our lives. I am starting to feel super overwhelmed by my lack of preparation, but I have set a few goals to ensure we are fully prepared for her arrival. I head to the doctor this Thursday for my 28-week appointment.

Before we left for the shower…

Kathy, Al, Sven, Toni and Dad

H-E-L-L-O 3rd Trimester!

I cannot even begin to express how freakin’ ecstatic I am to have reached this milestone. On Wednesday (Jimmy’s B-day) I entered the much anticipated third trimester. I am due in thirteen weeks, and as we all know September to December always flies by with the holidays fast approaching. The one highlight that makes me even more excited than seeing my baby girls face is that I am going on maternity leave eight weeks from today. . .YES! Not much has changed besides my obvious growing belly. It’s getting a little harder to eat, by three o’clock I am so full that I can barely eat dinner and by eight I just want to crawl into bed. I go to the doctor next Wednesday for my 28-week appointment and Sunday is my first baby shower.
Please excuse the blurry belly picture, Jim took this while being super sick and snapped it before I was even ready, hence why I cropped my face out, but you get the idea!



at the party, but you can see how HUGE I am.

Delilah loves laying on my belly. She is my protector. I personally just think she likes it when the baby kicks her in the head.

It’s Been a Rough Month!

I haven’t even been blogging for two weeks which is HUGE for me. Two weeks ago Thursday I went to the doc to do my 24 week glucose test (I passed) and then went over and had my 24-week appointment with my midwife. Baby girl is doing well and her heartbeat was over 140, she sure did sound like a galloping horse. Shortly after my appointment I began feeling sick, itchy throat, stomach pain, etc. On Friday morning I sent a message to my doc and she instructed me to go into labor and delivery right away. I waited. Me being me I thought that this would all pass and I would right back to normal. WRONG! I ended up having cramping early Saturday morning and my fever continued, we headed to L&D. Everything checked out fine but I was still in a lot of pain due to girly being breech. She finally flipped around the following day but I was still super, duper sick. I ended up going to work on Tuesday and barely made it through the day and stayed home Wednesday to go to intermediate care, where they treated me for bronchitis, even though I had a 101+ temp. By Friday I was still sick, running a fever and still unable to eat so I had went to my primary doctor where she finally said I was severely dehydrated and put me on an IV right away to pump fluids in me. In the end I ended up staying in bed for another three days, on antibiotics for the third time this pregnancy and still unable to keep any food or fluids in me. I headed back to work on Sunday and have been going strong for a week now.

Okay, now that I updated you all on why I was M.I.A. I feel better. Whew!
This past Saturday I threw Jim a surprise 30th birthday party. His actual birthday is tomorrow and the poor thing is so sick. I am sure it’s a combination of the serious drinking that occurred at the party and running down of his immune system. I will post pictures in a post following this.

Chicken Chilaquiles

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 can (28 ounces) Diced Tomatoes
  • 1 can chicken broth
  • Coarse salt
  • 1 teaspoon Oregano
  • 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes (This should be a can of green chilles but I forgot them)
  • 2 Chicken Breasts, shredded
  • 1/2 cup lightly packed cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 4 Corn Tortillas (baked or flame grilled) Ripped into pieces.
  • 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
  • 1.75 ounces Queso Fresco cheese, crumbled (about 1/4 cup)
  • 1 Avocado, diced
  • Green Onions, chopped
  1. Combine oil and garlic in a large (3-to-4-quart) saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant and sizzling, 1 to 2 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes with their puree, seasonings, and the chicken broth. Bring to a boil; season with salt. Reduce heat and simmer rapidly until lightly thickened, 6 to 8 minutes.
  3. Add chicken and cook, stirring, until hot, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in chopped cilantro.
  4. Divide chips among three shallow bowls; top with chicken mixture and sauce. Garnish with sour cream, avocado, green onions and cheese. Serve.