What to do with leftover chicken??

Make chicken alfredo!!


Leftover chicken; there is always some kind of pasta in the pantry; and I could have used the homemade sauce recipe (I shared it in a previous post) with stuff on hand: whipping cream, butter, flour, s&p... but this time I actually had some Boutini sauce in the freezer! Boutini makes a GREAT alfredo sauce & it can be easily frozen and defrosted. For the chicken I used the same Italian marinade I use for the base of my BBQ chicken (several dry Italian seasonings and Italian dsg). And it was Good! :)

Baby Crib

Crib purchased! I fell in love with this crib the moment I saw it & Wes liked it a lot too! I like the arched back and love the detail in the "legs and feet" of the crib. It's actually not in the exact color we were looking for (to match our rocker) but we liked it so much that it did not matter.

It ended up matcing the rocker pretty well though... We can't really see a difference.

We got a great deal on this crib at Woodland Furniture in Woodland, MS. It was about $450 dollars cheaper than the exact same crib found here in the metro area.
This is the Munire Newport Lifestyle 7900 crib.

Scallops over cauliflower potato puree

Recipe courtesy of Cooking Light's March Issue. I have provided you with a link:
MyRecipes

Buttermilk Pancakes

Recipe for homemade buttermilk pancakes:

1cup of flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp of salt
2 tbsp butter, melted
1 1/8 cup of buttermilk
1 egg

Preheat a large skillet or electric griddle. Mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Add the egg, buttermilk, and butter. Stir together lightly, but keep it lumpy. The batter should look thick, lumpy, and puffy. Drop onto cooking surface and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side. (I don't time... I just watch for the edges to get bubbly and flip to desired browness)
Never be afraid of making HOMEMADE pancakes again!! This is EASY! :)They taste great with berry syrups like Smuckers strawberry or blueberry. Yum.

Nothing to see yet, but you have all been asking for it....

So here it is:




I can tell that I am thicker and feel pudgier in the belly, but this picture does not really look the way I feel! Haha. I have been keeping up with my waist size. Started out at 27.5 and this week I am 28.5!
We have made it to 15 weeks! WHEW... finally getting past the constant nausea, and looking forward to actually enjoying the pregnancy. This past weekend we did a little spring cleaning and emptied out the guest room. Sorry, friends, for now there is no longer a guest room. It was refreshing to get that out of the way and I was able to put my new rocker/glider together. Which I got on SALE at Target and it looks great- very comfortable!


Spring break weekend (at least Wes still gets a spring break) we are going to stay with friends in Starkville and hopefully are going to purchase a crib at Woodland Furniture. Of course I am new to this baby thing and have absolutely no idea what I am looking for?!

We had a checkup with the doctor yesterday. Baby's heartbeat was 140bpm and it sounded great :) We did the blood test to check for spinia bifida and down's, etc. There is no history of this in either of our families, but wanted to check anyways. I have officially gained 4 pounds! I lost 2 or 3 while I was sick and finally got back up to pre-pregnancy wt. and now +4 more :) More exciting news is that we will be finding out the sex of the baby March 16th!!! Cannot wait. We will be surprising family that night after church if everything goes as planned.

Chicken & Spinach Alfredo Pizza!

Yummy! This was super easy (with my pizza dough and chicken shortcut) Pilsbury now makes a pizza dough in a can... just like their biscuits and crescent rolls.. all you have to do is roll it out! We have used it several times before to make homemade pizzas and it is GOOD. Wes said we should never buy frozen pizza again.. hah.



Anyways, the alfredo sauce was homemade. I guess that was the only difficult part, but if you have never made alfredo sauce, don't be scared... it's easy. You just need butter, heavy whipping cream, and flour. You have to add salt and pepper to taste so be careful not to get too much or too little, but that gets easier with practice :) This recipe called for some garlic and crushed red pepper added in the cream sauce. Once that is done, just spread it out on the pizza dough. Then put about a handful (or however much you want) of baby spinach. After that, you can add the chicken.... I did not go to trouble cutting up and making my own chicken... I am all about what is easiest. I bought one of those rotisserrie chickens from Kroger, deboned it, and added that to the pizza.

I bought a whole tomato and sliced it up to put on with the chicken and spinach. The recipe called for cherry tomatoes.. the change was just my preference. Then, of course, add mozzerella cheese!

Little Wes or Brittany on the way...

So I have been telling myself to get on and blog about this for quite some time now, but things have been busy and...believe it or not... I have been too tired to come sit at the computer and blog! Anyways, it is true. We are having a baby! He/she is due August 23rd. We are very excited.. we have been waiting several months for that home pregnancy test to turn positive! God's timing is perfect, we know that. Wes is kindof freaking out a little bit.. haha. As for me, I am every pregnancy sign and sympton by the book! I have NO idea why they call it "morning" sickness... It has been quite more than that to me leaving me nauseated at all hours of the day. Thank goodness my DR got me some Zofran- it has helped me to feel less miserable. The fatigue is strange. I am tired a lot anyways from working night shifts, but this tiredness will just all of a sudden hit me like a train and I won't be able to keep my eyes open. The urinary frequency is very annoying. And that will last until the end(and probably get worse). I never have been one to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but that happens at least once if not twice now :( Hopefully this nausea will pass soon... I think I can handle the other stuff. I am 8 weeks and 3 days now. I heard the heartbeat and got sonogram pictures at my appointment when I was six weeks. I was definitely not expecting to hear the heartbeat that early!! If I would have known, I would have made sure poor Wes was there, but he missed it :( We go back in 2 weeks though.. it makes me a little anxious to be in between appointments not knowing what is going on. I am praying that Little Prather is growing strong.