Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Introducing...

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one beautiful baby girl at 7 weeks, 1day gestation (lovingly referred to as Miss Thang #2). <3 My awesome IM flew in to Charlotte ...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Upcoming Ultrasound

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I have been crazy busy over the past few weeks so I haven't had much time to update.  I tend to post on Facebook more than my blog, espe...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Baseball Boys (6/9/12)

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Emerson and Hayden with their CCYA trophies Hayden's team won the championship for the 9-10 league Hayden holding the champio...
Monday, July 09, 2012

4th of July

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I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July this year. We sure did! We had a yummy lunch at home with grilled steaks, Maui scalloped potat...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Positively

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So, I have been getting faint positives since yesterday morning.  I waited until today to take a digital because my hcg was too low to se...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

2 Beautiful Little Girls

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These are the 2 embryos that I am currently carrying for my wonderful IPs.  #2 is a total over-achiever.  I know most of you don't kn...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Waiting for Embryo Transfer in CA

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Hey guys, here's a quick update on my latest surrogacy journey.  They are going to thaw the last 2 embryos that my IPs have today.  Both...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Our Home

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I never got around to posting a photo of our house after it was completed.  Our sod is coming in rather nicely.  The back is a different s...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

My Boys

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I love these two guys so much!  They are turning out to be such cool people.  When they aren't arguing, they are the neatest things si...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Proud Mom

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I don't have any new pics to post but I do have some good news.  Both of my boys are going to the championship game this weekend!  Emers...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Hayden sliding into home (unfortunately, he got tagged just before his feet touched the plate) Hayden just before hitting the ball (t...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Boys

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Hayden (9) & Emerson (7)-I wish I had fixed their collars but oh well. I hadn't taken a photo of the boys together in forever...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

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I have a serious love for baking breads.  It took me a long time to figure out how to be a decent baker.  Well, if I had started with thi...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Hot Cross Buns

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For Easter, I decided to make traditional Hot Cross Buns.  I had never had one before.  I can't believe how good they are!!  They are...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Monster High Cake

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I made this cake for friend's daughter a few weeks ago.  I spent hours making the colorflow decoration on top. I thought it would b...
Friday, May 25, 2012

A Flour Tortilla Tip

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I saw this idea on Pinterest so I cannot take credit for this tip of sheer genius.  It is so good that I thought it was worthy of posti...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Junior's Original Cheesecake

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I added cherry pie filling on top.  Yum! I haven't made a homemade cheesecake in forever.  I picked up a 6 pack of cream cheese f...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wilton Advanced Gumpaste Flowers-Class 4

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Stargazer Lily Sweet Pea  I forgot to post these on here.  Better late than never, right?  The sweet pea was posted to my blog ...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Conflicted

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My boys gave me a Wolfpack tag for the front of my car for Mother's Day.  In NC, we do not have license tags on the front so we can h...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

A Pain In My Butt (Literally!)

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4 different types of syringes (from top to bottom): 1) Lupron-injected subcutaneously in the tummy area to shut down ovary production s...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

My Marlin Man

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Hayden's team is currently undefeated in the 9/10 kid-pitch league.  He is one of their least experienced players.  The other kids ha...
Monday, May 14, 2012

My "Little" Giant

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Emerson earned the game ball 5/12/12 Baseball season is in full swing here and I love being a baseball mama.  Emerson plays for the Gia...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I know, I know...

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Life has been moving so quickly lately.  I  haven't felt like blogging at all lately.  I have been working on tons of projects around th...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Kitchen Backsplash

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I have been going crazy trying to find the perfect tile for our kitchen.  So far, this is the closest that I have gotten.  I love how the c...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Advanced Gumpaste Class with Wilton

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Briar Rose Over the past 3 weeks, I have been learning how to make numerous flowers out of gumpaste (sort of like fondant but dries quick...

Gumpaste Flowers-Part 2

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Stephanotis  Ivy Leaves/Lily Leaf
Monday, March 26, 2012

Aunt Judy's Apple Pie

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Apple pie doesn't get any better than this.  My Aunt Judy has been using this same recipe for as long as I can remember.  It is super ea...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

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These cupcakes are ridiculously good.  Seriously, I kid you not.  The chocolate cake is perfect and the peanut butter frosting is oh-my-gosh...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Baked Doughnuts

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These turned out pretty but they weren't the best recipe.  I am now going to scour the web to find a better way to make them.  The stup...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Valentine's Day-2/14/12

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  I was too lazy to do a fondue dinner this year so we opted for heart-shaped pizzas from Papa John's. Hayden being silly (age 9) Eme...