So, how was your week? Can you believe it - this is the last week of July! We're officially being bombarded with "back to school" ads, reminding us that summer is...do I dare even say it...ending? We're looking at class schedules for Grace, curriculum for Eden. Surely we can't be this far into summer already!

And then of course, our baby will be here by then, too! So much to look forward to!!! Actually, I only want to "half" think of that...because, you know, there is the whole delivery thing...

Anyhoo, this week's menu is completely made up of dinner requests from the kids. I love it when they request meals - it makes the whole meal planning thing really easy! I think I'm even going to enlist Grace's help in making dinner a few of the those nights. It makes it easier on me, of course (over the past week and a half, standing in the kitchen to cook has become hard on my feet and they just feel achy), but she also really wants to be capable in the kitchen (and, for the most part, she is!). [Read more...]

Maybe it's just me, but the summer feels like it's flying by fast (not these last 10 weeks of my pregnancy, of course), but I'm sitting here thinking...we just celebrated the 4th of July and here it is the middle of the month, which gives me less than a month till one of my daughter's birthdays...

Eden's going to be nine and that number is freaking me out just a bit! Both she and Grace got cute little haircuts this week, not to mention, Grace started wearing mascara! Which was my suggestion, because I thought she may enjoy it, but...my babies are growing up!!!

Thank goodness I'm pregnant with another baby, because between you and me, I guess I just wasn't ready for Christian to be my last "first" baby everything. [Read more...]

Yeah, so you may have noticed that I've (we've) been pretty quiet on the blog and on our Catz Facebook page. I've gotten on Instagram a few times, but that's been about the extent of my social media reach.  We've had a ton of family in town for nearly three weeks and I think out of the last 2 ½ weeks, we've only eaten dinner at home maybe once or twice. Which has been fun, actually!

And while having a bunch of family in town has been a blast, it's also been really exhausting for this pregnant mama! But, all the family has headed home, which means things will probably begin to return to normal - and that includes dinners back at home.

Which reminds me, I need to go grocery shopping! Basically, the meals on this week's menu are going to be whatever we've got around the house that I can get away with making without running to the store (or, at least, not too often).

Some weeks are like that, ya know! [Read more...]

It feels like only last week that I was publishing the first menu post for the month of June and here it is now the last menu for the month! July 4th is next week and that is just all kinds of crazy to me. Did the month of June go by in a big hurry for you too?

Unfortunately, I've spent most of my time sequestered indoors because of allergies! I know I whined about this last week, too, but let's just say that now that I'm in my third trimester, I'm uncomfortable as it is, and when you tack on allergies, everything, and I really do mean everything, seems so much worse.

But, anyhoo! Josh has a few vacation days we're using this week, so we plan on heading to the beach one day and possibly doing a few other fun things with the kids this week, too, like miniature golf and possibly berry picking. Josh might even take the girls to a movie - Wonder Woman, I think! (I would go, but sitting in one position in movie theater seats for 2+ hours right now? Not so much.) [Read more...]