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Cherry-Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Recipe time! Mr. & I finally have a weekend to ourselves and we are preparing in case we need to bunker down for the upcoming "Frankenstorm" (the weather folks are saying that a cold front from the west is going to collide with hurricane Sandy from the east to bring us snow all next week). So of course cookies are a must. Hey, oatmeal and dried fruit are healthy right???
Here's the recipe based on Food Network Magazine's Mix & Match chocolate chip cookies.

Cherry-Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 c softened butter or margarine
1/3 c white sugar
1/3 c light brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla (I was going to try 1/2 vanilla and 1/2 almond extract but didn't have the almond on hand)
1 c flour
1 c oats
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Mix ins: 3/4 c chocolate chips
1/3 c chopped dried cherries

Directions 
Beat butter and sugars until fluffy, beat in egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl stir together remaining ingredients up to mix ins then beat this dry mixture into the wet.
Stir in mix ins until combined.
Refrigerate batter for about 30 minutes until it's cold and a little more firm.
Scoop onto cookie sheets and bake at 350 F for 12-15 minutes.

Boy or Girl?

There reaches a point in every pregnancy when the first question out of everyone's mouth (or sometimes the second after "When are you due?") is "Are you having a boy or a girl?" The Mr and I are decided on not finding out via ultrasound or any other medical test. But we think it would be fun to try out some old wive's tales, superstitions and other old fashioned way to determine the sex of a baby.

I'll be posting our results here on the blog.
So please comment with different "tests" for us to try out!

Mix & Match Meatloaf

Tonight I made meatloaf using this recipe from Food Network Magazine. It was so good!

14 Weeks

October has been a busy month and thank goodness the second trimester is here.

13 Weeks

This week: We had a visit from my parents (Rabbit's Babcia & Opa)! It was lovely. We went to visit a local Amish community and had a great time. Mom went crazy buying baby things and Dad and my Mr were no help in slowing her down. Rabbit is going to have an impressive book collection just like his/her mommy thanks to Babcia and that's nothing I can complain about! Mom also got me the sweetest circus theme baby book that matches our nursery colors.

3rd Month Check-up: I've been nervous since my last visit about gestational diabetes but my lab work confirmed that we're in the clear, for now at least. Whew! The midwife said everything looked perfect and my blood pressure was fine this time (last month it was really high because I was so nervous). Best of all, my parents were able to join Mr and I for the visit. They were proudly wearing their grandparent t-shirts and Dad (though he swears 4 witnesses are liars) cried when we got to hear the heart beat. Rabbit must have known how excited we all were to hear him/her because there was no hiding this time around! The midwife was able to find the little one right away and we heard a good strong heartbeat and lots of swishing around. Rabbit must have been dancing for us!

Coming up next: I got my paperwork to schedule my 18-20 week ultrasound. Technically my next midwife appointment is before that but this is pretty exciting stuff right?! I can't wait to get our first look at Rabbit!

Apple vs. Pumpkin: October update

Apple vs Pumpkin Fall 2012 is under way.

So far it's a close battle: 

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Team Pumpkin has  10 Pinners, 105 followers, and 25 Pins.

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