Oatmeal Lowers Cholesterol, but raises my Blood Pressure!

So this is how the story goes; Brian and I were upstairs and the kids were downstairs (nothing to crazy about this story yet this is not an unusual occurrence at our house, but I guess today was different) I was checking my e-mail and few other things, this probably took maybe 5 minutes. As I left our bedroom to go downstairs, I thought to myself that things were eerily quiet and as I rounded the corner and came down the hall, I soon discovered the reason.
Does this look like a guilty face or what?

I guess I only have myself to blame, I was the one who didn't get the latch on the lower cabinet fully closed after I retrieved my granola for my yogurt this morning. Still, I am not sure what possessed Grey to grab the tub of Oatmeal commence in making this beautiful mess. And of course it wasn't the old fashioned oats with the big pieces, it had to be the quick oats that are tiny and covered with a fine oatmeal powder.

When I asked Will what happened he of course ratted out his younger brother, but was all to excited and not at all remorseful that now they got to drive their cars in a fantastic "Snow" storm

Luckily I was able to hire a fantastic clean-up crew (I think we were vacuuming for a good half hour) Thanks BOYS!!!!! At least Brian was there and reminded me that these are the moments when we just laugh and grab the camera so we can remember these funny moments.

Happy Birthday Will!!!

So, last year Will had a lightning McQueen cake, and this year he requested Tow Mater for his birthday. Good to see that the "Cars" addiction is still alive and well. Brian and I stayed up until 12:30 this morning getting him finished, bet we are pleased with our cake decorating skills. I will post more pics after his party this evening, but I was so excited about his cake that I had to post it.

Only Six Weeks to GO!

Whew, it is not like I am counting down or anything :) (and hardly showing might I add) Thanks to my sister Katie who showed me how to curl my hair with a flat iron, I can actually curl my hair and it will stay put for longer than an hour! Brian had his fancy banquet for the 3rd year residents tonight at the Grand America Hotel. It is something that we look forward to every year and why do we look forward to this night you ask. One reason could be that it is a rare chance to get dressed up and go on a very nice (free) date, or a chance to get out and be social with all of Brian's co-workers, all of these are fantastic reasons, but the main reason we look forward to it is the big old fat hunk of Fillet Mignon that they serve, and this year did not disappoint!!! Wow... it was so tasty! It really is kinda fun to have an excuse to get all dressed up and go out. And I just have to say that th bathrooms there are so amazing (you know, as far as bathrooms go) You could hold an entire conference in there sheesh. However, they weren't quite as nice as the bathrooms at the Bank of America Tower in Seattle, but that is a whole other story! Yes apparently I consider myself a professional bathroom inspector in my spare time, but I am 34 weeks pregnant, I spend a lot of time in there! Okay, this post is really not about bathrooms, and I was stuck on that subject for way too long. Back to more important matters, What are we going to name this baby girl!?! Wow, we just cannot decide on a name and we really don't have much time left. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My current favorite is "Shayne" (yes, we are having a girl, but I love the boyish name for a girl) So Brian is not so sure that he likes this name, and he does not love the spelling and he is not proud of the fact that I got the name from a "Hussy" on the show "The Bachelor" But I haven't given up on it yet! I am just hoping that we don't come up with anything else and then we will just have to go with that one, right Bri? All suggestions are welcome, please help us find a cute name for this baby girl!!! Anyhow, we had a lot of fun on our date and since I NEVER curl my hair, I had to take a picture.

Time to Stock Up!!!

Hey, just wanted to let you all know about this fantastic sale, if you haven't heard about it already. Definitely a great time to stock up for b-day gifts and 4 yourself. They also have several tables with things that are 75% off and their travel size body sprays, lotions, and shower gels are only 1$. Needless to say I spent way too much money there :)

Just a Spoonful of Sugar.................

Yes, that is a picture of my butt. I hope no one is offended by this picture but it was too funny to resist. I had just finised working out today and I had my mp3 player tucked into the back of my shorts. Grey is totally fascinated with my little pink song maker so he had been messing around with it and I didn't think much of it. I also found it interesting that his toy of choice today was a little baggy of baby spoons he found in the drawer, but whatever makes him happy and keeps him occupied right? So I went to take off my mp3 player and much to my surprise, I found 3 little spoons tucked into the back of my shorts along side my mp3 player. I am not sure why he thought that looked like a good spot, but I guess he figured if my music player belonged back there why not some spoons?

Sweet Manna from Heaven..................

Oh baby this cake is so ridiculous, but man, it is worth starving for a week to afford the calories for an extra large slice. Here is the recipe and if you want to run to Smith's today, everything for this cake is on sale! Thus the inspiration for this post. I put the link below if you want to watch the demo (it is not that hard, I mostly just watch it and drool) Here is the recipe, Enjoy! http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/recipedetail.htm?recipe_id=106562&ctx=

Prep Time:
10 min

Total Time:
4 hr 10 min

Makes:
12 servings

1/2 cup hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

8 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, chopped (about 1 cup)

12 vanilla ice cream sandwiches, unwrapped

POUR fudge topping into medium bowl. Add 1 cup of the whipped topping; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Add dry pudding mix; stir 2 min. or until well blended. Gently stir in chopped cookies; set aside.

ARRANGE 4 of the ice cream sandwiches, side-by-side, on 24-inch-long piece of foil; top with half of the whipped topping mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining 4 ice cream sandwiches. Frost top and sides of dessert with remaining whipped topping. Bring up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to loosely seal packet.

FREEZE at least 4 hours before serving. Store leftover dessert in freezer.

California Sunshine

Here is the proud Momma Miranda, doesn't she look fantastic!!! We went shopping for new clothes and KT did her hair, so she is a new woman now.

KT and Claire at the pool.

So I have been having so much fun in California visiting my sis and snuggling this little guy. My boys have been @ Grandma Merrill's house, so I have been able to just focus on being Aunt Toni and it has been so much fun! (Although I am really starting to miss my little fellas!)

Of Course, more pics of my new little nephew Noah! He is so adroable right? Ethan just loves snuggleing him so much, the only down side is that he is cutting into my snuggle time!!!
Jessica and Ethan love this new little bro!
I had to put these pics in mostly to brag that it was 93 yesterday and we went swimming at the pool. Yes, I know, not only did I allow a pic of me to be taken in my suit but I am major prego! I know it is brave, but I just had to brag!!!!
Don't we love the Mary Anne look?