Second Doctor's Appointment

We also had our second doctor's appointment that week. It went really well. We got to see the baby on ultrasound, it looks just like a Teddy Graham, but didn't get a picture this time. We saw the nurse practicioner and we just love her (part of the reason is she told me I was 3 weeks further along than Dr. Hartman did... he, he! That would put me at 15 weeks! - I know I'm going with Dr. Hartman's due date because it's acurate from the ultrasound, but it's nice to think I'm that far anyway!) Anyway, she gave me some anti-nausia medication which seems to be helping a lot--THANK HEAVENS!!! -- The nausia hasn't gone away it's still pretty bad, but I can function so that's great! I'm amazed everytime to see how much the baby has grown! I always expect it to look the same as the last time and am shocked to see how much bigger it is and how much more it looks like a baby!

Rexburg, ID

Well hopefully you haven't given up on me! The summer is always crazy, I can't believe we're already at the end of July! Let me catch you up a little bit on our adventures!

About two weeks ago we went to Rexburg, Idaho to see Traci (Tony's sister) gradutate with her BS in Sociology! We're so proud of her! That's quite an accomplishment! Way to go Trace!

Ayla wasn't too excited about sitting through the graduation. This was probably the only moment she was actually sitting!

While we were there we got to spend a little time with the cousins and the grandparents- WHICH AYLA ALWAYS LOVES!!!

Get Me Out Of This House!!!

It's been so hot lately, and with me not feeling well, we have been spending a lot of time indoors the past few weeks. Well, Ayz of course has been dying to go outside any chance she gets! This day she found her hat put it on, and put one shoe on (the wrong foot) and headed for the door, then stood there with this coxing look on her sweet little face saying "look mom, I got myself ready to go outside, please open the door!" How do you say no to that? Impossible!

Daddy's Hat, Daddy's Shoes = Daddy's Girl

Tennis Anyone?

Ayz and her cousin Mar figuring out this tennis game... they look like pros to me!

Using A Background Image From Photobucket

***Before you do any of this copy the whole HTML code for blog and paste it in word or notebook or something. Just so you have it in case something goes wrong.

- Log in to your blog. Go to "customize" and then "layout" and then "pick a new template." Choose the minima template. (By doing this you will most likely lose all of you widgets like your blog lists and most things on your side bar- you will have to re-do them this time, but if you change your background again like this you won't change your template so you will be able to keep them all the next time).


- Then click on ‘edit HTML’ (this is where you should copy the whole code to Word before you make any changes) scroll through it until you see this:

body {
background:$bgcolor;
margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;

Change that to this:

body {

background:$bgcolor;background-image:url(direct link goes here);background-position: center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed;

margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;

-Now, copy the direct link from the photobucket image and put it between the parentheses, and click save.

The image will look different on every computer screen due to different screen resolutions. If you want to change your screen resolution right click on your desktop, go to properties and then settings and you can change it there.

My Favorite Recipes

Chitomi’s Japanese Salad

5-6 chicken breasts 1/3 cup soy sauce
4 oz Mai Fun ½ cup water
2 heads of lettuce 2 Tbsp sugar
1 clove garlic

Begin warming chicken on stove. Combine soy sauce, water, sugar, and minced garlic to make Teriyaki Sauce. Add to chicken and continue warming until chicken is well cooked. Deep fry Mai Fun in hot oil. Chop chicken, Mai Fun, and lettuce. Toss together for salad.

Dressing:
4 Tbsp sugar ½ cup oil
2 tsp salt 1/3 cup rice vinegar
1 tsp pepper

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Broccoli Cheese Soup

2 big bunches of broccoli 2 cups (or more) grated cheese
1 quart half & half 2 Tbsp flour
1 can chicken broth ½ cup margarine

Cook broccoli in salted water until tender – reserve 2 cups of water. Melt margarine in large soup pan. Stir in flour until smooth. Add half & half, water, chicken broth and broccoli. Bring to boil. Add cheese, stir until melted.

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Swedish Pancakes

6 eggs 3 Tbsp oil
4 ½ cups milk 6 Tbsp sugar
3 cups flour

Preheat large frying pan or griddle. In medium mixing boil combine eggs, milk, flour, oil, and sugar. Mix well. Thinly spread ½ cup of mixture at a time on very hot griddle. Lightly brown both sides. Serve with butter and powdered sugar.

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Oatmeal Cake

Pour 1 ½ cups boiling water over 1 cup oats. Add 1 stick margarine. Cover for 20 mins.

Add:
1 cup white sugar 1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar ½ tsp nutmeg
2 eggs ½ tsp salt
1 ½ cups flour ½ tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda

Mix well. Bake at 350 for 35 mins.

Topping:
1 stick margarine 1/3 cup canned milk
2 Tbsp vanilla 1 cup brown sugar