Yummy Dessert!

You Need:

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® oatmeal cookie mix
1/2 cup cold butter
5 cups frozen sliced peaches, thawed and drained, or 1 can (29 oz) sliced peaches, drained


1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, place cookie mix. Cut in butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
2. In ungreased 8-inch square baking dish or 2-quart round casserole, place peaches. Sprinkle cookie mixture over peaches.
3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm or cool.

This is super easy and incredibly yummy! Costco has some amazing peaches right now and so I bought two cases and have been experimenting with Peach recipes. This is as good as peach cobbler but not nearly as much work! LOVE IT!

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Little Stories

Wow, life with a new born is so busy, but I am absolutely loving it! Boston is 8 weeks old today! I went back to work two weeks ago and it's been hard, but I'm surviving. :)
So we've had so many things happen these last few weeks I decided to just post pictures and tell short little stories.

Crazy Bird:
So I'm driving along the main road in Lehi headed back home and I see a flock of birds flying over a field. As I'm watching the birds I think to myself "I wonder if birds ever just fly into cars...that would be strange to see..." Suddenly a massive birds slams into my windshield. No Joke. This bird face plants it and I'm pretty sure this poor little bird broke his neck. This little incident has made me a little jumpy, and it seem like his little friends are now constantly swooping towards my car. I have to remind myself not to jump and that my car is bigger than them.

My New Best Friend:
The other day Boston was screaming his head off, and I was at my wits end. I had tried everything I could thinking of and nothing was helping. I remembered that somebody told me that a vacuum helps so I put Boston on the bed and started to vacuum our room. Boston stopped for a minute and then was more upset. Just then I remembered that somebody gave me one of those carries that you strap to yourself and can carry the baby around with you and I decided to try it. Not only did Boston stop crying and fall asleep I was able to finally vacuum my entire house. Now I barely leave the house without it. It is magical. I put an upset baby in it, and within 10 minutes that upset baby is out cold. We are totally BFF!

The Pacifier:
Another life saver, but not quite best friend status. Boston thinks if he's awake he has to be eating so now that he's got breastfeeding down we gave him a pacifier. Whenever we first put it in his mouth he looks relieved, and then after a few minutes he gives us a look like "I know what you're up to!" We have to hold it in his mouth, but it is also an invention inspired by God to help mom's keep there sanity.

Bath Time:
Boston is a huge fan of Bath time. He can be crying for an hour and then as soon as I put him in the bath tub he stops. Last night I was washing his little behind and he spit up. when I flip him over to face me he had spit up from one ear to the other and from right under his nose to past his chin. He looked like an 8-week old Santa Clause, especially since he's going bald just on the top of his head. He just looked at me with those dark blue eyes like "what?" It was so funny.

Broken Dryer:
So It's 1:30am and I'm downstairs pumping so Boston has something to eat at my mom's the next day when I hear a BOOM. I stop and listen for a minute, and everything sounds normal so I go on pumping. about 5 minutes later I hear an even louder BOOM and then a THUD. So I finish pumping and run upstairs. I open the Laundry room door to find water dripping from the walls, window and even the ceiling. Then a horrible smell hits me. Something was frying. I checked the back of the dryer and pulled off the big metal tube, and turned everything off and then pulled out soaking wet clothes. I spent 7 hours at my mom's house that Saturday doing laundry. One week and $200 later it's finally fixed and I can start my normal laundry routine again.

Confession:

I'm completely obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance. Can I just say the first routine of the first show was incredible! I love it. I practically have a count down to it every year. It's the only show I never miss. LOVE. It makes me wish I would have been a little more diligent or a little more talented when it came to dance. Oh well. A girl can dream.

Chris finished his crazy semester and survived. I cut my hair because I was tired of getting spit up in it and was beginning to feel really like an ugly mom with it in a pony tail every day. Baby weight is coming off nicely, and even though I'm with in 5 pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight, nothing fits. Apparently pregnancy completely changes your body. People told me that, but you never think it's going to happen to you, and then it's worse than you ever imagined. Since finding time to work out is nearly impossible, I strap him in the carrier and do lunges around the table, and run up and down the stairs as many times as possible every day. We're all healthy and happy, I'm sleep deprived, but loving life!

Hello There!

Wow, it's been a little while hasn't it! Things have been very busy in our house! I'm healing really well and Boston is doing fantastic! At his 2 week check up he was right on track for everything, and screamed the entire time we were in the doctor's office. As soon as we got to the lobby he stopped...how he knew I have no idea. He eats like nothing I've ever seen before in my life! He's nursing really really really well so the nurse said to let him have a pacifier and start feeding him every other day with a bottle so he'll make the adjustment when I go back to work. It's been a battle with the pacifier, he hated it at first, but he didn't realize that his mom is more stubborn than he is and had the additional motivation of not having him latched on 24/7. (he thought if he was awake he had to be eating).
We are absolutely loving having him here, even when he is screaming for 3 hours in the middle of the night! For the most part he is a good sleeper and mom usually gets 4-6 hours of sleep, granted it's sporadic, but sleep is sleep.
Dayna came over and took some newborn pics of Boston and they are amazing! I'm having the hardest time picking my favorites. I love them all, but unfortunately I can't fit 75 pictures on this blog easily so you get to see some of my favorites.

The story

He's officially here! Boston Christopher Adams was born Saturday, May 2nd at 3:44 pm. He weighed 9 lbs 7 oz and was 21 inches long. He is absolutely beautiful! He has a more olive complexion which Chris and I can't figure out where that comes from because it certainly skipped us. lol. He passed all of his tests with flying colors with the exception of the right side hearing and is extremely healthy! He is breast feeding well, which is a huge blessing for me, and is a pretty calm and relaxed little guy...most of the time...unless he's hungry...which feels like every hour today...:)
I'm not too worried about his hearing test, they said he was pretty upset during it and wouldn't stop crying so it can screw up the results. since he jumps at everything and responds to people's voices we're not worried about it at this point.

So here's the story:

1:30 Am, Saturday~ I woke up having a contraction, which wasn't strange, but felt like I was going to be sick. So I went to the bathroom to clear out my system. Nothing happened, but when I stood up there was a lot of bright red blood everywhere. I called the doctor and he said to drink some juice and make sure the baby was moving still and if the bleeding hadn't stopped in 10 minutes to come to the hospital to be checked.
3:00 Am~ Bleeding still going so we checked into the hospital and they hooked me up to monitors.
3:30 Am~ Doctor checked me and said that I was dialated to a 3 and the baby had dropped a little but was still high up there. He didn't know where the bleeding was coming from but said that we both appeared healthy. He decided to have us stay a little while longer just to be safe.
5:00 am~ Contractions were getting stronger and closer together. Dialated to about a 3.5 but baby still pretty high, and bleeding hasn't stopped. They decided that since I was the "most pregnant woman in their practice" and that they were going to induce me on monday anyway that they would keep me and get things started.They moved me to a room and hooked me up to pitossen and started an IV treatment of antibiotics for Strep B. Since the Strep B stuff had to be refrigerated it was cold going into my arm and extremely painful. Let the fun begin.
7:00 AM~ The contractions were getting stronger and closer together. I was continuing to dialate and he had dropped a little more, but not much at all. At this point I could still breathe through the contractions but I could tell I wasn't going to handle more pain very well physically or emotionally since the IV was already causing a lot and it had already been a while. I decided natural birth wasn't for me and asked for the anesthesiologist. They said he was in surgery but would be there asap.
7:30Am~ No anesthesiologist, and more pain.
8:00Am~ No anesthesiologist, and more pain.
8:30 Am~ No anesthesiologist, and more pain.
9:00 am~ No anesthesiologist, and more pain. By now every contraction was making me feel like I was going to throw up. They were coming every couple minutes and were getting pretty strong. The IV was now nothing compared to this. lol. I was holding Chris's hand during the contraction and having him fan me afterward so I didn't throw up. I was amazed that I would actually fall asleep between contractions. I was also amazed that I was sounding more and more like the women on those birthing shows and make noise during contractions, but it actually helps. The harder the contractions the more I would moan. lol. Who cares when you're in pain.
9:10 Anesthesiologist shows up and I tell him he's my best friend in the whole world. As they're having me sit up to get the epidural started I begin having a contraction and my IV for the antibiotics falls out blood and meds are going everywhere. They can't do the epidural until that is back in so they have me wait through the contraction and then put the IV in my other hand and get me hooked back up. I have another contraction and still no relief. I was dialated to a 5.5.
9:30 AM~ Finally the epidural is completed and relief is sweeping through my body. I can still feel my contractions but they tickle and I'm able to relax. I tell my anesthesiologist and my nurse that I love them both, and might consider naming my children after them. lol.
11:30 Am I wake up from my nap and notice that with each contraction his heart rate is dropping. I start deep breathing during every contraction but it doesn't do much. with in 5 minutes the nurse comes in and puts me on oxygen hoping it helps.
2:45 pm~ I've been stuck at a 6 for hours and he's not dropping into my pelvis. With every contraction his heart rate is dropping lower. They are supposed to be between 130 and 160 during labor, and between contractions his was between 130 and 140 but during contraction it was dropping into the 110-120 range. The nurse and the doctor said it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.
3:00 pm~ His heart rate was now dropping below 100 during some contractions and no progress had been made. Dr. Lamereaux came in and said that normally they only wait 2 to 2.5 hours without any progress before doing a c-section, but since we were both ok they decided to wait and see if we could push through it. He said that the baby was feeling the stress of the contractions more and wasn't dropping for some reason and that it was looking like a c-section was going to be our best option. I asked if we could talk it over for a minute.
We both had been prepared for the idea of a c-section by one of the other doctors a couple weeks before, and we both felt that this was the most I was going to be able to do on my own and since the baby was beginning to struggle it was the best option. Chris gave me a blessing and our decision to follow the doctor's advice was confirmed.
3:15 Received mega doses of meds from the anesthesiologist and wheeled into surgery. 3:44 pm~Heard Boston cry. It was one of the best moments of my life. We were parents. Chris went with the baby and the doctor's explained to me what the problems were. First: he was a 9.4 pound baby. Second: Most women's pelvis's are at a 90 degree angle, but mine is smaller at a 70 degree angle which means trouble for big babies. Last: he was face up instead of down and his head was tilted back. So with every contraction his face and his eye was being slammed into my pelvic bone.

The surgery went fantastic, recovery is going well. I'm basically bed ridden for at least a week, but we have lots of family staying with us to help out. Thank Heavens. I am so thankful for modern medicine and those wonderful doctors! 100 years ago I doubt that Boston and I would have made it.

Here are a couple pictures of my cute little boy~

Progress!!

I made it to a 2! They stripped my membranes, and if nothing happens by Monday, I'm kicking him out! :) (they're inducing me)

In the meantime You've got to check out the newest Jon Schmidt song. He's so amazing, and I'm one of his biggest fans. I usually buy his stuff the first day it's released, and I'm a member of his fan club. Honestly need I say more? The man is inspired!

Nothing Yet...

Nothing yet. I went in to the doctor on friday and he's dropped a tiny bit. In his words "He was in canada last week, and this week he just crossed the border into Montana."
I go back again tomorrow and if nothing happens by Sunday, they told me to go to the hospital and they'll keep me there until he comes one way or the other. I go to the doctor again tomorrow so hopefully we'll get good news and I'll have progressed.

Go Miss California!

I didn't watch the Miss USA Pagent, but I just saw an interview with Miss California on the Today show. I am so proud of her for standing up for what she believes in and not bending to what many others feel is "right." When asked by Perez Hilton, Judge #8, how she felt about gay marriage and if all states should legalize it like Vermont she said she believes that marriage is between a husband and a wife and that she doesn't support it. He flipped out and has been calling her names all weekend and said that if she had won the title he would have "gotten up on stage and taken the crown from her".
During her interview on the Today show she said that she wouldn't change her answer for the world, and that she wasn't going to sit on the fence on something that requires you to be on one side or the other! Go Miss California!

If you want to see the interview go here:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30322011#30322011

Quick Update

No Baby yet. Three weeks ago I was dialated to almost a 1 and 70% effaced. Last week dialated to a 1 and still thinned out about the same. This week dialated to a little more than a 1, my cervix has dropped and they were going to strip my membranes but they decided that his head is still too "floaty" like he might flip into a breech position. So they decided to hold off just in case stripping my membranes would send me into a breech labor.
So i'm doing everything I can to get him into position and help my body move this thing along a little bit. I'm hoping for the second part of next week so that I can finish finals stress free. Something tells me he won't be here then though. My induction date is May 6th, I'm hoping that I don't make it that long. :)
I also having some moving day pictures I need to post. I'll do that hopefully this weekend. I got into the Elementary Ed program, and of my 4 classes I only have one final. I've finished all of my other class projects early and just have some finishing touches to put on the last one. So this semester has been really good, and it's such a tender mercy that I will only have one final at the beginning of next week. :)

So that's my quick update. I'll do a better one soon! :)

Queen of...

If any of you have ever wondered what it would be like to know royalty look no further. For each one of you can now rest your minds of what it would be like to have a friend so gloriously royal because I have officially claimed the throne. I am currently sitting on this throne as I work on the now official royal laptop. That's right, you can go and brag that you are all personally acquainted with the Queen of Procrastination.
I know, I know you are so lucky! Have a big paper due? Avoid it until it goes away. Need to finish a major school project? Meh, no need when you can relax and enjoy a good episode of Everybody loves Raymond. Need to clean the house, organize, and pack so you can move in a week? Please...you have a week! That's plenty of time. Or how about this one? have a baby coming in the next 6 weeks? Don't think about it. Things will just magically fall into place if you just pretend like it's never going to be here. So now all of you have the queen's permission to put of all of your responsibilities until the last minute. The queen has declared it.

So it's true. I have a huge project to complete, a good size research paper to write, cleaning, packing, and moving to do, all by next week and oh yeah, a baby on the way and what am I doing right now? Lounging on my couch, posting on my blog, and watching Everybody Loves Raymond...anything to avoid the homework and actual work right? lol. I'll be honest, I haven't even started my research yet for the paper. At least I've finished my field work for my elementary classes...now I just have to write the reports on them. Again, maybe if I just pretend like posting on my blog is the most important thing I have to do right now I'll feel better about not doing my homework. And since I'm out of things to say, still don't want to do my homework, and now have a husband who has gone to bed without me because he thinks I'm working on homework...I think I'll post this and go to bed...maybe I'll feel like not procrastinating tomorrow...or maybe the next day...or maybe next week...