To move or not to move….

I thought by now that the burning question of whether we are moving to Atlanta or not would be answered. Here it is, almost three weeks later and we still aren’t sure. And, again, today I “think” the question will be answered. I feel like everything is totally up in the air. J officially took the job in Atlanta, but is also officially considering the counter offer. They have a few things to work out for him to keep the job here, so hopefully that will get worked out today. If we go to Atlanta, we have to sell the house on our own (no more buyouts) and J has to commute down to Atlanta. It’s a really indefinite situation because homes have not been selling. It has been kind of stressful. So, I’m glued to my computer again today, without a shower again today, waiting for the update. It’s not like I can go anywhere anyway. J took my car to work since we had 2 or 3 inches of snow yesterday! I didn’t even go out in it once. I’m ready for spring weather because I am tired of being in the house! I’m going stir crazy and baby talk and dirty diapers and baby no naps and get up too early too much TV need sunlight outside world interaction!

Uncle Brian came to visit last weekend, the highlight of January by far!

Ashton getting Uncle Brian to make funny faces.

Little man had his first play date. They laid around and involuntarily flailed their arms until my little man got so pooped he had to go take a nap!

In a totally random side note, I finally made a new recipe last night! I’ve been in a real cooking rut lately. I usually try new recipes a lot. But, the evenings can be a gamble so I’ve been looking to quick and easy foods. And, now combine that with having to cook without my loved cheese, it becomes tricky. But, finally, success! A recipe that is uber healthy, tastes completely delicious, different, and surprisingly quick!

I followed the recipe in Martha Stewart Living (Jan ’09) with slight alterations. Here’s how I did it:

Ingredients:

-2 fillets of haddock (can use sea bass or such as well)        -10-15 sprigs of cilantro     

-1 head of bok choy quartered (or 2 of baby bok)          -1/2 red onion sliced thin     

-lime juice (maybe I used 3-5 tablespoons?)         -Ground ginger (or you can use fresh)                          

-Garlic finely sliced             -2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil      -cracked pepper/sea salt

Preheat oven to 450

Combine lime juice, ginger, garlic and onion in a bowl and mix                                                                                                                      

Fold about 20 inch piece of parchment paper in half, lay haddock filet and bok choy along crease. Rub fish with olive oil, drizzle a little over bok choy. Salt and pepper to taste. Place onion/lime juice mixture over top. Top with cilantro. Fold parchment paper at crease, make little overlapping folds all the way around fish, clip the end shut with a paperclip.  

Bake 10-12 minutes. Parchment paper will puff up a bit, cut top open and enjoy! 

 

Fish en Papillote

So, I am ready for January to be over. Seriously. January is usually about my least favorite month of the year. I’m ready for April showers and May flowers!

Chunky Monkey

Ashton had his two month check up. The kid is 75th percentile for weight, but only 25th for height and head circumference! He’s 12lbs, 6 oz…which means he has officially gained 5 pounds in two months. Not too shabby.

He also got his first taste of apple juice and water yesterday as he seems to be  a bit backed up. I didn’t know I’d ever be hoping for a major poop diaper, but that’s about the excitement for me right now. Just sitting around today, waiting for a poop explosion before I resort to the last tactic the nurse recommended to try which I will not even speak about…come on Ashton, no one wants to resort to the last tactic. He can compete with his dad with the caliber of his farts so I’m hopeful it’s a sign of things to come. 

I may actually have something other than baby stuff to actually talk about soon….

 

Nine weeks old