Wedding Cake

This was our wedding cake! This was a custom designed by Lisa Allan of "About Cakes and Catering" in Martindale, Texas. She was wonderful! We had a consultation and she made the cake to coordinate with my dress and gave me so many helpful tips for the type of wedding we were having. The taste of the cake (from that one little bit I got at our wedding) was delicious!! Now as tradition goes the couple freezes the bride's cake top tier to eat on their first anniversary. I looked this up and this tradition goes waaaay back! Not everyone does this, but we wanted to for the fun of seeing if it would still be good after a year!

As you have read, we were in NYC for our one year anniversary, therefore did not get to eat our cake! Well now that we are back in ATX for no particular reason I decided this week, 14.5 months later, to defrost the "foil wrapped thing" that has been in our freezer for so long. I let it defrost on the counter for one day and then in the fridge for another day. And voila:


Now Lisa was at our wedding to set up the cake and to box it up after the wedding. (well worth the extra $25 for the box up fee!) So after removing layers and layers of foil and then layers and layers of plastic wrap the cake appeared!! I had to remove the ribbon that was still on it and chunks of hard frosting came off of it too. Then we cut it:

We each had a bite:


The results: DELICIOUS!! Seriously it was still really good!! I was nervous, but we loved it (again)! The cake part itself seemed dense and a little dry, but other than that it tasted great!! And there is still some in the fridge....hmmm snack time!

Dreams

For about a week now I've been having really vivid dreams! When I wake up it takes me a few seconds to decide was that really happening! This whole week has been full of crazy dreams, from what I can remember from the week: (these are all separate nights)
--Bryson and I are walking in the Greenbelt and I look up and its a spaceship and aliens are trying to capture us. My view in the dream pans out, where I see a birds eye-view of the scene and watch me and bryson run through the trail near a river.
--Me killing a random girl that I did not recognize in the middle of a school lawn. She kept moving and I couldn't get a good shot. The girl ends up moving into the crowd watching, stands by Sarah Moon and Sarah says "I'm getting out of here". I shoot the girl and as the crowd and I walk away the school bell rings with people coming out of the building, I slowly look back and see the body getting covered with a jacket.
--Matt Luna and I were seated in airport waiting for our flight to take off. He gets up to talk to someone in line and I follow after him and we are all talking to this guy. Then suddenly Matt kisses this guy!! I'm so shocked because Matt is not gay but remain calm and just smile and walk back to my seat.

So I heard that while pregnant women experience vivid dreams here is my findings: "Dreams reflect your emotional state, so it's only natural that during pregnancy — a time of many mixed emotions — your dreams seem more intense and stranger than usual. Hormonal changes (specifically, a surge in progesterone) also make you dream more frequently and vividly. And you may be remembering more of your dreams if you're regularly waking up during the night, interrupting phases of dream-filled REM sleep. Experts have found that moms-to-be often dream about such things as water, talking animals, sex, and large buildings during their first, second, and third trimesters. As you find out more about your pregnancy and your growing baby, your dreams will probably be affected."

So I'm completely normal :)

Dinner

If you didn't know I have a slight (okay, a big) excitement every time I use my slow-cooker! I have been able to find amazing recipes that turn out so delicious!!

Tonight we are having Asian Peanut Butter Pork. (courtesy of the crockpot link to the left...) If you want to try it yourself:


1.5-2lbs pork tenderloin
1 onion, sliced in rings
1/4 cup soy sauce (I used Kikkomon)
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
3 tablespoons water
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter
2 tablespoons chopped peanuts (garnish; optional)
1 lime, cut in wedges (garnish; optional)


The Directions.

Use a 4-6 quart crockpot. Put onion slices into the bottom of your crockpot. Put the pork on top. Add brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, water, garlic, and peanut butter. No need to stir--the peanut butter needs to melt before you can do so. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4-6. The pork will be more tender the longer you cook it. 1 hour before serving, flip the meat over in the crockpot to allow the other side to soak up the peanutbuttery goodness. Garnish with chopped peanuts, and serve with lime wedges. The lime juice mixed with the peanut butter is delicious.

Enjoy! We're having it with Rice and Broccoli....and watching Big Daddy!

Positive

Bryson and I were able to keep a secret for seven weeks and now are excited to say "We're having a baby!!!" We found out at the end of May right before we left for New York and wanted to wait to tell our family in person, which wasn't until last week! So that makes me 14 weeks and due January 28th! By finally telling our family and friends it makes it that much real...and fun to finally talk about! We have visited our doctor twice and heard the heartbeat last week! It was going to fast! We are still shocked at times but so excited to be blessed with a new life.


***Disclaimer: This picture is fake! We weren't even married yet, which says a lot :) It was taken April 2008 while Grace, Kim and I were joking about one day when we get preggo. And I'm currently I dont have a bump...just my clothes are feeling a little snug***