Lovely Sunday

Lovely Sunday

Spent this morning baking a blueberry buckle - which we devoured! - and perusing the JFX Farmers Market for some yummy finds. I just mostly sampled bread =)

19 Weeks, almost halfway there!

Also here's the link for the recipe for the Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake - I actually used some old frozen blueberries I had mixed with some fresh blackberries from the market. I'm sure you could use anything in this though, its an amazing recipe!

It's a....

It's a....

So we were very anxious about finding out the gender of the baby!! I'll put it this way, I'm amazed and appreciate those who can wait the full 40-something weeks to find out...however, I'm a bit of a compulsive planner....so that part of me just couldn't wait! Now mind you, I'm not the type to open Christmas gifts early, but I really wanted to know what this gift would be!

Our ultrasound for the 'mid-pregnancy' point went great and we got to see our little one squirming and kicking around in there. Haven't felt any of the kicks yet, but SHE was such a busy bee! That's right, we'll be thrilled to welcome a little girl into our family this December. We even got to see her sucking her thumb during the ultrasound, which was truly amazing. Hopefully I can post a copy soon, once its scanned, to share! In the meantime, here are some cute onesies I couldn't help but buy...

Loved these!

S

The Bump Makes it Debut...

The Bump Makes it Debut...

So its been a while....and we've been trying to be contain all of our excitement but we are finally ready to debut the little Chai that will be joining our family in December! The past few months have been a whirlwind of activity and just absolute craziness.

First off, let me just say, for those of you that can't do math (like me) this is NOT a Paris baby. (Haha, one of the first questions we got from most people). However, this was definitely part of our 'master plan,' we just didn't think it would happen so quickly! We are unbelievably excited about our news and can't wait to share our joy with all of our family and friends. I've been feeling great and not having any issues (no morning sickness) other than some occasional fatigue. Summer is heating up and I'm grateful that I won't be intolerably pregnant until later in the winter when its nice and cold over here in Baltimore.

Either way, this fall is going to be very very very busy for us. On top of preparing for B.C. (Baby Chai) , Bryan is preparing applications for an Oral Surgery residency - which will take us on our next adventure to some mysterious place next year. We won't know where we are going until January 2013 so we're anticipating quite a bit of stuff this winter.

These past two weeks have been great because my sisters were able to visit and spend some time with us in Baltimore and NYC (for a quick trip!). Enjoy the pics below and stay cool in this awful summer weather!

S

Bryan, BC & I enjoying the breeze at Battery Park, NYC.

Getting some lunch in Baltimore with Liya and Bryan, Beba is behind the camera!

All the sisters at my birthday dinner at Aldea in NYC. 

A quick pic with the bump in Times Square. 

Another one!

Fitness Nerves

Fitness Nerves

So I've got a 30 minute session with a personal trainer tomorrow night and for some reason all I can think about is all the negative that will come from it. First off, a little background, I purchased a Groupon for a month of Pilates classes - however due to a move the Pilates studio changed what it was able to offer and in lieu of pilates classes they are now offering individual training sessions with personal trainers. Now I'm a little disappointed but I figured this would be a great opportunity to get some feedback from a professional about my form, problem areas etc. But now this nagging feeling of "I'm not fit enough for a personal trainer" is starting to wiggle itself into my brain (I mean, in all honesty, I've consumed about 3 buttercream frosted cupcakes this weekend, see below, so this might be guilt talking....) We'll see how this goes!

In other news, trying to update with more things more often, so I'm not going to send out mass e-mails to the blog unless you are still interested in receiving them - don't want to spam everyone. (Drop us a comment or an
email and let us know if you want to keep receiving e-mails!)

We are still enjoying this unseasonably warm weather and hoping it doesn't parlay into an even hotter miserable summer. *Fingers crossed*.

I've posted my secret to the buttercream frosting I've been using - its .... magical. Magical enough to be eaten straight out of the container (which I am doing with too much pleasure). Give it a whirl on your next cake or batch of cupcakes and I promise its worth it! (Also below is a recipe for Hi-Hat cupcakes too!)

The only issue now is how to explain all these cupcakes to the personal trainer...

Take Care!
S

Chocolate buttercream on chocolate on the left, Hi-Hat on the right. Both decadent. 

Link for Chocolate Buttercream and Hi-Hat Cupcakes

Its been a while...

Its been a while...

Ever since coming back from Paris I haven't really been in the mood to update. Mostly because nothing is really ever changing for us! Well, the only thing I've really been working on is perfecting croissants and other baked goods. So maybe our waistlines are changing...but its worth it! Anyone willing to try here's the link for the croissants.

The weather here has been ... strange... we hadn't had a decent snow this whole winter and then on top of that everyday it seemingly got warmer and warmer! It actually topped out at 66F one day and this was two weeks after the first snowstorm of the winter (we got a few inches, but melted within a few days.)

I will try to post more often - especially with pics - so that we can be more up to date on things in our lives. (New Years Resolution #4 broken already!)

Hope everyone is doing well!!

S

Finally got my M.S. in the mail!!

Adding the 7in. block of butter to the dough for croissants. Day 2 of 3 in the process.

The Final Product, flaky, buttery goodness.

Napoleon enjoying the water! It's been a weird winter!