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1 year old! happy birthday aidan!!
2. wrap potatoes in a kitchen towel (100% cotton is probably a good thing). then microwave on high 5 minutes for the first potato plus 1 minute 30 seconds for each additional potato. (you probably don't want to do more than 5 or 6)
3. remove from microwave and shake onto a plate (careful, they are super hot!!) then slice in half lengthwise and make diagonal cuts. then smear on some butter.
4. then top with a mound of shredded sharp cheddar and pop it back into the microwave for another minute to melt it all up!
5. after the cheese is all melty smear on some sour cream and sprinkle on some salt and pepper. stir it all up so its well covered it all the melty goodness (i took the picture before i stirred it, it looks better this way!) and then enjoy, seriously the best potatoes ever. so fluffy and perfect. i can eat them everyday.
of course you can top with whatever you like. as you can tell i like my potatoes loaded with fatty cheese and sour cream. yum! (and yes both those potatoes are just for me! i'm hungry dangit! when aidan is awake and eating potatoes with me, i cook up a small one for him and just slice it into bite size pieces and give him some shredded cheese and he's in heaven too!!)
this picture does not even come close to showing how badly we needed to clean out rob's side of the closet! seriously, not even close. there is a MOUNTAIN of clothes hiding behing the door on the left -- which now has almost all been moved to a DI pile in another corner, maybe i'll post that picture later. needless to say rob's closet now looks better!
well i picked up aidan's toys in the living room, it looks much better now! he seems pleased!
next up, clean off the backside of "the barricade" also known as the dumping ground for my business stuff. and clean of my beloved printer, poor guy!!
here you can see the deviled eggs (not the best they had sweet reish in them, who puts sweet relish in deviled eggs? apparently my grandmother!) then you can see the broccoli and cauliflower with dip. plus pretzels and onion dip (made from scratch!!) for my hubby his favorite snack food!
here is nicole making her lumpia!
here she is when she was all done, doesn't she look so proud? they were delicious! (hopefully she posts the recipe on her blog soon!)
here is nicole and my mom making the buffalo chicken bites, boy these were delicious and they went FAST!
my mom holding the finished bites before the boys came in a devoured this batch! great job mom, these were delcious!!
when i walked into my folk's house and set the tart on the table my grandma came up and said, "i heard you made something you've never made before" it took me a minute to register what she was talking about, "oh yeah," i replied "i made this fruit tart, i hope it turned out ok ..." and then i added "but i'm also making something i HAVE made before" she turns to me confused and asked me "what?" and then i fill her in on what i was talking about, "I'M PREGNANT AGAIN!"
what a great set-up!! oops, we did it again! we are now expecting lil baird #2. ahhhhhhhh! that's right ... i'm pregnant ... AGAIN! didn't i just do this? i'm not ready to do it again! oh sheesh! what in the world am i going to do with 2 kids. seriously, what in the world. i'm not ready for another one!
we had already told my parents and robby's mom. most of the reactions have been great, which is excellent. rob's mom said, "i thought you were going to wait" and "i thought you were on birth control" thanks for being excited for us mom! (sarcasm) my parent's jumped up and down (ok ... bounced in their seats while at breakfast) and clapped and said "yeaaaaaahhhh!" much better reaction!! while my oldest sister just cackled into the phone! nicole was throughly excited as we'll both we pregnant together and our little ones will only be like 2 months apart! i actually told her first because i was freaking out when i found out and she is always the voice of reason and sanity (i'm sure she'll say she is not and that is is anything but sane, but to me she is!!!) she calmed me down and got me excited! thanks nikki, you're the best sister in the entire world!!!
check out this interesting theory.
-The snowman riddle that Desmond asks Locke in the hatch when he sees him. 
on sunday during the superbowl aidan was acting very cranky. at first we just thought the party was too much for him. later he came up to me and i picked him up and he felt warm. when we came home we took him temperature and it was 101. we gave him tylenol and put him to bed. when he woke up at 10 o'clock we took his temperature again. it was now 104.3!!! so we threw him in the bath to try to get his temperature down. after 20 minutes it had come down to 103.2. we called the after hours phone number for the pediatrician and left a message. she called me about 30 seconds later. we talked for a bit and she told me to give him some motrin as well. she wasn't concerned because aidan was talking and smiling and playing. she said it would have been a different story had he been lathargic. we finally got him back to sleep and he only slept anywhere in between 1-2 hrs all night long. needless to say it was a long night. monday night wasn't much different and last night he didn't sleep all that well either. needless to say i'm exhausted! hopefully he starts feeling better so i can start being productive!!
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