Dessert Crescent Rolls and Fun Pinterest Ideas

I told you I have been craving desserts lately so after dinner on Sunday I decided to make these based on a recipe I found on pinterest.

Dessert Crescent Rolls
1 package of crescent rolls
Peanut butter
Chocolate or choc. chips
Nutella (optional)

Unroll your crescent rolls and spread a thin layer of peanut butter down. The recipe calls for nutella, but they were all out at walmart (I've never even tried it before). Place chocolate chips or a mini chocolate bar inside.

Roll them up and bake for 8-10 minutes on 350.

We had strawberries so I decided to add them to the dish and they were the perfect combination.

This was so fast and easy, you must give it a try. 

My sister also tried a pinterest idea that I wanted to share. 

 

Here is her final product. Michelle says she'd buy the kitchenaid mixer just for this purpose alone lol. 

She made this black bean and corn salad to put it in. Looks fantastic!

Here is a random picture of my sweet little baby (for now) relaxing on the couch this weekend. She doesn't fully realize there will be another little baby around the house soon. I think I should play some crying baby noises to familiarize her. David was napping the other day and I did play a crying baby from youtube to see if he'd wake up and sure enough after about 3 seconds he got up, that was a fun test.

Sasuage and Spinach Stuffed Shells

I am slowly trying to bank up some meals for the freezer for when baby Max is born. Right now I am just doubling recipes that I am having for dinner. This recipe I found off of pinterest and it's from Inspired Taste. Keep in mind that I doubled the recipe and I don't like ricotta cheese so I just used Parmesan instead. I also used sweet sausage and turkey sausage to be a little more healthy.

Sausage and Spinach Stuffed Shells-

Ingredients-

• 16-18 jumbo pasta shells
• 1 pound fresh sausage links, casing removed
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 onion
• 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 cup frozen spinach, thawed and squeeze dry
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 can crushed tomatoes 

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta shells and cook according to package directions. Drain well then add to ice water until ready to stuff. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add a little oil and onion and cook for a few minutes. Add sausage then use a wooden spoon to break up the sausage, cook 5-6 minutes until browned. 

Add garlic and cook 30 seconds then add tomatoes and spinach; cook 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and stir in ricotta cheese.

Using a spoon, fill pasta shells with pork filling and arrange in a baking dish (9-inch x 9-inch baking dish works well). The smaller pan is for the freezer and the bigger one was dinner and lunches for the next day.

I just mixed the crushed tomatoes with some Italian seasonings and poured on top. Sprinkle tops with shredded cheese then bake in the oven 25-30 minutes until cheese has melted and tips of shells begin to crisp and brown. If you are freezing, just your shells get to room temperature and put in the freezer with a foil lid.

Yummy Shells.

They are time consuming to stuff, but definitely worth it.

We got these aluminum containers at Sams club in the bulk pack and got the lids to go with it to make easy stacking in the freezer. I also wrote directions on the front. David asked that I put the expiration date instead of the date I made it so there would be no confusion. I've read that freezer meals last about 3 months in the freezer so that's what I put on the date.

All set to go. I want to make a bunch more as time permits, just need to clear some space out of the freezer.

Weekend Update- Nursery Addition

Quick update from the Doctors on Friday. Baby is still frank breech, his body is in more of a V shape. The midwife we met with said that his position did get a little better and my fluid levels went from a 9 last time to a 13 this time (I'll take some credit for this as I was drinking a ton of water this week). She recommended we try the external cephalic version. We are waiting for the scheduling coordinator to call us back, but we're going to try for that Friday/monday. It needs to be done around 37 weeks so you are full term, but the baby isn't that big. I am a bit nervous about how the pain will be and I haven't yet watched a youtube on it (I'm sure David has) but we have watched c-sections so I am willing to try it for a chance that he will flip on over.

 David also came up with a contraption to make it more comfortable to sit with my hips above my head. He accidentally broke the office chair this weekend so he modified it so I could use it.

 It is quite funny, but does make it easier to get high enough. You can get on low and then press the lever and you get raised up.

We took our infant CPR class friday and learned a lot. We also got to take our maternity photos on Saturday! After all the rain, there was finally a clearing and the weather couldn't have been better. It wasn't overly sunny so we didn't have squinty eye syndrome. I can't wait to get them back, I hope they turn out.

We (David) also started a project for Max's nursery. We decided we wanted to create a little forest scene from the book Where the Wild Things Are. We had someone on etsy try to do this for us, but the end drawing wasn't what we were expecting and the price kept rising. We decided to order our own wall vinyl and do it our selves. Darrin and Stacey do have a cricut that will cut 1ft x 2ft, but he did the trees without the machine. We first made a puzzle with a scene from the book by tiling it together and getting the tree shapes. The trees were too skinny so we just eye balled it and made them thicker.

We put them up last night and are very pleased with how they look in there.

He will now make the files for the leaves (we hope to get a nice big canopy look) and print that this weekend.

I made a freezer meal (I'll post recipes soon), started the nurse goody bags and got hospital PJ's. Our to do list is going well and I am almost finished getting ready.

I'm ready to go to the hospital (nursing cami, pj pants and robe from mix and match Target)

Pregnancy Survey- 36 Weeks

How Far Along: 36 weeks 

Size of baby: Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of his first bowel movement.

Total Weight Gain: 25 lbs 

Sleep: Still up to pee a few times a night, but sleeping pretty good with my pillows 

Symptoms: Feeling pretty good still. Not that uncomfortable unless its trying to maneuver around the dog to get out of bed to go pee during the night. I feel like Humpty Dumpty rolling off the bed lol

Cravings: nothing crazy, still loving cereal and desserts.

Gender- Max David 

Movement: I have been doing the pelvic tilt where you put pillows under your bottom and lay down so your hips are higher than your chest and sit there for 15ish mins. I also add the flash light to my lower stomach and music and sometimes an ice pack to the top area to coax him in to moving. I am feeling him move around during these movements, but am still feeling him in the far right area of my stomach. I started to feel little flutters lower yesterday so maybe his feet have unfolded, but still in the breech position. We'll see tomorrow. I wish I had picture of me doing these poses, they are funny after a while. The other one I do is a modification of downward dog with pillows and just hands and knees. I know you may think it's silly and he'll move if he wants, but I mine as well try something.

Maternity Clothes: Same

Best Moments this week: I still love seeing Max on the ultra sound, even if he is a stubborn little bugger

What I'm looking forward to: Ultra sound and DR appointment tomorrow, we have our CPR class friday night and maternity photo shoot saturday. It's suppose to rain, but we are really getting down to it here and can't afford a makeup so pray for no rain!

Milestones: I am glad my glider is in the nursery. I am still loving it, thanks for all your comments about it and the nursery. We are attempting to do our own vinyl wall decals. Darrin and Stacey have a cricut and we'll see what we can accomplish. Preliminary work is still happening. 

To Do List: I have an ongoing list that I wanted to just jot down here. Thank you notes, finish hospital bag, assemble nurse goody bags (I have all my supplies), freezer meals for after baby (I did one- chicken bacon alfredo pasta), finalizing and getting props for maternity shoot (the booties came in and they are just darling), pick out a DSLR camera. I want to add finish reading my breast feeding book and Baby Wise that I just got. I also want to add cleaning out junk drawer and my clothes closet (maybe nesting is starting). 

Chicken bacon alfredo pasta from Our Best Bites.

Straight Hair! I got my haircut over the weekend so I left it for a few days. It's really the only time I straighten it since it takes so much time.

Max's Nursery Glider

I am loving the glider that I got through walmart.com. It is a Little Castle Enchanted- Embassy glider and I went with the plush taupe color. It's hard to get a good picture of it because it's one of those if you rub it one way the fabric gets lighter and another way and it's darker.

It's a very soft fabric that is easily cleanable (says the reviewers). I am still waiting for the skirt parts to settle down, they had padding all around it and they just won't lay down yet.

It fits the space nicely, although the glider does go in the middle of the room a bit, but there is plenty of space and I wouldn't trade out the ottoman, that is a must have for efficient gliding.

We are working on getting some vinyl for the walls, I'll keep ya posted, but we are looking very bare on that wall.

Here is a close up of the material. I really like the little balls that go all the way around the edges. It's a nice touch. I sit in the chair daily already and it's so comfy. David fits very nicely as well. I can see us spending a lot of time here.

I also purchased Max's coming home outfit. Since he may or may not come early now with the c-section he will need a valentines day outfit so I thought this one was cute and it has the mitten sleeves that pull over. It says Mommy's Heart Breaker. I got it at Kohls and it's super cute.

3D/4D Ultrasound

Update from the doctor on Friday. Baby Max is frank breech, which means his feet are up by his head and his head is by my top right side and belly button area.Here is a visual so you can see it.

The doctor said there were a few options.. wait another week to see if he's moved or try a version which is the doctor physically trying to turn the  baby in your stomach. I've heard that's really painful and doesn't work all the time. The dr then told me that I really wasn't a good candidate for that because  1. First time mom my uterus isn't stretched enough 2. My fluids are normal but on the low side 3. He's frank breech and it's harder to turn him when he's like that. 

Sooo we have another ultra sound Friday and after that if no turn we have to schedule a c-section at 39 weeks (can't go longer bc they don't want you to go in labor on your own). Not ideal but what can ya do. Operation turn the baby home remedy style has commenced at home. 

Here are photos from our 3D/4D ultra sound from 32 weeks. As you can see his feet were up there at that time as well (it was about a month ago). 

This photo is hard to really see, but it illustrates that Max has a lot of hair already.

His favorite game is going to be peek-a-boo, his hands are covering his face in this one. 

You can start to see his profile face and all of his limbs

I think he is sticking his tongue out here.

He is def. saying no photos please and sticking out his tongue. He is very good at practicing breathing and sucking.

Look at my sweet baby boy. David and I always try to guess whose nose he has, but I guess we will find out soon!

I know I am bias, but he is just so adorable and we can't wait to meet him. We had the session recorded and David edited it down and its just so sweet. Take a look if you have time. 

Glider Sneak Peek

Well my post for today is having technical issues so I'll have to play with it tonight. We did get our glider in and set up this weekend. I really love it. Here is a sneak preview of us unloading and unwrapping!