I had baby O! He’s a healthy, hungry and happy little guy who made his debut into this world with wide eyes open and a full head of Show Hair. We are all adjusting to life as a family of four with a new baby, but there are three things I’d forgotten about having a …
I do realize the last three posts I’ve written are carb laden. I don’t know what to say other than this baby in my belly loves carbs! P’s current favorite snack is cheese crackers, so what better snack to bake together than his favorite one? My toddler is a great (ok, somewhat messy and wild) …
October has been one gross and sweaty month; thanks Tennessee, I guess we are skipping Fall this year. Even though last week’s temps creeped towards 90°F with 92% humidity, we can still crank up the a/c, put on a turtleneck and make Fall food! These homemade pretzels will knock the socks off of anyone’s Oktoberfest …
On a whim, I picked up a magazine in the grocery check-out lane just because the beautiful cover photo caught my eye. Little did I know, the entire magazine was basically an ad for King Arthur Flour. On the one hand, it was kind of nice, as there were no other ads for anything, but on …
It’s that time of Tennessee summer for me. That “I-won’t-blow-dry-my-hair-anymore-because-it’s-too-dang-hot-outside” time of summer. Jeans have been retired to the back corner of my closet. My hair has permanent ponytail kink because again, it’s just too dang hot to have hair on your neck. It’s so swelteringly humid it makes me not want to cook anything. In fact, …
The past seven days have been a bunch of postpartum “firsts” for me. Last week I cared and cooked for houseguests (instead of the other way around), watched my first live rugby match, hosted a small brunch gathering, attended my ladies book(wine) club, took baby P to the grocery store with me, and overall, felt like a normal human being again. PHEW, …
Today marks M’s Belly’s two year blog anniversary! Woot! When I look back into the post archives and see my first (uninterestingly written and poorly lit) post for mini beef wellingtons, I see I shot some of the photos outside on the condo balcony. I remember March being simply lovely and in the mid-50’s that year for …
In my last post I mentioned toaster oven chocolate chip cookies for two. Again, this is about all the baking/creativity I’ve been able to manage lately. When The Hubs isn’t home, it seriously comes down to living off of what I can make in the toaster oven. I don’t know about you, but when I make cookies …
Is it just me, or is everyone in a bigger rush than ever this year? It seemed like we hadn’t even turned the Halloween corner into November and I was getting Christmas catalogues and seeing lawns already decorated with Rudolph and Santa. I went to the mall at the beginning of this month and it …
Ask my husband and he’ll disappointedly tell you I am NOT a fan of Halloween. He LOVES Halloween. He came home from school today and immediately put on his halloween skeleton shirt. I blame my mother for my dislike of all things Halloweenish. I do not like the scary movies, haunted houses, face-painting, and creepy …
