37 Weeks and Junior's Room

We haven't posted pictures of Allison lately so we thought we'd better put some up. We're not far away from D-day. I guess we better start thinking about getting a hospital bag and the car seat ready.

We had a good weekend. Steph was in town for Junior's baby shower. We also had friends in town and it was fun to see some people we haven't seen for a long time. Junior was spoiled rotten at the shower and he thanks everyone for all the gifts.

While the ladies were off doing the baby thing, us men played some cards and watched a little college football. It was fun to see the Bison whip up on the Gophers.

Well, here's Allison.

And me too...

Allison did some more work on Junior's room and took a few pictures with her wide angle lens. They look pretty good.

Here's some truck pictures and the crib with the bedding and a few gifts in it.

Here's one corner of the room.

Thank you aunt Steph for the wall clock.

And once again...the grand finale.

Well, the World Series isn't too exciting so far. It looks like the Red Sox are whipping up on the Rockies.

A little baseball humor ...

A man walks into a bar with a dog. The bartender says, "You can't bring that dog in here."
"You don't understand," says the man. "This is no regular dog, he can talk."
"Listen, pal," says the bartender. "If that dog can talk, I'll give you a hundred bucks."
The man puts the dog on a stool, and asks him, "What's on top of a house?"
"Roof!"
"Right. And what's on the outside of a tree?"
"Bark!"
"And who's the greatest baseball player of all time?"
"Ruth!"
"I guess you've heard enough," says the man. "I'll take the hundred in twenties."
The bartender is furious. "Listen, pal," he says, "get out of here before I belt you."
As soon as they're on the street, the dog turns to the man and says, "Do you think I should have said 'DiMaggio'?

Later,

R&A

Granola

We've been making our own granola bars for awhile now ever since we saw it on an episode of "Good Eats" on the Food Network. I like these better than the packaged ones you buy in stores since you can put what you want in them and they're not so full of sugar. The official recipe is:

Dry Ingredients
8 ounces of oats
1.5 oz of wheat germ
1.5 oz of raw sunflower seeds
3 oz of almonds

The other ingredients
6 oz honey
1.75 oz brown sugar
1 oz butter
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt

Since I don't like to use the official recipe we have experimented a few times and found some combinations we like. In this particular batch we used a big pile of oats and smaller piles of wheat germ, flax seed, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.

1. Mix up the dry ingredients on a cookie sheet and toast for 15 minutes at 350 degrees stirring occasionally.

2. Bring the other ingredients to a boil on the stove top. We generally use half a honey bear, some brown sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter.

3. Take the toasted dry ingredients out of the oven and mix into the liquid.

4. Grease a glass baking pan and pour the mixture in. Press down firmly with another pan.

5. Bake at 300 degrees for 25 minutes.

6. Let them cool and slice 'em up.

There, now everyone can be on their way to healthier snacks. Warning, these don't taste like the store bought variety and some people may not like them. If you fall into this category I would suggest purchasing the ones you like in the store.

Junior

We had an appointment on Friday and everything is going fine -- nothing new to report. There's another appoinment this Friday. We're in the homestretch now!

Allison had her baby shower this weekend over at Mike and Michelle's. We had friends in town from Fargo, Iowa, Omaha, and of course the Minneapolis metro area. Junior was very appreciative of all the nice presents he received. He's lucky to have such a great group of friends and family. I'll try to get some Junior related pictures up soon.

Good Night.

34 Weeks and Junior's Room

It's been a while since we've posted so we thought we'd better get some pictures up. Allison has been feeling good lately -- her back hasn't been bothering her as much as it was before. Junior has been kicking like a maniac. He must be trying to get in shape.

We had another appointment last Thursday and everything checked out fine. His heart rate is 142 bpm which is smack dab in the middle of where it should be. His little cocoon measures the right length according to the doctor and he's got his head down. Starting next week, the appointments turn into weekly visits.

We toured the hospital on Saturday to get an idea of where to go and to see what the room looked like. (It looked like a hospital room.)

Here's Mom at 34 weeks. Officially she's at 35 weeks today, but we took this picture last week and we feel that if we titled the post "35 Weeks and Junior's Room" it would be a lie. As lead editor of rossandallison.blogspot.com I strive to maintain an open and honest relationship with our readers. We feel that reputation is everything in this business.

Junior's room is all put together. We thought it would be a good idea to share what it looks like. Here's his diaper drawer/changing table. About a month ago this particular piece of furniture was simply known as Ross's dresser. I know what you're thinking, but no, this drawer has not always stored diapers and baby wipes. When it was known as Ross's dresser this particular drawer held t-shirts.


That's Allison's hand holding this diaper. It's hard to believe they're that small.


Here's the closet (formerly known as Ross's closet in the guest room.) My shirts used to hang down just a little further than Junior's.


Mom and Junior will probably spend some long nights in this chair. We might move it into our bedroom for the first few weeks. I guess we'll just see how it all works out.


Here's Junior's crib full of clothes. Thanks Grandma!


And the grand finale...

This past Saturday we took Junior up to Carson's second birthday party (Paul and Jaime's boy.) Everyone there had kids running around. It was kind of an eye opener.

That's all for now.

Good night.