(Update! Read the follow up blog post: Update on Geekling Dinosaur Project)
So I had this crazy idea.
It may have a huge turnout, it may flop. But no matter what happens, I think it would be a really cool way to decorate a room.
In this case, I was thinking about the geekling’s room and how to decorate it. Our “theme” is dinosaurs, but we are renting right now so painting is out of the question. That means the décor is dependent on the wall hangings. Last week our friend @katiedoyle mailed us a painting she did of a dinosaur for us to hang in the geekling’s room. (That’s her artwork pictured!) Inspired by this fantastic piece …

I’ve been craving guacamole. Most would assume it’s pregnancy related, and it may very well be, but ever since I had some delicious homemade guacamole at Chipotle a few weeks back with co-workers, I’ve been wanting some more. But I wanted to try my hand at making it myself, too.
I headed over to AllRecipes.com to look for the highest rated guacamole recipe they had. I know guacamole is avocado based but that’s the extent of my knowledge on the subject. We went with this guacamole recipe, and bought some fresh ingredients.
Initially, I imagined having turkey burgers and putting the guacamole on them as a condiment. But we also had two lonely chicken breasts in the …

Lately (as I mentioned in a previous post) we’ve been stir frying everything. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s such a convenient way to cook up fresh meat and vegetables together in a healthy way. I think the wok pan that my mom got us for Christmas is one of Lucas’ favorite things ever. We use it almost every night of the week!
The best part to me about stir frying is that it can be healthy. Even though it’s got the word “fry” in there, it’s not the greasy, deep fried food that may come to mind first. We normally start with a little bit of olive oil and some crushed garlic and then stir …

Seriously, the cooking and baking bug has hit us harder than usual lately. We’ve always enjoyed trying new recipes, but I blame our recent dietary need to cook from fresh ingredients to cut the sodium for Lucas, but all of the Food Network we’ve been watching has also been part of the inspiration. This weekend we decided to take it easy and relax. The rule was: if it’s not playing video games, knitting for the geekling, or napping… it’s not happening. While lying around and watching DVR’d episodes of Chopped (Lucas and I’s new favorite show) on Food Network earlier, we started talking about throwing together some shrimp and beef stir fry style with bell …

Happy Sunday!
We’re happy to report that Lucas’ condition continues to improve every day, and he’s almost 100% back to normal. While it’s possible he won’t have to be on a restricted sodium diet forever, this little brush with kidney problems has made us both a lot more aware of how much sodium we’re eating each day, and it’s been an eye opening experience. It feels like there’s sodium in everything, and quite often a lot of it, too. It’s helped us get back to cooking with more raw ingredients and being more aware of what we eat. So just because Lucas may not have to keep his sodium at a minimum any longer doesn’t mean …

Today we had the big ultrasound appointment we’d been waiting for; the one where they do all of the measurements and check to make sure everything is developing properly. But we were also looking forward to this appointment because this would be when they’d tell us whether we were having a boy or girl geekling, and we just couldn’t wait to find out.
Without a doubt, we’re having a little baby boy – a mini Lucas! We are tickled pi… blue? and so very excited!
The best news was hearing them tell us how perfect everything looked. We were AMAZED at the things they could see on the ultrasound today, and what things they could tell about …