Black Friday Breakfast Casserole

This morning Chase and I decided to be creative and make a breakfast casserole. We made a trip to Piggly Wiggly for all the groceries and then came back and started creating. This is what we came up with...

Black Friday Breakfast Casserole

2 cups Tator tots

½ pound sausage

1 cup shredded cheese (maybe more, you don't really have to measure) :o)

6 eggs

¼ cup milk

salt & pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cover the bottom of a 2 quart shallow baking dish with the Tator tots. Bake tator tots for 10-15 minutes so you can flatten them on the bottom of the dish. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover with shredded cheese.

While tots are cooking brown sausage. Drain and layer on top of Tator tots. Cover with shredded cheese.

Stir up eggs and milk in a bowl and add salt and pepper to taste. Pour eggs on top of casserole and let it soak through.

Cook 30 minutes covered. Then cook uncovered for an additional 15-20 minutes. Eggs should be yellow/fluffy looking and not shiny any more.

I would have taken a picture but my eager/starving husband dug into it before I could get the camera out. Oh well! It was really good and I would recommend it.

It was Yummy!!

Seriously!!...

why can't I sleep?!?!

I really don't like all these sleepless nights I've been having lately. I mean really! I'm tired and I need all the rest I can get right now before Brantley Rae gets here. I CAN NOT go to sleep or stay asleep for a long time most nights. And on nights like tonight, once I wake up to go to the bathroom the first time at 2:15am, I then just lay in bed thinking about any and everything and I can't go back to sleep. What's up with that?!! So now it's 3:15am and I finally decided to just get out of bed for a little while and come Blog about it. Maybe this will help me. PLEASE!!

Sometimes the problem is that I'm uncomfortable and I can just change positions and then go back to sleep but not tonight. I layed every different way I'm allowed to lay and nothing was working, my mind is awake! ARG!!

This is probably my biggest complaint I have about my pregnancy. People have told me over and over that this is just preparation for when BR is born and I'm awake at night with her. I totally get that, but seriously!!!! She isn't here yet and I'm tired! There is no baby for me to feed, change or rock yet. Honestly, I understand that she will wake me up at night, I get that, I promise! But why must I lay awake night after night for hours at a time right now before she is born? I really don't feel that it's necessary. I could go on and on because unfortunately I am wide awake, but I think I'll stop.

On and lighter note...

Today is already Thanksgiving and while I am very much NOT thankful for sleepless nights, I AM however overwhelmed with thanksgiving for Brantley Rae, her Daddy and our sweet doggy, Marley. I love them all dearly and thank God daily for putting each of them into my life. I am truly blessed to have so much love, joy and happiness in my life.

Thank you, Lord for my wonderful life!!

Precious Moments Dress

Beverly gave me this fabric tonight and I couldn't wait to make a dress out of it. I think Precious Moments are so cute! This dress turned out sweet and it was really easy to make. Since I've used this pattern a couple times before, I flew through making it. I think I finished it in at hour and a half, maybe less.

Anyways, now I'm gonna try to go to bed. Hopefully I'll sleep better than I did last night.

Green and Pink Top

Today I made this adorable top for Brantley Rae. I will admit that I haven't finished the straps and I didn't make the white shirt or the pants. I think it turned out really cute!!

Decorations Are Hung...

By the chimney with care, wait we don't have a chimney but they were hung with care!

I know we put them up a little early but I didn't want to wait any longer. I've loved sitting at home this week with the tree on because it's so pretty and it just reminds me of the happy times that the Holidays bring.

I love Christmas!!

Our pretty tree

This is our 2009 ornament. I had it made a few weeks ago and I think it's pretty cute!!

Marley's ornament

Brantley Rae's ornament

Chase and I saw this at Target a few weeks ago and I thought it was so cute! I had to buy it!

She truly is a gift from God!

We don't have many decorations but I think these are pretty! I wish I could go Christmas decoration shopping so bad but baby stuff comes first right now. Brantley Rae will probably come before Christmas decorations for a long time. Oh well!! I'm still happy!!

Anybody else jumped the gun on Christmas decorations or is it just me?

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we're headed to visit with Chase's family. I'm not sure if I'll take any pictures but if I do I'll have a Thanksgiving post when we get back.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Baby Shower #3

Sunday afternoon I had my third baby shower. It went really well but we did not take very many good pictures at all. So here are a few of the best ones.

The table was set very nicely and the food was wonderful!

Strawberry cake from Edgar's. AMAZING!! I still have some in the fridge but I'm eating a small piece every night after dinner. Yummy!!

My mom made me the diaper cake and she did a great job! So cute! My sister-in-law, Mary Ellen, made the watermelon baby carriage. Alyssa got to help!

Nana gave BR this gown, bonnet, socks, shoes and tiny baby ring for her baby dedication we will be having in May or June. The dress is beautiful and we love it! Thanks, Mom!

We got the swing (I've already put it together), infant positioner, wipe warmer and comfort bather.

BR's Bebe, gave her this cute frame/bow holder combo thing. It's adorable and I can't wait to get more bows to put on it and have a picture of BR to put in it.

This is the lot of clothes that we received at the shower. Heck yes! I love little tiny outfits and we needed all of them!!

Burp cloths!

New sheets, sheet savers and Boppy covers. When I took this picture I was washing the Boppy covers so that's why it's white. We got a cute pink and white cover and also a cover with cupcakes and sprinkles on it. I love them both!!

Anyways, we got much more than what I took pictures of but this is a lot of it. We are so very thankful for all the gifts we have been given. We can't wait for our little girl to be born so that we can start to use it all instead of it just sitting around our house.

We love you Brantley Rae!!

Belly Post - 29 Weeks

Inside my belly this week...

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and her head is growing bigger to make room for her developing brain. To meet her increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because her bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

Brantley Rae,

This week has flown by and you have really been moving and rolling around in my belly. I've been having trouble sleeping but it's not all your fault. I can tell that you must be growing quickly because everyday it gets harder for me to breathe. I have to stand up and take deep breaths to try to get you to move around a little bit. I know this is going to get worse as you continue to get bigger, but that's okay, I want you to be healthy.

On a lighter note, we had our 3rd baby shower on Sunday and got lots of really great things. You got so many cute outfits. I'm going to share more about the shower in my next post.

Daddy and I have already decorated for Christmas! We love this time of year and I was anxious to get our tree up so Daddy got it out of storage Sunday night. Yay! I'll post pictures of that soon as well.

Tonight, Daddy and I have our second Childbirth class. We're learning what to expect during your delivery so that we can get you here as safely and quickly as possible. We love you very much and can't wait to meet you in February.

Love you,

Mommy