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Monday, October 31, 2011

Recipe Ideas

So I need some ideas for easy meals Patrick (or I) can make after the little one arrives. Patrick can cook, but it is bachelor cooking, but he can follow a basic recipe.  After years of being in the Army there are very few convience foods that he will eat, so I can't just go get a Stouffers lasagna. We plan to get a new Foreman grill, since he is comfortable with that. I have a started a collection of Crock-pot and Dutch-oven recipes.  I have several good casserole type recipes but I have never tried to freeze them, so I am not sure how they will thaw, plus we dont have a very big freezer. I want to try to stocking up on as many recipe ingredients as possible now, so we dont have much to get at the grocery store afterwards.

So what are your favorite easy recipes?

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Mom Advice Question

For all those moms out there: What is that baby product you could not live without? You know, that go to baby shower present, that you think every mom should have. You don't know how moms did it before this product existed.

Leave your answer in the comments. You can comment as an anonymous user if you wish, but make sure to leave your name in the comment itself.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Photos

Here goes my first attempt at adding a photo to a post:
This is one of the images from our 20 week ultrasound in July. I scanned and uploaded all the ultrasound photos to Snapfish. I started an album just for the little one and  I will also upload other photos there, such as nursery photos and photos of the little one eventually. I also have credits and coupons for Shutterfly so I will also be putting all those photos on there as well. You might also want to check out the Bump Baby Website I started, I have links to the photo albums there.

Edit: Shutterfly album has been started 11/2
Shutterfly ShareSite started 11/9

I plan to send out both e-announcements and traditonal birth announcements, so make sure I have your contact info. You can email me that info.

Poll - Chat Messenger

I'm debating finding a chat app feature to intergrate into the website or setting up a time for us to chat using a specific messenger at the same time during the virutal party. If you are interested in this, I put a poll on the sidebar, asking which messenger you like to use most.

Date Decided: Nov 11th 2:30 PST

I am sending the invites through the Facebook event app, but you dont have to use Facebook to be a part of the virtual baby shower. http://www.facebook.com/events/#!/event.php?eid=234341953294473
 
Here is the info if you arent a Facebook user:
 
We are having a virtual baby shower to celebrate Megan's and Patrick's upcoming bundle of joy, due near Thanksgiving. Currently living in Washington state, far from most of their family and friends, we decided the best option was to celebrate online.

What: I started a website to share update about the baby, as well as other fun things that one would find at a baby shower, like pictures, shower games and sharing mom advice.

Wh
en: I will have the website completely ready by Nov 11th at 2:30 pm PST (5:30 EST) There will be posts with pictures, games, advice questions, etc for you to comment on and interact with. I plan to post a few posts a day until then, so you can check on it between now and then or wait until the party day or anytime after.

How: All you have to do is check out the URL (
http://warrenbaby2011.blogspot.com/ ) and enjoy the posts. You can interact by leaving comments on any of the posts or you can just enjoy reading the posts. You dont have to create an account, you can leave comments as an anonoymous user, but please leave your name in the comment itself.

Monday, October 24, 2011

First post

So I started this website to use as a place for a virtual baby shower. It will have a start date (TBD) and by that date I will have several posts ready with baby shower games and discussions questions available. I am also looking into some sort of chat box feature. Being virtual, of course it could be viewed even after that time and date. After the party, it can be used to update everyone on the baby.