Oh, Happy Day

Our crazy neighbor downstairs moved out! This guy seriously creeped me out. I even put a piece of paper covering the peep-hole on our door because he freaked me out so much. I'm so relieved he doesn't live below us anymore.

Wednesday was my birthday! Jake took me to La Fondue - a restaurant in Saratoga that I've been dying to try. I love fondue! This place was swanky and surprisingly busy for a Wednesday. Of course when the waitress heard we were there to celebrate my birthday she brought over two glasses of champagne. Grr. Why all the free champagne when I can't partake? But, the dinner was amazing! We both left feeling very full...

Sorry, only two pictures taken at my birthday dinner. Notice the candle in the marshmallow... the chocolate fondue was amazing!

Also, I'm 26 weeks preggers, which means I needed to take the glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes. This involves drinking some glucose and showing up to the lab an hour later to have some blood taken. Luckily, the lab is open on weekends, so I didn't need to miss any work. I was told that the drink makes some people nauseous, so I was nervous. Sunday morning I was ready for my glucose cocktail. It tasted like a thicker sprite. I had to drink it all within five minutes. That was the only hard part. It really wasn't that bad and I felt fine. I got the test results today - I'm healthy! I don't want to jinx it, but I've been feeling great. No more headaches and just feeling positive about the whole thing. My body does get very tired at the end of the work day, but I guess that's to be expected. I do have an extra 20 pounds on me... yes... that's right. 2-0. Oooooops.

Here I am at 26 weeks on my way to the lab to get my blood tested. These belly pics can also be used to play "Where's Roxy?" cause she seems to be in all of them.

This past weekend I also got my cooking on. I made some (homemade!) butternut squash ravioli. (*Note: I'm not really a recipe person. I much prefer to look at lots of different recipes, combine them, and do my own thing*) I started with some flour, eggs, and Jake's arm strength to roll out the pasta dough. I started rolling, but I couldn't get it thin enough. Then, I pureed some roasted butternut squash, salt, pepper, nutmeg, brown sugar, and milk. We put some of this filling between two layers of pasta and cut out our raviolis. After boiling I tossed them in a brown butter and sage sauce. They were delicious!

My ravioli before the were cooked.