Knitting again

After making one adult-sized hat today, I managed to strain my right hand. But I'm still eager to crochet a few baby booties, and knit some baby hats.


In other news, a cool food blog called Eat Me Daily mentioned my comic strip! Well....it really only mentioned the fact that I happened to illustrate the great cooking of my friend Ryan (who also mentioned my post), but I'll take the publicity any way I can ^_^

Healthy chocolate muffins

So I made these chocolate muffins that have basically no fat. They are made of flour, sugar, chocolate, egg whites, water, and prunes (there's also some baking soda, baking powder, and vanilla). I had never really eaten dried prunes before. They were okay plain, not particularly sweet, but had an interesting flavor that I could believe would go well with chocolate. The recipe was easy and the muffins turned out nice an moist. And....they tasted pretty darn good! I would definitely make them again - maybe even as a cake. You can taste the prunes in the muffins, but the chocolate also comes through strong, and, heck, it has fiber and healthy nutrients. Not bad. With a tall glass of milk and a little whipped cream, it's a great dessert.

More movement

Now I've been able to feel more than just tickling. An occasional push against my stomach, very light. Seth's been jealous because he can't really feel the movement yet. Although, if you put enough pressure on the stomach, you can feel it. To me, right now, the movements just feel like gas. Although, it feels like gas around your belly button as opposed to your intestines. The movement isn't bothersome yet, but I'm sure it will get to be as I continue to expand.

Been baking a lot

I got a great muffin book and have made quite a selection so far....blueberry oatmeal, apricot oatmeal, strawberry, and banana-honey muffins to start. The banana-honey muffins have got to be my favorite so far.

Beginning to feel things

It's like someone is delicately dragging their fingers along the inside of my stomach. It is really ticklish and makes me want to scratch at the spot.

Trying to keep my reputation clean

I try to avoid drawing raunchy comics.

Visiting the twins

Seth was much more at ease about holding the babies than I was. I keep feeling like I'm going to break them. The twins were just a little over 5 pounds each, and they were tiny!