Pies & Things

My mother-in-law, Kathy, asked me to make a pie for Thanksgiving. I was preeeety nervous because I had made an apple pie a few weeks ago, and it blew. I mean, I did use a store bought crust and didn't quite follow the recipe, but my mom and I always used to make apple pies when I was in high school... and they were always knocks out of the park, so I was expecting nothing less. Anyhow, so when I agreed to make a pie, the odds were not in my favor.

Yet, somehow the stars aligned in my favor, because it was good. Granted, I did follow the recipe exactly (it was this caramel apple pie recipe, from a blog written by one of the girls I took a class with at school. She knows her stuff) because I was scared. And I splurged and bought a pie crust in a box, where you add water and roll out. And, may we talk about the braid? Ha. If only I had more crust and could've put it around the edge... that thing was awesome.

Also, I have something else to say...

Brent and I are expecting a baby!

I'm about 13 weeks along, and this ultrasound was taken at the beginning of November, when I was about 10 weeks.

Everything is going ok right now. We heard the baby's heartbeat and everything. But, there are a lot of things to be nervous about : / Since I have diabetes and all. Fingers crossed and I'm pumped to post a lot of stuff about the pregnancy (especially because I've found it a little tough to find diabetic ladies' personal experiences about having babies, though the website diabeticmommy.com has helped a lot, but its the only thing of its kind that I can find!).

Love to all.

PS I am so weird about telling people I'm pregnant. I don't know how to... I always feel cheesy. Like, I even felt cheesy putting a exclamation point at the end of the sentence above, "Brent and I are expecting a baby!" Also, I have forbidden Brent to post about it on Facebook yet. And I don't even have that great of a reason why... but it is forbidden.. ha.