Hip Hip Hooray

So yesterday I turned a quarter of a century! It was definitely one of my best birthdays too date (I had a crappy run of them over the past few years). Very relaxed, even though I had to be at work, lots of being spoiled and very yummy dinners!

It started with a bit of a sleep in and then getting presents from Hubby. This include 2 She & Him CDs and a cute card with 4 little girls all dressed up. Hubby said it would be cute if this was our future and I reminded him he didn't want FOUR I'm struggling to get him to want THREE ha-ha

Grapefruit and coffee for breakfast (I was a bit naughty but it was my birthday) and then off to work. My boss gave me this gorgeous (spot on) necklace and it's a long one which is perfect for me and the boobies!

We had yummy Strawberry Ripple Cheesecake at work and everyone was wishing me Happy Birthday throughout the day. We have such a tight knit group at work it was really great to have a few laughs, scoff some cake and finish telling everyone that I'm expecting as well.

Then it was home time and some relaxing on the couch with my puppy while I waited for Hubby to come home. When he did we headed over to my Mum's to get one of her dogs and go for a big dog walk while she continued with preparing for my birthday feast. This lead to the only downside of my birthday in that I stepped in dog poop (walking in the dark in a dog exercise area is not recommended!).

When we came back Mum had the avocado dip set out which has been my favourite ever since I could eat solids. I can't wait to get photos of Pecan eating it just like Mum has of me! More presents were handed over, a gorgeous scarf and *drum roll* a Kindle! I was very very spoilt! Now I'm stalking etsy trying to find the perfect cover for it but not a lot are made for the KindleDX :(

Once my sister and her boyfriend arrived (who just bought a house) Mum started on the chilli mussels which were SO YUMMY! And the Icky Sticky Toffee Pudding which is my favourite dessert! So we were stuffed once dinner was over (literally) and I learnt Pecan doesn't like lots of food. I stayed up til midnight to say goodbye to my last birthday as a non-Mummy and then had an AWESOME sleep!

So it was a fantastic day and more celebrating to come this weekend including a burlesque circus tonight.

Crumpet

I woke up starving (and way too early) and let Hubby sleep in another hour, thankfully he got up before I had to run in there and jump on him. Obviously this is going to be one pregnant woman who needs to be fed! So we headed off to my newest favourite breakfast joint - Crumpet. If you're in WA it's in East Victoria Park and an absolute MUST!

Yummy herb & cheese crumpets with bacon & avocado sides

Crepes with apples

Today's been busy busy and I'm finally starting to feel that exhaustion. As soon as we got back I got changed and washed our car and then after watching some tv off to do our weekly food shop. 

Tonight we're off to dinner at the Green House (yummy) to celebrate Hubby's first birthday as a married man. But before that I've got to drag myself off this couch, walk 3 dogs (we're dog sitting) and then get myself ready for dinner. Hope everyone else is enjoying their weekends.

Birthdays & Babies

So Sunday night was my little sister's pre-birthday at Bonsai. It was so yummy (like always) and the cake tasted divine only Mum and I finished our huge slices it was gorgeous chocolate mousse (my favourite).

Monday was the real deal and our Dad who was up from down south came over and we had pavlova (Hubby's specialty) pizzas and garlic bread. Very, very yummy. We gave her another present (I should say re-gifted) gorgeous crystal martini glasses (I thought she'd realise they were a re-gift but she didn't HURRAH) along with some cash to put towards her laptop.
We also had a mini Christmas with Dad and he gave the boys shirts and we got 2 black elephants (the typical Thailand thing) and an awesome Temari ball.

Click on the picture to learn more about them

It's great the people are still remembering our wedding request and giving us Christmas decorations. It'll just make every Christmas that little bit more special!

Sunday night was also the night we sat down and discussed babies seriously. All that went out the window last night when I did some serious calculations and realised that we could only really try in March (and even then had to be careful) so that we avoid Hubby's exams and Mum's Antarctica trip. She keeps threatening us with death if we have a baby while she's away. I know she's probably as eager as me for us to have a child, if there is a baby or toddler at any event we're at I immediately know where to find her!

Poor Hubby got me being all grr and moody yesterday upon finding that out but today has been fantastic. He got his exams results and even scored a high distinction in one unit (GENIUS!) and he got an interview with a performance management company which is what he's really passionate about. I'm hoping that it all goes well because it would be perfect for him!

In other news our sister-in-law was in the hospital early this week and we all expected our niece to arrive 5 weeks early. She's gone back home now but I still think there will be another place at the Christmas table this year. Her first baby was 3 weeks early and tiny so hopefully the little girl decides to stay in there for a bit longer so she can grow up a bit and put on some more weight!

Tonight I'm off to book club, tomorrow night is the only night I get to relax with Hubby. Friday night we have a birthday party and Saturday I'm taking my best boyfriend and Hubby off to U2. Best boys night ever I think!

Migranes...ICKY

I swear I am so over my head wanting to kill me! I'm going to take matters into my own hands now though and get rid of the pill. The thought of doing that is kind of terrifying but one doctor suggested it's the fake hormones causing my head dramas so lets see if he's right!

It's finally starting to ease off but last night I was terrible. I always burst into tears when I'm in heaps of pain and poor Hubby has been waiting on me hand and foot since last night. I hate doing that to him and I really hate being confined to the couch or bed on the weekend. It's not fair losing half my weekend to a bloody migrane GRRR

As long as I feel better by tomorrow night I'll be ok, we're going out to Japanese (Perth readers I highly recommend you check out The Bonsai in Northbridge) and we've order my sister their cool puffer fish cake (not that I recommend their desserts! But the food is beyond yummy.) I couldn't get the picture on here but it can be seen on their website.

It'll be nice to have a semi-family dinner again but it'll probably be the start of no free nights until after Christmas for me and I'm not really looking forward to that :( I'm a big home-body but it's good for me to get out and about.

Today is also the day by best friend left for Burma and then France...so jealous of her but so happy for her as well. I sent her a text farewell (because we'd done the dinner, speech, hug thing nights before) and teased that there might be a new person waiting to meet her when she gets back. It was also the first time in awhile that we both said I love you to each other and not in the off-the-cuff comment way but the I really mean it way. It's nice to have friends to be able to say that to. I would do anything for that girl and I know she'd do the same for me.

Dinner, Birthdays and Cake

This weekend has been both eventful and un-eventful.

It started with a visit to what used to be one of our favourite restaurants - The Mussel Bar in Fremantle. It must've been on everyone's to do list that night because it was super busy. But thankfully we got a better table than last night and were seated at a window overlooking some awesome old boats. Even though it was a fantastic dinner foodwise it was a great date night with my Hubby.

We started off by ordering their seafood tasting plate to share and 6 oysters. I will only eat oysters if they are tempura and I was so happy to find tempura oysters with pineapple salsa on the menu - they were YUMMY! I also really enjoyed the softshell crab and the sushi but other than that the remainder of the tasting plate was a little ho-hum. I'd also been trying to decide if I should order the yummy white wine mussels I did last time or if I should go with something different. I decided not to be a risk taker and go with mussels because I love them! Unfortunately I wish I'd taken the risk...they were WAY too salty and just tasted yuck. I should've sent them back but the place was so busy. Then we decided to order dessert and I chose the passionfruit brulee. We were busy chatting but the Mr kept looking at his watch and finally admitted we'd been waiting for 30 minutes and still no food (I'd lost track of time). He told our waitress who said she'd go check and it should be out soon...after another 15 minutes she came back and we asked them to cancel it because it still hadn't even been made!

Very disappointed and I wish I'd had the guts to say how unhappy I was with my main meal as well - they didn't even offer us a discount or anything, just a sorry hope we see you again! Sadly they won't not, it just wasn't worth the $100+ we both paid. (Hopefully it was just because it was so busy because our first dinner there was amazing!)

But other than the waiting and not so good food it was great. We talked heaps, held hands like teenagers on a first date and stared out into harbour. We talked about baby names and I advised him he had 5 veto rights (similar to that Friends episode hehe) and how because of our surname we definitely could not have a child named after a food or adjective :p

Saturday we were celebrating my uni friend's birthday and went out to Elmars in the Swan Valley. Needless to say too much wine (not enough food) and sitting in the sun did not a good Jess make. The poor husband he always looks after me when I get like this. I declared that my friend's last day as 23 was my last day drinking like a teenager! I just can't do it anymore, I lose the next 24-48 hours.

We then had my friend who has just been to South Africa (I definitely want to go there now!) come over and show her photos and video of her bungy jumping - VERY JEALOUS! I finally christened our Kitchen Aid (wedding gift from the in-laws) by baking a Cinnamon Tea Cake (yummy both boys went back for seconds). I must admit it is so easy to use, even if I didn't follow the recipe properly (stuff folding in sifted flour in between putting in the milk!).

So now I'm relaxing in front of the telly after doing the dishes (I felt I owed hubby something), stuck watching Top Gear because the Mr loves it. It would be Keeping up with the Kardashians but the dvd broke - too many sad sad housewifes renting it.

Life is good :)

Chicken Tonight

I'm trying out being a Domestic Goddess today ha-ha. Finally (almost) made a bedroom clean and tidy and now I'm pottering around the good ol' internet trying to find a yummy dish to cook with the chicken thighs I pulled out of the freezer.

I've decided I'm going to make cornbread as well seeing as the Butter Milk I bought is no doubt due to go off soon. Don't you hate when you buy heaps of yummy things to use in all these 'planned' dishes during the week and it never winds up happening. I guess I blame that on full-time work and just being exhausted after it. Especially with this past week which has been insane!

Today was the sister-in-law's birthday and we finally got her the pair of gold sneakers she wanted only to find out she bought a pair on ebay yesterday! Damn it don't buy stuff so close to your birthday people...oh well she was happy with the second-hand i-Pod at least. Not that we could compare with the $300 Mimco bracelet the her brother & sister-in-law (the one I'm not so keen on) got her. I'm sucky when it comes to presents with their family some how everyone always gives great presents to everyone but me and the Hubby. I joked with him today that we must be the least liked haha I think it's been 2 years in a row that I haven't received anything. Which wouldn't bother me (I'm not a gimme-gimme person) except that I wish I was on level footing with the brother's wife seeing as we're both in-laws. Oh well I just have to build a bridge and get over that...unfortunately it's a lot easier to say than do.

In other news, I miss my Husband! I forgot how much study time uni took up but at least when I did it I actually stayed home. He's always at uni (even now) and I'm starting to feel a bit lonely. But in the end it is all for the best! Poor thing keeps getting rejected for vac work programs though which I know is really getting him down. But with the amount of people applying and the fact that he doesn't have a super duper course average something yucky in my tummy is telling me he won't be getting work over the long summer break :( I just hope he does for his sake, I know it's getting to him but he'd never let on and he'll just feel so down.

Random side note: a dove has taken to eating the dog biscuits we leave outside and I think our dog is ok with that! He's now sitting at the open door and just watching he bird...too damn cute!