If you love something, let it BE!

After making three batches of caramel rolls for Christmas last year and everyone fighting over the "saucy" ones (sound familiar, anyone?), I tried to give them a new spin. Today I made a batch with DOUBLE THE SAUCE! Sound like blasphemy? Well, sadly, it was.

Because of the overabundance of sauce, the rolls on the bottom didn't cook thoroughly, so we were left with only about a 1/3 of the rolls even being edible. Granted, those few were still heavenly, but I'm glad I made a test batch before Christmas morning! Another drawback to my overzealousness: trying to flip over such a juicy batch resulted in quite a messy countertop.

My lesson is learned. Don't mess with a good thing!

P.S. Happy Anniversary to us! We've been married 3 years today! We're going out to dinner tonight to celebrate!

Oh, and I forgot to add... the new car has a 40 gb hard drive, and the first cd that was ripped to the car was, of course, the Osmond Christmas Album!

St. Nick's night

Getting in for the first time!
Still in shock!

This is what our new car looks like (but blue, obviously!)

Yesterday, all of the Dietrichs got together to celebrate St. Nick's Night, as the official start to the Christmas season. We were told that the night would be full of surprises, so we were all excited. When we got over to Ray and Angela's, Anthony and Ray Sr. went out to get groceries for dinner and to "run an errand". I knew that the errand had to do with Christmas, so I didn't press to hard.

Nearly three hours later, I was getting quite impatient (as hungry pregnant women do), so I was relieved when I heard all the dogs barking, signalling the boys' return. I was upstairs waking Connor from a nap, so everyone went outside before me. I walked out, and everyone turned to look at me. I didn't know what was going on, then Anthony said, "Merry Christmas, Carolyn!" and pointed to the brand new car sitting right in front of me! We'd been talking since last year about getting a bigger car, and we knew it would be a either a van or a suburban, but a suburban won't fit in our garage. Anthony said that this has been in the works for quite some time, and that all the fuss he'd been putting up about not wanting to be a mini-van owner was all for show!

10 weeks, 2 days!

We put up our Christmas tree last night, and Anthony's mom is taking Connor for the day so that I can clean the house and run some errands. Who would have ever thought that cleaning the house could be so exciting?


Week Ten
Baby is now called a fetus in "medical terms". You, however, may have chosen the name "peanut," "angel," "jumping bean" or simply "miracle."
The most critical part of your infant's development is complete. Now you are headed into a period of rapid growth.
While a bit strange to envision, your baby's head is now about half its length - Soon the rest of the body's growth will catch up but this area is prepared to keep up with the rapid brain development!
Eyelids fuse shut and irises begin to develop - Eye color is also determined by this point.
Placenta begins to function this week or next - The placenta is the organ responsible for both the provision of nutrients along with the removal of waste to keep your baby growing strong!
Your baby will be about 1.22 inch long (3.1cm) and weigh 0.14 ounce (4gm) at the end of this week [return to top]