You may or may not have noticed, but I have been absent. Not blogging. Not really facebooking. Not tweeting. Not Instagraming. Not pinning.
And I have missed you. Missed your kind words and your blogs and your awesome pins and seeing what you are up to on twitter.
And soon, I am hoping to get back in the groove again. The separation anxiety has been too much.
Well, I might as well tell you why.
In about five months we will be gaining another member to our family. We are pregnant! Well, *I* am pregnant. But my dear hubby has been picking up the slack like crazy for the last few months so he gets full credit too.
Although we are thrilled and beaming and so, so thankful for this blessing, it has not been easy. I have been very sick. Its been severe nausea/sickness and exhaustion and migraines and some other not so fun stuff. For someone who suffers from motion sickness even when not preggers, this nausea has been debilitation for me. I would look at my computer screen and get sick. It got to the point where I had to hide my computer because the mere idea of being on it would make me sick.
But, as of the last couple days, things are starting to look up. I am typing and not dizzy. YAY!
The idea of baking doesn’t make me want to set my kitchen on fire so I will not have to go near it. I mean, not that I thought that. That would be crazy.
So hopefully, over the next five months, I will be able to get back to what I love. Baking. Blogging. And hanging out with you.
For the first time ever, we are planning on not finding out the gender of our newest miracle. This being our fifth child, I think we will be able to handle it. I mean, logistically. Emotionally I might be in the fetal position in my closet eating cool ranch Doritos and ceasar salad (that has been my cravings of late) because I CANT TAKE THE SUSPENSE.
I might need to lean on you for support. Please tell me you have done this and it didn’t make you crazy. Because if there is the slightest chance it will be stressful I might start stalking our ulstrasound tech.
My husband and children have unanimously decided that its a girl. However, we currently have three boys and one girl, so I think the odds are in favor of a boy. I have no idea. I have never guessed right with any of them!
But no matter what we are blessed with, we know he/she is already so completely and utterly loved.
And I just want to really apologize for how absent I have been. I know I mentioned it before, but I sincerely miss you all. Your comments and interaction in the iambaker community has been such a delight! Getting to know you better is a true joy.
Oh, and one more thought. In making this cake I got to thinking… not only is this is fun “We’re Pregnant!” cake, but could also be a fun Gender Reveal cake!
Maybe I will just update this post when our new addition arrives! 🙂
***Just in case you want to know, I call this cake the Rose Cake. Its an original cake the I created in Feb. of 2011 and have made many since! You can see my full tutorial here, or my video tutorial here!
congrats gorgeous! that’s so exciting!
I may be late in saying CONGRATS, but I wanted to say it anyway! So here it is… CONGRATULATIONS!! 🙂 I hope you’ll be feeling great soon!
Dear Amanda, CONGRATULATIONS!! I always look forward to your posts and this one was no exception, I just couldn’t be happier for you and your family, what amazing news!!
So pleased to hear you are feeling better and your days are getting a little easier. I am so excited for the gender reveal and wishing you a fun few months ahead! xo
Such wonderful news!!! Congratulations to your whole family!!!
We never found out with any of our 4 babies, what we were having…it was the BEST suspense and present every.single.time. I cannot imagine doing it any other way…dreaming of BOTH possibilities, picking out 2 different names…I just LOVED having that exciting motivation in the delivery room and, having everyone else we knew just as excited at finding out “boy? girl? boy? girl????”
You can do it…I was even the FULL 2 weeks late with my 4th…that was pretty trying, but again, waiting for the day God had determined for her was worth it 🙂
Hope the nausea subsides fully and you can enjoy this time of life!!! And don’t find out!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!
Congrats!!! We just had our 3rd little one, our only girl … and after all that, I can’t imagine NOT finding out ahead of time! Having said that, I hope your little punkin’ is healthy and happy & that this time around is an easy enough go for you. Glad you’re back!!! *I would sneak a peek at the US and NOT tell anyone what it is .. heh heh*
Congratulations!! Kudos to you for not finding out the gender til birth…I couldn’t do that! I have 5 year old twin girls (whom I completely and totally adore to peices!!) and finding out their gender was a must for me! *When we learned they were both girls I asked my hubby if we needed to go get a puppy…he’s handled it extremely well…and no new puppy…phew!*
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your rose cake!! I made one recently (a square one) for a baby shower and received tons and tons of compliments on how beautiful it was. 🙂 Glad you are back!
Aww CONGRADUALATIONS!!! I’m so excited for you and your family. May the Lord be with you and your little one 😉
That’s wonderful news! Congratulations are totally in order!
BEST WISHES !!!!….sorry you haven’t been feeling well but we are so happy to have you back!
Congratulations!!! Glad you are finally starting to feel better. Can’t wait to see your new little one!