23w1d - Valentine's Day weekend

This is it. Our last Valentine's Day as a family of two. To celebrate, we'll be having a quiet dinner in. Mister is in charge of dinner - my only request was a repeat of the dessert he made me for our 1st Valentine's Day together six years ago.

Zabaglione
[zah-bahl-YOH-nay]

One of Italy's great gifts to the rest of the world, zabaglione is an ethereal dessert made by whisking together egg yolks, wine (traditionally MARSALA) and sugar. This beating is done over simmering water so that the egg yolks cook as they thicken into a light, foamy custard. Traditional zabaglione must be made just before serving. (There is also a frozen version.) The warm froth can be served either as a dessert by itself or as a sauce over cake, fruit, ice cream or pastry.

It's been a pretty quiet week. After some frustration with my quilt project, my mom came over and helped get me back on track. Overall, I'm pretty happy with my first project, but the perfectionist in me isn't so happy with all of the intersection points. Oh well, live and learn.

While we aren't usually night owls, last weekend we did have a night that we didn't get home until close to midnight. That gave me my first real encounter with the feeling that baby was doing some sort of acrobatics. That was definitely cool to feel. Now I wonder if she's always active at night and it's still too subtle that it isn't enough to wake me up. This week I had a few more sensations from time to time, but really nothing that I can predict or encourage in any way. I'm starting to get impatient waiting for this!

Next week I have my 24wk appointment. Hopefully it goes as smoothly as the rest of them have. Then, next time, at 28wks, I have to do the Glucose Tolerance Test to check for gestational diabetes. When my mom was here yesterday, we checked my blood sugar level about an hour and a half after I had eaten lunch and it was 110. She said that was really good, but what will "they" say?

Anyone who knows me knows I'm not really into bags or purses. I buy a purse and keep it for several years. After some of the girls on our local board kept telling about the awesome deals they were finding on Petunia Pickle Bottom diaper bags, I had to go see for myself. I found the Boxy Backpack in Wisteria Roll at a local TJMaxx. So what if it's a discontinued color? It made it about 1/3 the cost of a 2009 style one! I think it is sufficiently girly, for sure! Here it is: