the monster inside

i decided to go ahead and blame the little girl inside me for my latest craze...

no bake cookies

oh yum! i don't know where i muster up the strength to not eat the entire pan. i refer to them as my "protein bars"- the combination of peanut butter, oatmeal, and milk (and maybe a few other non-healthy ingredients) make it such a great snack - or breakfast - or 2nd dinner. :)
and by the way- this is one of the best recipes for lazy pregnant women- especially if you don't make them into cookies and you just spread the batter out into a 9 x 13 dish (thank you to my friend and co-worker, jessie, for the great tip).

in other news - i've been contemplating whether or not to do a baby registry for our baby girl, and going through jacob's things i came to the conclusion that there are just some things that can't be passed on from baby to baby, and especially from boy to girl. so, i decided to do a small baby registry for her. jesse and i went out on saturday evening to good ol' target to create the list. you can view the registry at www.target.com, and it is listed under my first and last name. there are a couple of items on there that are more "wish list" items and not so much necessities, but there's no harm in wishing - and more importantly getting a discount off the items that remain on our registry after she is born. :)