Safe Travels

Well it looks like the Northeast is in another full fledged weather freakout for tomorrow. I hope everyone has safe travels getting to ever they want to be on Thursday. May I recommend the Michael Buble Christmas station on Pandora to calm your travel nerves? We are actually hoping on an earlier flight tomorrow in hope of touching down in Texas with out too much trouble.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Week Wrap Up

On Monday Zach and I celebrated two years of marriage!! Our wedding reception was in Old Town Alexandria, so we got all dolled up and headed out there for dinner. We ate at this great place, Virtue Feed & Grain. The food was delicious and the ambiance was amazing - deep couches, farm tables, huge stools, exposed brick - we loved it. When I was in North Carolina the other week I had my aunt make me one of her cakes that we had at the wedding, so we kept that tradition alive and had our wedding cake as well. We also celebrated me being 16 weeks pregnant with a beautiful baby girl :) We are definitely in a different spot than we were at year 1 and can't imagine how different our lives are going to be at year 3, but we are both excited for the ride. 

We are having faux-Thanksgiving at my parents house this weekend. I will be trying out this salad, and this potato dish. Last time I tried to make potatoes for a faux-Thanksgiving I broke my friends' garbage disposal, so I am hoping for a better turn out this time. 

This sums up why I don't understand how people can be cat people. 

On our morning run today we passed Whole Foods with a porch full of Frasier Furs. It made me so happy.

Oh Baby

The past couple weekends I have been traveling to shower some of my nearest and dearest with love for their future babies. One of my closest cousin's and bridesmaid is having a baby girl this December. Her sister and friends through her a great shower at her beautiful new house in Greensboro, North Carolina. My mom and I drove down together, and made a pit stop at Elon along the way. While taking in all the beautiful decor my cousin created, I ate way too much, and managed to win a prize at the Stump Dr. Maggie game. My cousin who HATES attention really enjoyed her self, and I got to spend to spend some quality time with her after the shower was over. 

My sister-in-law is having her first child, a baby boy this January. Her shower was in Texas and was a  mini-family reunion. It was also at the start of the Polar Plunge so I don't think we left the house all weekend. We were celebrating my future nephew, but I also got to meet my new niece Camden for the first time (so incredibly precious!). Reed and Camden got spoiled with gifts from all their great aunties and cousins, and all the visitors were very impressed by October Road. 

I am very excited to meet all these precious new babies in my rapidly expanding family. 

Garlic Parmesan Chicken

I have been in a serious cooking rut lately. I've been cooking the same amount that I usually do, but I have not found any new recipes that have really excited me. However, Pintrest came to the rescue again in the form of Garlic Parmesan Chicken. This is a very simple recipe, with ingredients you most likely have already in the kitchen, and tastes amazing. I hardly ever prepare pasta, but for this dish I would really recommend going that extra step. Bon appetite!

Garlic Parmesan Chicken by  Jessica

 Ingredients

• 3 tbsp. butter
• 6 cloves minced garlic
• 2 chicken breasts-chopped into bite size pieces
• sea salt
• ¼-1/2 cups parm cheese
• 2 cups spinach

Instructions

1. Saute garlic in butter for a minute or two
2. Add chicken pieces, salt, and cook until no longer pink in the middle.
3. Make sure to stir chicken to coat with butter and garlic
4. Add parm cheese and stir until the chicken is coated.
5. Add spinach and cook until wilted
6. Serve by itself or over pasta or zoodles