It's finally official!!!

Payte, Macy and I are finally officially announcing baby #2!!! Due September 13th, 2009. I finally got in to the doctor today and got a due date and first ultra sound. Baby is healthy and we find out what we're having in 7 weeks! Macy doesn't understand what's happening yet, but I'm sure she'll catch on soon. They will be 2 1/2 years apart, which will be perfect I hope. We weren't exactly planning on them being that close, but we'll count this as a very special blessing as it took us so long to get Macy! The doctor has given helpful tips on trying to prevent the pre-eclampsia this time, but the risk is at about 25% this time rather than 5-10% last time. So hopefully things go well and we can welcome another healthy baby into the Cagle home.

Crazy 8's

I've been tagged by Jess. Here are some of my favorite things.

My 8 Favorite Restaurants:

1-Bajio's

2-Applebee's

3-Jonny Carino's

4-Craigo's

5-Red Lobster

6-Perkin's

7-Anything Mexican

8-Elephant Bar

My 8 Favorite T.V. shows:

1-So You Think You Can Dance

2-The Hills

3-The City

4-Grey's Anatomy

5-Private Practice

6-Rachel Ray

7-The View

8-Ellen Degeneras

8 Things I did yesterday:

1-Showered

2-Cleaned the kitchen

3-laundry

4-Played with Macy

5-Watched Sesame Street

6-Made a yummy dinner

7-Went and saw my parents

8-Played online

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to:

1-Motorcycle races this summer

2-Jared coming home

3-Tyson calling on Mother's Day

4-Pictures from Tyson

5-Valentine's Day

6-4th of July

7-Macy's birthday

8-Payte's parents moving to Idaho

8 Wishes

1-I wish I had a maid

2-I wish I had a personal trainer

3-I wish I could meet Rachel Ray

4-I wish I could be like Rachel Ray

5-I wish I wasn't so anxious about everything

6-I wish I could travel more

7-I wish money wasn't an issue

8-I wish I had a bigger house with a grand piano and dance studio

I tag: Brook, Ally, Mom, and Jenny!

I love you Betty Crocker!

As sort of a New Year's resolution, I am trying to be better about keeping a budget. I have definately found that food costs our family way too much money each month, so I am trying to find affordable, yet tasty meals. Luckily I ran in to bettycrocker.com. They had 5 meals all planned out that cost less than $50. Many of the items are already in my pantry, so it ends of being even less. The recipes look simple and yummy so I am excited to try them out next week. It even has a grocery list completely organized and ready for you to use. I printed the recipes and the grocer list out and put them on my fridge. My husbad took a look at them and got pretty excited, so that might be a nice way to get him home in time for a warm dinner! I will let you know how it goes! Here are some pictures of a few of the yummy looking meals.

New Recipe

I absolutely love finding new recipes to try. I guess you could call my looking for recipes a hobby. The internet is the best place to find great new things and it's free! My favorite site is kraftfoods.com, and I tried a new chicken recipe that the whole family absolutely loved! It's also fairly healthy. Only 340 calories per serving. So here it is:

What You Need:

2 tsp. oil
3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can (15 oz.) stewed tomatoes, undrained (I used italian style)
1/4 cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing (I used fat free, and it still tasted great)
3 Tbsp. tomato paste (if you can, buy this in a tube and keep it in the fridge)
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
1 cup KRAFT Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
2 slices OSCAR MAYER Fully Cooked Bacon, crumbled

Make It:

HEAT oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onions; cook 5 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes, dressing and tomato paste.
ADD chicken; cover. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 12 min. or until chicken is cooked through.

(at this point I (Sherie) transferred the meal to a baking dish and then added the cheese and bacon. I baked at 475 for about 10 minutes or until it's bubbly and brown) or you can do the following:

SPRINKLE with cheese and bacon; simmer, uncovered, 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

First time Playdough!

Last week I found out the company I work for was laying off a few people and elimating many jobs. My job was one that got cut. I was only working from home 1 to 2 hrs a day though, so that wasn't a big deal to me. They did offer me another position, but I would basically be working full time, and that just wasn't an option for our family right now. So now I have a little extra time in the day, especially while Macy is napping. The other day I decided to try making some playdough. It was so easy and turned out great. Macy loves it and it keeps her busy for a while. All it took was equal parts of salt, flour, and water. I added food coloring for fun. So here are a few pictures of Macy's playdough time. The one picture looks like she's eating it, but she figured out quickly that it does not taste very good!