Cake # 68 Almond Spice Cupcakes

Contractions! Yikes - seven months preggers and contractions are happening. Last night I had irregular contractions from 7:30 to 10:30 -- what bothers me is that because with Evie I never even felt Braxton Hicks contractions - in fact I never felt the real contractions until right before I gave birth - when I have Braxton Hicks now, I feel like I am going into labor! It is certainly a scary feeling. Possibly all of these contractions are a result of a busy Saturday. It began with Ted bleaching one of my only two pregnancy T-shirts, and became a whirlwind of activities after that. We left our house at 11:30 and did not come back home until 8:00pm that night, which if you have a two-year old, you know how hard that can be. We had to run some errands at Walmart, which we bought Simalac nursettes to start preparing for little Liam's arrival, and with my sister's five dollar manufacturer coupon, we only spent 1.88 per box of nursettes. Then we had to rush home and decorate the cupcakes that I made earlier in the morning.

Next, we went to a friend's house warming party that began in a part where they played beer kickball and Evie and I and our friend and her sons played in the park. This was probably the hardest part of my day - even more uncomfortable than the contractions because when you put your kid next to your friend's kids, you cannot help but to want them to be well behaved. Her boys sat when she asked them to, listened when she asked them to, and generally seemed far less crazy than my spitfire.  Now, I completely understand that all kids have off days, but it doesn't make it any less embarrassing - or make you wonder what you could be doing to be a better mother.

After that Evalyn fell asleep in the car as we rushed over to Ted's sister's Tastefully Simple party. I started off feeling okay but by the time 7:30 hit I was having contractions and feeling nauseated. These symptoms are so new to me because with my first baby I was on the go all of the time and felt nothing - so I felt terrible that I wasn't more energetic for Katie's party and that I looked miserable. Also, I really wanted to eat the food - but I couldn't get anything in.

I cannot even tell you how my cupcakes went - because all I know is that my daughter ate two without even blinking - so I am guessing they were good.

Here is the book's picture (with the added bonus of my daughter's ripping of some of the page):

Here are my Almond Spice Cupcakes:

Even though I haven't been feeling too great- because of recent tragic events in our friend's life, Ted and I are reminded yet again how lucky we are to have our family, our kid(s!), and friends.