5 weeks!

Stats:

How far along: 5 weeks

How big is baby:

your baby's the size of an appleseed!

Your embryo is now measurable -- though it's a wee .13 inches -- and she's gearing up for much more growth. In fact, in the next week, she'll almost double in size. Grow baby grow!

Total weight gain: So far 0lbs. But I'm sure that won't last for long!

Sleep: Pregnancy isn't the problem. Katie is. She is still pooping in the middle of the night (between 2 and 4 am) and it's waking her up. So that's when I get up. And DH wonders why I fall asleep most nights on the couch before 9!

Best moment of the week: Getting my beta numbers. 68 on Aug. 24 and over 280 on Aug. 26.

Food cravings: Nothing unusual.

Food aversions: I had some issues this weekend making Sausage Stars. I had to have DH mix the mayo and ranch in because the smell was getting to me.

Symptoms: Passing nausea that can usually be handled with a snack, or hard candy (Jolly Ranchers).

Movement: Not even close!

Gender: Currently I have no idea. A girl would be better because we wouldn't have to buy much in terms of clothing but DH and I would love to have a boy.

What I'm looking forward to: Coffee with caffeine. I miss caffeine. I might have to get a small Starbucks later this week.

What I miss: See previous.

Next appointment: September 26th. I'll get an u/s just to make sure everything is ok in there. I'll be 9 weeks exactly so DH and I should get to see some good stuff in there!

Here we go again!

One week ago today I took a pregnancy test and it came up positive. But it was super light so I didn't believe it.

So I took another one the next morning and it was decidedly not light.

So. Like I said before, here we go again!

Key Lime Cake Pops!

Key Lime Cupcakes!

I am co-hostessing a bridal shower this weekend and because I am the baker of the group I was asked to make dessert.

I decided to go with mini cupcakes and some cake pops.

Specifically I am making Key Lime cupcakes and cake pops.

I'm not done yet but this is what I have so far:

Crumbled up Key Lime cake:

Cream Cheese frosting:

Frosting and cake mixed together:

I tried something new this time. In an effort to make the cake balls more uniform in size, I put them in my mini cupcake pan. That way I could easily see which ones needed to be bigger.

A close up of the balls:

Mini cupcakes after frosting:

If you are interested here's the recipe.

Key Lime Cupcakes

1 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup self-rising flour

1 stick room temp unsalted butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

2 large eggs

2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel

1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring

3/4 cup french vanilla yogurt

Preheat oven to 350*

Whisk both flours in a medium bowl. Beat butter in a large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs one at a time, then next three ingredients (batter will look curdled). Beat in the flour mixture in three additions alternately with the yogurt in two additions.

Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from pan and cool.

Frosting

1 8oz package of cream cheese, room temperature

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

1 teaspoon finely grated lime peel

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat all ingredients together in a bowl until smooth.