Brownies, babies, basketballs!

Ignore the terrible picture quality and the sewing mess, pretty please.  :)

Here we are - 34 weeks with baby number 3.  I look like I have a basketball (or 3) under that shirt, huh?  We had a prenatal appointment yesterday that revealed I'm now measuring 37 weeks (eek!) and still have really low iron.  Boo and boo.  I always measured far ahead with Ben, but not with Adalyn.  And this is the first time I'm measuring big with this baby, so I'm a little bummed but maybe that just means this baby will come early like Ben instead of pretty much on her due date, like Adalyn.  Wishful thinking, I know.

I'll be a good pregnant patient, though, and accept that this baby gets to come whenever he or she wants.  But because of the level of miserable this pregnancy has entailed, I wouldn't be upset if he or she chooses a few weeks early versus a few weeks late.  :)

Now I just have to work hard to get my iron up so we can continue on this homebirth journey!

To drown my sorrows about being so big, I decided to make brownies this morning.  Twisted logic, right?  I did at least attempt to make healthy brownies.  Or, uh, as healthy as brownies can be.  We consulted one of my favorite vegan bloggers for this feat: Peas & Thank You.

I whipped up these vegan, whole wheat brownies in no time at all:

While my kiddos entertained themselves with the fridge and chair, respectively:

The end result was this:

This:

And this:

Happy customers!  They weren't the most delicious brownies I've ever had in the entire world, but they were  really good and I felt better about giving my kids brownies in the morning knowing they were at least relatively healthy.  The kids loved them, and that's what matters most, especially because they're such picky little things.