It's a... BLOG UPDATE!

Hi friends! I hope there are still some people out there who want to read my blog. I know I've been missing in action lately. But trust me, it's not without good reason! You see, the past few weeks I've had some horrible food aversions and spending time in the kitchen has been at the bottom of my priority list. What could possibly cause such a thing?!

I'm pregnant!

That's right! I've wanted to tell you, really I did. But I also wanted to make sure that Drew and I had weathered the first trimester. I'm going to be 17 weeks tomorrow! Can you believe it? Just look!

Besides, what's the fun in telling you if a cute blog update doesn't come with? Well it just so happens that I made some adorable "due date" cookies for my coworkers to share the good news.

Ingredients:

• Sugar cookies (feel free to look up a great recipe, but I used Betty Crocker mix! Hey, I'm tired. Give me a break!)
• Wilton candy melts
• Goodie bags
• Ribbon
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Directions:

• Open package of refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Drop onto a cookie sheet. Bake. :)
• Allow cookies to completely cool before decorating.
• Melt candy as directed on package.
• Dip half of sugar cookie in blue candy melts, let cool on wax paper. Repeat with pink (okay mine wasn't pink... it was 'color burst' so I just added gel food coloring). Add a little pink sugar on one half for some texture.
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• NOW for the fun part. If you've ever heard of or worked with royal icing you know that it is great for sugar cookies and looks fantastic. But it's also a lot more work than I was up for. So I simply put candy melts in my squeeze bottle and used it to write my due date on the rest of the sugar cookies! It worked like a charm.
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• And since we don't know the sex, I decided to dip part of the cookie in pink so that no single color was represented more than the other! Then I added pink sugar on top.
  
• Add one of each cookie to a goodie bag and tie with ribbon.
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These turned out so cute! I was really excited to share them with my coworkers... who were in turn really excited to share in my big news!

Thanks for being patient while I slowly work my way back into the kitchen. I promise I'm not gone, just taking a baby break until I get a boost of energy.