Gooey Chocolate Brownies

Even though the calendar says April the weather is screaming January. I don't know why I'm surprised that it's April 2nd and it was a blizzard all.day.long. Well played Mother Nature. So we made it a snow day and we popped in some movies, stayed in our sweats and baked all day long. 

These brownies are my go to dessert because they are so easy but so delicious. Bye bye boxed brownies!

Here's what you'll need....

1/2 cup butter

4 tbsp cocoa

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in cocoa until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla and stir until blended. Do not over stir, or batter will rise too high and then fall. Add cocoa mix into the dry ingredients and stir until blended. Grease an 8x8 baking pan. Spread batter evenly into pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Brownies should still be gooey when they first come out of the oven. 

Ryder of course was such a big helper. When I say he helped I mean he spilled a cup of sugar and then tracked it all over the house. Don't worry, the dog followed behind him attempting to lick it up leaving a sticky mess all over my kitchen floor. 

Voila! These are so soft and gooey and have just the right amount of sweetness. They sure are a hit in my house and only take a few minutes to whip up. Enjoy! 

Life Lately

Well the warm spring weather was nice while it lasted! It's now rainy/snowy and cold now! Ryder was pretty confused this morning when we didn't head outside after breakfast to play. He kept saying "bubble" at the front door waiting for me to take him out to blow bubbles. Hopefully it warms up soon, I have an energetic little boy waiting to play! Since it's been so nice out I have a million pictures of our adventures. Here's what we've been up to in this massive photo dump!

                        Family drives are my favorite!

We got him new shoes and apparently this was the best way to check them out.

His brand new balloon popped 10 minutes after we got it. It scared him at first then he thought I was the one who took it away and spent the rest of the afternoon pissed at me looking for it. 

He chased bubbles all afternoon! Pretty sure I about passed out blowing those stupid things for an hour straight. 

I figured out the best way to wear out a toddler is by taking off his shoes and letting him run through puddles. He did this over and over for SO long! 

Baking cookies was my attempt to become the new favorite parent and bribe him to take a nap. He woke up at 5am that morning yelling dada and he was super pissed when it was me who got him out of his bed. Then later in the afternoon I attempted nap time and he kept saying "call dada" from his room. I gave in and when his dad didn't answer he threw the phone at me. Cookies didn't do the trick but eating 6 of them sure made me feel better. 

If there is anything worse than Monday - it's a rainy Monday. So I hope it's warm where you are and here's to Tuesday! 

27 Weeks

How far along: 27 Weeks

Gender: Boy!!

Weight gain: I will find out at my appointment next week

Maternity clothes: Oh yeah! Not much else fits at this point

Stretch marks: No.

Belly button in or out: It's flat and not cute at all

Sleep: It depends on the night. Heartburn and rib pain have been keeping me up most nights 

Best moment this week: His movements are getting stronger and I love feeling an elbow roll across my skin

Worst moment this week: Heartburn!! So much heartburn

Miss anything: Cups and cups of coffee. As usual

Movement:  Lots of it!

Cravings:  Toast with strawberry and apple jam, cereal, ice cream, caramel macchiato's. Basically anything edible. 

Queasy or sick: Minus the heartburn I'm feeling pretty good

Looking forward to: Possibly doing a 3D ultrasound! We are also moving Ryder in his big boy bed this weekend so I'm excited to start on the nursery