It's bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S . . . bread

Now that V is a stay at home dad (I kid, he works from home) he spends a lot of time baking. We had a surplus of bananas so he decided to make banana nut bread. It was so easy! I just watched and took photos. Recipe below. Enjoy!

Ingredients

4 smashed bananas 

1/3 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar

1 beaten egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup of walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees 

With a wooden spoon mix butter into mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl

Mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla

Mix in baking soda and salt 

Mix in flour
Add Walnuts

Pour mixture in baking pan

Bake for 1 hour 

Cool on rack 

Remove from pan and serve

Baby makes three

We welcomed our beautiful, healthy baby boy on March 6, 2014 at 6:57 PM. He weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and was 48 cm long. 

It all started Monday night and by Tuesday morning my contractions were 5 minutes apart but upon arrival to the hospital and observation I was only 1.5 cm dilated and though my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and I was in a lot of pain back home I went.  60 hours later . . . a baby! A healthy baby boy.  I arrived at my ob-gyn's office at 10:30 Thursday morning and I was 4 cm dilated.  She sent me to the hospital and I had the epidural administered at around 1 PM by 5 PM I was pushing.  Everything was very peaceful.  My husband, my mom, a nurse and my doctor were the only ones there.  Nothing like the movies.  I ended up having a forcep delivery because I could not push him out and after pushing for a little bit his heart rate would drop so it was forceps or a C-section, we went for the forceps and if that did not work then we would have to have the C-section.  Thankfully everything went well and I am recovering nicely at home.  We are so very happy and excited for our baby.  Words cannot express the love that I feel for this little man.  We feel truly blessed and we are very thankful.  

I packed two going home outfits, a dress in case of warm weather and this.  It was 66 degrees out so not cold but a little chilly.  I opted for a J. Crew angora sweater, similar here, printed silk pants, similar here and Gucci thong sandals, similar here.  

On Baby K Carter's Boys monkey set

We were discharged on Saturday and when we arrived home we had a mini welcome home celebration and flowers and gifts waiting.  Thank you very much to everyone for the warm wishes, we are thankful to have you in our lives.

Friday night fun

V decided to have one last hurrah before Baby K arrives. We spent our Friday night singing karaoke with our many friends. It was a lot of fun! I'm really excited about this next step in our lives and I'm glad we were able to spend one last night having a good time with friends.
The location: Spotlight Karaoke

OOTD: J. Brand maternity jeans. 

Max Azria cut out shirt, similar here. 

Christian Louboutin Shoes no longer available, similar style here.  

On V: Zara Merino Wool hoodie, similar here

AG Dylan Skinny Leg Jeans

Salvatore Ferragamo Parigi Suede driver in gray