Baby Hoecake

 So, I had my first official OB appointment yesterday. It actually turned out to be just a nursing visit where they got my history, drew some blood, etc. I didn't even meet the doctor, which was disappointing because I'm not even sure I want to stay with this practice. Mom went with me and she was disappointed as well because she was really hoping they would do an ultrasound. At any rate, everything looked good as far as my vitals. My blood pressure was 122/72, which I'm very happy with since Mom had preeclampsia with all of her pregnancies and I'm worried about developing it. I've also lost some weight, which is a bit concerning because it can be a sign of diabetes. The nurse wasn't too worried, though. She said that can be normal for some women. Mom said she didn't know how I could possibly have lost any weight since I'm pretty much eating constantly. Hopefully, my body just knows what it's doing!

  Mom and I went shopping after the appointment, which is really rare for us! I'm really enjoying spending time with her looking at baby stuff! We went to Marshall's and I got an awesome Angry Birds swaddling blanket for $5! I had been watching it at BabiesRUs where it's been on clearance for $16.99 for a while! I was very excited about that! I love Angry Birds stuff!

  When we got back home, Mom was talking to my aunt on the phone. I overheard their conversation which went like this:

Aunt: "Well, she's got a bun in the oven."

Mom: "That ain't no bun, this is a Southern baby. She's got a biscuit! A big biscuit! She's growing a hoecake!"

And thus, my baby will now be called "Hoecake" for the duration of my pregnancy. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, here is how Wikipedia defines hoecake:

Hoecake[edit]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term hoecake first occurs in 1745, and the term is used by American writers such as Joel Barlow and Washington Irving.^[12] The origin of the name is the method of preparation: field hands often cooked it on a shovel or hoe held to an open flame. Hoes designed for cotton fields were large and flat with a hole for the long handle to slide through; the blade would be removed and placed over a fire much like a griddle.^[13]

 My family defines it a bit differently. You know how, when you make biscuits, sometimes you have a little bit of dough left over at the end? It's usually not enough to make two biscuits, but is more than what you use for one biscuit. So, you end up with a giant, misshapen biscuit that everyone usually tries to get. That's the hoecake. It's the best part of a pan of biscuits.

This is just amusing in so many ways

All that talk of biscuits yesterday caused me to dream about them last night. I dreamed I was staying in a podiatrist's house and I woke up to what sounded like an explosion. To my surprise, there was a busted can of Pillsbury biscuits in the middle of the floor. I had no idea how they got there. I didn't know what to do with them, so, I decided I would bake them. I did, and then went back to sleep and went to work the next morning. Only, I couldn't remember if I had ever taken them out of the oven and turned it off or not. I worried about it all day and then came home to find a lovely pan of biscuits on the counter and some muffins, too. For some reason, that was upsetting. Any guesses on what that all means?