World Nutella Day

Unsurprisingly, M. and I are celebrating World Nutella Day as expectant parents, rather than parents of a newborn. There are seven-and-a-half hours left, but I'm not too convinced, at this point, that Baby Girl will make an appearance today. Guess I lost the pool.

Please use your imagination for the following image:
Here is the last piece of the Nutella cheesecake I made earlier this week. I have nursed it for several days, just so I'd be able to say I had some of it on this magical day.

And now, back to reality. M. ate the last piece today, which means this:

is how I celebrated World Nutella Day.

Gus was very sad not to celebrate with me.

See?

He is good practice for my "just say no" skillz.

Decisions, decisions.

M. brought home a large tub of Nutella last week, reason 48,348 I love him.

I really, really want to bake something with it, but am so incredibly torn on what to make! I asked him if I should do a nutella pound cake or cookies. His response? Yes. To an either-or question. Cute, mister. So I'm still stumped as to what to bake. I googled "Nutella recipe" and came across a fantastic site: www.nutelladay.com

Reason 1 it's fantastic: it celebrates World Nutella Day (February 5). I have now decided I would like my daughter to be born on this day. What better way to commemorate her birth than with a jarful spoonful of Nutella? Plus, it would give me an automatic theme for future birthday cakes. I hereby claim Feb. 5 as my day in the pool we have going on when she'll actually be born. FYI, Feb. 11, 12, and 14 are taken.

Reason 2 it's fantastic: 27 breakfast recipes that incorporate Nutella; 43 Nutella brownie recipes; too many cookie recipes to count; etc. There's even a category for savory and pizza recipes, for crying out loud!

This has not made my decision any easier.