(p.s. I'm totally borrowing these from a fabulous online baby shower for the super sweet Jen of Blush Printables back from 2011 when she had her daughter Chloe)
A Journal. Musings on the Journey of a Little One Entering the World & becoming a Mommy
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
I Love Cheese (& Macaroni)
& lots of it. In the first trimester I think I ate some version of mac & cheese about 4-5x a week. Creamy, comforting, & oh so yummy it just agreed with my stomach when nothing else would. Well that's not fully true, I actually was very lucky to not get sick once during the first, but I did have a LOT of food aversions. (& still do) Come to think of it I've been about 95% vegetarian through this entire pregnancy... meat = YUCK to my taste buds right now.
My mac & cheese eating has lessened now (still probably almost once a week though), but these variations still look pretty yummy to me.
oh my do I miss any kind of stinky/moldy/oozy soft cheese... only 5.5 more months...
My mac & cheese eating has lessened now (still probably almost once a week though), but these variations still look pretty yummy to me.
(how cute would these be for a future kid's party too?)
(these would probably sink straight to the bottom of my stomach but they look sooooo good!)
& while not Mac&Cheese, these baked brie bites just look so delicious to me...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Preparing Myself
Because I know that I won't be one of those lucky ladies who survives pregnancy & childbirth without a few battle wounds (aka stretch marks & veins).
Sunday, February 5, 2012
16 & A Half Weeks & STARVING
I'm at a point in my pregnancy where I'm feeling good. (albeit still a bit more tired than usual with occasional back/stomach "stretching pains" & very occasional lightheaded-ness, but a million times better than the extreme exhaustion I faced in the first trimester) Aside from my tummy slowly but surely poking its way further & further into my immediate line of vision when I look down, I would say that my biggest pregnancy symptom right now is... HUNGER. I'm talking extreme feel-like-I-have-been-stranded-on-a-dessert-island-and-not-eaten-in-days HUNGER. (not thirst though, I'm staying pleeeenty hydrated throughout the day).
I was normally (pre-pregnancy) a skip breakfast not eat until (a late) lunch kind of gal. Not good, I know, but given my late night-owl tendencies (which have also gone away since I have a baby on board) it worked for me. Not anymore. Now I find myself waking up positively ravenous, with a hunger that is quelled only temporarily (for about an hour) betweenfeedings snacks.
A now "typical" morning food consumption goes something more like this:
Breakfast: bowl of cheerios with fruit & nonfat milk OR super yummy pregnancy-healthy fruit smoothie (recipe to come)
Drive to Work: String Cheese
1st Morning Snack: Nature Valley or Kashi Granola Bar
2nd Morning Snack: Apple
3rd Morning Snack (yes, this does happen when I still don't take lunch until about 1:30p): Snack baggie of cereal, crackers, or peanuts (depending on what I packed that day)
& finally Lunch: Lately it's been a eggplant & spinach wrap from a local deli that I just can't get enough of. In the first trimester it was a LOT of Mac & Cheese (often from Panera)
I'll stop there... but that gives you an idea of how hungry this baby is... lord knows how I'm only up 3.5lbs right now...
xx
I was normally (pre-pregnancy) a skip breakfast not eat until (a late) lunch kind of gal. Not good, I know, but given my late night-owl tendencies (which have also gone away since I have a baby on board) it worked for me. Not anymore. Now I find myself waking up positively ravenous, with a hunger that is quelled only temporarily (for about an hour) between
A now "typical" morning food consumption goes something more like this:
Breakfast: bowl of cheerios with fruit & nonfat milk OR super yummy pregnancy-healthy fruit smoothie (recipe to come)
Drive to Work: String Cheese
1st Morning Snack: Nature Valley or Kashi Granola Bar
2nd Morning Snack: Apple
3rd Morning Snack (yes, this does happen when I still don't take lunch until about 1:30p): Snack baggie of cereal, crackers, or peanuts (depending on what I packed that day)
& finally Lunch: Lately it's been a eggplant & spinach wrap from a local deli that I just can't get enough of. In the first trimester it was a LOT of Mac & Cheese (often from Panera)
I'll stop there... but that gives you an idea of how hungry this baby is... lord knows how I'm only up 3.5lbs right now...
xx
On Pregnancy (1)
It's an indescribable feeling knowing that you're never fully alone. That someone is always with you (literally & physically). That someone is directly impacted by your every move, every ingestion, every breath. That you are carrying another living person inside of you.
I know, it is cliche to say, but once I picked myself up off the floor after the shock of finding out I was expecting, I immediately felt that my life was forever changed.
I wasn't going to blog about it. I really, truly wasn't. But then the overwhelming need to write about this experience overtook me, so here we are... I'm not quite sure what this blog will turn out to be, so we'll let it shape up & take form on its own. As for the design & color scheme... currently it's what I would consider to be fairly gender neutral.. we'll see if that too changes over the course of time (i.e. after we find out the baby's gender in a few weeks!)
In the meantime, I have become a mommy-pinning fanatic, so if you'd like to follow along with me on pinterest I'd be happy to share baby & life inspirations with you there too! http://pinterest.com/erinethier I'm noticing that my pins so far contain a lot of baby clothes, nursery ideas, & food... much of which become cravings that I then give in to. & if you're not on pinterest yet please feel free to shoot me an email & I'd be happy to invite you.
*note this is different than my Sparkle & Hay pinterest account, so if you'd like to see all kinds of pretty wedding goodness please follow along there too!
(note, this is not one of my ultrasound photos, but on that note, I was completely shocked to find out that you typically only get 2 ultrasounds throughout your pregnancy; a dating ultrasound around 10 weeks & then an anatomy scan around 18-20 weeks. & potentially a third ultrasound if you do a first trimester downs screening. Here I was expecting to get to see the little one at least once every month or two...)
I know, it is cliche to say, but once I picked myself up off the floor after the shock of finding out I was expecting, I immediately felt that my life was forever changed.
I wasn't going to blog about it. I really, truly wasn't. But then the overwhelming need to write about this experience overtook me, so here we are... I'm not quite sure what this blog will turn out to be, so we'll let it shape up & take form on its own. As for the design & color scheme... currently it's what I would consider to be fairly gender neutral.. we'll see if that too changes over the course of time (i.e. after we find out the baby's gender in a few weeks!)
In the meantime, I have become a mommy-pinning fanatic, so if you'd like to follow along with me on pinterest I'd be happy to share baby & life inspirations with you there too! http://pinterest.com/erinethier I'm noticing that my pins so far contain a lot of baby clothes, nursery ideas, & food... much of which become cravings that I then give in to. & if you're not on pinterest yet please feel free to shoot me an email & I'd be happy to invite you.
*note this is different than my Sparkle & Hay pinterest account, so if you'd like to see all kinds of pretty wedding goodness please follow along there too!
Friday, February 3, 2012
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