today is a cranky, tired, irritable pregnant day. beware.

week 14 belly picture

I allowed Tony to take the pictures, and therefore ended up with a lot of random shots. Here are the best 3.

learning how to be pregnant

Someone once told me "We must forget what it's like to be pregnant and give birth, otherwise we would never do it again."

I understand this statement even more now.

Despite my nursing school education, short rotation on L&D/MBU during nursing school, and all my friend's stories, nothing prepared me for being pregnant.

Especially the weekend before I found out, when I laid down in the back of the truck to take a nap and woke up more n auseous than I had been since I got the stomach flu on Christmas some 15 years ago. After about 40oz of 7UP I felt better.

BUT- I must put my symptoms into perspective.

1) I eat 3 meals a day with snacks and my weight gain is on track.
2) I have had only 1 big episode where I lost all my breakfast into the toilet, and about 3 hours later I succesfully kept down a snack.
3) I have been SO blessed to find a new job with more regular hours that allows me to get 8 hours of sleep every night
4) NO HOSPITALIZATIONS
5) NO COMPLICATIONS
6) we didn't have ANY difficulty getting pregnant (seriously, it was on the first try)
7) my husband is home to take care of me every night and will be here for the delivery of the baby and at least first year of it's life.

I meet women on a daily basis who do not have many of those things, so while I like to complain, I also need to tell myself to shut up and be grateful.

I have been especially grateful in light of some situations that good friends of mine have been through. Sometimes I wish I could share some of our good luck with them, but I know that each person gets a different hand dealt to them and it's not up to me to change that but just to be as good of a friend as I can.

I also learned that ANY sappy moment on TV WILL make you cry.

So there it is. Everyone always asks how I feel, and I feel, well, pregnant. But overall, things have been good. I consider my experience a middle of the road one. I am experience all the normal symptoms: nausea, fatigue, moodiness, feeling fat, but in moderate amounts. And for that we are grateful.

drumroll please.....

After making it safely to this point, Tony and I are excited to announce to all the world through the internet that we are expecting our first child in late September!

We have officially made it to the second trimester with a healthy baby, and are excited to share our good news :]

So far, I have been blessed with relatively harmless symptoms, though they seem pretty life altering to me. My new job at the GI clinic that is M-F 7-4 has been a great help with the fatigue and being able to eat regular meals.

The official due date is September 22, 2011 and we are planning a baby shower mid-summer.

We will most likely find out the sex at week 20 (I am currently in week 14).

Keep checking the blog for updates and pictures!



It's positive! January 18, 2011




Our first ultrasound :]



Bannana Muffins

Today I made some delicious Bannana Muffins from a recipie I found on Heather Lilly's blog (http://chrisheatherlilly.com/). Thanks for such a delicious recipie!

Here it is:
Ingredients


•1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1 teaspoon baking powder
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•5 bananas, mashed
•1/3 cup organic Greek yogurt
•3/4 cup white sugar
•1 egg, lightly beaten
•1/3 cup butter, melted

•1/3 cup packed brown sugar
•2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
•1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease 10 muffin cups, or line with muffin papers.

2.In a large bowl, mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together bananas, Greek yogurt, sugar, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups (fill to the very top of the mufin cup/paper).

3.In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins (generously- cover the entire top of the muffin with a good layer).

4.Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Makes about 12 regular sized muffins
 

Thanks again Heather!!!!

meals for the week of 3/7

Meal planning went great last week, except for one night when I caved and got pizza :[ tony was sick, the house was a mess, and it was an extra long day at work. We can't all be perfect :]

Up next this week is:
-Crockpot italian beef stew (thanks to Heather Lilly for the recipie from her blog!!!! http://chrisheatherlilly.com/)
- Teriyaki chicken and green beans
-pork and broccoli (that's the meal we were supposed to have, but had pizza instead)
-chili

the weekends are for left overs, plus I take left overs for lunch and Tony comes home for lunch every day to eat left overs. Hopefully we will find a good balance!!!!