Time Passes

I finally feel relaxed. For the first time in a while, I don't feel like there is something that needs to get done right now or everything will explode. I finally got my car back from the shop (3 weeks later...), my first week at my new job went great, and I'm on week two of making food ahead of time for the week so we've always got something prepared. I really love the feeling of everything being under control. Last week I made curry calzones, pesto calzones, and lasagna for dinners and lunches. For breakfasts I made cranberry almond granola and apple cinnamon muffins. This week I'm making "meat"balls and bought hoagie buns and whole wheat spaghetti to eat them with, as well as some artichoke spinach stuffed peppers. For breakfast, we're having apricot date granola and some kind of muffins, but I haven't made them yet.

This is the recipe I made the meatballs from: I used 1.5 cups of chopped up mushrooms .5 cups of veggie crumbles instead of their recipe for "mushroom meat" .
http://chubbyvegetarian.blogspot.com/2012/02/vegetarian-meatballs.html

Stephen and my 1st year anniversary is on Monday and I can hardly believe it's been a year. This time last year I had just begun living in Florida and my whole life had changed. But it's been an amazing year and I can't believe everything that has happened and everything I have done and everywhere I have been.  I think the hardest part is trying to pick a restaurant to have dinner at tomorrow night (celebrating early).

Toes and Fingernails

I had an OBGYN appointment today and it looks like everybody is doing great. I'm gaining the right amount of weight, and the baby is growing so big already. I always thought I'd be cool about the whole "seeing the baby" thing, but every time the doctor shows me on the ultrasound, I get kind of excited. Not that that is a bad thing. I got to see the spine and ribcage of the baby and it's heart pumping away! We still don't know what gender the baby is, but the doctor said she thought she might have seen something that would be a hint. We'll know for sure exactly one month from today- my ultrasound is scheduled for October 17.

 I thought you could see the spine more clearly here, but it looks blurry on the computer screen.

 Looking less like a gummy bear and more like a baby!

 

The heartbeat, which was in the 150's

Extra Special Thanks

This post is an extremely heartfelt thanks to the Millets, who on their visit with us not only were great company, but were extremely generous. They made our new washer a set! Don't they look great together!?! The new dryer is so quiet, I'm not at all afraid it will wake the baby. And we don't have to keep our hammer on top of it to whip it into shape! (Joking- we don't encourage appliance violence. We are not the Fonz, and that dryer was loud and angry when we got it.)

30 Rock and Orange Sherbert

I was laughing so hard I was crying after watching this.

1sts

I've just bought my first maternity clothes and my first baby clothes. It had begun.
I decided on some basic black leggings and a black maxi skirt. Both from Topshop and both had really high ratings on their website, so I'm hoping for the best.

And for the baby, I got two onesies with vegetable puns on them from Gap. I couldn't resist.

The bump is here to stay

It has been becoming increasingly clear to me that I will actually end up needing some maternity clothes. I had been trying to deny this fact, but now, as I wake up every morning with a bump that is not just a "Chipotle baby", I realize that I will not actually be shaped the same as I am now throughout this whole event. I have determined that the place to start is with a pair of maternity leggings. The only problem is I'm not sure where to go from there. I want thick leggings that aren't going to fall down on me, will wash well, and are long enough. I'd put down a little money since I'm probably going to be wearing these every other day or so... but I don't want to spend a fortune. Especially since I've been a bit of an expensive date lately...
But the good news about that is I got a job as a key holder making good money at the BCBG outlet in Round Rock and I could not be more excited. All the more reason I need to be looking fresh all the time. Who is going to listen to a badly dressed key holder? I'm going to be working a lot more, but I'm just excited because our money worries are going to be less worrisome. Especially if we're smart and keep working hard.  I know Stephen is already working hard, and may even get a promotion (if he's lucky) before the baby comes that would mean a bit extra on top of that before the baby comes. He's working hard and I want to work hard too.

Fighting the Urge

Well, I'm officially in my second trimester. This development is really as of a couple days ago, but I suppose I'm just not realizing. I still happily slept almost all day on Saturday, and relaxed on Sunday as well. I think that the biggest thing that has changed is my cravings. I was craving pretty healthy stuff, but now I want cupcakes and jelly beans and ice cream and milk shakes. And pasta with red sauce and lots of cheese.  My urge to go to sonic is getting pretty serious. I'm trying to convince myself to just make a banana chocolate milkshake from ingredients here at home, but we don't have any ice cream, so it feels like it might just be a poor substitute. But then again, I have gained very little weight, since last time I went to the doctor, and now that I'm in my second trimester, I'm supposed to be gaining weight. The "I'm going to have to lose this later" part of my brain is in a pretty big fight with the "eat while your pregnant and supposed to gain weight" part of my brain.