Happy 4th of July Weekend!

Oh, how I love long weekends. I'm enjoying my last paid holiday before little miss arrives. Never again will I get to lounge at home while getting paid :) We do have a busy weekend planned. Tomorrow I have a bridal shower for my cousin and then on Sunday night we're camping with Eric's family. I'm a little nervous about having to go to the bathroom all night long but I guess we'll see how that goes ha!

I'm very excited to be able to bake a few desserts for the weekend. Eric has been on a strict diet while doing P90X and I've been really careful about what I eat in case I had gestational diabetes. Turns out I don't have it, I actually am hypoglycemic where my blood sugar levels drop too low. I'm not sure if it gets better after the baby is born, but he did tell me it puts me at increased risk for diabetes when I'm older. I'm just glad it doesn't affect the baby at all. So anyway, we are cheating a bit this weekend while camping. I am also taking fruit in case I want to be healthy :) In case anyone is interested here are the recipes I'm making:

Strawberry Cobbler from Lynn's Kitchen Adventures and Kit Kat Bars. Yummy! Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July!

29 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 29 weeks 2 days

Size of baby: Squash
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'd rather not think about it :)

Maternity Clothes: Yes, but I keep finding a few summer clothes here and there that still fit me which is nice.
Gender: It's a girl!
Movement: Yes and lately it's been feeling like she wants to scrape my insides out :)
Food Cravings: Nothing really!

What I miss: I miss sleeping through the night and sleeping on my stomach.

Sleep: When I'm asleep I sleep great. However, I wake up about 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom.

Symptoms: None really. Just getting tired by the end of the day again.

Best Moment this week: Baby was perfect at my doctor's appointment.

What I am looking forward to: Just having her here :)

Menu Plan

One thing I'm trying to get back on track with is menu planning. I always used to try to plan for a whole month and I think for us that's just too long. Too many things change and it doesn't work. So this is the rest of this week and next week.

Tonight:

Mexican rice, homemade refried beans, avocado, and chicken either for a taco salad or a burrito.

Saturday:

Creamy tuna cauliflower bake

Sunday:

Spinach enchiladas

Monday:

Bacon and cheese frittata I am substituting the sausage for bacon.

Tuesday:

Grilled chicken and oven fries

Wednesday:

Chicken ranch pizza

Thursday:

Sloppy joes and homemade hamburger buns

Friday:

Birthday party

Saturday:

PW chicken spaghetti

Sunday:

Go out to eat

I usually have an egg sandwich in the mornings and I try to make up big batches of breakfast burritos for Eric to grab before work. Lunches are easy because we usually both take leftovers or just have sandwiches.

14 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 14 weeks 1 day

Size of baby: Size of a lemon!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: According to the doctor, only 1 1/2 pounds, but according to my scale it is 4 1/2. I have to remember I had a vacation in there where I ate what I wanted!

Maternity Clothes: No, they are all still too big, but my pants are getting tight so I need to get some jeans soon.
Gender: ???
Movement: Not yet, but I constantly poke around on my stomach trying to make him move so I can feel!
Food Cravings: A lot of salad and soup. Meat isn't really my favorite right now, which is funny because I actually really love meat.

What I miss: I miss having energy! But it is getting better.

Sleep: Pretty good. Have some weird dreams sometimes!

Symptoms: Not really any morning sickness anymore so that's nice. Just tired!

Best Moment this week: Went to the doctor on Monday and heard the baby's heartbeat again! It was strong and healthy!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out if this baby is a boy or a girl!

Our babies!

Kelly's hosting Show Us Your Life - Dogs!

A year after we got married and bought our house we knew the first thing we wanted to get was a puppy. Wow, not sure what I was thinking! She was so cute but so much work! But look at this face - how can you not love it??


I felt so bad that she had to be home all day while we were at work. A sweet friend who didn't work offered to let me take her to her house during the day so Sadie could play with her dogs. That got to be old really fast having to leave early and get home late. Plus, her dogs are nice but Sadie learned some awful habits from them like barking at people. A golden retriever barking at people?? What in the world. So this past summer we decided to get her a friend (moment number two of insanity).

Meet Zoey - Sadie's best friend for life.

Zoey has the BEST personality. Sadie is really needy and wants attention ALL the time. Zoey loves attention but she is so much more relaxed. She's so sweet and loves to cuddle. Which is lovely until she jumps up on the bed in the middle of the night and tries to lick your face.

They are best friends now and they play all the time. Right now they are playing tug of war with string. ha! The only thing that drives me crazy is the massive amounts of dog hair. I could vacuum and dust every day and it wouldn't be enough. Most days I feel like I'm a maid to the dogs. But we love them and wouldn't trade them!

Switzerland

It's Friday so that means Kelly is hosting Show Us Your Life! I am SO sad because my pictures somehow didn't get backed up when we got our new computer. So I only have a few from our Switzerland vacation :( I went with my a couple cousins and my aunt and uncle because my cousin Kristin is married to a man from there and they were having a second wedding. I just had to tag along! It is very beautiful there. I will be the first to admit I didn't enjoy the trip as much as I should have. I had extreme jet lag and didnt' sleep a whole night through the entire time we were there. I definitely should have taken some sort of sleep aid. But I would love to go back and have Eric go this time!

This first picture is me and my cousin Heidi at the lake by their home.

They live in Estavayer-le-Lac and it a charming town. This was when we were on our way to the castle in town. I loved loved loved the cobblestone roads and all the window boxes filled with flowers.

If memory serves me right this is the view from the castle.


This was when we were visiting the Matterhorn. I loved the little signs. Everything looks better in French :)


And this last picture I have is a different castle that we visited one day. I don't remember the town off hand. But it was so fun to see. Looked like something out of a movie!

Reception/Hawaiian Honeymoon

Kelly is hosting Show Us Your Life today! I just looked and apparently don't have any reception pictures on this computer. I will have to find them later. But, I do have our honeymoon pictures. We were able to go to Maui and it was so wonderful. Hawaii is my absolute favorite place on earth and I was so excited that Eric and I could go together. I'm hoping we can save up and go again for our next vacation!

We stayed at the Outrigger in Napili Bay and it was such a beautiful location. This was the view from our room.


We went on a snorkeling excursion to Molokini and Turtle Bay.




Eric of course had to get a kiteboarding session in. I think he would have died if he hadn't gotten to go out at least a couple times :)


Oh that water makes me want to be there right now! Eric did accidently hit a turtle out there - oops!

The pineapple plantation was one of our favorite things that we did. It was so fun. Ignore the short skirt - I have since realized I should not wear such things! haha!


We rented a mustang convertible the whole time and it was so much fun! One day we went on the Road to Hana and it was just beautiful.



And here we are spending the evening downtown Lahaina.


We also went on a dinner cruise, and I agree with Kelly. It was NOT worth the money and I definitely wouldn't do it again.

So there you have it, now I can't wait to go back!