Not enough time in the day..

Time is moving fast. Work has been busier and I think I have made it a positive change in my life so I am pro-active. Needless to say..it is much better. I told Erin who I work with because she is the one who I see everyday, unless she is at corporate that day. She is a very sweet and nice girl and it is a pleasure working with her because she makes me laugh..or she laughs at my jokes. It is fun especially that we have no AC right now and so we joke about that and the time we had no running water or bathrooms but it is a construction site. Anyway, it is fine and really I have 5 more months of working at that location. I would like to step back in early November and then nest for a solid month. Scott and I are good as usual. When we got married, it actually felt like things went back to normal so it just is something that I do not even think about. But this morning I did look at my wedding dress and boy is it stunning and so was I that day. hehehehehehehehe

My brother is graduating school this week and then off to Johns Hopkins. He is very smart and I am very excited for him. My sister came over the other night and it was fun to see her and her friend. She lived in NY but it feels like she is here since driving two hours have never been a big deal to her. And to my sister-I hope the whole world is not jaded!! Just when you least expect it..there it is.

We went out with Erik and Lauren the other night to the Phillies game and had such a great time. Not only do we love Erik but we love Lauren (the best dog walker in town). So there it is..just hanging with friends, living life and enjoying it as much as I can. I am very lucky to have the people in my life that have hearts of gold and are my true friends. For example, last night I went with Lauren to get an AC unit for her house-first Walmart--uugghhh then Home Depot and we found one-8,000 BTU. Now that is true friendship because I did not think twice about not being there with her to help.

So have a good day and think about the people in your life. Do you stop to call them just to say hi? Or do you think about calling but you never do?

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Typical lunch

Scott wanted to take a picture of my typical lunch: Mush!
Veggie burger, beets, peas and other stuff!

11 weeks

My brain started to work again

Let me just start by saying thank you to my enery worker, Andrea!

With that being said, I just finished lunch: Brasied Tempeh, Kale, a Millet Cake, Curried Veggies and a whole lot of yummy. Thanks Essenne!!

I met a friend this morning for breakfast at MugShots in Fairmount and I found my new love: Strawberry, Blueberry, Soy Milk and Spriulina Belnded into a smoothie. And I ate a hemp seed bar with tons of good stuff in there too! I forgot to say that yesterday I ate 50 Hershey kisses and three pieces of Chic's Pizza from the freezer. Andrea told me that my every three day chocolate binge probably has to do with the Serotonin. It is strange because I never used to crave it. This may explain the fiur zits on my face-which since I am in real estate, look like a shopping center and 3 high rise condominiums are being built in my face.

It was a tough week for me-new job stuff and not setting the correct boundaries for myself etc. All good work though because I moved past it and now I have grown.

So everyone says I carry in the front and from behind i look no different. Well they shoudl try and sleep with these boobs and this tummy and then they will see big. To me I look like a whale and I know that this is nothing yet!!

So all is good and my brain has started to work again which means that I can actually think. It was tough the past month-crying, angry, emotional, tired, no memory and not sleeping well. But it appears to be balancing right now. Good! I would really like to get back in the gym consistently. Especially with everything I eat.

On to a subject that I love, FOOD! All the food I love:

Beets
Apples
Salad,
Salsa
Eggs
French Meadows Rye Yeast Free Toast
Kefir
Soy milk
Tempeh
Cabbage
Peanut Butter
Soy crisps
Humentachen-Poppy Seed from the Famous
Pizza-no cheese
Maoz-Falafel place on South Street
Rita's water ice-chocolate
oranges (but they do not agree with me)
cabbage-
cultured veggies
Anything from Essenne.
Coconut Water
All fruit

Ok so that is enough about my foods for this day.

10 1/2 weeks and Feeling Better

Hello fellow readers,

I am feeling a lot better today. I started taking a natural whole food prenatal vitamin and I feel so good. I have energy, I digested easily today and I just feel better. I was warned that the ones the doctor gives you can be a little harsh on the body and may not have all the nutirnts that I need to keep going. My hands have been so puffy, which I was told my my herbalist that pregnancy is one of the most acxidic states for the PH levels. So that is why I think the whole food vitamin with all of those good greens seems to help. Who Knows!!

I have been nervous to tell my employer because I have only been here one month but what am I do to. It has been hard being at a new jobs with hormones clogging my thoughts and no energy...but again..I can only do my best.

I had to laugh this monring because another pair of pants moved into the pre-pregnancy closet. Another one bites the dust.

Today's lunch and Scott took a picture so I will have to post it later. I cooked it all in oner pan-veggie burger, beets, black beans, mexican tortilla soup that I made last night, peas and salad.

I seem to crave mush as I always have like things easy to eat but it is almost like I want baby food. Tonight I am going to make some potatoes for lunch and mashes cauliflower. YUMMY!!

So life is good and I have been just relaxing in my own body for the most part.

PS Thanks to my sister for a great conversation this am. I am jealous today because she was taking a little girl to the Central Park Zoo for work.. Take me!!

The Big Race-10k

Morning. Well we did not go to Chic's instead we went to the Original stewart's in Trenton. I ate a fries, onion rings, orange drink and then Carvel ice cream. It was wonderful and it perked up my energy again. I do not want to eat meat a lot but I have been craving it for some reason and I have been taught that I should listen to my body. It was a lot of fun. We ate in the car and I got to hear about Scott's stories when he was younger and hanging out there. I do have to say that Trenton makes great food. He told me that the generations that have lived there keep running the same dining/restaurants day in and day out. We do not have that in Philly except for South Philly.

And I do like the once a week treat (otherwise I eat everything).

Here are two pictures from Scott's race on Sunday.

9 weeks 3 days

Well I know this tummy is not all baby because some woman's bodies bloat early to protect the baby during the developing stage. I am trying to document the photos not only for me but for anyone that is interested.

Under the weather

Well I have had a tough time sleeping with week. I am taking Magnesium (Thanks Dory) and that seems to help but still the sleep is not good. I am sure this will give me some insight into the rest of my life. Stan wok up last night twice the throw up and of course I joked that he was showing us our soon to be reality. So there it is for today and tonight Scott and I are going to Chic's. We decided that it would be good for us to have one treat day and the rest of the days we eat well. Of course this do not include my every three day chocolate binge.

But what do I love-tons of fruit and tons of kefir.

Showing Already..

Ok..Well who knows if I am really showing or if I am just bloated but either way I do not fit into my clothes. I can still fit into some of my pants comfortably (the ones that are stretch). So the past few days all I want is red pasta sauce and carbs. I had one chocolate craving which seems to happen every three days and the other day it was M & M's and Hershey's Milk Chocolate. I should take a trip to Hershey's and get all of the chocolate that I want. Yummy!!

As for other foods, I am in love with eggs, salsa and toast but I have to be careful eating two eggs a day. Another one of my loves is OJ and oranges and anything that tastes like orange.

Scott has been an angel as usual. He cleans, cooks and shops. He is also my rock-because he stays calm and understanding through all my emotions. He asked me about the Blog and I told him to read it but he said, "I live it!"

A special thanks to Dory who has been an amazing blessing in my life because she has the softest touch with acupuncture needles and her kindness in general.

Also a special thanks to the woman in the maternity store that helps me to realize that my body is doing exactly what it needs to do.

Also, thanks to Joy for being such a great woman and friend.

Another quick thing: we decided to go to another OB. My OBGYN, I found out is a nurse practitioner and she does not deliver babies but her husband does. After thinking about it for a month. We have decided to go to Dr. Brest because we want to know the Dr. who is going to deliver the baby. I loved my OBGYN but this day is s very special day and for us we need to know that we are comfortable with the doctor and that we trust him or her. We feel this is the best for us!

We will meet Dr. Brest, who delivered Scott's cousins, and we see him on June 5th. I will keep you posted.

One more pic..the baby!!

This was the ultrasound on May 15th. That was the most amazing experience of our lives.

My sister (Julia) and I at the Phillies

We were at the Phillies game in our box just enjoying being us! See my pink cap!!

Mother's Day-my mom and then my sister/brother

The Pugs-Stan & Esther in the park

Both Scott and I and Stan and Esther want to send a special thanks to our dog walker, who has made our life so much easier! We love you Lauren.

Belly at 7 weeks

scott and Rachel in Mexico

This was me before I even knew!!!


This was us one night just enjoying each other.

Checking in...

I cannot tell you how tired I am today but I am learning that I just need to keep going and it will pass. It is so exciting to be feeling this little baby inside of me growing. And speaking of growing, I am growing out of my pants. I already passed fitting into my jeans almost two weeks ago. I woke up one morning and my belly was big but I am sure this will not compare to later months.

Our friend Miriam has a little baby boy and so we want to wish her the best and we know she is going to be a great mom.

I don't have much to say except my belly is big, I had to buy a few new bras, and I am craving pizza again. Actually, Scott went to Chics today but I passed because then it is not as good when you eat it all of the time. I think we are going on Sunday-YUMMY anchovies!!

Another day and bigger hips..

Just checking in with the blog. So the last few days I have been so tired. Scott even has left me on the couch asleep out of fear that if he wakes me I will not go back to sleep (and yes, this fear is accurate). Yesterday we had our first ultrasound and it was amazing. The baby's heartbeat was 162 and almost 2.5 cm and had little nubs for hands and feet. I knew this baby was a product of Scott and I because (IT) was moving around so much. The heartbeat was the most amazing thing that I have ever experienced in my life.

As usual, Scott made a lot of funny jokes and he had the woman doing the ultrasound was laughing. Then we celerated at The Famous and boy did I eat some stuff that even grossed me out. Okay so here it is and beware to all woman that have never been pregnant.

My meal was: Cabbage soup, then I made an egg sandwich on rye with eggs, french fries, potato salad, pickles, ketchup and mustard.

Then I ate two cookies and two more cookies over the course of the day. No wonder I felt sick! As far as being pregnant, there is not book that can prepare you for this. But today I was in Strabucks and I was talking to this woman who just had a baby and she said the same..no book can explain this. She also told me to just hold onto my 4th or 5th month when my belly is full and I have some energy back..then she told me of course I will lose it the last month but by then, it will be so close that I will just want to nest.

Talk to you soon!

MOTHER'S DAY

So it is Mother's Day and last year on the day Scott proposed and this year..Well as we all know I am pregnant, 9 weeks pregnant to be exact. Scott is running in the Kormen Race for the cure 5K and it is a great race because there are so many positive people there raising money and just having a good time. I am excited to be there to support Scott, do my job, which is taking pictures, and cheer. Yes I am officially a running cheer girl!! LOL.

So I enjoyed my night last night. The days that I totally let go and just trust my body, the baby and this process..I glide. Scott also says that the days I see my mom and let go are great days for me no matter what.

My new craving is peanut butter on toast. I have learned that anytime I hear someone say a food that they have eaten or I see a commercial or I see a restaurant..Well that is the food I crave. Scott told me that he sate peanut butter and then our friend said that he ate peanut butter and then well..Me and the baby NEEDED peanut butter. Then I had popcorn with Bragg's and no this did not start with pregnancy-I was this strange before..Braggs is like a sweeter soy sauce-helps with my need for the taste to be acidic. I also have this new love for orange juice and oranges. But the juice is the best! I could drink gallons of it and I think I am going to make slushies too!

So what else is happening with us..work was good yesterday-I just started working for a new company and they will not find out about the little package for another three weeks. We have an ultrasound on Monday and I think I am excited and scared at the same time (this is a common emotion during my pregnancy) and yes I know that I just said two emotions but I have made up a new emotion, EXCITEDSCARED! I am sure everyone knows this feeling similar to TICKLESCRATCH!

Well I have to get going because Scott is running and we have to leave by 7:25 am and then we are off to the Mom's today. Lots of love to anyone that is reading this and we will talk to you on Monday.

Breakfast with Mom

So mom and I had breakfast at Jone's this morning. And I have to say that I always loves my mom's company but especially during this time when I feel like she is the only one that really knows how I am feeling. I am so comforted by her words and I look forward to the times when she and I just share pregnancy truths. Yes it is true that your teeth and gums will hurt, yes it is true that you will want salt then sugar then who knows what, yes it is true that you will have no patience, yes it is true that your boobs will always hurt and yes it is true that you will feel slightly irritable 24 hours a day especially when you go to put on clothes and they do not fit or look right. Everyone says, of it is wonderful that they don't fit because the baby is growing but nobody seems to understand, the uterus is only the size of a grapefruit and the only thing that is growing is my ability to eat constantly. Yes, I may be poking fun but it is an amazing experience. It is just amazing that every moment of the day-there is not just me-there are two if us and one of us needs ME to make vital organs. Great thing I learned today is that when you work out and you are pregnant, the body does not raise in temp. Because it protects the baby. Now that is amazing to me because my body just knows what to do to take care of this little baby inside of me growing.

Well I am sure my husband's family will appreciate that I ate a Chic's Pie last night in the Burg. Yummy- a whole small pizza for me with double tomato, garlic, broccoli, onions and anchovies. The anchovies were the best part and of course Scott told her that I was pregnant. Hey, he is right about the anchovies (because I would not typically order that). Nobody told me that all I would think about it FOOD! I cannot get enough of salsa, ketchup, or hot sauce. Maybe because the first two weeks that this baby was growing we were in Mexico and about the ketchup-well my mom, his mom and both of us just love ketchup.

So there it is for my day and now I am at work on thr 6th floor of the Ayer just enjoying the view and my day. It is hard to keep things in perspective and just know that everything is happening exactly the way it should. Until the next time I log in..Have a great day!

Almost 9 weeks

Okay well it is another day and I am feeling better. The pollen is so bad and finally I called my doctor and broke down and took Zyrtec..the nasal sprays were not working and I think, Scott, my husband were probable loose his mind if I did not take anything. Sometimes it is so hard not to complain because I do not feel good and I am used to feeling pretty energetic. But I do have to remember as my eyebrow waxing queen, Natasha at 800 West, told me this morning.."Of course you are tired, you are making vital organs". Now Natasha is Russian and she just seems to make sense out of stuff. So she brightened my day and of course a good cry in the car helped as well.

Scott has been an angel. He cleans, cooks and pretty much does everything. I am a lucky woman and I am honored to be having a baby with such an amazing man.

As for me, I think I am pretty Kool myself.

Until the next time!

Feeling Better

So is is another day and I am feeling better. It is interesting to be a woman who has lived by controlling so much in my life and this, well I have no control over anything. IN am learning to reach out more to my family and my husband because my emotions are so strong. Well I am feeling good today and I am staying away from that crazy scale. LOL.

May 9th-8 weeks 1 day

This pregnancy for me has been one of the most interesting and exciting experiences in my whole life. I have no control of what this little baby needs inside of me but my body knows exactly what to do. My boobs are big and my hips and tummy have grown and I do not fit into my nice suits anymore but Life is good.

We are so excited for the baby and the Due Date is December 18-20th. But we will see when this baby feels like saying hello to the world. If this baby is anything like us-well then I think he or she will want to get out as soon as possible to plan his or her life. LOL

As for now, I cannot stop thinking about Mexican food, yogurt, almonds and walnuts and dark chocolate. Maybe this is why I have gained weight. LOL.