Insignificant in Comparison

Please take a moment to click on over to this blog and read:  http://memoriesoncloverlane.blogspot.com/2010/03/days-of-our-lives.html


Beautifully written and I whole-heartedly agree. She said it best when she said,

"No one told me that once I became mother everything else in life I'd ever do would be insignificant in comparison."

Indeed. Everything else is insignificant.

Plum Perfect

I'm almost to the end of my first trimester! It is going by so quickly. Right now the baby is supposedly the size of a plum.

I've felt pretty good lately. I feel like my energy is coming back, but I'm still having some pretty awful food aversions. Thankfully the aversions are to foods that are awful for me anyway (I'll just say that I will NEVER eat another pizza roll as long as I live!). The grocery store sales on strawberries have been this pregnant girl's best friend. So I'll continue to eat the fresh stuff! We haven't heard the heartbeat yet, but should at my next appointment at the end of April.

Riley now calls the baby "William" after our favorite baby pig.

Olivia and her family are pretty big at our house. :-)

Menu Plan Monday

Monday - Breakfast burritos
Tuesday - Chicken Enchiladas
Wednesday - Leftovers
Thursday - Grilled Chicken (eating outside to celebrate the nice weather!)
Friday - Probably eating out

I CAN NOT wait until the weather gets nicer! It's suppose to be a beautiful week and I'm really looking forward to spending as much time outside as possible - swinging, sliding, blowing bubbles and just enjoying my babies.

Riley's Fourth Birthday

A few weeks ago we celebrated Riley's fourth birthday. I can't believe he's four already! My little man is growing up.

My friend Myra made this amazing cake. Check out more of her work here!

Blowing out the candles!

Oh look! ANOTHER train!

Brenna peeking out of the Tinkerbell playhut she got from Grandma Nog.

Menu Plan Monday - Week of March 22

I'm moving closer to my second trimester so I'm hoping the pregnancy fatigue goes away quickly! I have so many things I need to post and no energy to actually sit and do it, but hopefully I'll get back on the ball this week. We'll see!

Here's our menu for the week!

Monday: BBQ Beef Sandwiches and Roasted potato wedges
Tuesday: Smarter Fettuccine Alfredo
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Chicken Enchiladas
Friday: Pizza and breadsticks

Need more menu ideas? Check out orgjunkie's website!

**I scheduled this to post on Monday and it didn't....weird! So it's late!

Olive Juice

Today marks the start of my 9th week of pregnancy. I've tried to enjoy each little bit since I know that this is most likely my last time being pregnant. I've tried to convince Jeff that we could be the next Duggar family, but he's not going for it. So far I've felt pretty good. I've had the normal first trimester exhaustion (around one o'clock I become worthless!) and  bouts of nausea. This baby must be a health nut because I'm craving foods like tomatoes, grapes and nectarines. I cannot wait until this summer to visit the farmers markets up here and eat fresh sweet corn and tomatoes to my hearts content! During my other two pregnancies I craved chocolate milk, but that - along with hot dogs and chocolate chip cookies - makes me SICK this time around. Hopefully those habits will follow me after pregnancy as well!

My little bean is supposedly the size of a green olive right now and has officially become a fetus. Jeff is determined it's a boy and Riley will not accept anything other than a little brother. I believe his exact words were, "No more stinky little girl babies like Brenna!" I really don't care either way. I have determined that we are not telling ANYONE the baby's name until after it's born. I like to refer to it as "Baby Siobhan" (pronounced She-Von) after my favorite American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus. She is just so cute and wonderfully weird! And what a rockstar name! Siobhan Magnus! That name has been seriously veto'd by the husband, so it will remain a nickname for now. Especially if Siobhan ends up being a he-Von! Get it? She-von, He-von? HA! No? Oh, whatever. :-)

What a Difference a Year Makes

 

February 21, 2009

 

March 3, 2010

Still hating the flower headband from Target. :-)