Friday is here and I couldn't be happier about it. No plans tonight expect reading, relaxing and resting at Home with my favorite fur babies and Best Friend. Cheers everyone, have a glass of something strong for me!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
26 Weeks-size of a head of lettuce
*FYI-if you click on the pictures they enlarge.
26 weeks and feeling GREAT!!!
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| Lovin' my baby bump <3 |
I went to a beauty appointment after work on Friday to get some waxing done and was so thrilled to see Emily, my esthetician's new location of her salon for the first time since she's moved. It looks amazing and I'm really looking forward to her Grand Opening party this Thursday evening. She has put her heart and soul into this space and you can feel it when you're there. Congrats Emily!
Saturday morning I woke up early to help my brother host his first ever garage sale. The drive through SF was so peaceful that time of the day, fog rolling in, no cars on the road, totally the ideal time to head into the SF! But I bypassed the city and landed in San Carlos around 8am. I brought three bins of stuff to sell myself and ended up making 40 bucks(which was used later that day to buy sweet treats and pumpkins at the pumpkin patch!). My Brother was able to sell most of his things and now can finally park his car in his garage, which was his main goal. Next, I plan on convincing him to let me come down for an entire day and organize and decorate the inside of his house. His house is way cute, but is living the life of a single father with two daughters/bachelor pad and it needs a little T.L.C. if you ask me :) Sissy to the rescue!
While I was busy with the hustle and bustle of the sale, B was home working hard on both the front and backyards. I came home and hardly recognized our yards because it has been over a month we've been neglecting them and paying attention to the inside of the house instead. So a big THANK YOU to the Hubby for giving our sweet little abode curb appeal again!
What else...we went to the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch Saturday evening with our friends Jen and her Husband Trav. We meandered our way through the corn maze and picked out some pumpkins. It was a fun time for sure! Sunday we celebrated Newton's first birthday by driving out to Kehoe Beach, his favorite spot ever! We had a field day watching our sweet pup fly down the sandy coast, fetching balls and sticks from the ocean, digging in the sand and covering himself with seaweed and chomping on broken crab shells! He brings us so much joy... it's heartwarming to have had him in our lives for the past 9 months and we look forward to the day when Flora can enjoy his sweet demeanor and snuggle with her little fur brother.
Lastly, we ended the weekend on the couch (in front of our new Potterybarn coffee table!), watching the documentary, Freakonomics that we rented from our local library, finished off leftovers for dinner and devoured Halloween candy. And Baby Flora rumbling and tumbling the entire time in my tummy. One big happy family if ya ask me :)
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| Corn Maze!!! |
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| Jen & Trav w/ their pumpkins! |
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| Loving life!!! |
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| Thermos full of hot coffee w/ almond milk! |
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| We told Newts we got him his own private beach for his birthday lol. |
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| Random baseball in Inverness called Love Field. I had to take a picture lol. |
Thursday, October 11, 2012
GOOO GIANTS!!!!!!
I'm watching Game 5 of the National League Division Series here at work on my computer and going crazy!!! Go Giants!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, October 8, 2012
25 Weeks-size of a rutabaga
***FYI- I wrote this entry yesterday, Sunday.
Baby girl is now about 14 inches and weighs around 2 lbs! Her skin is thickening up and her eyes are beginning to open! Not much to see but nonetheless a wild thought to know her sweet little eyes are looking around the inside of my tummy.
As I'm writing this B is busy finishing painting the living room walls and the animals and I are lounging in the bedroom after a fun day spent in San Francisco. We had a family picnic at Crissy Field, along the North shore of the Bay, to view the air shows for Fleet Week and the America's Cup Race! We also celebrated my mother's birthday which was Sept 27th! I woke up early this morning and baked a delicious lemon cake for the occasion. Recipe posted below.
Last night we rallied at Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant in town, after another long day of painting and rearranging the house, to watch the first game of the National League playoffs, SF Giants vs Cincinnati Reds. The Giants ended up losing... but the pumpkin cheesecake I had for dessert made it all better, well almost ;)
Back to the grind tomorrow. A full week of work for both of us, more painting, cleaning the kitchen for me (I can hardly see the counter!) and rest and relaxation in between all the madness. But besides the house projects and the (semi) stressful work days, things are cool as a cucumber at The Costa Pad. Healthy, happy and more in love with life than we've ever been.
Recipes:
This first one is from a food blog I've been following for a few years called Smitten Kitchen. I've made a hand full of her recipes and all have been hits. Here's the recipe for the lemon cake. It turned out perfecto!
Baby girl is now about 14 inches and weighs around 2 lbs! Her skin is thickening up and her eyes are beginning to open! Not much to see but nonetheless a wild thought to know her sweet little eyes are looking around the inside of my tummy.
As I'm writing this B is busy finishing painting the living room walls and the animals and I are lounging in the bedroom after a fun day spent in San Francisco. We had a family picnic at Crissy Field, along the North shore of the Bay, to view the air shows for Fleet Week and the America's Cup Race! We also celebrated my mother's birthday which was Sept 27th! I woke up early this morning and baked a delicious lemon cake for the occasion. Recipe posted below.
Last night we rallied at Moylan's Brewery & Restaurant in town, after another long day of painting and rearranging the house, to watch the first game of the National League playoffs, SF Giants vs Cincinnati Reds. The Giants ended up losing... but the pumpkin cheesecake I had for dessert made it all better, well almost ;)
Back to the grind tomorrow. A full week of work for both of us, more painting, cleaning the kitchen for me (I can hardly see the counter!) and rest and relaxation in between all the madness. But besides the house projects and the (semi) stressful work days, things are cool as a cucumber at The Costa Pad. Healthy, happy and more in love with life than we've ever been.
Recipes:
This first one is from a food blog I've been following for a few years called Smitten Kitchen. I've made a hand full of her recipes and all have been hits. Here's the recipe for the lemon cake. It turned out perfecto!
Then I decided to make two recipes from Pinterest-Pumpkin Poppers (pictured below-mine look more like hockey pucks but they tasted damn good) and Crack Potatoes! Those of you that know me well, know that I'm OBSESSED with any potato recipe. I used minced pancetta (from TJ's) and real ranch dressing rather than bacon bits and a ranch dressing salad packet. Both recipes turned out delicious!
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| B on his first beer at Moylan's (after a few tequila shots at home!) |
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| Sportin' my orange & black! |
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| Pumpkin Poppers...aka delicious hockey pucks, lol |
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| Victoria & Carina building sand castles at Crissy Field |
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| Mom & Dad enjoying the goodies at the picnic |
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| Beach walk with B & Newts |
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| Hanging with my two favorite little girls! |
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| We can't wait to meet you Baby Flora <3 |
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| Front row seat for the air shows! |
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| Fall centerpiece on our kitchen table-place mats from C&B (leaves that I picked this year from the trees at our local school, pine cones from one of our Winter hikes last year and 79 cent white pumpkins from WFoods) |
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| Wicker pumpkins near the fireplace |
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| Simple entryway welcome |
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| Tim Burton characters I started collecting a few years back (the red devil was new this year!) & new pumpkin bowls filled with treats |
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| The last of our Summer Harvest! Now on to the Winter crops! |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Another HypnoBirthing Story
If you're skeptical of the method of HypnoBirthing, or unfamiliar with it all together, don't think it's possible or that I'm bat shit crazy, here's another video that proves birthing while being in a meditative state and RELAXED nonetheless IS possible.
25 Week-Q's & A's
How far along? 25 weeks 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: I still have 3 lbs to go before returning to my pre-pregnancy weight! Although, I'm not holding my breath for a miracle for the next 3 months. I'm sure I'll be there by the end of this month with Falls arrival and sweet treats of all kinds being baked in my kitchen now until the New Year!
Maternity clothes? Old Navy just had a 50-70% off sale on all maternity wear so yes, I did purchase a few items for myself. A simple black maxi dress, a cowl neck sweater dress, and a pair of their rockstar jeggings in black. Basic items I can dress up or down for the coming cooler months.
Stretch marks: Still nothing new! Can I get an AMEN!!?!?!
Sleep: Up at least twice a night for bathroom breaks, tossing and turning from side to side (I miss the good ole' days when I was 'allowed' to sleep on my back, damnit), and a little restlessness before bed. The other night I shot right out of bed at 11pm and decided to sweep the entire house-why not?! An evening walk before bed helps with the restlessness too I've discovered.
Best moment this week: Our Wednesday night HypnoBirthing class. Towards the end of each class I get very restless, mostly thinking about Newton being at home alone for 3 long hours. Typically, we end each class with a mini meditation/hypnosis practice-this time I was fighting off relaxing for the first 10 minutes or so, my body wouldn't relax-I kept opening my eyes, moving my feet, twitching, breathing heavy-I was sure I was going to give up on it. But something happened. I went out! My sub-conscious took over and I didn't remember a thing for the last 45 minutes of class. It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. So let's just say this gives me great hope (and confidence in myself) that when labor and active labor comes, I'll be able to put myself, with the help of Brian, into this state of mind. I just need to continue to keep practicing.
*** New Question!...Crazy Dream this week: Thursday night I dreamt I was in labor. I was laboring naturally but there were so many people around me in the room-family, friends, hospital staff. It was a chaotic environment, which is the complete opposite for what it will be for the actual birth. Anyway, I remember being in tune with my body in the dream, practicing my breathing techniques, letting my body tell me what it needs and not putting any time constraint or pressure on myself to 'perform' in a certain time frame. It was a slow and long process. By the time I woke up to my alarm at 6:15am, I still hadn't had the baby in my dream. But that was ok with me. Maybe I'll go back to that dream tonight and it'll happen, naturally, at my own pace.
Miss anything? Sleeping on my stomach, a stiff drink.
Movement: Yes, daily! She has a dance party in my tummy around 2pm everyday after lunch. I knew she'd be a mover and shaker liker her mama, lol. Nighttime too. She's always happy to be home and hear her daddy's voice. She's even kicked him a few times when he's put his lips to my tummy.
Food cravings: My green smoothie from Whole Foods Novato. It's a simple concoction of kale leaves, coconut water, a banana and blueberries or mango. My punch card is almost full! So yummy!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Pizza, tuna, mushrooms,marinara sauce.
Have you started to show yet: Oh yah! The Belly has arrived!
Gender prediction: Sweet Baby Girl!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On and still really loose.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, tired, sleepy...(I sound like I'm naming off the seven dwarfs from Snow White, lol). Mostly happy though :)
Weekly Wisdom: Being married to your best friend makes life so much sweeter. I'm a lucky lady.
Looking forward to: the weekend... baking Fall flavored goodies Saturday morning (while in my PJ's), picking out pumpkins and finding our way through the corn maze in Petaluma Saturday night and on Sunday a nice little picnic with my family, in Marin to watch the airshows for Fleet Week.
Sweet Treat
This was my sweet treat after lunch yesterday....let's just say there wasn't a crumb leftover :)
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