The kids had a couple snow days this week. Lucky for us, the government decided to shut down as well and we were able to spend some time at home as a family. Happy Valentine’s Day! Kept it pretty low key. Exchanged gifts and had a steak dinner at home to avoid the crowds. On … Continue reading 23 Weeks
Anthony and I were able to go on another date…2 weeks in a row! Who knows when we’ll be comfortable leaving an infant for the evening, so we are totally taking advantage of our fantastic babysitter while we are still a family of 4. More yoga. Also started a new workout at home called DDP … Continue reading 22 Weeks
We had our anatomy scan/ultrasound on Friday. Always an exciting time. I signed the form saying we did not want to find out the gender of the baby. I know Ty is anxious to find out, but he went along with my wishes…a perk of being pregnant is I get to play the but-I’m-carrying-your-child-card all … Continue reading 21 Weeks
Half way there! I feel like I really popped this past week. Everyone keeps commenting on the belly. Can’t say that I don’t like the attention 😉 The down side to this growing tummy is my uniform no longer fits. Well I haven’t been able to button my pants all the way up for a … Continue reading 20 Weeks
Lately I’ve been loving my desserts and this past weekend we found a gluten free bakery to satisfy my sweet tooth (BTW only 3 of these things were for me) Some retail shopping with my homegirl Chilling out at home Another snow day…this time there was actually snow Continue reading Week 19
A couple of my maternity looks this week Dinner date with JoJo Some people have asked what I eat. Well now a days it’s everything in sight. You can consider me the ultimate pregnancy cliche since I even bought a jar of pickles. Here are some of my meals (and by default, the family’s meals … Continue reading 18 Weeks
I had another prenatal check up and so far so good. I have gained about 5 lbs at and the baby’s heart rate is at a strong 130 bpm. According to our midwife, it’s an old wives tale that if the baby’s heart rate is less than 140 bpm it will be a boy…only time … Continue reading Week 17
We had a very low key NYE. Ran a few errands during the day, watched movies all evening, and watched the ball drop on TV with a “champagne” toast. Here’s to 2014. Continue reading Week 16 -2014!!
Although we already celebrated Ana’s birthday last weekend at Great Wolf Lodge, I still had to make the obligatory pancit dish on the 26th. This time I switched it up and made a seafood version called Pancit Palabok. It turned out great. And of course we had birthday cake and presents Love this smiley, sweet, … Continue reading Birthday Traditions
Sophia the elf came back to visit us this month. Here are some of her shenanigans this year (missed taking a picture of a few things she did, but you’ll get the idea)… Jocelyn’s Winter Concert We didn’t find out about the concert until 20 minutes before Jocelyn had to be at the school. So … Continue reading Week 15 – Merry Christmas