We enjoyed our first frozen meal of the month today. It was very yummy!
Here's the short version:
2 chicken breasts (I trimmed them fiercely, because I think chicken is gross)
1 red onion (I used a little one, and cut it in 1" chunks)
3 carrots (also cut in 1" chunks)
1 big can pineapple chunks (which are, conveniently, about 1")
3/4 c. teriyaki sauce (I made mine. It had soy sauce, mirin, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, and ground ginger. I didn't measure, so I don't know how to explain it.)
It cooked on LOW for 11 hours...because that's how long my day was. It was probably done after about 6 hours. But it wasn't ruined! If I had a CrockPot with a fancy timer, I would've used it, but I have a very simple CrockPot.
When I got home, I made rice (3/4 c. rice, 1.5 c. chicken broth). Then I cut up the chicken breasts into chunks (you guessed it....about 1"!) and served it all together in my pasta bowls.
The chicken was a smidge dry, but with the sauce from the CrockPot, it was fine. It was just enough for the two of us. I didn't make any other sides to go with it, but something green might've been nice. Maybe some edamame, but my husband doesn't like them. :)
Friday, September 7, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
All the dinners in September
Since we've been married, we've always tried to plan meals a week at a time. When we're on our game. Sometimes life gets busy, or we get lazy, and that doesn't happen. But when we plan, it's usually one week out. And then we grocery shop, and the food gets put in the fridge and the cabinet, and sometimes we cook it and sometimes we eat out instead. It's an imperfect system that wastes a lot of food and money and calories, none of which we can really spare these days.
So. With the advent of Pinterest, I have been squirreling away recipes and inspiration for meal planning and CrockPot cooking. I've toyed with the idea before, but never really tried it. This past week, though, I got a wild hair. I knew that we hadn't made any plans for Labor Day weekend, so I'd have about two and a half days in which to shop and cook. I used the monthly page of my agenda (where I already have recorded our work schedules and other stuff) to jot down meals for every M/T/Th/F/S of the month. Wednesdays are dinner group nights, and while I need to take a turn cooking this month, it didn't go into planning. Sundays we eat dinner with my parents, so I didn't need to plan those nights. Friday nights were easy stuff fun stuff, like pizzas. Saturdays varied, including two when I know we'll be busy or apart, so we'll eat out.
In the end, I planned five chicken dishes, three pork dishes, and four beef/venison dishes which can be prepared in advance and frozen, then cooked in the CrockPot or just heated up on the stove. I made a grocery list based on what we'd need (9 onions? 14 chicken breasts?!) and what we already had (venison!).
Yesterday morning, I dragged my tired first week of school self out of bed and Genevieve and I headed to Mom's. (Never brave WalMart for groceries with a baby without reinforcements, even if she is the happiest baby ever.) The three of us spent over an hour in Wally World, and I spent $140 on groceries, including some treats because I was getting hungry. Genevieve got lots of attention, and then she fell asleep in the front carrier, which meant that I was suddenly left handed, because her head was resting in my right hand. It's very difficult to manage produce bags with only your nondominant hand - hence the reinforcements. Thanks, Mimi! :)
When Genevieve and I got home later, we hopped back in the car with Matt and headed to Harris Teeter. I refuse to buy my meat at WalMart. I have some standards left. :) So we acquired 11 chicken breasts (turns out we had some already), a chuck roast, a *huge* pork shoulder roast that I ended up cutting in half, pork chops, and a value pack of chicken thighs. We also got a couple of things I couldn't find at WalMart, a six pack of beer, and 6 gallons of water for Matt's next brew session. He spent $88. (Probably about $60 on food stuffs...)
Last night I made a double batch of Mexitalian Spaghetti Sauce (with ground venison). If you've had spaghetti at our house lately, it's been this recipe, and it's awesome and freezes well. Since it's just the two of us eating (for a few more months...), a double batch made one bag that's in the fridge for Tuesday night and four bags that are in the freezer for next month or later. I also made two recipes of pizza dough - one traditional white-flour dough and one more rustic WW-honey dough. Each recipe made two pizza doughs, all of which I went ahead and rolled out and par baked. Those are also wrapped and frozen. The WW ones are smaller, so we'll probably eat both of those one Friday. The white ones are big enough that we can eat one this month the other time I planned pizza and save one for next month. Pizza dough is really fun to make, especially with a stand mixer and dough hook. The last thing I made last night was 6 individual batches of pizza sauce. Each batch is 1 can of tomato paste, some honey and spices, and warm water. I set up an assembly line of baggies and filled them all in record time. Now I have pizza sauce for all four of my crusts, plus two left over for next month or later.
Today I started by cleaning up the rest of the mess I didn't quite manage last night. Then I labeled gallon bags for all the chicken recipes and started cleaning chicken breasts (gross!!). When I finished, I divided them up into the appropriate baggies and froze the scraps to use in broth later. Then I chopped onions, carrots, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, and zucchini/squash and put them in the appropriate bags. There were cans of broth and soup, a batch of teriyaki sauce, and a little cooking, and then I had:
- Lemon Garlic Chicken (Leftovers of this for pizza one time.)
- Chicken and Spinach
- Sesame Ginger Chicken (one for this month and an extra to use up the rest of the value pack chicken thighs)
- Teriyaki Chicken
- Chicken and Dumplins
Then I moved on to pork. Matt used our meat cleaver to hack the 7.5 pound pork shoulder (bone in) in half, more or less. I made a double batch of the best BBQ sauce ever and put each half of the pork shoulder in a gallon bag with half the BBQ sauce and a 15 ox can of pineapple chunks. Yum. I also have a small two pack of pork chops to freeze.
- BBQ Pineapple Pork (2x because we like this a lot. Leftovers will go on pizza one time.)
- Pork chops
And then I finished up with the beef. I browned the chuck roast and packaged it with 4 onions and a lovely sauce.
- Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast
All of these lovely meals are now sitting in our freezer waiting to be thawed the day before we need them. All of them except the pork chops, spaghetti, and pizza get cooked in the CrockPot. I am so very excited!
For those of you who follow me on Pinterest, all the recipes are on my Hungry Hungry Hippos board. I'm writing this post on my old computer, so I'm not trying to create all the links. You can find them. Or ask me. :)
So. With the advent of Pinterest, I have been squirreling away recipes and inspiration for meal planning and CrockPot cooking. I've toyed with the idea before, but never really tried it. This past week, though, I got a wild hair. I knew that we hadn't made any plans for Labor Day weekend, so I'd have about two and a half days in which to shop and cook. I used the monthly page of my agenda (where I already have recorded our work schedules and other stuff) to jot down meals for every M/T/Th/F/S of the month. Wednesdays are dinner group nights, and while I need to take a turn cooking this month, it didn't go into planning. Sundays we eat dinner with my parents, so I didn't need to plan those nights. Friday nights were easy stuff fun stuff, like pizzas. Saturdays varied, including two when I know we'll be busy or apart, so we'll eat out.
In the end, I planned five chicken dishes, three pork dishes, and four beef/venison dishes which can be prepared in advance and frozen, then cooked in the CrockPot or just heated up on the stove. I made a grocery list based on what we'd need (9 onions? 14 chicken breasts?!) and what we already had (venison!).
Yesterday morning, I dragged my tired first week of school self out of bed and Genevieve and I headed to Mom's. (Never brave WalMart for groceries with a baby without reinforcements, even if she is the happiest baby ever.) The three of us spent over an hour in Wally World, and I spent $140 on groceries, including some treats because I was getting hungry. Genevieve got lots of attention, and then she fell asleep in the front carrier, which meant that I was suddenly left handed, because her head was resting in my right hand. It's very difficult to manage produce bags with only your nondominant hand - hence the reinforcements. Thanks, Mimi! :)
When Genevieve and I got home later, we hopped back in the car with Matt and headed to Harris Teeter. I refuse to buy my meat at WalMart. I have some standards left. :) So we acquired 11 chicken breasts (turns out we had some already), a chuck roast, a *huge* pork shoulder roast that I ended up cutting in half, pork chops, and a value pack of chicken thighs. We also got a couple of things I couldn't find at WalMart, a six pack of beer, and 6 gallons of water for Matt's next brew session. He spent $88. (Probably about $60 on food stuffs...)
Last night I made a double batch of Mexitalian Spaghetti Sauce (with ground venison). If you've had spaghetti at our house lately, it's been this recipe, and it's awesome and freezes well. Since it's just the two of us eating (for a few more months...), a double batch made one bag that's in the fridge for Tuesday night and four bags that are in the freezer for next month or later. I also made two recipes of pizza dough - one traditional white-flour dough and one more rustic WW-honey dough. Each recipe made two pizza doughs, all of which I went ahead and rolled out and par baked. Those are also wrapped and frozen. The WW ones are smaller, so we'll probably eat both of those one Friday. The white ones are big enough that we can eat one this month the other time I planned pizza and save one for next month. Pizza dough is really fun to make, especially with a stand mixer and dough hook. The last thing I made last night was 6 individual batches of pizza sauce. Each batch is 1 can of tomato paste, some honey and spices, and warm water. I set up an assembly line of baggies and filled them all in record time. Now I have pizza sauce for all four of my crusts, plus two left over for next month or later.
Today I started by cleaning up the rest of the mess I didn't quite manage last night. Then I labeled gallon bags for all the chicken recipes and started cleaning chicken breasts (gross!!). When I finished, I divided them up into the appropriate baggies and froze the scraps to use in broth later. Then I chopped onions, carrots, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, and zucchini/squash and put them in the appropriate bags. There were cans of broth and soup, a batch of teriyaki sauce, and a little cooking, and then I had:
- Lemon Garlic Chicken (Leftovers of this for pizza one time.)
- Chicken and Spinach
- Sesame Ginger Chicken (one for this month and an extra to use up the rest of the value pack chicken thighs)
- Teriyaki Chicken
- Chicken and Dumplins
Then I moved on to pork. Matt used our meat cleaver to hack the 7.5 pound pork shoulder (bone in) in half, more or less. I made a double batch of the best BBQ sauce ever and put each half of the pork shoulder in a gallon bag with half the BBQ sauce and a 15 ox can of pineapple chunks. Yum. I also have a small two pack of pork chops to freeze.
- BBQ Pineapple Pork (2x because we like this a lot. Leftovers will go on pizza one time.)
- Pork chops
And then I finished up with the beef. I browned the chuck roast and packaged it with 4 onions and a lovely sauce.
- Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast
All of these lovely meals are now sitting in our freezer waiting to be thawed the day before we need them. All of them except the pork chops, spaghetti, and pizza get cooked in the CrockPot. I am so very excited!
For those of you who follow me on Pinterest, all the recipes are on my Hungry Hungry Hippos board. I'm writing this post on my old computer, so I'm not trying to create all the links. You can find them. Or ask me. :)
Monday, July 9, 2012
Fifth Anniversary - A Reflection
Five years bring a lot of changes. Since we got married, we've experienced lots of things.
We had a miscarriage. Then we had Genevieve. Our lives have changed in incredible, wonderful, beautiful ways. She is the most amazing, wonderful thing we've ever done, by far. We are so lucky that she's a happy, friendly, laid back baby. She cries when she's hungry or wet, and otherwise just lights up our days with her little face. We've become granola parents, embracing breastfeeding and cloth diapers because they are good for our little girl, good for our wallets, and good for the Earth.
We lost four grandparents. We gained three nephews (with two more babies coming later this year). We gained four cousins by marriage, three by engagement, and nine more by birth (with one on the way).
We moved from our apartment in Greenville to Erin's family home in Greensboro. We hosted a Wrenn family Christmas. We reestablished Dinner Group with a whole new set of people. We wished the founding members of our new dinner group well as they moved away - to Memphis, to Iowa, to the Navy.
We've helped three best friends get married. We've celebrated the engagement of another best girlfriend and two couples from dinner group. We're looking forward to helping another wonderful couple of guys get married later this month. We're also looking forward to the birth of another dinner group baby in October!
Erin has had three different teaching jobs and five classrooms. She has found a home at Canterbury School and is looking forward to the exciting things she has planned for the coming year. Matt has had two jobs. He is currently teaching at our alma mater, Grimsley, where he is growing their theatre program by leaps and bounds and producing excellent shows.
Matt found two new hobbies - hunting and homebrewing. Erin learned to cook venison and has requested three deer for next year. Since we had two last year and it's almost gone with 3.5 months left until hunting season, that seems about right. Yum - deer and beer!
We continue to love on Jazzi, who surveys her domain (the backyard) and tries very hard to rid the world of obnoxious things like flies and groundhogs. Erin also adopted Nacho the bearded dragon from a family at school. He lives in her classroom during the year and came home with her for the summer. :)
We've traveled! We've been to Boston and Nantucket (for our honeymoon); Vancouver; Savannah; Lincoln, Nebraska and Memphis; New York City/Corning/Niagra Falls; and most recently Asheville. Matt has also been to San Diego and back to NYC with students. We've spent tons of weekends with friends at Smith Mountain Lake and in Cary, Lincolnton, and Blacksburg.
Our lives are dramatically different after five years. Life hasn't always been easy, and there have been some sad, difficult times. But we are stronger than ever. Our marriage only gets sweeter with time. As I told a friend recently, if it doesn't keep getting better, you're not doing it right. We like to think we're doing pretty well. <3
We had a miscarriage. Then we had Genevieve. Our lives have changed in incredible, wonderful, beautiful ways. She is the most amazing, wonderful thing we've ever done, by far. We are so lucky that she's a happy, friendly, laid back baby. She cries when she's hungry or wet, and otherwise just lights up our days with her little face. We've become granola parents, embracing breastfeeding and cloth diapers because they are good for our little girl, good for our wallets, and good for the Earth.
We lost four grandparents. We gained three nephews (with two more babies coming later this year). We gained four cousins by marriage, three by engagement, and nine more by birth (with one on the way).
We moved from our apartment in Greenville to Erin's family home in Greensboro. We hosted a Wrenn family Christmas. We reestablished Dinner Group with a whole new set of people. We wished the founding members of our new dinner group well as they moved away - to Memphis, to Iowa, to the Navy.
We've helped three best friends get married. We've celebrated the engagement of another best girlfriend and two couples from dinner group. We're looking forward to helping another wonderful couple of guys get married later this month. We're also looking forward to the birth of another dinner group baby in October!
Erin has had three different teaching jobs and five classrooms. She has found a home at Canterbury School and is looking forward to the exciting things she has planned for the coming year. Matt has had two jobs. He is currently teaching at our alma mater, Grimsley, where he is growing their theatre program by leaps and bounds and producing excellent shows.
Matt found two new hobbies - hunting and homebrewing. Erin learned to cook venison and has requested three deer for next year. Since we had two last year and it's almost gone with 3.5 months left until hunting season, that seems about right. Yum - deer and beer!
We continue to love on Jazzi, who surveys her domain (the backyard) and tries very hard to rid the world of obnoxious things like flies and groundhogs. Erin also adopted Nacho the bearded dragon from a family at school. He lives in her classroom during the year and came home with her for the summer. :)
We've traveled! We've been to Boston and Nantucket (for our honeymoon); Vancouver; Savannah; Lincoln, Nebraska and Memphis; New York City/Corning/Niagra Falls; and most recently Asheville. Matt has also been to San Diego and back to NYC with students. We've spent tons of weekends with friends at Smith Mountain Lake and in Cary, Lincolnton, and Blacksburg.
Our lives are dramatically different after five years. Life hasn't always been easy, and there have been some sad, difficult times. But we are stronger than ever. Our marriage only gets sweeter with time. As I told a friend recently, if it doesn't keep getting better, you're not doing it right. We like to think we're doing pretty well. <3
Friday, May 11, 2012
Genevieve Lea's Birth Story - Admitting (Part 2)
We got to the hospital around 4:00. The admitting nurse took one look at me and said, "You're still smiling. They won't be admitting you." I have to admit, my heart sank a little. I'd been laboring for 8 hours by this point and I was hopeful that I'd made at least some progress. Plus, my contractions were pretty intense (although there was so much more in store for me) and I was tired.
We got put in a room right away. I'm glad I didn't have to sit in the waiting room, at least. They immediately hooked me up to a fetal monitor and a contraction monitor and left me flat of my back for "twenty minutes". An hour later, they finally let me get up and move around as per doctor's orders. I was 4 cm dilated, my contractions were regular and strong, and the baby's heart rate was perfect. However, the doctor on call wanted proof that I was progressing before he admitted me. So off I went to pace the halls. While I was walking, my parents showed up and Matt went to the cafeteria to grab some milk. My contractions got to the point that I had to stop and lean on something to get through them. I was doing great as long as I wasn't on my back, though!
They hooked me up to the monitor again, supposedly because they were seeing some decelerations in the baby's heartbeat. Laying down for the monitor was the worst. Walking the halls wasn't too bad, so we did more of that. Matt's dad and stepmom got there at some point. The rest of our time in admitting is a little blurry, but they finally took us back to a room in labor and delivery by mid morning. I was still able to walk at that point, so I did!
We got put in a room right away. I'm glad I didn't have to sit in the waiting room, at least. They immediately hooked me up to a fetal monitor and a contraction monitor and left me flat of my back for "twenty minutes". An hour later, they finally let me get up and move around as per doctor's orders. I was 4 cm dilated, my contractions were regular and strong, and the baby's heart rate was perfect. However, the doctor on call wanted proof that I was progressing before he admitted me. So off I went to pace the halls. While I was walking, my parents showed up and Matt went to the cafeteria to grab some milk. My contractions got to the point that I had to stop and lean on something to get through them. I was doing great as long as I wasn't on my back, though!
They hooked me up to the monitor again, supposedly because they were seeing some decelerations in the baby's heartbeat. Laying down for the monitor was the worst. Walking the halls wasn't too bad, so we did more of that. Matt's dad and stepmom got there at some point. The rest of our time in admitting is a little blurry, but they finally took us back to a room in labor and delivery by mid morning. I was still able to walk at that point, so I did!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Genevieve Lea's Birth Story - At Home (Part 1)
Yesterday marked one week since I went into labor. I don't want to forget everything (ok, I might want to forget some things...), so I'm going to try and describe some of it here.
Tuesday Matt and I both worked, like usual. I had been having mild Braxton-Hicks contractions since Sunday, but nothing that required immediate attention. After work, I went to play practice, but cut out early because we had things to do at home. Matt got home not long after I did, and we went out to Babies R Us and Target to get some things for the nursery. We bought a mattress for the crib and splurged on some really cute stuff from the baby girl section at Target. On the way to the grocery store, where we were hoping to find a bucket of fried chicken, I felt a particularly hard contraction. I told Matt about it, but just kept driving. We got our dinner and headed home. I let Matt drive because I'd had a couple more contractions in the store and I wanted to try and figure out how far apart they were.
We came home and had dinner, although I wasn't very hungry and only ate a little mac n cheese and a bite or two of chicken. My contractions established a pattern of lasting about 1 minute and being 10-15 minutes apart. Matt and I started gathering hospital bags, packing last minute things, and putting things away in the nursery. We both emailed work to set up sub plans. Throughout our preparations, my contractions continued, as close together as 7 minutes. We kept stopping to look at each other in amazement - "Is this really it? Are we going to meet our daughter soon?" We were so excited!
Matt went to bed around 1:00, and I laid down with him for a little while, but I couldn't sleep. I timed contractions and thought about Baby Girl and tossed and turned. After an hour, I couldn't stand to lay there anymore, so I moved my cell phone (with its contraction counter app) and my big 'ole belly to the living room, where I watched several episodes of the original X-Men cartoon while rocking on my yoga ball and relaxing with a heating pad on my back.
At around 3:00, my contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, but they were only lasting about 45 seconds. I decided to call the on-call service for my doctor's office, and the nurse advised me to go ahead and make my way to the hospital. I knew there wasn't a rush yet, so I took my time. I went to wake Matt up, and he started out very confused - he was muttering something about observations. It only took him a minute or two to wake up, though, and we started getting ourselves together. I called my mom and she said she was going to go ahead and start getting ready. We left the house around 3:30. Poor Jazzi didn't understand why she was in her crate at such a crazy hour.
Tuesday Matt and I both worked, like usual. I had been having mild Braxton-Hicks contractions since Sunday, but nothing that required immediate attention. After work, I went to play practice, but cut out early because we had things to do at home. Matt got home not long after I did, and we went out to Babies R Us and Target to get some things for the nursery. We bought a mattress for the crib and splurged on some really cute stuff from the baby girl section at Target. On the way to the grocery store, where we were hoping to find a bucket of fried chicken, I felt a particularly hard contraction. I told Matt about it, but just kept driving. We got our dinner and headed home. I let Matt drive because I'd had a couple more contractions in the store and I wanted to try and figure out how far apart they were.
We came home and had dinner, although I wasn't very hungry and only ate a little mac n cheese and a bite or two of chicken. My contractions established a pattern of lasting about 1 minute and being 10-15 minutes apart. Matt and I started gathering hospital bags, packing last minute things, and putting things away in the nursery. We both emailed work to set up sub plans. Throughout our preparations, my contractions continued, as close together as 7 minutes. We kept stopping to look at each other in amazement - "Is this really it? Are we going to meet our daughter soon?" We were so excited!
Matt went to bed around 1:00, and I laid down with him for a little while, but I couldn't sleep. I timed contractions and thought about Baby Girl and tossed and turned. After an hour, I couldn't stand to lay there anymore, so I moved my cell phone (with its contraction counter app) and my big 'ole belly to the living room, where I watched several episodes of the original X-Men cartoon while rocking on my yoga ball and relaxing with a heating pad on my back.
At around 3:00, my contractions were less than 5 minutes apart, but they were only lasting about 45 seconds. I decided to call the on-call service for my doctor's office, and the nurse advised me to go ahead and make my way to the hospital. I knew there wasn't a rush yet, so I took my time. I went to wake Matt up, and he started out very confused - he was muttering something about observations. It only took him a minute or two to wake up, though, and we started getting ourselves together. I called my mom and she said she was going to go ahead and start getting ready. We left the house around 3:30. Poor Jazzi didn't understand why she was in her crate at such a crazy hour.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
23 weeks!
Our sweet baby girl (yes, it's a girl!) is getting bigger all the time! I feel her kicking me when I get still at night and any time I'm not sitting up straight enough. She doesn't like being squished.
Today I had an ultrasound. It was like a visit with my little girl. I loved every minute of it (except when the tech squirted the gel in my belly button - ick!). :)
Apparently according to their super-high tech measurements, our little girl's head is 20 cm around, her tummy is 18 cm around, and her tiny femur is 2 inches long! What a miracle is growing inside me.
Today I had an ultrasound. It was like a visit with my little girl. I loved every minute of it (except when the tech squirted the gel in my belly button - ick!). :)
Apparently according to their super-high tech measurements, our little girl's head is 20 cm around, her tummy is 18 cm around, and her tiny femur is 2 inches long! What a miracle is growing inside me.
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| Perfect, tiny fingers and a thumb! |
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| I love this one! Her chubby bottom is on the right, and then her knee is on the left, with a little foot underneath. Too precious. |
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| In this one, you can see her profile and she's got her mouth open. :) |
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The cat is out of the bag!
That's right, we're pregnant again!
Specifically, I'm 12 weeks and 1 day pregnant. The baby is due March 20. All is well so far! We saw the baby's heartbeat at 7 and 10 weeks. It was amazing how much the baby developed in those three weeks! At 7 weeks, the ultrasound kind of just looked like a banana, but at 10 weeks, we could really see the baby! In fact, it kicked while we were watching it! It was truly wonderful.
I told everyone at work this week, which means I can officially announce it to all our friends here too! We're so very excited!
This past weekend, we had friends visiting, and the four of us went shopping (as usual). Only this time, we shopped for baby stuff! We found teeny tiny baby shoes with hedgehogs on them, and bought them even though they were pink. (Yes, we plan to find out the sex of our baby, but our appointment for that is not until October 21.) We also found a onesie and pants set with hedgehogs, and a bib set to match. Those were gray and yellow, so we snagged them as well, and Baby can wear them no matter the sex. Our friends also bought us a t-shirt that says "Kiss me, I'm Irish." As our baby will most certainly be Irish, it's quite adorable.
It's been so much fun to call our family and out of town friends and tell them. I've been floating on a cloud the last couple of days! The responses have been so joyful!
And here's a picture of me, just because. It's not all that flattering, but that's ok! Just remember, I took it all by myself before 7 this morning. I'm not really starting to show, but I don't think it'll be long. My pants haven't fit in weeks. ;)
Specifically, I'm 12 weeks and 1 day pregnant. The baby is due March 20. All is well so far! We saw the baby's heartbeat at 7 and 10 weeks. It was amazing how much the baby developed in those three weeks! At 7 weeks, the ultrasound kind of just looked like a banana, but at 10 weeks, we could really see the baby! In fact, it kicked while we were watching it! It was truly wonderful.
7 weeks
I told everyone at work this week, which means I can officially announce it to all our friends here too! We're so very excited!
This past weekend, we had friends visiting, and the four of us went shopping (as usual). Only this time, we shopped for baby stuff! We found teeny tiny baby shoes with hedgehogs on them, and bought them even though they were pink. (Yes, we plan to find out the sex of our baby, but our appointment for that is not until October 21.) We also found a onesie and pants set with hedgehogs, and a bib set to match. Those were gray and yellow, so we snagged them as well, and Baby can wear them no matter the sex. Our friends also bought us a t-shirt that says "Kiss me, I'm Irish." As our baby will most certainly be Irish, it's quite adorable.
It's been so much fun to call our family and out of town friends and tell them. I've been floating on a cloud the last couple of days! The responses have been so joyful!
And here's a picture of me, just because. It's not all that flattering, but that's ok! Just remember, I took it all by myself before 7 this morning. I'm not really starting to show, but I don't think it'll be long. My pants haven't fit in weeks. ;)
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