I'm still alive! I've been super busy with Erik and have had stuff to do everyday this week leaving me with barely any computer time. After this weekend I'll have some time to catch my breath and catch up with everyone! Everything is going fine with me...but I did gain two pounds this week. I think it has more to do with the sweets that I've been eating than with the pregnancy! Way too many gatherings, appointments, and birthdays shoved into one week! I'm ready for a relaxing weekend at HOME!

Talk to all of y'all soon! Hope everyone is doing great!

Hey Kristi, sorry you're so busy but glad you finally had a chance to stop and take a breath and post Are you any less exhausted than you were last week? Hope you're feelin better. ~Lisa

Hey Sunshine!! Glad you had a chance to stop in. We miss ya around here ya know? Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

Hey Kristi! I came here to apologize for being MIA but it looks like you have been busy too! Phew, off the hook! hahaha I hope everything is going well for you and your family (and your baby!!!) so I can't wait to hear about your relaxing weekend!

Hello hello! I've missed y'all!!!! And I've missed having time to get on the computer. I'm still in organizing mode and when I'm not doing that, I'm laying on the couch trying not to fall asleep! I get a burst of energy in the late morning and then after lunch when E goes down for a nap I colapse on the couch. I've been going to bed super early now, so that's another reason that I've gone missing.

I've been doing so-so on healthy eating. If I can get out of the habit of eating sweets I'll be just fine. I actually lost 3 pounds this week from the nausea. I am 209 now. Smells are really getting to me and I can't stand food commercials now! yuck!

The only exercise I've been doing is staying busy in the mornings around the house. It's all I can do for now, because the tiredness is still going on in full swing. I can't seem to sleep past 4 a.m. so that's probably the main factor. I lay there for about an hour or two and then fall asleep for one more hour and then wake up b/c my bladder is on the verge of exploding! I've been peeing like a crazy woman, or should I say like a pregnant woman! haha!


I really need to get back into the habit of staying accountable on here with my eating. Please excuse me if you ocassionaly see peanut butter m&m's and orange juice for lunch or something weird like that! Sometimes that's all I can stomach.

Today:

Breakfast: (sandwich) 2 pieces of toasted whole wheat 7 grain bread. butter and sliced strawberries on one slice and natural pb on the other. 1 c. organic hormone free 2% milk. prenatal vitamins

5 peanut butter m&ms

Lunch: spinach noodles, spaghetti sauce (with ground meat), parmesan cheese. Diet Iced tea




I think we are going out for chinese tonight...dun dun duuunnnn!!! I'll try not to go crazy. I don't even remember the last time I ate chinese food but I really am looking forward to it. My hubby doesn't really care for it, but since tomorrow is our anniversary he suggested it. We aren't really celebrating until two weekends from now since that's when we have the B&B reserved. Oh! Speaking of....Chris said that he had t-voed the local news(where he is one of the editors) this morning and that I should watch it. Towards the middle of the program, the main reporter said, "I'd like to make an announcement...Chris {last name} in the back is celebrating his 5th anniversary with his wife this weekend and he would like to say that he loves you. Happy anniversary, you two!" I freaked out!! It was soooo cute! haha!


What do y'all think of the names, Molly for a girl and Andy for a boy? Those are the two names that we are leaning towards for now.

so glad you stopped in, Kristi we really miss your smile!

Chris sounds like he is the perfect soul match for you,'cuz I could totally see you doing something equally cool for him. The names are cute too.

BTW, I really like the fact that Erik uses a K, My family uses the K also, I'm Karl and My brother is Erik. (swedes)

Awe that was super sweet of Chris!

You sure are keeping yourself busy. Sorry to hear about the nausea, that will pass (as I'm sure you already know.)

Well I'm partial to Molly for sure...my great grandmother was named Mary Elizabeth and they called her Molly for short...guess that was common? So I almost got named that. And I like Andy too....have you guys come up with middle names for with them?

Hey, just stopping in to see how everything is going. I see you got some names and i like them. Hope you are feeling well!!!


Matt

HOW SWEET!!!
What a lucky girl you are to have such a romantic hubby!
Love the names. Especially Andy.

Hey everyone! I'm glad y'all liked the names! We have thrown in another boy name - Liam Christopher. Oh, and Molly's middle name would be Evangeline. Chris adores this name and wanted it for a first name but I just can't let go of Molly! Christopher is set for the boy's middle name.

So, I hope you all have been doing better than me with healthy eating! I've been very bad with eating junk food lately. Everyday I've eaten some kind of candy or dessert. It has to stop!!! I really to take control of this now, or it's going to catch up with me. I know that it will help me to get in the habit of food journaling again. I've got to do this!!!! I guess it will help too if I threw all the sweets away.....

Breakfast: Whole grain blueberry waffle with natural pb, low sugar strawberry jam. 1 c. orange juice. prenatal vitamins.

Hey Kristi! Everything looks like it is going well with the pregnancy! I know I said this before but I just wanted you to know that I'm so glad you are going to keep posting, that is SO SO awesome of you!

Kristi!!! miss you hon...

Liam is one of my all time favorite boy names BTW. Not that you need my approval or anything... but I'd definitely vote for that.

I love the name Liam!!!
I have a love of all things Scottish/Irish.
If you want a good book to read (not a Christian novel though, got hooked back when I was sowing wild oats! LOL) read
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
The girl who wrote it had never wrote a book before and in the process actually came up with a whole new genre. Its got some romance, time travel, history and lots of drama.
My most favortie series by far!
As for the candy/sweets just throw 'em out. I have actually gone so far as to buy something, hit myself in the head thinking "why did you just do that?" and then toss it out. Sometimes it will be bad enough that I will put something nasty on it so that I know I won't try to "get it back"! LOL
Your already one step closer in that you know more now than you did before so are being somewhat more conservative.
Don't beat yourself up.
Catch ya later!
Auntie Bella~

Glad you're doing good. We miss you around here though! So soon as you're energy is back you can still come post, lol.