Saturday, September 29, 2012

Sweet Saturday

I love days like this. The sun is shining. I'm cuddled up on the couch with Elyse as she plays on the ipad and I play on the computer. We'll stay in our jammies for a little bit, then head outside to enjoy this beautiful fall day. I have so much to be thankful for.

I was just rereading my blog posts from this summer and realize how far I have come, but am being mindful that there will probably be days like those again. Being the analyzer that I am, I wonder if it was all due to 1st trimester pregnancy hormones. It seems my hormones have great power over my mind and body. I have continued to be wheat and sugar free, am finding it easier than I ever thought it would be, and really don't crave those foods too much anymore, expect on Friday after school. (When you're stressed or have made it through the week, eat right!) Not for me anymore....it would make me feel better right away, but I'd be facing the consequences soon enough.

Sundays and Mondays used to be a really tough days for me. I dreaded that the weekend was almost over and I'd be going back to work. I'd prefer to lay around all day on Sunday trying my hardest to avoid the inevitable...Monday. But as I think back on it, I wonder if it was more than that. I used to eat well all week and then on Friday and Saturday, I'd let loose. Eating out, eating large amount of junk, trying to ease the stress from the work week. As I've noticed since being wheat and sugar free, those foods do affect my mood greatly. Was Sunday such a rotten day because my body was reacting to the two days of junk food I had just gorged on? Monday would be a little better, and then by Tuesday I'd be feeling better. Well, by Tuesday all of that junk was out of my body and so that allowed my mind and body to return to normal as well. What a mess I was creating for my body, which is generally pretty sensitive to lots of things I put in or on my body. You should have seen my lips when I had to wear braces, my body respond to mosquito bites, my ears when I wear earrings...Goes back to a quote I found when I was in Colorado for my yoga training, "Listen to your body! It has a story to tell!" It sure does, but that slowing down to listen is the hardest part for us busy humans!

Anyhow, whatever hormones are traveling through my body right now are helping me to feel pretty great. I love feeling Baby Boy kick up a storm, watching my pregnant belly grow, and seeing the love that Elyse already shows towards her little brother. She always has to give him a kiss when I drop her off at daycare in the morning. She's sure he won't like the box elder bugs that have been sneaking into our house, and when she drink water out of her cup, she reminds me that little brother likes water too!

And I can't believe my baby sister is getting married in 13 days! We can't wait to celebrate with her, Adam, and Josie on their wedding day. It will also be Ross and my 5th wedding anniversary! We get to share the same anniversary day. Although I'm probably a little too hard on him sometimes, Ross is an amazing husband and daddy. He has put up with more in the last 5 years than he could have ever imagined, but he continues to keep calm and carry on. I am blessed, and God knew what he was doing when he planned for us to meet at 1330 Monks Avenue 10 years ago! Times flies when you're having fun! E

Enjoy this Sweet Saturday!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

20 weeks!



 Half way there!! There were quite a few days in June, July, and August where it felt like I would never get to this point, but here we are! And we are expecting a BOY!! Elyse is going to have a little brother to protect and love on. She wasn't so sure about it even though she was proudly wearing her, "I'm the big sister!" shirt, but she got over it and is now very excited. Everything has been going so well and we are beyond blessed. Just proves again that you have to take the good with the bad. The rewards are so much greater when you grow working through the bumps along the way. I've been feeling great, loving my kids yoga classes, and enjoying my new batch of 1st graders. Life is good!