Bump Update: 21 Weeks and It’s a….

Hellooooo, 21st week of pregnancy! Today, baby C is the size of a baby bok choy (yummy baby!), and we can now share the gender! We had our 21 week anatomy scan today, and the baby looks perfect and mom even got kudos for maintaining “excellent habits” during pregnancy. Hooray! If you’re impatient you can scroll down, but first I thought it would be fun to look at old wive’s tales and see if there was any truth to them……

Bun in the oven updates: Weeks 18, 19, and 20, all in one!

Whew! I’ve been busy, and then was out of town for a few days in Denver for Fitbloggin. I’m behind on my bumpdates, so here’s a combined one for weeks 18, 19, and 20 and I’ll be back later this week to reveal baby C’s gender! How far along? 20 weeks and 3 days! I’m MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE! WooHOO! Baby’s Size: A  belgian endive. I’m only familiar with a regular endive, and this veggie comparison is perplexing to me,…

Bun in the Oven Update: Week 17

Happy Friday! Here we are moving right along! How far along? (Officially 18 weeks today but writing about week 17) Baby’s Size: A pomegranate. Yummy. Weight Gain: Plus two! While initially I felt nervous, I realize two pounds after 17 weeks aint no thang… and with it has come what appears to be a tiny bump! (If it still looks like I ate a large burrito, shush and keep that to yourself. I’m excited, okay?!) Maternity clothes? Yes. This week…

Bun in the Oven Update: Week 16

Howdy! You guys sure showed me last week when I whined about if anyone reads this blog, so yes, I will be continuing to share updates when I peel myself off the couch at night 🙂 Thanks for your excitement and for reading… it makes me feel all special! How far along? I’m actually 17 weeks today but will be writing about last week’s 16th week! Baby’s Size: A dill pickle. This one stumped me a bit. Like one of…

Bun in the Oven Update: Week 15

Howdy! I’m still on the fence about if I’m going to blog my pregnancy, because while part of me likes the idea of documenting it all, the other part of me goes “Eh, does anyone care?” We’ll see! (Pssst… if you do want to read about it, let me know. Remember, I always assume my dad and one person in Alaska reads my blog and that’s pretty much it… so if you’re out there, say hello!) I do have a…

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday, friends! I have lots of fun planned this weekend, because I get to spend some time with my friends from the California Avocado Commission! More on that next week, but just know that I’m going to be doing a lot of eating of one of my very favorite things ever 😀 I wanted to share a few cool things with you this week… 1) I occasionally get to write for the Diet to Go blog, and I had…

Scenes from Freeport, Nassau, Great Stirrup Cay and the Everglades

I can’t believe it was already a month ago that I set sail on the Norwegian Sky for a four day cruise to the Bahamas! (This cruise was actually purchased on Groupon for $400 round trip. Crazy cheap, and I was a little nervous at first about how a Groupon travel deal would work, but everything went perfectly. Now I’ll be scoping Groupon, too, when I’m planning vacations!)  Below are some of my favorite pictures from the trip. The Bahamas…

What’s up, Wednesday: Three things

Howdy doo! I wanted to share a few things on my mind this week 🙂 1) I’ve been reading a ton lately, and the book I’ve enjoyed most recently is The Rosie Project. This book details a brilliant, Autistic genetics professor who embarks on a personal project to find himself a wife. He gets an unexpected turn when he ends up helping a student try to identify the father she never knew. I won’t tell you any more of the…

The Hemingway House: a Cat Lover’s Paradise

Matt and I recently took a vacation to Key West and the Bahamas, by way of a totally snazzy Groupon deal I got ($400 for two for a four night cruise to the Bahamas! Deal alert!). Before our cruise, we drove down to Key West so we could check out this quaint island town and the home of writer Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway saw this abandoned house in 1929 and fell in love with its unique stylings, having been built by…