Tuesday Thoughts

Well I'm back from vacation and have been thinking a lot about food.
I developed a very changed relationship with food when I got pregnant with my son. I stopped loving it. I realize now, that was just a 9 month change, but it was enough to really make me stop and think about it. I hated the smell, taste, and texture of it and then later hated how it made me feel. Pregnancy didn't agree with me and my digestion. I lost about 20lbs throughout the 9 months and ate like a bird, enough to sustain me and the little being I was growing inside.

Once he was out, I went on a bender. Seriously. I ate like I had starved for 9 months. I guess I sort of had. My portions grew bigger, my love for chocolate returned and I started indulging. My relationship with food had returned as had some extra weight.

Spending this much time at home, I also felt the need to experiment with foods. Change up our meal plans. I haven't done as much of this as I'd like, but I feel like September will be the turning of a new leaf again.

September 1 will mark a new relationship with food. One where I respect it and its ability to make me ginormously huge. And one where I stop with the status quo and start getting creative.

Little does hubby know, until he reads this blog or we get to tomorrow, whichever comes first, but we're going on a diet. Well, maybe not an actual diet, but a lifestyle overhaul. We'll have our moments, sure, because food is just too good. But we're dropping the lbs, getting healthy, enjoying our meals and renovating our relationship with food.

Starting tomorrow. :)

Mommy Monday - Baptism

Our beautiful boy had his Baptism yesterday. He, and the other 2 babies, were such troopers in the hot and humid church through a fairly long sermon. There was no sympathy crying, but we did have some sympathy rasberrrying started by our little monkey. Nothing like a big pffbbbtttt in the middle of Luke somethingorother.

The humidity killed my hair. Such nice curls gone flat. Boo.

Thoughts

I was giving some thought the other day to a friend who has kinda dropped off the face of my planet. I thought she'd be around more, take interest in the baby, catch up. I have sent some emails and they often go unreturned. I make attempts to meet up, but they are always met with busy schedule. Don't get me wrong, I know people are busy, lead busy lives and just because I'm available on maternity leave doesn't mean everyone is. That's not what I'm saying at all. I guess, I've seen this friend rally around other gals once the babies have been born and taken a real interest in their lives. I guess I'm just not the friend I thought I was to her.

On a different note, I've been attempting to bake cookies all afternoon so I'd have a Foodie Friday post, but the little monster had a different agenda. Instead of basking in the delight and smells of freshly baked cookies, he has been nap fighting and whining. On this rainy Friday, my dear child, you should let Mama bake! It does her body good...well, it does her mind good. The body's another story.

Random babbles

Some random babbles on a rainy Wednesday afternoon...

I should be tidying up the house before Hubs gets home.
I hope he likes dinner. I am so uninspired in the kitchen and don't know what to make.
Father's Day is this weekend and I only have part of his little gift. I don't know what to get him.
I started Christmas shopping today.
I could use a nap.
I wonder if the baby will sleep through the night tonight.
I doubt he will.
Thursday is likely to be a great day, but I have to do a bunch of things in the house so it'll be a pj day.
The baby is not napping, but he should.
I need to reorganize the baby gear in the house. Our living room looks like a Babies R Us display.
I wish we also got the American Food Network.
I'm procrastinating.

Mama gets it

Oh big guy, Mama gets it. I feel the same way sometimes.

Mommy Monday

I've been working on getting my shit together. Now that I feel like we're into a daily routine, I felt I needed to get the house under control as well. Don't get me wrong, we're not living in a pig sty, but clutter is easily piled up and it stresses me out. I'm a packrat by nature and I believe Hubs is as well and the two of us enable each other and it's not pretty. Add a 5-almost-6 year old and a department store's worth of baby gear to the mix and it's a freaking disaster.



Despite doing my best to tidy up after the baby and keep the 5-almost-6 year old in check, I can't mother my own husband. That's just not sexy. So in an attempt to regain control of the house, I'm taking some tips from other mamas and doing a load of laundry a day and 1 chore. This is definitely helping me to feel productive even when I don't want to be or just can't.



I'm well on my way to Mother of the Year (snort).



In other news, feast your eyes on the Future Man of Your Dreams.

Foodie Friday - stir fry

In an effort to increase our fresh veggie intake and couple that with my recent obsession with udon noodles, I made a stir fry. A little of this, a little of that and we ended up with a delightful dinner!

Tonight we're off to Charcoal Steakhouse for Hubs' birthday dinner tonight. The weekend will be filled with lots of celebration and cake! Yum! Guess the diet will resume Monday. Did it even get started yet?!

Momville

It's been a busy week in Momville.
Some sleepless nights followed by lazy days. Errands, prepping for the long weekend, tidying up. No time to blog!

Hubs has been a saint this week giving me a break with some night feedings. He's a gem and I can't thank him enough for stepping up to the plate when I need it!

Gotta run, laundry's calling my name and soon after, Big D will be up and ready for an afternoon of baby time!

Wordless Wednesday

(borrowed this idea from another blog....guess these are words)