Not to be outdone by cuteness, Mr. Reedster had some huge accomplishments this weekend that I posted about on FB. He earned his yellow belt last week in karate, learned how to ride his bike on two wheels AND learned how to tie his sneakers. I cannot believe how fast he is growing up. Our next task is for him to learn how to tie his yellow belt! Here is a quick video of him riding his bike up a steep hill at Mama and Papa's house this past weekend.
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Showing posts with label Kid B. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Your smile(s) for the day
With my new schedule/routine, I'm able to spend way more time one on one with G than I have in the last, oh, 2 years. Even though I've always said she is a nurturer, and a caregiver, and is SO loving and affectionate, this video just really personifies our little peanut and I'm so happy to be able to spend some more time with her! This is from last week, but is too cute not to share.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Monday Musings and Quick Paleo Pancakes
Well, hello.
Some of you may know that I have a new job. Last week was my first week as a SAHM / PT WAHM mom. I have to say that it was a great week. It was a little bit of a transition, but really, it was awesome. I realized quickly how much I have missed and how stressed I had been for the last year. With a full time job for me, EMX working major OT hours lately, one kid in karate (two nights a week), and a rambunctious 2 year old, and other commitments to church and family/friends and our own fitness commitments, I was beginning to run myself ragged trying to make sure that everyone was well fed (I'll get to that in a minute), dressed, bags packed, lunches/breakfasts/snacks ready, activities/HW complete, etc.
One thing that I just don't want to compromise on is healthy eating. Yes, we do order pizza (or like last night, ahem, garbage plates) from time to time, but most of the time afterwards, I start to feel groggy, overfull and just kind of gross!
So what does eating healthy look like for us? For the most part, EMX and I eat a paleo/primal diet. EMX eats that way as a default since I do 99.9% of the cooking for our family and he has no choice to but eat what I make. He still does get Bruegger's bagels though once a week and orders Chinese food at work on Fridays. The kids do eat PB&J and bunny crackers and the like, but I do try and get the healthiest ingredients I can and would rather make something than buy a packaged version whenever possible. (Even though now Reedster won't eat my PB&J, haha. He has been choosing fruits, vegetables and nuts for lunch instead - which I'm obviously fine with.)
There have been a few articles and studies released lately that state that there is no thing such as "gluten sensitivity." So while there may be no scientific proof that people can be sensitive to gluten, I will tell you what I have found in my very scientific research from the last year and a half - from when I did my first 21 Day Sugar Detox in February 2013.
- The first time I completed a sugar detox, I didn't do it to lose weight. I was trying to find a way to fight the MAJOR cravings for cookies and cake that I started to have while pregnant with Giselle, and continued through the postpartum time while breastfeeding and then continued until she was almost 1, haha. I initially thought that I would be a raging BRAT while doing the detox but what I found was actually the opposite. By the end of the 21 days, I was downright euphoric. I was honestly happy, energetic, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I had so much energy and was in such a good mood that it was VERY evident that the way I had been eating beforehand may not have been the best nutrition. While I was eating a lot of fruit and veggies and meats before the detox, the whole grains and sugars in general were just not working for me. I DID end up losing 5 lbs during those 21 days, which I didn't complain about. I also did find that my sugar cravings were better controlled. If I did have a major craving, the best treat to me was anything combined with almond butter. Dark chocolate is a great indulgence, but even a banana or apple with almond butter is DIVINE to me, lol.
- After the detox, I indulged in what I had been craving (or really THINKING I was craving) during the detox - a bagel. I cut out a portion of the middle of the bagel because I was a little nervous that I may not feel all that great after eating it. I ate it and probably an hour later, I was groggy and ended up having a sugar crash a few hours later.
- NOW, pretty much as soon as I eat something with gluten in it, I start to crave MORE sweets or breads. It's INSANE. Last night we ate garbage plates and even though I was disgustingly full after eating it, I HAD to eat something sweet. I nibbled on mini marshmallows and then had some chocolate even though I was not hungry. As a result, I felt pretty gross later on.
Some of you may know that I have a new job. Last week was my first week as a SAHM / PT WAHM mom. I have to say that it was a great week. It was a little bit of a transition, but really, it was awesome. I realized quickly how much I have missed and how stressed I had been for the last year. With a full time job for me, EMX working major OT hours lately, one kid in karate (two nights a week), and a rambunctious 2 year old, and other commitments to church and family/friends and our own fitness commitments, I was beginning to run myself ragged trying to make sure that everyone was well fed (I'll get to that in a minute), dressed, bags packed, lunches/breakfasts/snacks ready, activities/HW complete, etc.
One thing that I just don't want to compromise on is healthy eating. Yes, we do order pizza (or like last night, ahem, garbage plates) from time to time, but most of the time afterwards, I start to feel groggy, overfull and just kind of gross!
So what does eating healthy look like for us? For the most part, EMX and I eat a paleo/primal diet. EMX eats that way as a default since I do 99.9% of the cooking for our family and he has no choice to but eat what I make. He still does get Bruegger's bagels though once a week and orders Chinese food at work on Fridays. The kids do eat PB&J and bunny crackers and the like, but I do try and get the healthiest ingredients I can and would rather make something than buy a packaged version whenever possible. (Even though now Reedster won't eat my PB&J, haha. He has been choosing fruits, vegetables and nuts for lunch instead - which I'm obviously fine with.)
There have been a few articles and studies released lately that state that there is no thing such as "gluten sensitivity." So while there may be no scientific proof that people can be sensitive to gluten, I will tell you what I have found in my very scientific research from the last year and a half - from when I did my first 21 Day Sugar Detox in February 2013.
- The first time I completed a sugar detox, I didn't do it to lose weight. I was trying to find a way to fight the MAJOR cravings for cookies and cake that I started to have while pregnant with Giselle, and continued through the postpartum time while breastfeeding and then continued until she was almost 1, haha. I initially thought that I would be a raging BRAT while doing the detox but what I found was actually the opposite. By the end of the 21 days, I was downright euphoric. I was honestly happy, energetic, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I had so much energy and was in such a good mood that it was VERY evident that the way I had been eating beforehand may not have been the best nutrition. While I was eating a lot of fruit and veggies and meats before the detox, the whole grains and sugars in general were just not working for me. I DID end up losing 5 lbs during those 21 days, which I didn't complain about. I also did find that my sugar cravings were better controlled. If I did have a major craving, the best treat to me was anything combined with almond butter. Dark chocolate is a great indulgence, but even a banana or apple with almond butter is DIVINE to me, lol.
- After the detox, I indulged in what I had been craving (or really THINKING I was craving) during the detox - a bagel. I cut out a portion of the middle of the bagel because I was a little nervous that I may not feel all that great after eating it. I ate it and probably an hour later, I was groggy and ended up having a sugar crash a few hours later.
- NOW, pretty much as soon as I eat something with gluten in it, I start to crave MORE sweets or breads. It's INSANE. Last night we ate garbage plates and even though I was disgustingly full after eating it, I HAD to eat something sweet. I nibbled on mini marshmallows and then had some chocolate even though I was not hungry. As a result, I felt pretty gross later on.
So, for me, and for our family, that's why we do eat mostly paleo/primal type foods. It's funny because EMX can tell usually pretty quickly if I've been falling off the wagon with my eating habits by my mood and demeanor. I will never ever claim to be paleo perfect. If I want regular pizza with pepperoni and banana peppers, I'm going to eat it. But I do try to eat paleo/primal foods 80% of the time.
This morning I was ready to get back on track after a day of eating not so healthy foods. I saw this pin yesterday for the "best pancakes" - one banana mixed with two eggs and a dash of cinnamon. This morning I decided to give it a whirl, even though honestly, most paleo/primal pancakes that I've tried haven't really come close to the real deal pancakes (especially the delicious ones we had a church yesterday morning).
The batter seemed a little thin to me so I added a few teaspoons of coconut flour in to thicken it up a little bit. I think the reason why they tasted so good today vs in the past was a small (pun intended) difference. Today I made the pancakes on the smaller size. They were a little bigger than a half/dollar. This made them cook more evenly. I cooked them in a little bit of regular butter and topped with real maple syrup (the ONLY syrup in my opinion), and even had a few topped with just almond butter.
G and I gobbled them up! So quick, easy and delicious. Even better, they are a healthy alternative to regular pancakes.
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| G loves pancakes! |
The real test will be to have Reedster taste them when he gets home from school. That boy is the pancake master taster. :)
Sunday, March 18, 2012
An Open Letter to Kid B - love Auntie Tay....
Prepare yourselves..... If you need to pee, do it now, or else you may pee yourself laughing.
My BFF Tay wrote this letter to Kid B last weekend while I spent time on the couch attempting to feel better. AND she said I could share it with you! Best.friend.ever. Maybe someday I'll share her letter to R as well, if you are lucky.
My BFF Tay wrote this letter to Kid B last weekend while I spent time on the couch attempting to feel better. AND she said I could share it with you! Best.friend.ever. Maybe someday I'll share her letter to R as well, if you are lucky.
Monday, February 6, 2012
An informal name poll for Kid B
Kid B is "due" in 12 weeks (Yea for 3rd trimester!) and EMX and I, while we both like each other's top picks for names, cannot agree on a boy or girl name. So, while we are not going to commit to a poll like these people, I thought an informal poll would be fun.
To keep it a little fair, I won't reveal which pick is mine and which pick is EMX's. The links are there just for easy reference, though the reason why we each like our choices is not really dependent on the names' meaning. We are also open to help with the different spellings listed below. While we like different names (not in the top 10 name set), we do like names that will be easy to understand/read out loud in class.
Girl:
Nora Gisele (Giselle)
Boy:
Clark(e) Douglas
Trent Douglas
So, to reiterate again, just in case, the final choice will NOT be dependent on this poll, but I thought it would be fun to get some outside feedback. I'd still like to believe that I'll have the final say - you know, after I've carried Kid B for 40 weeks, and given birth. That whole chestnut.
;)
Monday, January 16, 2012
"Kid B"
So here we are. Week 25! HOLY COW this pregnancy is going fast. I'm definitely not complaining about it. I'm not the "Oh I LOVE being pregnant type." Don't get me wrong, I don't despise it, but I like NOT being pregnant more. :)
Seeing as I haven't written much about the pregnancy at all, I figured I would give a little update - don't worry. It won't be TMI. :)
So according to this pregnancy website, the baby is now the size of an eggplant. Yea! It's now weighing between 1.5 - 2.5 lbs.
As you may notice, I am calling Kid B "it." I know this may annoy some people, but I have no problem calling Kid B "it" until "it's" born, since we don't know if "it" is a boy or a girl. In daily conversation, sometimes I call Kid B, "he" and sometimes I call Kid B, "she." I have no idea one way or the other and the words I use change daily - or sometimes several times through the day. And I'm OK with that - so you better be too!
I'm feeling great so far. In the first trimester, I thankfully didn't get much of the dreaded morning sickness. I had moments of queasiness and certain foods totally grossed me out, but thankfully, I felt overall OK. In the second trimester, I'm continuing to work out as much as possible, to try to keep my weight gain down since I gained "a little" too much weight with R-ster. I've had a couple of cravings that were non healthy (the day I HAD to have a Tom Wahl's cheeseburger and fries instead of the veggie burger and roasted vegetable meal I had originally planned for that night, and the pizza and wings that we had last night), but overall, I've been wanting to eat a whole lot of baby spinach, both steamed and raw, with a little splash of dressing or lime juice, and blueberry stuff (yogurt, blueberries in my morning oatmeal, etc.). So that has definitely helped me so far in my weight gain situation.
I'm continuing to track my food intake vs exercise. I'm definitely more sporadic with it since I'm supposed to be gaining weight. But it helps to make sure I'm not overindulging too much.
As a family, we are keeping SUPER busy. It seems that we have at least one activity planned each weekend, or even multiple activities. Maybe that is what is making this time go by so quickly. :)
Seeing as I haven't written much about the pregnancy at all, I figured I would give a little update - don't worry. It won't be TMI. :)
So according to this pregnancy website, the baby is now the size of an eggplant. Yea! It's now weighing between 1.5 - 2.5 lbs.
As you may notice, I am calling Kid B "it." I know this may annoy some people, but I have no problem calling Kid B "it" until "it's" born, since we don't know if "it" is a boy or a girl. In daily conversation, sometimes I call Kid B, "he" and sometimes I call Kid B, "she." I have no idea one way or the other and the words I use change daily - or sometimes several times through the day. And I'm OK with that - so you better be too!
I'm feeling great so far. In the first trimester, I thankfully didn't get much of the dreaded morning sickness. I had moments of queasiness and certain foods totally grossed me out, but thankfully, I felt overall OK. In the second trimester, I'm continuing to work out as much as possible, to try to keep my weight gain down since I gained "a little" too much weight with R-ster. I've had a couple of cravings that were non healthy (the day I HAD to have a Tom Wahl's cheeseburger and fries instead of the veggie burger and roasted vegetable meal I had originally planned for that night, and the pizza and wings that we had last night), but overall, I've been wanting to eat a whole lot of baby spinach, both steamed and raw, with a little splash of dressing or lime juice, and blueberry stuff (yogurt, blueberries in my morning oatmeal, etc.). So that has definitely helped me so far in my weight gain situation.
I'm continuing to track my food intake vs exercise. I'm definitely more sporadic with it since I'm supposed to be gaining weight. But it helps to make sure I'm not overindulging too much.
As a family, we are keeping SUPER busy. It seems that we have at least one activity planned each weekend, or even multiple activities. Maybe that is what is making this time go by so quickly. :)
Monday, December 5, 2011
And the pickles.....
I'm on my 2nd 80 oz jar/container of Kosher pickles. I'm not proud, but they are just SO good! Kid B loves them - those and clementines. I seriously cannot get enough!
We had our ultrasound today. Kid B looked great. I picked R up early from school. His teacher had to wake him up early so he could "go to the doctor's apartment to see Kid B on the TV." His words. So awesome. :) Then he kept commenting on the fact that I picked him up in the dark. (Because the lights are off during nap time.) I thought R would be really into seeing the baby, but he was more into his snack than anything. What can I say? Kid A loves to eat - just like his mom.
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