The Shape of a Mother

http://theshapeofamother.com/

God, I love this website. To sit here and say that I fully embrace motherhood and everything that it brings would be a lie. I have my days. Although, I know being a mother will be one of the most rewarding things I'll ever be in this life - I still have some gripes. Get ready, because they are the most vain reasons or concerns you'll hear.

What are those reasons you say? Its the changes my body is going through. Forget the 30lb weight gain. I have full confidence that I'll burn that, eventually. Its the more permanent changes like.......the 2 inch drop my already heavy breasts have taken. It's the belly that looks like its been mauled by a tiger. Worst of all, I know its all the sagging skin that might not pop back into place.... *le sigh*

I told you, I have my days. Most of the time I feel like everyday is xmas. I look forward to being a mother. I yern for the day I get to breastfeed and kiss my little girl good night. Sometimes, I randomly get giddy with excitement knowing she'll be in our arms soon ----but like I said, I have my days. Its the days where I dramatically fling myself on my bed knowing my body has forever changed. Its the days I have to turn off the TV and no longer want to be bombarded with size 2 women dancing on the tv screen. lol.

But me being me I have ways to snap myself out of funks like these. Its done by giving myself a pep talk that usually goes like this *ahem*

"STFU, this is not about you"

So I turn to websites like these

http://theshapeofamother.com/

and remind myself that we are not all able to pop out kids and look like Heidi Klum.

Baby Shower (dude, I have to update more often!)

8/15/2009. It was amazing. Sorry its taken me so long to make a post. My family and friends did an AMAZING job. The gifts I received were incredible. K, the baby and I couldn't be more happy. Here are some cute pics...

I plan on making my own baby food

I love talking to our good friend Michelle. She is always full of information and whether she knows it or not, she helps me make my mind up about potential purchases. I figured since I'll be a stay at home mom - I'll have some xtra time to make my own baby food. I already make my own dog food and its been saving me tons of $ and trips to the Petco. It also makes me feel good about helping out the environment. So I figured, what the heck right? I can make my own baby food too! I originally was going to make the baby food by using a combination of a steamer pot and my Magic Bullet. However, I did have my eyes on the above machine for a while.

After talking to Michelle (who currently has a 6 month old at home) - I realized using the "Beaba Baby Maker" was the better way to go. She gave it rave reviews and I was sold. This machine will allow me steam/grind my daughter's food all in one machine. Thus relieving me of having to use/wash two separate appliances after each use. I simply pour the purees into ice cube trays and freeze them for exact portion sizes later. We aren't granola eating, tree huggin' hippies yet (lol). However, I do find comfort in knowing my child isn't getting pumped with preservatives or fillers because I'm making my own food at home.



I'll be getting most of my recipes from WholesomeBabyFood.com. It's a great site that has a load of recipes and even has a recipe on how to make your own rice cereal! All you need is a food processor (magic bullet) and a hot pot of water to get it done!

First Bare Belly Pic

This is me at 28 weeks and 2 days. I had to crop it out as much as I could without showing too much skin. I promise I'll post a better one this week. I was about to go to bed when K says "wow, you're growing... can I take a pic?" I shamelessly accepted. I needed a belly pic :-)

Officially in the Third Trimester :-)

Ok so whether we are talking development, gestation, or conception age - I'm officially in the third trimester! I thought this trimester calculator chart was pretty cool. All you have to do is put in your LMP and voila!

On Monday, I come up on week 28. According to some third trimester charts, baby's eyes finally begin to open this week. She should be nearly 10 inches and weigh nearly 2 1/4 lbs. We'll find out her official measurements on August 10th during a scheduled growth scan. I'm so excited and can hardly wait. This is the home stretch!