Pregnancy Thoughts

Pregnancy is something that unless you go through it you will never really understand it. I can say this now that I have managed to get through the past 9 months. I'm not going to pretend that I understood pregnancy before or that I even wanted to or cared to understand it. I was not the least bit sympathetic but now I have a whole new admiration towards woman and what we are capable of. There really are no words to truly describe pregnancy. It is hard and tiring and this extra weight that has crept up on me is unmanageable and uncomfortable. But, even with all that pregnancy is truly amazing. When you feel your baby moving inside of you, it truly is one of life's greatest moments.

We are about to embark on our next journey....tomorrow we should be welcoming our newest addition. Our love for baby Slane already is amazing considering we have never met the little guy. Our worlds are about to never be the same, ever. We are both excited for that journey and we can't wait to met the little man who has had control over mom for almost a year now. As Cory told Kramer the other night, "Kramer we get normal mommy back soon. Not pregnant mommy." Which translates into mommy who doesn't spill crocodile tears with a drop of a coin or can turn into Satan's spawn at the drop of a hat :)


In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.
Al Roker

Book club favorites

I have been in book club for a few years now and in that time I have read some really good books and some really bad books. I thought I would list my favorites in case anyone is looking for a good read.

This has been my absolute favorite.



Another great one that is coming to a theater near you this summer.



We just finished this book and it was great!



This book is more of a "hard" read but it is great and also coming to a theater near you next winter.

New Goal

To quit printing off every recipe that looks good to me....I have hundreds of recipes that I can barely sort through let alone cook. Apparently I am also really hungry when printing these because today when looking at them I realize that a lot of them sound pretty disgusting ;) Plus, I can use some of my cookbooks that I always insist on buying.

I have learned two things this year....

1. Cory absolutely despises turkey enchiladas
2. As Cory said, "Why make ranch when you can buy it?"

Apparently neither of my latest two recipes were that big of a hit in our household :)

New year, 2011!!!!

New year, new resolutions, new baby!!!

New years is always a great time to make your "to do list" for the upcoming year. Last year I had big hopes and plans for what I wanted to accomplish. This year I am going to approach the new year a little more differently then I have in the past. I think this year my biggest change is going to be the baby joining our family. This is alot and I think that adjusting to mommy hood will be enough for me rather then worry about my resolutions too. So that being said there is 2 things for the year that I am going to try but I am not going to be to hard on myself if I don't accomplish it. The biggest two things will be resume my working out and second continue my love affair in the kitchen. I absolutely love cooking and hope to get in as many new recipes as I can in the next few months as I know our lives are about to be turned all around :)

2010 Where did you go?

2010 was a whirlwind of a year~Time flew so fast and things changed so quickly it is so hard to keep straight. I started the year wanting to log 500 miles of workout time in. I was unsuccessful and Cory was successful. I really hope this year proves to be more productive in working out, since I will need to lose some of this baby weight I have gained :)



With that being said, in 2010 I found the best workout ever, ZUMBA. I love it and can not wait to join all the girls again and shake it on the gym floor :)

I never got close to cooking every recipe in the cookbook like I planned but I am very hopeful that this coming year I will be able to make some new recipes again.

I hope Christmas was great for everyone. We had a wonderful holiday and feel so blessed with the arrival of baby Slane coming so soon! I am actually down to 11 weeks left, but that is not to say he won't come sooner :) Here is our family picture with baby Slane in 2010.




Of course, I can not forget to post a picture of the 1st baby furry Slane and his mommy :)




Cory and I are so excited to start 2011 and meet our new son in the next few months. We are excited and nervous about the change but know it will be worth it ;)

Merry Christmas!

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. What are your plans this year? Cory and I will be going to my parents for our traditional Christmas dinner of prime rib and crab legs, yummo!! I can not tell you how much I look forward to Christmas dinner! I love, love, love crab legs ;) And since I don't eat prime rib I always get more crab legs ;) (See how that works!)

Second thing, baby Slane is doing great and apparently ahead of the growing curve of babies at his stage. He is almost 1 pound bigger then a baby is at this stage. I guess that means two things: one, he is really healthy and two, I might not be going till March. The doctor is watching him closely and if this 'growth spurt' doesn't slow down I will be induced, YEAH!!! I can't tell you how exciting that is for me. That would be mean no more hip pain, no more enormous stomach and I would be able to work out!!! I understand I could work out now but for one thing with the hip pain it really is not that easy and two walking doesn't qualify as working out :) Right now it might since it puts me out of breath but really....I would rather be at Zumba!! Oh Zumba I miss you!!!