Meal Plan, Farmer's Market Haul, Baby Bump

Great news! The internet is back on in our apartment. We did fine without it (lots of cooking, cleaning, reading, baby bonding) but it did limit our productivity. Now we can do many more baby preparations like reading consumer reports, adding to our registry, figuring out the legal matters we need to attend to, and more. Plus, back to Netflix streaming, YouTube, and blogs :o) 

I promise that we were meal planning although I did not post them here! This week we ate/are eating:

Saturday: Black Bean Soup with Broccoli

Sunday: Tofu Gnocchi, Salad, Sauteed Squash

Monday: Portabella Burgers, Salad

Tuesday: Zucchini Casserole 

Wednesday: Potato Leek Soup

Thursday: Zucchini Cakes or Latkes

Friday: Early leftovers, then hitting the road!

Saturday: No idea! We are camping with my parents out of town! Possibly many granola bars, bananas, and trail mix. 

...all with as little salt as possible. At my last prenatal appointment, my blood pressure was elevated and I had excessive weight gain possibly from water retention so I was told to watch sodium. Pretty easy when you homecook almost everything you eat!

We also made it to the farmer's market for the first time in a month for the last of the summer produce:

Zucchinis, Garlic, Arugula, some type of Pepper, Trombone Squash

Meanwhile, I am growing away :o) Many strangers approach me about having twins are/or being due any minute now. Yeah.....single baby, end of December. 

25 weeks, 1 day 

Pregnancy Update

(from http://maybebabylaf.blogspot.com)

How far along? 23 weeks

Due Date:  December 30, definitely! This was confirmed by our 20 week sonogram. HE (yes, he!) is measuring exactly on target!

Total weight gain/loss: 10 lbs as of 8/12 (20 weeks)

Maternity clothes? Totally maternity clothes. I had been getting away with normal tee-shirts for working out but they don't cover my stomach now and I'm flashing my belly to school children waiting for buses while I run. I also am still stretching out and loving these regular yoga capris I've been wearing the whole time.

Sleep: Actually starting to get used to sleeping only on my left side, though it's still uncomfortable and painful. The bad thing is I keep waking up on my back. Putting pillows behind it has not helped. I bought a preggle pillow for between my knees and have been loving it! 

Best moment this week: 

Let's say best moment since I last blogged was seeing the baby BOY in a 20 week ultrasound for which we both got a clean bill of health!

Movement: 

Bunches of movement! I had two scary days last week with little movement but then he came back strong. 

Food cravings: Ice cream, crepes with nutella

Food aversions: None

Symptoms: Really nothing new but the sneeze-and-pee is getting very aggravating.

Gender: 

BOY for sure!

Labor Signs: Nope!

Belly Button in or out? Partly in, partly out, When I stand profile the belly button does stick out at the top.

What I miss: This is very superficial but I miss not have a face, back, and chest covered in acne. I miss stress-free sleep and traveling without worrying about bathrooms and accessing healthy food!

What I am looking forward to: 

Getting in better shape- I need to get my endurance up for labor and practice birthing squats especially!

  

Milestones: 

I felt the baby move outside the belly but my hubby has not. I have an anterior placenta so it may be awhile. 

Meal Plan & Baby Bump

Meal Plan for This Week 

Chili with TVP

Burritos or Quesadillas

Sweet and Savory Crepes

Veggie Stir Fry

Leftovers Night

Pasta with Green Beans

Indian Chickpeas with Samosas

20 weeks and 1 day

20 weeks and 2 days

Farmer's Market Haul, Meal Photos, Meal Plans, Baby Bump

My camera battery died and since we moved recently, it took me a while to find the charger. So, I missed out on taking a lot of food and grocery haul pictures and this post is a jumble of things from this week. I went food shopping at Food Lion, Target, and the local organic store with beaucoup couponage, though it didn't help with my effort to grocery shop less often. 

Here is my farmer's market loot from today. We didn't need much because we have most of what we bought last week:

Peaches, canteloupe, black walnuts, and some kind of peppers

Meal Plan for This Week 

Falafel with Edamame Hummus

Quinoa Burgers with Spinach

Paddy Pan Squash (Possibly Pasta?)

Eggplant Parmesan

Leftovers Night

Gardein "Chicken" Tenders and French Fries

Marinated Portabella Burgers

The one and only tomato growing on our balcony garden! So red! And all squishy because it's heirloom.

Vegans, look away! The next two meals are dripping with cheese. It was that kind of week.

I refilled these staples from bulk containers from the local organic store. Yes, vegan chocolate chips are a staple for me.

Baby Bump at 18 weeks, 1 day! Definitely its biggest so far!

Farmer's Market Haul, Meal Photos, Baby Bump

Plans change. We're flexible! We made most of the meals we planned this week, but we ended up doing a leftover night last night because leftovers were taking over the fridge and I did not feel like freezing them. We eat leftovers for lunches and I thought that would take care of it, but I guess we cooked many servings. Also, we are getting Indian food with a friend tonight. Probably making potato avocado tacos tomorrow and save stir fry and falafel for some other time. Here are some pictures of what we've eaten but I think I've posted pictures of these type of meals before. 

Indian Chickpeas with Spinach and Cilantro. I usually serve with brown rice but I was forgot and was too hungry. We ate this with frozen samosas.

Summer Veggie Risotto. I use whatever seasonal veggies are available. This has squash, green beans, and carrots. In winter, we make butternut squash risotto. We use nutritional yeast instead of parmesan cheese.

Pesto Pasta with Peas. Again, we use nutritional yeast instead of parmesan cheese. Homemade pesto with basil from the garden. We also started using walnuts instead of pine nuts because they are so much cheaper.

We visited the farmer's market today in the heat and got lots of goodies. We got half a giant canteloupe for 50 cents, paddy pan squash, giant garlic, lettuce, green beans, tomatoes, and eggplants. The only other fruit was peaches which we would have gotten but the line was ridiculous. Hoping for some berries soon! 

 I took some photos of Ian's lunch- a wrap made with lettuce, tomatoes, salad dressing, muenster cheese, and chips!

And he took a picture of my bump before we went out this morning- there is my new desk we assembled and you can see my smoothie in the background!  17 weeks and 1 day.