food diary 11-9-07

breakfast--scrambled eggs with zucchini and cheese, few pieces of bacon, sprouted grain toast with raw butter, oj

snack--yogurt with fresh raspberries and maple syrup (again! i know but i ate all the raspberries this time...so, you know...that's the end of that), pregnancy tea*

lunch--(ate late and had a HUGE hankering that had to be satisfied) tall stack of buttermilk pancakes with peanut butter and syrup...and it was sooooooo goooooood, more oj, water

dinner--homemade meat and veggie lasagna (beef, italian sausage, broc, carrots, zuc, lots of garlic, ricotta, mozzarella, tomato sauce); salad with mixed greens, radish, apple, almonds, and sherry vinagrette.

i am sure i will be hitting more of that lasag later tonight...oh, yeah!


*I made my first infusion of pregnancy tea, filled a quart jar with the dried herbs and can now make a quart a day easily to drink. the tea is:

2 parts red raspberry leaf
2 parts nettles1 part oat straw
1/2 part rose hips
1/4 part red clover
1/4 part spearmint

(I based this variation from the book The Natural Pregnancy Book by Aviva Jill Romm)

Chin Skin

my brother got married in september and i was just rolling through the photos from my camera. i noticed something that made me chuckle--the abundance of chins and jowls. the explanation: this is what people look like from a five-year-old's perspective!

*all photos by Mayan Grace

the groom (uncle Meshem)

auntie Na Na

uncle Noah and great-g-pa Jackson

grandma was smart--she got down to minimize the chin shot

on the dance floor: sister and uncle Noah

groomsmen: papa and cousin Nick

caught unawares: grandma and grandpa

award for jowl-iest shot of the night:

can't you guess?

Breakfast--yogurt with fresh raspberries and maple syrup, scrambled eggs, last half of leftover potato pancake (a little morning after quickie), water

Snack--apples, cheese, salami (few slices of each), cup of tea

Lunch--one perfect slice of sausage and roasted potato pizza from Pizzicato (thank you, B!!!), big ol' arugala pear salad with walnuts and blue cheese

Snack--no snack, i fell asleep

Dinner--lamb chop, risotto with peas, water, cranberry juice


So, we had our second prenatal visit with the "wives" today...Blake got to hear the heartbeat for the first time and also got very chatty and did some bonding with the ladies (it's a team of two plus their apprentice). Baby (which should be about the size of an avocado) sounds great, still very deep in my body and kicked then floated away from the doppler. Heehee....

I have been making a big effort to be really good to myself but not be nuts (that isn't my style anyway)--yoga once or twice a week, walking one to two miles a few times a week, staying very hydrated, napping when the urge hits...one of the great things about pregnancy for me is that extra nudge to be good to yourself. That is not to say I don't treat myself--in fact, the juxtaposition is that it also gives you the excuse to splurge a bit. Like the pound of fries I ate at Hawthorne Fish House the other day with Breana (that is to say I went with her but I didn't share one single fry, I shamelessly downed to whole pound) and snagging the uneaten potato cakes from my friends plates last night. Do we see a theme developing here? The current joke is this baby will be named "Tater." Fried potatoes in any form rule.


Blake misplaced the camera on his trip to Bend last weekend--so here is the weekly belly shot taken by PhotoBooth:

So later than evening.....

Food diary cont.
(....but keep reading for something juicy;-)

Snack--tea, half apple

Dinner--potato pancakes, kraut, one beer sausage and weiss wurst.....oh my gooooooood it was gooooooood. and mustard. and a half of a pilsner (with two glasses of water over two hours)



We threw a surprise dinner for a friend at the Berlin Inn. I just want to give a little shout out to German food: German food, you rocked my world tonight. Once I saw your crisped-to-perfection, golden potato pancake exterior I knew that although it was Joi's birthday, this night was about YOU and ME. I like how you started me off slow with the mild, herbed veal Weiss wurst...but then you kicked it up a notch and got fiesty with the beer wurst--lubed up with some smooth as silk mustard. All the while whispering sweet kraut nothings into my...mouth.

Oh, yes we will see each other again. Would I seem to eager if I called you tomorrow.....? Maybe I could just stop by....

Worthy of it's own post

I just saw this on my BFF's blog and had to give it some due.

20 things that are more dangerous to children than lead in Mattel toys.


Word!

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Anyone want to know what I ate so far today? Well, I am going to tell you anyway...

Breakfast--scrambled eggs with turkey and zucchini, sprouted grain toast because it rules the universe (esp with our raw butter), orange juice

Snack--plain yogurt with raspberries and maple syrup

Lunch--big ol' bowl of pea soup, small slices of seeded baguette, juice squeeze



Okay, I should go drink some water.

The goal...

...to blog everyday this month. Who's idea was this? These people: NaBloPoMo

BUT I didn't sign up until today, the SIXTH day of the month. This makes me feel...incomplete...kinda dirty.....I should just get over and start writing I suppose.


What will I bore you dear readers with everyday? Depends....on days where there is something *worth* blogging about, the usual..adorable pictures of my adorable family. But if I don't have a plan for the other days, the *average* days then I will fail. So, in that case, I will blog about something I have been wanting to write down everyday anyway......a food diary. Why? 'Cause I'm gestating! I am confident that I eat a pretty healthy, well-rounded diet, but I cannot be trusted without some actual record. And I'd really like to know if I am measuring up--60 to 100 grams of protein a day, plenty of leafy greens...that kind of stuff. Especially since I am throwing out so many lame "rules" that I followed on my previous pregnancies--I am not taking prenatals (I don't feel they are assimilated the same as whole foods anyway), I am eating RAW sushi and RAW dairy (gasp!), and also partaking in a 1/2 glass of beer or wine here and there (actually I have only done this once so far but I plan on doing it again soon!)


So far today I've eaten:

Breakfast--scrambled eggs with turkey, sprouted grain toast, glass of water (usually I have fruit too but I had places to go and spaced it)

Snack--Spicy Thai chips! and of course WATER

Lunch--had a hankering for a tuna melt (tuna had red onion and grated carrots) on sprouted grain bread, a decaf chai latte

Snack--cheddar and apple slices, water

Dinner--split peas soup with carrots, hamburger patty with cheese and salsa.


Shoulda had more: fruit, leafy greens

Halloween '07

isadore the ninja and mayan the egyptian

now they are "in character"

kaden wasn't a big fan of his costume at first but mommy distracted him until he got used to it--lol!

are we the tricks or treats? hahahahaaaaa....(no, we did not plan on matching!)

look what the sugar fairy gave us in exchange for the candy! she took the candy home to feed to her sugar babies so they could grow big and strong....and she left the girls new toothbrushes (they were MOST excited about those), tooth fairy pillows, books, rulers, and cool jungle animal ice packs.

...just don't let the kids look in the laundry room!

we came home from the Hall's neighborhood, and nothing was going on in ours, we didn't have one trick or treater.....so the kids watched a halloween winnie the pooh video while i made a dinner of apple cider braised pork chops with shallots, brussel sprouts with bacon, homemade applesauce, and some yummy corn bread that Breana made. isadore, of course, says that she would like to go trick or treating tomorrow as well. :-)