Year: 2007

  • I'm not the only one who loves Discovery's Planet Earth.

    Sometimes he stands directly in front of and at the foot of the TV. I keep telling him it’s not good to sit so close but he never listens. He loves this show and it cracks me up that he actually watches it.

  • Day 5. 23 Weeks, 2 Days. (Monday)

    Breakfast Cup of yogurt with blueberries, strawberries, granola (bear naked) decaf coffee with whole milk from Uro. Snack Trail mix. no sugar. Lunch Water with ground flax seeds. Turkey deli slices. Cheddar cheese, mustard on whole wheat bread. Snack Banana muffin. Whole wheat. No sugar. homemade. Dinner Two fake hot dogs with cheese and veggie…

  • "Hello, Michele. I have heard a lot about you."

    Underneath the thick, white layer of blubber that was once my belly is a new hardness, a hardness made up of baby, placenta, amniotic fluid and maybe a little bit of muscle. After 20 weeks, the amniotic fluid consists mainly of urine, which means my belly is full of baby, placenta and urine; urine that…

  • Day 4. 23 Weeks, 1 Day. (Sunday)

    Breakfast Cup of plain yogurt with fresh strawberries, granola (bear naked) and half a banana. Lunch Lunch at Roebling. Fritatta with mushrooms, onions, cheese, and asparagus. cup of potato salad. Snack 1 Trail mix. (No sugar) cup of lite cheese curls.(140 calories per cup). Snack 2 Bean Burrito Cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Dinner Homemade…

  • Day 3. 23 Weeks. (Saturday)

    Breakfast Bowl of Kashi. Half a banana. 2% Milk. Water with ground flax seeds. Snack 2 eggs scram. 2 slices dried toast (70 Cal each) Lunch left over chicken. 2 Wings. Not much meat. 4 Tablespoons (maybe five) of hummus. 2 slices of bread. Snack 1 Homemade banana muffin. 100 % Whole wheat. No sugar.…

  • Day 2. 22 Weeks 6 Days. (Friday)

    Breakfast Bowl of cereal with half a banana. Water with ground flax seeds. Lunch Homemade risotto w/ Mushrooms Parm cheese corn broth Snack 1 Peanut butter and jelly on whole grain bread. Snack 2 Yogurt Dinner Chicken with roasted potatoes. Salad with peppercorn dressing, mushrooms. 20 Jelly beans

  • Day 1. 22 weeks, 5 days. (Thursday)

    Breakfast Bowl of cereal with half a banana. Water with ground flax seeds. Lunch Stopped at the Whole Foods fixings’ bar. 2 pieces of chicken strips. Roasted bell mushrooms 5 cubes of Grilled tofu Hummus. 1 Small ball of falafel. 2 vegan dumplings. Snack Giant cupcake from Dean and Deluca Dinner Three vegetarian tacos. (Fake…

  • The Fetus Formerly Known as Ndugu.

    We named our fetus Ndugu. I woke up one morning very early on in my pregnancy and Tobyjoe said he had come up with the perfect name if we were to have a boy. “Ndugu.” He said. And we both laughed. That’s how our fetal nickname was coined. About a month and a half ago,…