NEW – Page 5 – The Creative Salad

I’ve been ordered to indulge

Today my midwives told me I’m allowed to have a little bit of chocolate every day. They were shocked I was eating it just once a week.

I am the luckiest woman alive.

Evening Activities

Reading up on baby bath time in the fabulous Baby Book by William and Martha Sears.

I’ve been slowly working my way through all the pregnancy/parenting books at the library… This one is heads and tales above the others I’ve read recently. (Let’s just say that I don’t see eye to eye with the AAP, for example!) Other books I’ve loved: Pregnancy the Natural Way and Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten (intuitive, basic stuff that every parent should do!). I cannot wait to apply all this knowledge! We’re pretty much half way there now…

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It’s amazing how fast this blog has transitioned from a grown-up blog to a baby blog. Sorry, guys! I have a feeling it’s only going to get worse.

Ready, set, build!

Where have we been the past week? We’ve been covered in straw, clay, and sand up in Hopland where we took a fantastic class in natural building techniques. Now we are really excited about building a home with our own two hands.

After a week of being with like-minded folks, camping, using an outdoor shower, away from the computer and email, and being outside every day, we’ve been in culture shock since arriving at home. We want to go back! We miss our new friends!

View photos from the workshop here.

Blame it on the hormones

These “Estrogen To-Do Pads” are just so brilliant. Yuni and I saw them a few weeks ago when we were cruising baby shops in Berkeley.

“Write it down before estrogen makes you forget.”
“You’re not stupid. You’re pregnant!”

See, there is this great scientific explanation for why I forget everything now that I’m pregnant.

David likes to call this my “estrogen excuse.”

A return to routine

I’m loving my early morning walks. It starts off cloudy and cool and then slowly the clouds burn off and the sun and bright blue sky arrive. I feel invigorated by the beautiful scenery, not to mention the endorphins. I really love working out.

Here are some photos of my breasts and I taking my tummy for a walk. (I swear my baby bulge isn’t quite that big yet — it’s just distorted by my camera phone and the fact that my shirt kept inching its way up my belly!).