Mama Belly Blog

goober nut

2009-11-11T08:19:00.001-06:00

Not too long after waking up this morning James saw my camera out of the corner of his eye and demanded I take a picture of him. So here he is :)

Dinner tonight...

2009-11-10T19:48:00.003-06:00

I was planing on taking this yummy picture of my beautifully put together plate of food, but was so tired after making all of this and not to mention hungry, I was licking the plate clean before I even had a chance to remember. So, here is what I spent a long long long time making. All homemade. Sesame chicken, shrimp and pork egg rolls, spicy sichuan won tons and cream cheese won tons. It was REALLY good. This picture shows what was left after Caleb, James, and I stuffed our faces and the food looks kind of gross in the pic, it is much better looking, smelling, and tasting in real life! Come on over for left overs!

Yesterday

2009-11-09T21:22:00.002-06:00

Yesterday we went and visted my grandma and grandpa. My grandpa had just got out of the hospital after being diagnosed with colon cancer and having surgery. He was looking very good and we are hoping he will kick this cancer fast! I am sure he will too! James had fun playing with all of grandma's toys and playing with some of the other visitors (like my aunt Theresa). Get better soon gramps!

A small baby girl celebration with old friends :)

2009-11-08T23:16:00.005-06:00

Today James and I went over to an old friends house to have a little celebration of the baby girl brewing inside of me. It was such a nice time! James had lots of fun playing with a super cute set of twins!

Dezmond, Lori, and James.

A sweet little cake.

Bella

Dezmond

The kids!

He doesn't ask questions...

2009-11-07T07:42:00.001-06:00

He just goes along with my crazy antics.

Baby Pool

2009-11-06T09:00:00.001-06:00

Take a guess at our new baby's size and birthday!! Click on the yellow/orange box on the right!

Pumpkin Bread

2009-11-05T08:43:00.000-06:00

There is something terribly wrong with being pregnant right now...call it bad timing. For those women who are thinking about getting pregnant, here is my advice to you:

Try avoid being pregnant the month of October. OH and I am sure November and December too for obvious weight gain reasons.
Don't be pregnant when McDonalds is having their Monopoly games going on.
Don't be pregnant during Halloween...unless you hate chocolate and all other sweets.
Do I really need to say anything about November and December?
Try to be pregnant when it is nice outside. You are more active this way and are more used to walking around so you don't get winded when you end up bringing your 2 year old trick or treating.

And for those of us who are pregnant and have binged on crap like myself here is a guilt free treat. (Just ignore the nuts in it and the butter I caked on it)

Yummy pumpkin bread! This pumpkin bread is fat free and made with some wheat flour. The only butter in it is the butter you see on top :) To my surprise it is VERY good. A pregnant gal needs her treats, but I had to do something since I ~~ran out of Halloween candy~~ am feeling a bit guilty about eating some sweets. The recipe is HERE. I cut it in half and only made one loaf.

Why are sick kids so cute?

2009-11-04T08:35:00.001-06:00

Is it the crazy hair?

Is it the tired smiles?

Maybe the need to be oh so comfy cozy?

It must be the crusty noses :)

The time has come.

2009-11-03T08:02:00.003-06:00

It's official! The day has come. I have successfully reached the point of not being comfortable- period. It was actually 2 days ago this happened. It wasn't a gradual hill into uncomfortablism either, it more like a cliff I was pushed of off. I am pretty sure that day, from the time I woke up to about 10pm, when the only place I could have an ounce of comfort was in the bath tub, I had to have gained a good 25 lbs. Yes, in a matter of 15 hours I HAD to have gained 25 lbs. There is no other logical reason why I could have felt the way I did. Oh and I had to have gained it all in my tummy too.
I went from not really being able to see my feet, to not at all being able to see my 2 year old who was standing in front of me. All of the sudden I can hardly reach the sink faucet to do the dishes due to my protruding mid section.
I went from bending over makes it a little difficult to breathe, to bending over causes beautiful shades of blue- in my face. It took me a good half hour just to clean up the toys on the floor.
It just amazes me how one day you can go from sometimes forgetting you are pregnant, to wondering how I am still standing up right and not toppling over face first all the time. I mean isn't this defying the laws of gravity?

Here is my first bare belly shot with this little nugget. I did only bare belly with James. It is funny because I didn't really have to edit the stretch marks from this picture like I did with all of the ones of James. I had so much extra skin this time around I haven't got one new stretch mark! So far anyway :)

I can complain and joke all I want to, but we all know it is totally worth it in the end!
p.s. I am having a baby next month!
Fill in the blank:
Her name is __________________.

3 little monkeys

2009-11-02T08:00:00.000-06:00

Trick or Treat!

2009-11-01T09:44:00.005-06:00

Holy shmoly James had a blast last night trick or treating. He knew exactly what to do, except at the first one he didn't knock he just went right on in. It was someone we knew so it was ok LOL! He dressed up as Rambo.

James in his costume.

At the first house.

With his cousins. James, Lucas, Jacob, and Cade.

His loot!

Just a tad excited to dig into it.

p.s. I have been given a great idea from my friend Melissa to join NaBLoPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). So, for the next month I will be posting everyday! Or at least trying to! Hopefully this will get me back in the grind of posting on here and taking more pictures!

I challenge YOU to try...click here for more information! Oh and let me know if you are going to be participating!

p.s.s or p.p.s (?) LEAVE ME COMMENTS FOR MOTIVATION!!! Oh how I love me some comments!

The best things in life

2009-10-30T11:08:00.002-05:00

Rainy night, air mattress on living room floor, lots of pillows and blankies, jammies, candy, pop, juice boxes, The Goonies, a couple of cute boys...what could be better?

A couple of cool dudes

2009-10-29T08:55:00.002-05:00

Pumpkin Patch Round 2

2009-10-28T19:39:00.002-05:00

We headed on out to a really fun pumpkin patch with James' cousin Lucas and his mommy Jessica. It was actually sunny! First time in the last 106 days I believe :) Just a tad windy though, but I am not complaining.

I think I need to get one of these for our house...that wouldn't be messy at all! He loved playing in the "popcorn seeds".

A couple of beauties

This kid's eyes drive me wild and LOVE my camera!

Happy Birthday Caleb/Dad!

2009-10-27T21:47:00.002-05:00

Today is Caleb's birthday and James decorated his cake all by himself! It turned out really yummy and beautiful! I think he has a career ahead of him.

The many faces of a ham bone

2009-10-20T22:59:00.000-05:00

Eeew Pumpkins

2009-10-17T22:43:00.005-05:00

We headed out to the pumpkin patch today so James could pick a couple out. He is getting so funny with getting his pictures taken lately. If I tell him I want to take a picture of him he will totally pose, but he won't look at the camera. I couldn't ask for more if he would just smile and look at the camera LOL!

After we got home, ate some yummy Happy Meals, and took a nap, we decided to carve the pumpkins. Now, When you think of the fun, slimy goop, pumpkin guts and sticky seeds of a pumpkin and throw a little boy in the mix what do you think you would get? A total mess right? Try a boy who would not touch the guts and cleaned out his pumpkin one seed at a time with a spoon. Poor kid was watching Caleb grab hand fulls of the stuff and just sat there quivering. He is a funny kid. I am a horrible mom and towards the end forced his hand in the bowl of guts. He just kind of looked at me in shock. He lived though :)

See the one seed? This whole cleaning out the pumpkin thing only lasted about 10 minutes before he gave up and Caleb had to finish. I was busy sorting the seeds.

Caleb's cute little carvings. I love when guys try to get crafty...he is actually pretty good though!

Ro Ro's Birthday party

2009-10-17T11:22:00.003-05:00

I can't believe this was already a week ago...I am such a slacker :) Last Saturday, we went over to Rowan's house to celebrate his birthday...Mickey Mouse style. It was a really good time with some great food, and cake! James had lots of fun with all of his little friends.

He gets his fashion sense from me

2009-10-16T00:54:00.001-05:00

Golly I love this goof ball!

I am not ready for this!

2009-10-10T08:03:00.002-05:00

What we woke up to this morning...
Boo Hoo, I want summer back :) I say that but secretly I am making James breakfast and singing "it's beginning to look a lot like..." I won't actually say the word. I don't want to freak people out. Or Freak myself out, since I am having a BABY. Caleb went to work this morning decked out in winter clothes. It's a good thing that one day when I was nesting hard core I got all the winter stuff out :) OK, I am going to go put the Christmas tree up now. Do you think it is too early for that? Nah!

My first wedding...

2009-10-09T21:31:00.004-05:00

I photographed my first wedding on Sept 26. I have some of the pics up on my photo blog...go check them out if you are bored and tell me what ya think! Click here. There is even more on my Shots by Bridge facebook page. Become a fan while you're there! :)

Halloween is just around the corner

2009-10-07T23:36:00.002-05:00

A time to let out our true colors... MUAHAHAHA

My sister Erika and I

Caleb

James

My dad

Belly Pics

2009-10-06T20:32:00.003-05:00

My sister took these of me when I was about 22 weeks pregnant...I am almost 28 weeks now. The belly has got a bit bigger :)

Fall pictures are fun

2009-10-05T17:11:00.007-05:00

Lauren's Bachelorette party

2009-10-04T19:02:00.003-05:00

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing an old high school friends bachelorette party. It was a lot of fun to see people I hadn't seen in a while. It was a really fancy shmancy party :) Sex in the City theme, including a bartender and photographer. Nice work Tricia, putting it together!

Ashley, Sarah, and I.

Tricia made this cool back drop for these pics, you can make it bigger by clicking on it. It doesn't show up real well when you click on it, so keep checking my photo blog. I will put some on there soon.