Teeth teeth teeth!

Teething is no fun, but discovering new teeth is. Evan has three new teeth! He now has three bottom teeth: two in the center, one on the right side. And he has two top teeth. Strangely enough not the center ones, but the next ones out.

We think the top center ones are on their way because he's complaining and in pain, and having trouble falling asleep. I'll let you know if those break through soon!

13 weeks

And we have a belly! Or at least I think so...

This week has been weird. I've had a couple of weird moments, just feeling really shaky and needing to lay down, as when your sugar is low. But it was after eating, so definitely not related to sugar levels.

I've also been quite constipated (yes, I know you wanted to know), and my very low (ok, fine, nonexistent) veggie and fruit intake doesn't help. But I can't help that, I've tried but it just doesn't feel right to eat healthy food. I'll try sushi, sushi is healthy, right? (please spare me the "you can't eat sushi" speech, I only eat good quality stuff)

Nausea is almost gone, but every now and then it makes an unpleasant comeback, so I won't claim to be out of the woods yet. But it's definitely not as bad as it was.

Insomnia is always there. Every night I wake up to go potty, and every night it takes me a good 1.5 hours to go back to sleep. And every night, either Evan (because he's wet or hungry) or Fiona (because she feels the need to paw our door) wake me up soon after I manage to go back to sleep. That's why I try to nap as much as I can, but sometimes that just doesn't happen. Hopefully insomnia will leave me soon.

Thanksgiving

So I've been a bad blogger. I know, it takes me forever to post anything, then my posts are kind of short. So as an apology, and also as a thank you for still reading my little blog, I decided to share one of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. I don't have the urge to bake yet, but perhaps you feel like it. Give it a try, it's really good. And Happy Thanksgiving in advance!

Lore's Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust (I usually make this pie crust for this recipe)
  
• 1 cup packed brown sugar (light brown)
  
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  
• 1/4 teaspoon of ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
  
• 1 cup cooked pumpkin (see note below for instructions to cook it)
  
• 1 large can of evaporated milk (not condensed)
• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 4 tablespoons of melted butter

** To make pumpkin puree, cut a pie pumpkin (this is important, the best pumpkin to use is a pie pumpkin, that's it's name!) in half, scoop the seeds and clean the inside. Cut it in large pieces and put it in a pot with about an inch of water, cover it and let it cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes, until it's soft. Separate the skin from the pulp, and get rid of the skin. Use a hand blender to make it smooth. You can freeze it for up to a year if you want.

Directions

1. mix ingredients together well and pour into prepared 9" pie shell
   
2. bake at 375 degrees for approximately 50 minutes (or til a knife inserted into center comes out clean)

It's fabulous, enjoy!

End of an era

The end of breastfeeding Evan is approaching. Evan has only been waking up once the past 3 nights, and I only breastfeed him at night. So my boobs have had a break, and they seem very ok to slow down production.

To make things worse, I had to dump the remaining of my frozen breastmilk stash. I only had 41 oz there, and I was trying to see if Evan would take them. But when I thawed a couple of bags, I realized the fat wasn't really mixing with the milk, the milk looked watery, while the fat remained in weird clumps in the bag. Not a good sign. It didn't smell too great either, so I decided to err on the side of caution and dumped it all down the drain. Sigh, what a waste...

And so breastfeeding will end soon for us. Though I only get to feed Evan in the dark now and I can't really see him, I still enjoy doing it. Only a few days more, and it'll be over. I'm ready for this, but it's still a little heartbreaking.

12 weeks

Last week my nausea was pretty much gone, but that was because I had a cold. A cold which lasted far longer for me than it did for DH and Evan, but it's finally gone. The bad part of that is that my nausea is back. It's not as bad, mostly in the afternoons now. However, it has been replaced with sudden OMG-I-must-eat-right-now hunger during the day.

I'm thirsty a lot, but I still have trouble finding something I actually want to drink. This is very odd for me, because my drink choices are already limited: water, OJ, limeade, milk, occasionally tea. That's pretty much all I drink (and alcohol, which I obviously don't now)

My nose is still very sensitive to the dog smell of the carpet. It doesn't seem to matter how many times I vacuum with baking soda, it still stinks. Which really sucks. I guess the fact that the dogs still stink because they haven't been groomed in months doesn't help, but with the impending move we're leaving that until a few days before the big trip.

Cravings: pepperoni pizza, had to have it yesterday. Corn tortillas again, can't get enough. And mexican in general again, tacos and quesadillas, bring it on. No true desire to bake yet.

Doctor's appt

Belly Bear is doing great! We had an ultrasound during our appt last Tuesday and Bear is moving up a storm. S/he had legs crossed and arm over head when we saw the 3D version, so adorable. Yeah, I shed a tear again, though I don't think anyone noticed.

Evan is crawling around everywhere now, no more creeping. And he stands everywhere he can. He's almost weaned now, I only breastfeed him at night, so really once a day. By next week, we should be all done.

All right, time to feed Evan breakfast!

11 weeks

I have a cold, and it's no fun. The only good thing about it is I'm not nauseous, but instead I'm badly congested and have a headache. And since Evan had the same cold (though he's over it now), I'm very tired. This is not a fun week...

Waiting, again: Part 2

In case you hadn't heard about it, or hadn't figured it out, yes we are waiting, again!

Confused? Check out the original "Waiting, again" post.

Mama, Marce: brujas!

Now, I had a few posts saved up but they are now published. Which means, you have some catching up to do!

Here's a quick list for your convenience:

So, now you know
6 weeks
Changes
7 weeks
8 weeks
9 weeks
Weaning
We're moving!
10 weeks

So there you have it! I hope you enjoy catching up.