Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Facial Feature



Shadow



Spicy



Gold



Fabric

Warmth

Some Selfies with Baby Bump

I set up the tripod the other day and had Lucy press the shutter button for me, it's been awhile since I've had photos taken of me and the baby bump. 


She cut my head off in this one, but I kind of like it.  Look how long my hair is getting too, thanks to all the pregnancy hormones.  I should still go in for a trim though.


Hello, here I am!


Whoa, helllooo baby!  Me at 30 weeks.




Did self-timer for these, but I think Lucy had a lot of fun being on the other side of the camera for once.


Won't be too much longer now, we can't wait to meet you.


Linking up with Paper Mama for self-photo challenge, Look Who's Snapping

Just Chillin'

Cravings

linking with sweet violet photography for favorite

We treat ourselves to coffee about once a week at the local coffee shop in town, so sometimes if the weather is nice enough we walk.  


The coffee special that day was a raspberry truffle latte, and it was really calling my name.  But then I thought about how much more money it is, not to mention the extra calories.  I'm already 30 pounds up with 10 weeks to go, more or less (hopefully less).  So I was a good girl and just got a decaf with cream (well, mostly decaf, I add in a little caf for flavor).  


(My girl's eyes peeking out from my enormous belly)


But now the sweet cravings are calling, especially donuts.  Oh boy do I crave donuts!  And cake, brownies, cinnamon rolls, etc...  These pregnancy cravings are cute now, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get them under control after baby comes, and turn into a huge donut blimp or something.  So I decided that I'm going to try real hard and hold out till Sunday to eat something bready and sweet.  


And I think I will treat myself to one fancy coffee drink, maybe after baby comes to celebrate.

linking up with sweet shot tuesday

Haze

linking up with poetic winter photo challenge:  solitude

Time has just been flying by lately, I seem to be going about in a sort of haze.  I guess these early months filled with cloudy days do that to a person.  



And being 30 weeks pregnant.


And being tired but not being able to get comfortable enough to fall asleep.


Not complaining too much though, this pregnancy (after morning sickness) has been pretty enjoyable, more so than the last time.


I've been gaining weight like crazy (more than I should) but it seems to all be going in the stomach and chest area, with some minor puffiness everywhere else.  I can still wear my wedding rings so I guess that's a good sign?  But my sugar and bread cravings are just terrible.  Oh well, Lent will be here soon, and since I can't fast this year, giving up sweets seems to be the answer to that problem.  I hope.   


I need to take another bump photo of myself, not much time left before baby arrives.  So much to do, cleaning out all the baby stuff.  And crazy spit up stains, Lucy was a huge spitter, like projectile vomit kind of spitter.  How does one get those out anyway?



I'm really loving these little bang wisps Lucy has now, and I did not cut them in, they are au natural.  So cute, I wish I could cut bangs, but I can't, which is why I let them grow out in the first place.


Oh, and drinking my husband's Mountain Dew late at night not a good idea, the sugar and caffeine mix is making baby go crazy.  Would not be surprised if a baby foot popped through my stomach right now.  Not that I'm blaming the kid, it's my own fault.  I feel so ashamed. 




The End.

Some Rambling

It's been snowing a lot here lately, as I'm sure it is in other places too.  Lucy's new favorite activity is sledding, so we've been out sledding quite a bit already.  Well, Lucy and Chuck go sledding, and I watch them.  I've been down a couple times but I'm afraid of falling belly first in the snow, I feel so huge sometimes.  So I stand at the top, drink coffee if I brought some, and snap pics if I brought the camera.


Look at that concentration, and that cute tongue.  Wish I would have gotten more of my hubs in the shot though.
Happy be-lated birthday to Chuck, it was his birthday yesterday.  We went out to breakfast with my sister, her husband and our kids after Mass yesterday, it was real nice.  We don't go out to breakfast much anymore, but that's okay.  Breakfast is actually the easiest meal to make, for me anyway.


I also made a chocolate layer cake with peanut butter frosting, per Chuck's request.  I think it turned out alright, considering I made it with pie pans and not cake pans.  Okay, enough rambling for now.