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What do you do when your 39 weeks pregnant, it's summer vacation, the kids are stuck inside cause of the rain and if you lay on the couch you just know you'll fall asleep? Bake! So, that's just what I did. I got up off the couch, and I walked to my shelf full of cook books and I looked for something to make. I felt like having something chocolately... I let the kids turn the living room into their house/tent for the day - they got all the blankets and pillows they could use for that - and while they played, I baked. I have a friend that has been posting a lot of links related to Baltimore Berger  (Bergers) cookies on facebook lately, and I found a recipe for them some time ago, so I finally decided to make some. Luckily, I even had all the ingredients on hand (as long as I cut the recipe in thirds - which I did)... then I also decided to make some chocolatey fudge gelato as well. If you are not familiar with Baltimore Berger cookies - let me just tell you - they are pil...

So, yesterday I had my 20 week echo to make sure the baby is healthy as far as they can see - but what we were really curious about was the sex of the baby - and because with Kailea we couldn't tell at 20 weeks I really hoped we'd be able to see with 99% accuracy if this one is a girl or boy... and this one just like Kailea - it had it's legs and feet all curled up so we couldn't tell exactly if it's a boy or girl but the technician thinks it might be a girl because she says boys cannot hide the gender so easily. I'm satisfied that it's a girl... but Opa wants a boy so at my next appointment I'll ask if they can have another look to confirm if it's a boy or girl.

YOU - can help me decide a couple things - read on! Today I ate something other than a sandwich. I ate pasta salad. I found a recipe here and tried it out. It was very cheesy. I would have preferred a spinach pesto with less cheese. I actually used nutritional yeast in place of the Parmesan but I would like something with just spinach and some olive oil and garlic and pine nuts next time. Something just more simple. If anyone has any suggestions or can point me in the right direction - please do! Luckily, I tried to improve this pasta salad with a couple things I really like, some fried eggplant - yum yum and chopped walnuts and chopped sun-dried tomatoes. But I think it could use something more - like olives maybe or fresh cut up tomatoes. Oh yeah, I threw in some feta and served it cold :) And I instead of my usual fruit juice - I had chocolate milk - yummy. It's going good with the pregnancy. I'm 16 weeks now and have only gained 5 pounds overall. I was reading that the av...

FATIGUE IN PREGNANCY I didn't do any posts all of January - but I'm still here. You know how it is being pregnant - I gotta sleep... computer life - facebooking, emails, blogs - all that comes last. But I'm currently at week 11 - my energy is returning and I feel good. Had my echo today - the little peanut is looking good - very active - amazing that at 11 weeks and 2 days to be exact - the little peanut is 4.67 cm - already has two legs, two arms - and I can see the jaw bone. I really look forward to the 20 week echo - I really want to know if it's a boy or girl... my friends think it's gonna be a boy - and they were joking that they are gonna make some "peepee-teepee's" for him... we shall see!

The Goal Which One Acts On... It's really difficult to take it easy and try to just maintain weight because technically one is not supposed to diet during pregnancy - but the aim is to overcome the natural tendancies to eat junk food and instead eat good healthy food. That has pretty much been my goal for the longest time - to have self control over myself! the goal which one acts on: the realm :) ha ha anyways, the goal is to have a healthy pregnancy and body so that when the baby comes i weigh less then than i do now. yes, it is confirmed - the pregnancy test is positive - the approximate due date is aug 22 - i'm hoping for a girl... but a boy will be welcomed as well :)