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Pregnancy Week 30 Food Journal
Here is my food journal for my 30th week of pregnancy. It was a great week, though I’m really going to start eating more small meals. My stomach just can’t handle a huge meal these days. Sunday, June...
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Weekend Recap: Birth Class and Baking
This weekend Neal and I attended our first birth class in preparation for our daughter’s arrival. Bright and early Saturday morning we headed over to Falls Church, Virginia for our 8 hour intensive...
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Week 30 Pregnancy Update
The Bump Gender – It’s a girl! Movement- There must have been a major growth spurt or something last week because it has literally been like night and day. I went from hardly ever feeling the baby to...
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The First and Second Trimester Through a Husband’s Eyes
My wife Ashley asked me to share my perspective of the past seven months. It’s been fascinating to watch how Ashley and I have changed, often in ways we didn’t expect. Here are a few of the moments...
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July 2014 Goals
It’s hard to believe that these will most likely be my second to last set of goals before our daughter arrives! While I’ve loved focusing on other things these past 7 months, I’ve got to admit that...
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Pregnancy Week 31 Food Journal
Sunday, June 29 (29 weeks, 6 days) Breakfast- 2 eggs, 2 slices of Ezekiel bread with coconut oil, and iced coffee Lunch- 1 large apple and greens smoothie from Jamba Juice Dinner- 1 Applegate turkey...
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4th of July Weekend Recap
Words can not express how excited I was for this past weekend. To have an extra day off work, to spend time with my friend Becky, and to have my mom and sister arrive from Texas was just perfect!...
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Happy 2 Years!
Yesterday Neal and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! These past two years have been truly wonderful and I loved being able to celebrate with Neal and reminisce about the past. Our second year of...
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Week 31 Pregnancy Update
The Bump Gender – It’s a girl! Movement – I can feel the baby move all the time now and sometimes it feels so weird! She’s still fairly mellow most the day but when she does move I feel her! It...
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Weight Watchers Plans Before Points
Earlier this week my mom and I were talking about Weight Watchers and our experience with their programs. We’ve both joined Weight Watchers more times than we can remember, so it was funny to think...
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Third Trimester Checklist
I am so incredibly excited to be nearing the end of this pregnancy. I have had an absolutely wonderful pregnancy and though being pregnant has been an amazing experience, I can’t wait for our daughter...
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My Cup Overflows
The past 3 days have been a true blessing! I knew having my mom and sister in town for a week would be exactly what my heart needed, but I had no idea what these past few days were going to hold. It...
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Body Image During Pregnancy
I have never had the greatest mental imagine of my own body. As an obese child I was insecure, discouraged, and didn’t view myself in such a positive light. Sports changed my body image as I learned...
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Week 32 Pregnancy Update
The Bump Gender – It’s a girl! Movement – She’s a very active little girl these days. She is almost always on my right side and moves a lot throughout the day. Thankfully I don’t feel her moving at...
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A Controlled Environment is a Key to Weight Loss
I never realized how important having a controlled environment was for weight loss until I moved to Vermont back in 2006 after graduating from college. Up until that point in my life I had lived in...
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2 Amy’s Pizza Date
Last night Neal and I continued to prepare for our baby’s arrival by visiting another pediatrician’s office and touring the labor and delivery ward of my OBGYN’s hospital. It’s actually pretty funny...
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The Orange Chef Prep Pad Review
The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of The Orange Chef. I love, love, love technology and all the ways we can utilize it to live a happy and healthy life! When FitFluential...
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Weekend Recap
Well it’s official, I’m losing my brain. It all started Friday morning when I remembered at 7:05AM that I had a 7:30AM appointment with a daycare provider before work. Thankfully I was able to make it...
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Week 33 Pregnancy Update
The Bump Baby Prep – Last week I went a little Amazon crazy. I think Amazon Prime and I are going to be the best of friends after the baby arrives! It was so great being able to buy things like...
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WIAW: Balancing Cravings
I’ll be honest, I was really nervous about what the 3rd trimester would look like, what I’d be craving, and how I’d feel. I had heard so many stories of women doubling their pregnancy weight gain...
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