We've finally hit our three month mark

Here we are at 12 weeks! Yippy, we made it to three months. Now things should be getting easier....??? For a little while anyway.

1/6/2011 update #1

Here are the kids doing their oral presentation on some of the animals in Australia. They did about ten minutes each, but we only filmed their favorite animal.

They drew the continent, read about each animal learning about their habitats, characteristics, eating habits, breeding habits and other interesting facts (four animals each), put sticks representing the animals' different habitat ranges, wrote a page for each animal, drew the animal, and then did the presentation. They had a lot of fun with this project and will be choosing another continent to do more animals soon.

For some reason Will's presentation wouldn't download to attach.

Eating habits

Ok, since becoming pregnant my eating habits have changed a lot. I went through a lot of effort to cleanse and detox my body pre-conception to get it ready. In doing so I ate mostly RAW foods and was feeling wonderful.

Well then rolls around week six or so and the nausea sets in. All I wanted was a chicken sandwich from Burger King and french fries. If you've never been pregnant and craved french fries, then you don't know what it's like. It was pure bliss. Now normally, I am repulsed even thinking about a fast food chicken sandwich and fries. My body was really craving protein. I also couldn't even look at salad without getting sick, and that was the same for most vegetables. My diet as of lately has been egg sandwiches with cheese and ham in the mornings, toasted bagel and cream cheese for lunch, or grilled cheese sandwich, and of course various other snacks throughout the day and night.

I'm finally now to a point where I'm not feeling as sick and I notice that now I'm actually craving nutrient rich foods. I had a smoothie the other day, and salads and veggies with dinner. I'm still making sure I'm eating a lot of protein right now, as my body is craving it. I go through at least three eggs a day.

The main point is that I'm not being hard on myself for not sticking to what I thought was the healthiest diet for me. I'm still trying to keep things balanced out, but I'm not worrying about eating all or mostly raw, or even vegetarian. I know this is the most important phase of life to be eating healthy, but moderation is more important to me right now.

As I'm feeling better I'm sure I'll be enjoying my green smoothies daily again, because of course the little one inside of me will soon have taste buds and I'll have to do my best to get them enjoying yummy fruits and vegetables.

Our Christmas Surprise!

Well, the big news is that we found out we're expecting!! And not a baby chicken, or duck this time, and actual human!

The tenative due date is August 2nd, 2011.

More to come later I'm sure, my time on the computer is limited, as it makes me feel sick.

New Basement Office remodel

This is what we had to start with.

Looking towards the window

The finished library section and my reading nook!

the same window there on the right. We still need to finish the calendar white board on the wall and have an electrician come in and put in a light switch (so we will no longer have a light bulb hanging in the middle of the room).

It's not heated, but it's still cozy. I'm also going to make some curtains for the window, they will be of heavy fabric to help hold in the heat. It's so nice to have a little retreat area to hide and read, do household management, etc.

Hailey playing at the Senior Center

Hailey and her teacher are playing "Down in the Valley" for an audience of about 50 people in November. We try to have Hailey do a performance once a month at the Senior Center in downtown Shelton.

Will and Hailey playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" together.

Family Legacy

We recently took a quick trip over to Idaho to see the Grandparents (Great Grandparents for the children). Grandma Pratt is 94 years young and still going strong living at home, and Grandpa Pratt is 92 years and has just recently had to leave his lifetime home and stay at an assisted living center, where they can take better care of him after he had his stroke.

Family is so important!! And it's so important to listen to the family heritage, legacies, stories, and tales from the older generations. They have so mush to share. We decided to do our best to capture some of the family stories and information before it was lost. The best way we found to do this was to purchase a journal type book that's made for grandparents. We all had a wonderful time listening to Grandma and Grandpa tell stories about when they were younger, and their lives growing up. We wrote it all down to document it for future generations. We figured we might as well get it done before it's too late. I encourage all families to do something similar, because you never know who God's going to call home next. Below are some pictures from the visit. And the fall colors up in the mountains were amazing!