Tomorrow marks exactly one month until my due date! I can't believe how fast the time has flown. It seems like just yesterday we were all giddy with excitement waiting to tell our family and friends the good news. We went to the hospital last night to visit some friends who just had a baby and I realized that the next time we will be there is when Emma comes - we can not wait!
I think the "nesting" stage (I always thought that was a funny way of putting it) has really kicked in. Her nursery is ready and her clothes are washed along with everything in our condo. I should be resting and relaxing for those sleepless nights that are headed my way, but I feel like I can't slow down - there's too much I want to do before she gets here! I did take a break yesterday morning and got a prenatal massage, which was amazing and totally worth it.
Some of my "nesting" inspiration is thanks to an incredible website my friend Jenny sent me:
passionatehomemaking.com. I have been re-inspired/slightly obsessed with all things organic, green, healthy, cooking, and homemaking. She has some great articles on her blog about how to be a godly, productive woman. And, she offers great advice on balance and not letting this simple, natural lifestyle become an idol. Again, inspired by her, and trying to save time, money, and energy thinking of meals every night, I spent over 2 hours Monday night creating a meal plan for the month! With the exception of one meal a week, it is all within the Primal lifestyle. If you have been around us much in the past year, you know that Craig and I have been trying to eat "
Primal" (basically just meat, vegetables, and some fruit - or 'plants and animals' as Craig likes to say) and many of you think we are crazy... I'm ok with that, we have results to show for it. It was a pretty drastic change at first, but due to Craig's psoriatic arthritis, we felt it was at least worth a shot to try to knock out his arthritis with diet rather than taking loads of medications at only 27 for who know how many more years. After only a few months of eating this way, Craig came off all of his medicine except one! We are trying to even cut that last one out. As for me, I used to get really light headed and dizzy if I didn't eat every few hours, but I noticed that when I was getting enough good fat and veggies in my diet and not eating wheat and grains, I could go longer without snacking all day. (Obviously pregnancy has changed some of that. I eat lighter, more frequent meals now and have re-introduced
some grain into my diet.) Lesson learned: what you eat really does make a difference in your health and your feeling overall. I'm going to give it a couple weeks before I post my monthly meal plan, but already it has been so helpful.
Here's to our first post about Primal Living. More to come...
