What We Got Up To This Month - July 2013

 

- We went to Coventry looking at the Lady Godiva clock in the square

- My Uncle Paddy's wake

- My wonderful Father in Law playing at the wake

- The Fureys & Davey Arthur playing at my Uncle's wake

- Dancing to the Fureys at the wake

- My beautiful family gave my Uncle such a lovely send off

- Sunny days in the park

- Catching up on TV

- Eating sweets

- Loving in love with a pram!

- Watching little blip grow

- Where has my feet gone?

- Many days and nights spend with this fan on!
- Yummy summer dinners!
- Date night with treats
- New favourite breakie
- Blip/bump is getting bigger!

Bump To Baby - 17 Weeks Pregnant

- Baby is now the size of a large onion

- Baby's brain is now developing the sense of touch, smell, and taste
- Baby can now hear sound
- Played Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Sarah Brightman to bump this week!

How Many Weeks Pregnant?: 17 Weeks

Nickname For Baby?: Little Blip!

Gender Of Baby?: We don't know but I am still thinking a girl!

Any Stretch Marks Yet?: None yet still using Bio Oil

Any Maternity Clothes Yet?: Nothing new this week still trying to get a little bit longer out of my clothes before I buy new stuff!

Any Movement Yet?: None yet

How Is Sleeping?: Sleeping is getting better but still not great! Still only waking twice a night to go to the toilet but its getting hard to get comfortable as bump gets bigger!

Any Nausea?: None this week I am hoping I may be past that stage :)

Food Cravings?: None this week!

Food Aversions?: Still fish can't bear the sight of it!

Miss Anything From Before Being Pregnant?: I am missing a good nights sleep the most this week. Since I got pregnant my sleep pattern went out the window! So I am missing a full night of uninterrupted sleep!

Symptoms This Week?: Very bad lower back pain, still bad acne and fatigue is back due to low iron. My doctor said last week that my iron levels where low and I am now on another iron tablet a day along with been told to eat plenty of green vegetables so hopefully next week my fatigue will be gone.

Worst Moment Of the Week?: It has to be last Friday when a crazy lady driver almost knocked me down at at pedestrian crossing! The cars had stopped for Paul and I on the other side of the road we where crossing when a mad lady driving into the car park came speeding at us wasn't looking at what she was doing and stopped inches away from my face. Only for Paul pulled me out of the way I think she would of knocked me down! She did look like she was in shock but Paul had some harsh words of her along the lines of pay attention when you drive, don't drive at that speed into a car park and do you even know the rules of the road!! In the end I was okay just a little shook up thank God for looking over us.

Best Moment Of the Week?: Not just for this week but since I found out I was pregnant Paul has been amazing! Back when I had terrible morning sickness he was there rubbing my back as I puked (romantic I know) he was there with a cold flannel for my face. He was happy to eat the blandest of food (well maybe not happy but he never said anything) he walked me to work just to make sure I got there okay. Now he still cooks dinner most days, does last minute runs to the shops when I am craving avocados or gherkins! If I fall sleep on the sofa in the afternoon he puts a blanket over me, he has just been great and I couldn't as for more. I just know he is going to make an amazing Daddy.

Five Things 22/52

This weekend was a fairly quite one for us. Paul was working this weekend and I always hate the weekends he has to work as its mostly filled with boring house work for me! Anyhow here are five things from this weekend.

Here at Furey Follies we are a little slow on the up take! After this show being on TV three years we have only started to watch it the past month or so. A friend of ours has the three seasons on DVD and gave us a lend to watch them from the start. I wasn't sure if I would like it, in fact I was sure it wasn't my cup of tea....while how wrong was I in the past few days we have watched the whole of season two and are now on episode six from the three season. It has fast become my favourite way to relax in the evening! Love it!

Crispy roast duck pancakes my favourite Friday night dinner yummy!

On Friday after work I bought some flowers to brighten up the apartment a little when I got home from work I was shattered left the flowers in the sink and went for a nap. When I woke Paul had tried his best to arrange the flowers and put them in a vase I had to laugh when I saw them! Of course I cut them down and put them in a different vase but he tried his best!

Saturday night pizza we ate this as we watched more Game of Thrones!

Lazy Sunday morning breakfast!

That's my five things whats yours?

Dear Friday.......

Dear Friday.....

- Work has been a bit of a nightmare this week, lazy people are so annoying so I am glad your here!

Dear Weekend......
- Don't go to quick I need 48 hours to relax!

Dear Summer......
- You have been great BBQ's, family time and great weather. Don't go away just yet!

Dear Apartment.....
- You are getting small by the day...is it time to leave you and move on to a house?

Dear Hubby.....
- Thank you for looking after me and blip so much you are great and we love you so much!

Dear Blip.......
- Looking at my bump growing everyday makes me know you are getting bigger and stronger. Not long now till I feel you kick. Knowing when I'm alone I am not really alone makes my heart smile. Daddy and I love you very much x

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What I Ate Thursday

Hey everyone here is what I ate today:

Breakfast

Breakie was the same as last week avocado, tomato and streaky bacon but on a french baguette. I had a glass of orange juice with ice to take my prenatal tablet with.

Lunch

I had a subway for lunch today! I had a sub with chicken, bacon, lettuce, red onion and extra gherkin! A packet of cheese and onion crisps with a diet coke! Quite a large lunch today!

Dinner

Paul made Jamie Oliver's chicken and mushroom pie a favourite of mine! You can find the recipe here we had it with potato gratin and salad (out of picture) I had a glass of blackcurrant juice with it.

Snacks / Treats

I have been loving cold large chocolate buttons from the fridge with strawberries so I ate some of these while watching some TV this evening lovey!!

So that's what I ate today! What did you eat?

Bump To Baby - 16 Weeks Pregnant

- Baby is the size of avocado which I have been craving this week!

- Baby is now growing eyebrows, eyelashes and hair

- Bump is really starting to show this week!
- Had my GP appointment this week & everything is going well

How Many Weeks Pregnant?: 16 Weeks or 4 Months!

Nickname For Baby?: Little Blip!

Gender Of Baby?: We don't know

Any Stretch Marks Yet?: None yet!

Any Maternity Clothes Yet?: Nothing new this week trying to get a few more weeks out of my normal clothes before I buy anything else!

Any Movement Yet?: None that I can feel yet

How Is Sleeping?: Sleep is improving, I think I am slowly getting used to the heat at night and my maternity pillow is a great help. I am slowly getting used to sleeping on my left side although I do still sometimes wake up on my back! Only going to the toilet once or twice a night now too!

Any Nausea?: None at all which is great!

Food Cravings?: Avocados!! Also my new favourite thing to eat in the evenings are large chocolate buttons from the fridge with strawberries yummy!

Food Aversions?: Fish gone right off fish for some reason this week can't even watch ads on the TV without feeling sick!

Miss Anything From Before Being Pregnant?: No nothing this week....loving being pregnant!

Symptoms This Week?: Bad acne again this week....I hate having spots like a teenage again! Lower bad pain but nothing too bad.

Worst Moment Of the Week?: No worst moments this week :)

Best Moment Of the Week?: In general just being pregnant! This week was a good one not many symptoms, I have my energy back and am feeling good! I have wanted this for so long and I am enjoying this second stage of pregnancy.  

Five Things 21/52

Another beautiful sunny weekend Paul and I didn't do much this weekend we just chilled out before we knew it the weekend was over again! Here are five things from the weekend:

Chilling out Friday night with nacho's and this really funny book that my cousin send us. Paul loves How I Met Your Mother and he is loving this book...thanks cuz x

Taking evening strolls in the park when the weather is a little cooler. We are so lucky to have a beautiful well kept park outside our door.

Yummy dinner of beef skewers and potato salad

Little date night with my new favourite treat cold chocolate buttons and strawberries with one of my favourite movies!

Finishing off the weekend watching this very funny guy Tommy Tiernan :)

So that's my five things whats yours?

Love / Hate

Hate

* People leaving parks & beaches in a mess - Please bring rubish home with you and don't leave places like rubbish tips.

* That materiny clothes are so expenisive - Its very hard to get a nice matertiny dress for less than €60!

* Ear Infections - I have another one!

Love

 

* This beautiful summer we are having - everyone is in a better mood when the weather is good finally we are getting a summer!

* Being pregnant - sure there are times when its a little uncomfortable but I am totally loving being pregnant.

* That the birds that where here last summer have come back - the bird song every morning is so pretty!

What are you loving & hating this week?

What I Ate Thursday!

Hey everyone here is what I ate today!!

Breakfast
Now that food seems to be taking over my life! I am looking for healthy and different recipes for breakfast as cereal and toast gets boring after a while! I found this really good recipe for avocado bacon toasts on this blog http://www.thelondoner.me/2013/07/avocado-bacon-toasts.html and oh my are they delicious such a nice change for breakie and when I have time in the mornings this is my new favourite. Avocado, tomato, seasoned with sea salt and black pepper with streaky bacon on toast. I am going to try it on wholemeal bread the next time. I had this with a tall glass of orange juice with ice to take my prenatal tablet with.

Lunch

Paul and I went out to lunch today we went to the bagel bar I had the chicken caesar bagel. Paul had the stars and striped bagel. I had a sneaky latte with mine! PS sorry for the blurry picture I was too hungry to wait!

Dinner
Dinner was steak with lettuce, tomato, feta cheese, honey mustard dressing for the salad. With new potatoes with mayo and basil. I had a glass of non alcoholic rose wine....doesn't taste anything like wine but I just like to pretend sometimes I am having a glass!!

Snacks / Treats
I am trying to snack healthy and have be having cravings for celery and hummus so that's what I had today before dinner! After dinner I had a peach and a small orange with a bottle of strawberry water.

So that's what I scoffed today! What did you eat today?

Bump To Baby - 15 Weeks Pregnant

- Baby is now the size of orange

- Baby can now bend its wrist and elbow

- It's little fingers can curl and make a fist

- Bump has got bigger again this week, woman in a shop thought I was due in Sept!!

How Many Weeks Pregnant?: 15 Weeks

Nickname For Baby?: Little Blip!

Gender Of Baby?: Don't know and we don't care once little blip is healthy but I still have a strong feeling of a girl!

Any Stretch Marks Yet?: None yet! Mama Bee body cream is all used up so I am now trying Bio Oil.

Any Maternity Clothes Yet?: Yep, as I am fast running out of clothes that fit me I bought bras, knickers, tights, bump belt, leggings and tops this week. As well as a maternity pillow which I am loving so comfy and great back support.

Any Movement Yet?: None Yet!

How Is Sleeping?: Sleeping has been a little bad this week with the heat we are having here its hard to sleep at night even with our new fan on so I am back to napping during the day which I stopped a few weeks ago. The heat has me exhausted during the day so napping seems to be the only thing I want to do!

Any Nausea?: None this week....its great that I seem to be having a break from it.

Food Cravings?: Pickled gherkins loving them in sandwiches, burgers and even on there own! Hummus and celery sticks and large glasses of milk! 

Food Aversions?: Nothing this week which is great long may it continue! 

Miss Anything From Before Being Pregnant?: Crap meat, prawns and large glasses of white wine!

Symptoms This Week?: Really bad acne, my skin thinks I am a teenager again this week very bad break out this week :( Gas/Trapped wind getting this allot especially at night anyone know what I can do for this? Sore boobs and lower back pain.

Worst Moment Of the Week?: Hasn't been a worst moment this week just a few uncomfortable moments with the heat wave finding it hard to sleep and also having a lot of trapped wind which is giving me cramps at night :(

Best Moment Of the Week?: My Dad putting down the deposit on our pram/travel set glad to see my parents loved it as much as we did! Its lovely to see how excited our parents are, my Mam is so excited to be a Granny for the first time.  

Some of my maternity goodies I bought this week

Loving my new pillow!

Starting to feel like this! 

Five Things 20/52

What a beautiful weekend it was! The weather is cheering everyone up and for once it feels like we are getting a proper summer! I have to be honest and say I can't really enjoy the weather as much as I would like as for me being pregnant and summer heat doesn't really go together but I am trying to enjoy it as much as I can. So here are my five things from the weekend:

Showing my parents the pram/travel set I fell in love with and then for my Dad to surprise us by putting down the deposit on it! Love my parents x

Buying pretty things that FIT me in Mothercare!!

Yummy Saturday Morning breakfast of danish and orange juice!

My new pregnancy pillow which I am loving great back support and its making a nights sleep so much better I actually slept right through the night last night with this!!

Our new fan has been a life saver this weekend we have it on when we get up straight through to night time! For me it has been amazing! Never thought I would get excited over fans and pillows but this is what pregnancy does to you!!

What is your five things from over the weekend?