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?

What I Ate Thursday...

Hey everyone I have wanted to do a blog post like this for a while. I have seen it on a few blogs and on this blog I really like http://www.annasaccone.com/
Now that I am pregnant I wanted to have a little record of what I am eating so here is what I ate Thursday:

Breakfast

 I had Special K cereal with red berries with milk and a glass of orange juice to take my prenatal vitamin with.

Lunch

 Lunch was quick and easy it was cream crackers with cheese and tomato with a tall glass of milk, and some chocolate for after! Don't worry I didn't eat all of this huge bar I only had four pieces!

Dinner

 Paul made dinner it was home made chicken breast burgers with lettuce, red onion and tomato. Chips and homemade tomato relish with a large glass of non alcoholic wine.

Snacks / Treats
I had some Thornton's toffee I haven't had this in years and the smell of it alone brought me back to my childhood!

That's it! What did you eat today?

Bump To Baby - 14 Weeks Pregnant

- Baby is the size of a lemon

- Baby can now frown, squint and suck its thumb!
- Bump has popped out this week! Too early for a bump?!

How Many Weeks Pregnant?: 14 Weeks 

Nickname For Baby?: Little Blip!

Gender Of Baby?: Don't know but have a strong feeling its a baby girl!

Any Stretch Marks Yet?: None yet using Burt's Bee Mamma Bee Body Cream

Any Maternity Clothes Yet?: No new ones yet

Any Movement Yet?: No too early yet

How Is Sleeping?: Sleeping has been good this week :)

Any Nausea?: None this week which is great!

Food Cravings?: Eggs, doesn't matter if there scrambled, boiled, fried or poached just loving eggs! Oh and fizzy sour sweets!

Food Aversions?: None this week

Miss Anything From Before Being Pregnant?: Nope

Symptoms This Week?: Fatigue, emotions a little up/down and acne!

Worst Moment Of the Week?: Feeling always tired and this sore throat hasn't gone away so I think its time I took myself off to the doctor as I think this might be an infection and not just a symptom of a cold. Still out of work as I am too unwell to go back just yet.

Best Moment Of the Week?: Sad moment and yet a nice moment too. I went to the UK with my parents to say our farewells to my Great Uncle who passed away. It was a bitter sweet moment of saying goodbye but lovely to see all my family in the UK and tell them our news.

The Fureys Gigs Update 2013

Seems to be something wrong with The Furey's website at the moment so here are some up coming dates for when they are playing:

Fri 12th July KILLARNEY, Co Kerry Glen Eagle Hotel 
064 6671550 
Sat 20th July SLANE, Co Meath Ryans of Gormanlough 
046 9024021 
Thurs 25th July KILLARNEY, Co Kerry Glen Eagle Hotel 
064 6671550 
Sat 27th July MOYGLASS, Co Tipperary. Ned Kelly Festival
086 2565786 

Sat 17th August DERRY, City Hotel 02871 365800
Sun 18th August DERRY, City Hotel 02871 365800
Fri 30th August KILLARNEY, Co Kerry Glen Eagle Hotel
064 6671550

Fri 27th Sept, KILWORTH, Co Cork Arts Centre (Fureys only)
025 32227
Sat 28th Sept, KILMALLOCK, Co Limerick Friars Gate Theatre (Fureys only) 063 98727
Sun 29th Sept, LISTOWEL, Co Kerry St Johns Theatre
(Fureys only) 068 22566

Fri 4th Oct BRAY, Co Wicklow Mermaid Arts Centre
2724030
Sat 5th Oct ARDBOE, Co Tyrone Community Centre (Fureys only)
Fri 11th Oct OMAGH, Co Tyrone Strule Arts Centre
028 82247831
Sat 12th Oct NAVAN, Co Meath Solstice Arts Centre
046 9092300
Fri 18th Oct LETTERKENNY, Co Donegal An Griannan Arts Centre
074 9120777
Sat 19th Oct CARLOW, George Bernard Shaw Theatre 059 9172400
Sat 26th Oct NEWBRIDGE, Co Kildare Riverbank Arts Centre
045 448327

Fri 1st Nov LEIDEN, Holland Leids Partycentrum
06-48119084
Sat 2nd Nov GEEL, Belgium C.C. de Werft
0032-14566666
Sun 3rd Nov JOURE, Partycentrum ’T Haske
0513-415281
Mon 4th Nov ZANDVOORT, Theater De Krocht
023-5175705
Tues 5th Nov AUSTERLITZ, Het Beauforthuis
0343-491858
Wed 6th Nov HARDERWIJK, De Slenkenhorst
0341-417310
Thur 7th Nov STEENWIJK, Theater De Meenthe
0521-514004
Fri 8th Nov VEENDAM, Van Beresteyn
0598-634566
Sat 9th Nov VOLENDAM, Sint Jozefvereniging
0299-363619
Sun 10th Nov VELDHOVEN, Theater De Schalm
040-2533578
Mon 11th Nov AUSTERLITZ, Het Beauforthuis
0343-491858
Tues 12th Nov BAARN, De Paaskerk
06-15214962
Wed 13th Nov BERGEN op ZOOM, Het Zwijnshoofd
0164-423301
Thur 14th Nov LEERDAM, Partycentrum Het Dak
0345-613626
Fri 15th Nov RILLAND, Luctor et Emergo
0113-551552
Sat 16th Nov VEENOORD, Zalencentrum DÁol Meul
03-5580839
Sun 17th Nov ALBLASSERDAM, Landvast
078-6912923

Sun 23rd Nov WATERFORD, Theatre Royal 051 874402

Fri 27th Dec CARRICK ON SHANNON, Co Leitrim Landmark Hotel
071 9622222
Sat 28th Dec DUBLIN, Regency Hotel 8373544
Sun 29th Dec MONAGHAN, Hillgrove Hotel 047 81288

Five Things 19/52

Its been a while but Five Things is back! Had to take a break while morning sickness was taking its toll on me but it seems to finally have gone :) Here are five things from over the weekend:

Saying goodbye to my Great Uncle Paddy in Coventry. Bitter sweet moments of farewell and yet a wonderful celebration of his life his family gave him such a beautiful send off. RIP Uncle Paddy x

Spending the last few hours of the weekend in this beautiful park having a picnic, watching children playing, adults relaxing and family's enjoying themselves.

Catching up on TV that I missed during the week. I really love this show!

Satisfying my egg craving a yummy ham, tomato, and feta cheese omelette

Finishing my weekend off with a cuppa and chocolate!

What are your five things from the weekend?

Bump to Baby - 13 Weeks Pregnant

- Baby is the size of a peach

- Those tiny fingers how have developed fingerprints

- We had our dating scan this week 

- Baby is 8.7cm according to our scan

How Many Weeks Pregnant?: 13 Weeks 

Nickname For Baby?: Since we found out at 5 weeks pregnant we have called this little one our little blip!

Gender Of Baby?: Don't know but when I saw the little image on our scan I immediately thought of a little girl!

Any Stretch Marks Yet?: None Yet 

Any Maternity Clothes Yet?: Only three bras from Mothercare has I have gone up two cup sizes already!

Any Movement Yet?: None that I can feel yet

How Is Sleeping?: Sleeping at night is not great waking up to go to the toilet three times a night! Trying to get use to sleeping on my side as I always sleep on my back which I can't do any more! Must invest in a pregnancy pillow!

Any Nausea?: Very bad nausea and vomiting when I ate an apple on Saturday either little blip does not like apples at all or the acid in the apple did not agree with me.

Food Cravings?: Had the strangest craving this week for Jamie Oliver's chicken and mushroom pie! Paul being the wonderful husband he is went and got all the ingredients for it and made it for me. It was yummy!

Food Aversions?: Because of my nausea apples and also watermelon!

Miss Anything From Before Being Pregnant?: Prawns and chicken liver pate!

Symptoms This Week?: Nausea on Saturday, sore boobs and very bad acne! I have had a horrible cold and sore throat so have had fatigue this week. Have been sleeping alot!

Worst Moment Of the Week?: Definitely having this stinking cold and sore throat. At one stage I was so bad I didn't think I could get my scan done! I felt a lot better on the day of the scan so that was good but it still haven't fully cleared up. The last few days has been spent drinking/eating chicken soup, drinking honey with lemon and topping up my vitamin C as much as I can!

Best Moment Of the Week?: Getting our dating scan done for sure! This little one has being wanted for so long and after a long time trying to get pregnant,  to see that little life that we created on screen well words can't even describe how we felt! I was having crazy dreams the night before so I was a little nervous when we got there but the nurse was lovely. Little blip was having a sleep she said Aw we have a sleepy baby its not going to like us waking it up! And little blip didn't like being woke (takes after Mammy that way!) blip kicked its legs and waved its hands to show us how it didn't like being woke! I looked at Paul's face at one point during the scan he didn't notice me but I will never forget the look of awe and amazement on his face. We are both still on cloud nine and it will be a while before we come down!

What We Got Up To This Month - June 2013

Here is what we got up to for the month of June:



- Watching our little blip grow
- Paul getting ready for our hols!
-We're all off on a summer holiday!
- Chilling by the Paul
-Paul enjoying the local beer
- Having a kiddies cocktail beside the pool (bump getting big!)
- Horse car ride on hols
-Fish peddie
- Paul and his brother Conner
-Paul & Dad on Dad's birthday
- Mam & Me
-Dad's birthday get together

June went so quick for us can't believe it's July already where is the time going?
What did you get up to in June?