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Monday Check-in
1. Where and how?
2. Weekend highlight?
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link)
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Re: Monday Check-in
1. Where and how? 37w6d and doing alright. I'm ready to have a baby.
2. Weekend highlight? Planted a cute little magnolia tree in honor of LewWho's impending birth. You can see it straight out of the nursery window and it makes me happy everytime I look at it
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link) Stuffed shells (Dr. Annie's are good) and Enchiladas (also Dr. Annie's). I'm obviously being selfish with this question and I need to get on this and I only have 4 ideas...
1.3w1d pp. Feel awesome physically. Yesterday was tough emotionally because Ella would NOT stop crying. Brian got pissy, I was sad. The dog vomited. Ugh.
2. Weekend highlight - the weather. Seriously awesome.
3. Fave meal to freeze - Cheddar Beef Enchiladas . Cheap, easy ingredients. Not healthy at ALL. Freezes really well!
1. Where and how?
10 1/2 months pp...feeling great
2. Weekend highlight?
Barrett's new etsy purchases arrived and I love them..I will post pics later.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link)
Before I had Barrett I went and stocked up at Supper Thyme and our favorite was the backyard chicken or the taco bake.
1. Where and how? CD21/2DPO. Feeling great! I'm glad I finally O'ed. I feel oddly hopeful about this cycle.
2. Weekend highlight? It was just a fab weekend. Abe and I got to spend a lot of time together, as opposed to last weekend when he worked every day. We went to Mallow Run winery in Franklin for some wine and pizza with another couple. It was a good time! I did fall down a hill, though. Hehehehe. Embarassing.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? We've never really done the frozen meal thing but I'm looking forward to the answers as this is something I'd like to do in the later weeks of a pregnancy. A couple suggestions that I think would be delish are chili and lasagna. Yum yum.
2. Weekend highlight? girls night Sat night ... it was a blast! I didn't come home until the next morning ... been a while since I've done that.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? We don't freeze too many meals (we should) ... but when I make corn chowder again in the fall, I will probably freeze 1/2 because it makes so much!
1. CD 35 - Tomorrow will probably be CD 1 and I'm feeling super bloated (read: fat) and a little tired.
2. The weather and taking Haley to the park both days! It was great!
3. I like to freeze chili and lasagna! I don't use a recipe for either one, so no links, sorry!
1. 33w3d, ok
2. nothing really... I put together the bassinet, nothing to exciting
3. I haven't frozen any meals so looking forward to the answers.
BFP #2 11/4/12 EDD 7/20/12 missed M/C 12/13/12 @8w5d D&C 12/21/12
DX 2/7/13 with an alloimmunity + for anti-paternal antibodies started Lovenox daily & BA
BFP 2/16/13 EDD 10/28/13
1. 20w6d. I'm noticing I'm having a little more tailbone pain and backaches when I am sitting for awhile, but other than that great.
2. Getting to show our families the u/s and telling DH's mom the gender or our LO.
3. I haven't done this much but I've had some friends recently that have had babies and I have made frozen meals for them ( chicken enchiladas, chicken pot pie, and lasagna).
1. I'm almost six months pp. Feel pretty good...getting back into the groove after a week off. It was really hard to leave nicholas this morning.
2. It was nice to be home after the week away...my sister and her dh were in town for a wedding so it was nice to hang out with them. Oh, and I had birthday money to spend at the mall...yay!!
3. I'm not good at this...but my mom made us a meatloaf when nicholas was born and it was really really good out of the freezer.
1. Almost 10 m pp. I am feeling good, well rested for a change!
2. L finally mastered crawling!
3. I don't freeze meals, but I picked up a frozen kit once at Walmart it was pretty tasty!
1. Where and how?
37w pg - feeling great!
2. Weekend highlight?
Tough to pick just one! We had a great time just spending time together and enjoying the awesome weather!
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link)
I usually only freeze lasagna and sorry, no link. It's very loosely based off my mom's family recipe.
1. 25w0d and feeling really good, despite the lack of sleep.
2. Spending lots of time with DH, relaxed in the luke warm hot tub on Saturday night, napping yesterday morning for about 2 horus, shopping and just overall relaxing.
3. hmm...not much help here. I will normally freeze salsa or chili!
1. CD10. Feeling good, but exhausted from last week.
2. Spending time with DH. He was so busy taking care of his parents and OOT family last week that we barely saw each other. Last week pretty much sucked, so it was nice to be able to have some downtime this weekend. We went to see The Hangover Friday night. It was hilarious! Something we definitely needed.
3. I'll have to come back to this when I have some time.
1. Where and how? 2nd week of pills. I feel all right, except my allergies are flaring up and it's getting a little frustrating.
2. Weekend highlight? My mom's 50th b-day party. It was an awesome time. My mom had a blast, which is what we wanted.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link) Spaghetti sauce. I always try to make extra so we can have it twice.
1. Where and how?
cd24. nerves are shot. we are trying for a change (yet again) in custody. she agreed to what was requested and then went to a lawyer and shot it all to hell. now we get a visit from DRCB - yippee-effing-yay.
2. Weekend highlight?
spent weekend with my kid and hub. fab.u.lous! went to see harry potter and played at dave & busters. fun.fun.fun.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link)
i've never, ever, ever frozen a meal (because i'm lazy!). no help, sorry
1. 3 months + PP, feeling just fine
2. We had a lovely walk with Millie yesterday, and we took a good nap
3. Lasanga, sorry no link - it's my mom's recipe!
1. CD28. I was lazy and just used CF and CP instead of temping this month, and now it's totally coming back to bite me. I've been spotting for four days, and I'm starting to get jittery about where the %*(k my period is. Logically, I know the chances are slim to none, but it's still making me antsy.
2. We had dinner with friends on Saturday and I go to drink a bunch of scotch. It's my new fav sore throat cure.
3. I love freezing soups (just don't freeze soups with pasta in them already as the pasta defrosts funny), big batches of tomato sauce that you can defrost and use on anything, and black bean enchiladas. But no bonus points for me, since I don't have recipes
Mother's Day, 2011
1. CD1. Crampy but happy to know I get to start BCP again on Sunday! Oh yeah, my boobs hurt really bad from weaning...hopefully this will be the last day of it.
2. Emma's first b-day pics....see post below.
3. We call it Grandma Cabbage (my grandmas recipe). It is about 3/4 head of cabbage, 1 lb of hot sausage, 1 lb of regular sausage, 2 cans tomatoes and 2 cans of tomato sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and Tony's seasoning to taste. Simmer covered in large pan until cabbage is tender. oh yeah, brown and drain the sausage and then add all of the other ingredients.
1. Where and how? 2nd week of pills, pretty good
2. Weekend highlight? Our Friday night date! Went to a good pizza place and saw Harry Potter - I was unsure about it at first, but by the end I was into it and couldn't wait for the next movie.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link) We don't often freeze meals either, but pps' responses reminded me of a few favorites that might work well: Spaghetti Sauce, Mini Meatloaves, and White Chicken Chili.
I haven't checked-in forever... I've been so busy!
1. Just starting week #3 of pills, feeling fine.
2. DH & I went pre-shopping for tile, flooring, and appliances for the new house that we're building. It was so fun (but overwhelming)! We just have to finalize the floorplan now and they'll get started on the foundation.
3. Soups! I make soup once a week in the winter and freeze half. It thaws out so nicely. I've done these: Cream of Mushroom, Corn Chowder, Broccoli Cheddar, and Cauliflower.
1. 9w2d pg and feeling great except for the fatigue!
2. Shot an AWESOME wedding on Saturday! Just amazing! And had a great time Sunday with Adrian. Went to see Harry Potter & loved it (although the book was better...of course
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3. Sweet potato burritos! So good! Recipe is here: https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Addictive-Sweet-Potato-Burritos/Detail.aspx
1. CD 4, feeling fine. Back on the real charting bandwagon. I've been half assing it for about 9 months now since we were using protection all the time. But now that we might have a short window to TTC if everything falls into place, I'm back in gear. Luckily, my cycles have been the same ever since I went off the pill. 28 days, o signs on the same day of each cycle, etc.
2. Shopping the Nordstrom anniversary sale. Jackson will be outfitted in cute Small Paul, and has a Northface Fleece now. I got a new northface (hot pink!), running shorts, tights, leggings, new boots, gray jeans, and a pair of cute mary janes. I have major love for this sale. I think I'm ready for fall; too bad it's July.
3. Hmm, I don't freeze a lot of meals but when I had Jackson, lasagna was a good one that a few people brought.
1. 9w0d
I have an appt with the hematologist this afternoon to make sure that I'm handling the lovenox ok.
2. I was at a garage sale and bought 8 maternity tops for $8. I don't need them yet, but was proud of the deal.
3. No suggestions, but am copying down most of yours.
1. 32w. Feeling good...more and more tired lately. Looking foward to getting this little guy here!
2. Going up near Culver yesterday and celebrating FIL's birthday on Lake Maxinkuckee.
3. We don't freeze alot of meals ahead of time, but we do sometimes freeze the leftovers and bring them out at a later time.
Sara
1. CD 3, tiiired.
2. Had some good conversations with patients while working. I feel like I am growing in my assessment skills, even though I wasn't doing official assessments.
3. Lasagna, homemade pizza.
1. 20w postpartum - I have a plugged duct.
hoping it doesn't turn into mastitis!
2. Went for a walk w/ Joseph and T.J. It was nice to do a "family" thing.
3. probably just lasagna. pot pie filling is good, too.
Joseph Henry was born at home on March 9, 2009
Nora Mae was born at home on October 30, 2011
I believe 12mos 3wks and 1d pp. Feeling good.
2. Weekend highlight?
Saturday night went out for supper with my parents at an amazing mexican restaraunt.
3. Favorite meal to freeze? (Bonus points for a recipe link)
Pulled BBQ pork.
~GRACIE JEAN 7-5-08~
1. CD 15 i believe.
2. Bachelorette Party for a friend getting married this weekend, and a cookout last night with some good friends of ours.
3. www.recipezaar.com and then type in oamc (once a month cooking) or freezer, there are some awesome recipes. I especially love the marinades. Balsamic Chicken is really good. Luke LOVES it.
1. not counting, feeling okay
2. having friends for dinner on Friday
3. We freeze almost everything, except leftover spaghetti. I would not prepare/freeze any lasagna or chili ahead of time personally, because that is what everyone brought us after the baby was born. Don't get me wrong, we appreciated everything people brought us and were happy for great meals, but you'll want some variety.
Here's a few: We've frozen enchiladas, any kind of soup (my favorite), plain baked chicken pieces (handy to get out later to make into wraps, chicken salad, whatever), pineapple chicken salad, meatloaf, you name it.
1. CD 9. We might TTC this cycle, but I'm feeling good. Just playing everything by ear on how we feel. It's so nice to be relaxing about TTC this time vs being really into trying to plan it. If we do it this month, great, if we don't, great, too.
2. We had a date night Sat night with no toddler. It was nice, but it was great seeing Rose on Sunday, too. I love her little toddler hugs and the way she rubs my back when I'm holding her.
3. Um, don't really have any.
1. 38w 2d, Feeling fine physically. Mentally/emotionally I'm ready to hold my baby, but not so ready for the swarm of people with good intentions.
2. We went to a birthday party for two of my cousin's kids.
3. I've never frozen a meal, sadly.
1. 11 weeks 6 days...where did the 1st Tri go again??? Feeling much better, although the fatigue is still getting me a little :P
2. Having friends over and swimming to escape the 110 heat...had a blast
3. Sorry, no links, all family recipes: vegetable soup, chicken noodle soup, chili, any kind of pasta (we're Italian and make really big pasta meals)...eek, now I'm hungry for dinner!