Preg-Nation

Hey friends...

I am alive.

I am almost 17 weeks pregnant.

I am in the, what I like to call "tweener" stage of pregnancy.

Maternity clothes look ridiculous and my cute clothes are tight and make me look like I ate one too many burritos.

SO WHAT AM I LEFT WITH?? Hah...my uniform shirts from HIGH SCHOOL- shout out to Parker uniform wearers from back in the day and stretchy pants. I have been drooling like crazy on this blog dreaming of the days I will get to dress cute again.

I have been swimming, lifting and running about two miles at a time. I start every day with a protein shake and conclude every day with thin mints and/or a corn dog. BABY LOVES CORN DOGS AND HOT DOGS....I know I am one sick preggy...but what baby wants baby gets.



The highlights...I am growing a baby. The Lord is refining me to be a better woman and follower of him. And life is sweet. I enjoy my job and I love the hustle and bustle. I feel so blessed that the Lord has allowed me to enjoy every stage of being pregnant and not be anxious for the future but content to be where I am at.

That is an update from what has been a blogging slump. I have the best anti-stretch cream mixture I am going to share because all ingredients can be found at Whole Foods (insert big sigh of love right here) and Walgreens. It smells like a beach and makes your skin super elastic and soft....get EXCITED because its two ingredients.

Good night bloggies.

DD

12 weeks = Healthy choices again!!

I am 12 weeks!!! See YA first trimester!! I welcome the second trimester where I supposedly become a new woman full of energy!! YAHOOO> you have NO IDEA how truly excited I am for this.

So I have a new breakfast I am bringing back. You see, in the morning (like I have said before) I am famished and if I don't get food in my stomach stat I get really sick (hopefully this will go away soon but who knows).

Anyway about a year ago, I started following this healthy lady's blog. Kath has the best recipes and addins to the recipe that you can purchase from her online store! I especially LOVE her oatmeal. So this morning I made this:

Whipped Banana Oatmeal

• 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup 1% or skim or soy milk
• 1/2 cup water (I like my oats a bit liquidy – cut back to 1/3 a cup if you don’t)
• 1/2 a banana, sliced
• 1 tbsp chia seeds (they give the best fluffy texture!)
• Pinch of kosher salt
• Vanilla, stirred in at end

YOU CAN GO HERE TO SEE KATH's 

Here is my version this morning...based on what I had in my pantry

 The bananas you add in are the best surprise as you are eating your oatmeal!!

 I top mine with dark chocolate dreams...so YUMMY! Healthy alternative to regular peanut butter!

Delish!!

So another thing I have been making for my drive to work (for some reason I can get hungry all over again in the car + I miss sipping coffee on the way to work).

Orange Pineapple Banana Strawberry Smoothie

Sounds complicated but all it is:

This juice I get from whole foods, a cup of mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries & strawberries) and 3 ice cubes.

NOW I am off to enjoy SNOW DAY NUMBER 4!!!

SNOW DAY number 2!!!!

OH my goodness!! 

Nothing is better than spending two WHOLE days in your pjs, eating waffles, watching episodes of our new favorite tv show, many walks in the snow with our puppy Minnie and her pink snuggie...my hubby is pretty manly to be in charge of walking Minnie...

We stayed up late in our pallet in front of our tv eating more pizza and watching Modern Family!! So today...has been lots of P90X to make up for all the carbs yesterday.

Anyway- I was only able to do P90X for about 25 minutes due to my "new" pregnant mark...dry heaving uncontrollably after what use to be easy work outs for me. This has happened 3 times in the last 5 work outs I have done. 

What have I discovered? My protein and nutrients seem to be low when this happens...so now in order to keep up with the amount of times per day my body is demanding food I have had to make much wiser choices so I can make it through work outs (which are one of my greatest joys).

So...

instead of a muffin.....I eat low calorie fruit cups

Instead of waffles....I go for a fruit protein smoothie and some peanut butter crackers

Instead of many bread choices for the side to a lunch meal I eat a salad loaded in greens

Instead of soap or pasta...I make myself (because for some reason meat is not tasty) eat some lean chicken, ground turkey, or fish....

I still let myself have that brownie or a scoop of ice cream. My metabolism is going CRAZY so I feel that some indulging in necessary for the pregger stories. I have gained no weight yet. I am still -5...so well see. Maybe 12 weeks will be the magic number.

Thanks for so much encouragement to those who read this and send me love!!

Hope you are enjoying your day of SNOW FUN!!!

Green Monster

So...

The facts:
-I am 11 weeks pregnant.
-I have the teeny tiniest bump
-I am getting my energy back
-I have to eat just about every three hours or I puke...
-I am struggling with SO many insecurities since I found out I was pregnant....and that is what I want to share....

So, like I said my insecurities have been under attack since I found out I was pregnant. I know these things are not from the Lord, but yet they flood my thoughts....in every way. From the thoughts about being a good mom, and raising my child in a family that loves the Lord. Being able to love my husband, manage a house, raise a baby, and work...

Then there are the really SELFISH things...will I be able to keep up my own appearances on our new tight budget? Will I be able to keep dressing the same? What if I get fat and cant go to the gym like I used to? Will I ever get to run a marathon?

The Internet is full of blogs and sights that make you want. WANT WANT WANT. From that girl who works out EVERY day and obsesses over her body, to the girl with all the best clothes and sporting the latest trends, to the one with the perfect house and amazing decor....they are always going to be there and the ugly green monster inside of me will always be battling those things...but what kind of mom would I be if what I am pouring my thoughts and worry into as I am preparing to shepherd a life were thoughts ALL about me. The Lord has blessed me with a baby- I get to start raising a child with a husband who loves me.

I might not be the one with the great tan, perfect body, great house, and a wardrobe that Vogue would do a special addition on, but I have been blessed with the gift of life and the Lord is in control and so sovereign. I am so undeserving of his grace but so thankful for it.

So readers, that is where I am...honestly. I have found its help me to be real about where I am at as I go through this season of life...here is a picture of where we are at. Not showing enough for a bump picture but a good reminder of how big baby is...

Cookie is my new whole grain

So...I woke up this morning and as usual- I felt my usual dry-heaving coming on...so I grab an oreo (one of the few food groups my body has accepted in the past month). Opps...I ate two.

Ok- I am starting to feel a little better and eat good things for me again so as I am craving starchy goodness and as that is sooo soothing to the tummy I then grabbed a whole grain english muffin, toasted it with a little butter and a little Peanut Butter Company all natural strawberry jelly. YUM...

Have you ever had Peanut Butter Company? Check them out and find their yummy products at most all grocery stores I have visited.

AWESOME discovery for future maternity clothes that I can wear now.

So I have them with a pink fold over top, but they are super great leggings!!!

My Little Lime Sublime

Well readers...you want to know what the big change coming to this blog? The biggest change my life has ever seen....

after shock.....
TERROR....
JOYYYY
fear....
Overwhelmed anxiousness
Vomit...
Re-Budgeting.
More.Vomit.
Encouragement from friends and family....
Love...
Thankfulness to my Sweet Father in heaven.
STILL...more vomit.
Sickness.
Aww....came this....

This is how big the baby inside me is RIGHT NOW!! That's right peeps. Jeffery and I are welcoming our first baby to the world on August 20, 2011!!!!

Its technically the size of a prune at 10 weeks and a lime at 11 weeks but the size isn't that different and I think comparing my baby to a wrinkled prune is icky.

This blog is about to be my journey through this season. Lots of emotions the Lord is working in me right now. This wasn't our plan, but what a plan it is turning out to be.

I am attempting to eat healthy...however since I'm sick as a dog (or should I say a preggo woman) I have only lost weight and have been living on donuts and strawberry flavored starchy yummyness (one of the only things that stays in my belly). So the Doc said- get through your first 14 weeks...THEN try the healthy weight.

I am still working out...but no marathon. I have decreased my cardio quite a bit and INCREASED my weights and toning ALOT!!! 

I went from sleeping 5 hours a day to 10 hours a day...haha so my house is a disaster...uncharacteristically me.

Get ready for some good preg stories, budget cutting, money saving tips. and cheap ways to do maternity with style.

No bump yet but I have seen the baby. Boy. is that magical. I know not everyone gets to experience this gift. And I am so grateful that my father has allowed me to experience this. It is truly a gift, even if you are sick majority of the time!

Love,

Soon-to-be-mommy D

Cha-Cha-Changes

Well Hey Bloggers,

Who ever might still be following my horrible blogging self...I do realize its been 3 weeks since I last blogged but allot has been going on in the Douthit house. More to come on that. :)

For starters, this blog is going to start to look a lot different. I have taken on some new parts to my job and more job responsibilities = more to blog about.

Next, my sweet hubs changed his work schedule and that means I get to spend about 2 nights with him a week...very hard adjustment for me.

Next, I have been injure and will no longer get to run my FIRST ever marathon in Feb...though the snow out my window is not necessarily beckoning me to run...I do miss my cold runs.

And last- I have been sick and extremely tired as a result. So thanks for being patient.

For the new year, I have decided to document the little things I am thankful for because I think the little things add up to a great life and I need to remember how great mine is.

So here we go. This might help you get to know me more if you don't.

I am thankful that after we see a movie, my husband talks in whatever accent they do for about a week.

He loves to make me laugh...at whatever the cost.

Our little tiny apartment smells wonderful because it only takes one candle to fill the whole place.

We have yet to turn the heater on because the $20 space heater I bought at target also fills the entire apartment with warmth.

Our bathroom always smells of my organic lavender soap because husband likes to use it just as much as I do...that is a secret of his.

My family lives close and I am so grateful for that.

We call my sister Gu because she loves drama and memories of her childhood usually have our family laughing at every gathering we have. And she allows us to laugh until we cry.

My grandparents wedding anniversary is almost exactly 50 years ahead of Jeff and I.

I work with 4 ladies who are some of my closest friends. I love going to work.

Simply lemonade with raspberry is my favorite drink in 2011 (so far) and I don't care that I am drinking calories.

I go to the gym as often and I can but it doesn't rule my life.

The Lord is teaching me about control and how freeing it is to give it all to Him...its quite the lesson.

More updates to come. I feel like the next few entries will be about all the changes in 2011.

DD