Pregnant in Heels

Anyone obsessed with Bravo like me? I could TOTALLY give up ALL other channels as long as I can keep Bravo...I admit I used to be obsessed with all the house wives shows and then I realized its the worst thing in the world I could be putting in my head as I am about to be a mom who will not have a personal assistant and full time nannies...anyone back to my point...hubs and I enjoy many shows like millionaire match maker and Bethenney ever after but me...I am OBSESSED with Pregnant in Heels...

A. because I have learned all kinds of things about baby-proofing
B. because Rosie Pope is presh
C. because no matter how many books you read, or how big of a staff you have, or how mommy natured you are...every woman has fears entering into motherhood.

Every mom struggles with the body changes, delivery anxieties, future unknowns and the overwhelming feeling that you wont be enough for the baby.

Some updates....

ANy moms out there struggling to get protein down? Welcome to your solution...I drink a boost high protein, chocolate flavored every morning and its 15 grams of protein. I put it on ice or blend it with ice and its scrumptious!!

Next favorite thing....these vitamins you can find at whole foods...its a gummy little treat and full of omegas! Thanks Lou Lou for introducing me!!

Besides my amazing husband surprising me with a PRE NATAL MASSAGE and a little shopping spree for my first mothers day, this also made my day...Do I not work with the sweetest ladies ever!!!?

And for you non-facebookers- say hello to 6 months pregnant Dana Douthit...its pretty CRAZY!!

Happy Mothers Day to all you momma's out there...my respect for you has gone WAYY up!!

UPdates!!

Hey bloggies,

HAPPY EASTER!! Hubs and I have been celebrating since Thursday when my pretty pretty sister came in town from Tech! Love this girl!

She is a junior in nursing school at Tech and the most focused student I have ever seen. I wish I loved school as much as Gu does. Anyway we hung out with her, saw Water for Elephants (LOVEd but you must read the book!), got pedicures, shopped, and went to church friday night. Hubs didnt get to do all of these things because he was keeping the city safe during most of these times.

Meet my perfect niece Blakely on the day she was born....

Now Check HER OUT!

O.M.G the cutest little bunny on the planet....so glad we got to spend Easter with her and fam!

Then I made these delicious wraps...you can find the super easy recipe HERE from my friend Erynn's blog

Chicken wraps...Jeffy and I LOVED these!!!

Say hello to the sweetest gift ever....I co-lead a small group of AMAZING SMU freshman and they threw me a little bebe shower and we painted these onesies...this is them drying in the back of my car. I love them.

So that is what I have been up to lately...

The Lord has been working on me too. This becoming a mom thing is SUCH a refinement process. So many selfish desires have been revealed to me and the Lord is teaching me to release them. As my body changes and I grow out of each pair of jeans I fight the lie that its a bad thing, and at the same time I have to fight the lie that I can eat everything in sight. I find myself driving down the road and imagining my baby in the back...and the fact that in just 4 months I WILL SEE a baby back there. I feel so undeserving of this bundle and sometimes not enough for he/she as well. It does make me however, so thankful for a father who loves me and gives me ALL that I need. So refreshing.

Well I am off to visit THIS lady tomorrow in HUNTSVILLE and can't wait. She was one of the most influential people in my during college and I lOVE that we have kept up!

More blogging to come!!

DD

21 weeks...

Hi Friends and happy 21 weeks to Baby D...

Updates:

Baby D has double his/her activity. He/she likes to kick momma's attention at about 10am (I think while deep in dreams) and then around 10am until 2am like he/she is at the circus...

I am soo sure its a boy that I would be quite shocked if it was a girl so you will probably start hearing me call he/she just he. Dont get me wrong...a girl would make my world but so would this little boy that I think is growing right now!

I popped out in weeks 19-21...crazy. SO crazy. I am officially wearing maternity clothes and a few of my old pants...but not many.

I have packed up most shirts in my closet...mostly because we are moving in a month but also because none of it will be on me this summer.

We started registering...which is a ball.

I started a baby journal I call, "Dear little one" so they can know all kinds of things about me to read some day...I always thought it would be fun.

I eat, sleep, dream nursery decor...and researching product reviews and best selling baby products...

Here is a small growth chart...

 11 weeks...no bump just showing you my little lime

 12 weeks0 forcing evidence of a bump!

 14 weeks- it has arrived!

 18 weeks...baby is being stubborn

 20 weeks!!! Hi baby bump and first maternity shirt from my sweet high school bestie- Amanda!

20 weeks- baby is the length of a banana....loving every minute of this sweet gift from the Lord.

Half way there and it FLEW by...bring on the move, hot summer, and then my sweet little one!!

Reflections from a pregnant lady!!

Hi...

Im having a quiet night in. Was sick all last week...and felt some ickyness coming back so I am home having a quiet night in.

Chick flick...check

grilled cheese with spinach and avacado inspired by this lady...check

blogging...check


Sweet kicks from baby...favorite check.

In the spirit of all the change in our life, Jeff and I decided to purchase some new furniture and start a new look for our home to bring baby home too...

All inspiration started at West Elm....ooooooooo....ahhhhh. Be still my heart, this place makes me swoon.

 Lots of searching and we decided on this pin tuck duvet in slate

http://www.target.com/Henna-Window-Panel-Gray-54x84/dp/B004JPC3HA/ref=sc_qi_detailbutton

These are are curtains.

And more to come...

Its been fun to pick out some grown up pieces and I can't wait to post pictures of our newly furnished place!!

I am especially excited to get the baby room together!!!

Perks, pains and oh so Pregnant

So being pregnant has its hilarious advantages.

You get an excuse to act a little crazier. You get to be waited on. You can talk about things that would normally make people uncomfortable...like what is going on inside you and the development of your baby...which has been really funny for me because I am normally the person that gags on Grey's Anatomy or gets sick at the sight of your blood pressure being taken. But for this baby inside me, I love getting to know every detail about the development. Maybe because we ARE NOT finding out if its a boy or a girl until it is in my arms this August....I know its CRAZY. The most control happy woman on the planet is NOT FINDING OUT...if I can do it sister...anyone can....

But here are the down sides...I get the flu every Spring. The kind that I get two flu shots to prepare, take vitamin C every day and still am out for the week on pain medicine. Well I got a virus going around this weekend...that involves a NASTY cough, flem, a SUCKER PUNCH type headache, body ache, and some VOMit...not fun....

So then I call my doctor to find out what I can take...NOTHING but regular extra strength Tylenol...wow...oh and I can have as much water and Gatorade as I want...woohoo. Anyway I hope things start looking up today...its going around my whole family lasting 3-5 days...beware world. I think its going around every where.

OK so now on to my STRETCH MARK REMEDY...or as I like to call it, my magic potion. So I did a lot of research on these creams because there are so many out there. They cost about $30-50  for a travel size tube so I wondered can I make this my self? Well my hair dresser told me she didn't get any stretch marks and she applied a home mix of cocoa butter and vitamin C oil every night before bed. 

Well BabyCenter.com and Fit Pregnancy all recommend vitamin E oil. So I ventured over to Whole Foods and purchased this great smelling, hydrating goodness:

Jason is the bomb.com....and smells like a beach

I am a HUGE fan of Dove products so I have been using the cream oil with shea butter...

This is another fav shea butter lotion also...I change out between this one and the DOVE. This one can be a little more sticky because its all organic but it smells like lavendar fields and mixed with the vitamin E oil makes for a constantly soft mommy-to be.

The vitamin E oil goes a long way so use very carefully. I use two little drops for each stretch mark vulnerable region.

So...I am home for the third day in a row sick. Pack on the anti-oxidants, vitamin C, green tea and stay away from the sickly (no matter how much you love them) because NOTHING is worse than being sick and PREG....the only thing I can take is tylenol extra strength....thats it.

For a cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, body ache...this does not do much....its horrible. So today I am backing on the berries, green tea, and vitamin C. 

Hopefully I will join you the public tomorrow...

momma-to-be-DD

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!!!