All across the web, folks are posting photos of first snows… while here in California it’s just beautiful. Granted we’ve finally turned on the heat in the house… but look at the gorgeous sight greeting me this morning from our bathroom window!
p.s. Guess who has the hiccups? I know, I keep posting about this. It happens at a minimum of five times a day now. Always in the same spot. I think our baby is already wedged in there — luckily in perfect birthing position!
The 20 worst foods in America
Have you seen this article? Many of the foods listed are no-brainers (giant sized burger, sugar loaded hotcakes, ), but others are a bit surprising:
Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza – “Downing this “personal” pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino’s Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.”
Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce – “This meal satisfies your calorie requirements for an entire day.”
Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie – “Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie; we call it a milk shake. In fact, this beverage contains as much sugar as 2 pints of Ben & Jerry’s butter pecan ice cream.”
So shocking! Granted I have never eaten any of these dishes, but I have eaten at these restaurants in the past.
Here are two other terrifying desserts that we’ve steered clear of after looking up the caloric content on our own:
Cold Stone Creamery Vanilla Shake – Almost 1400 calories and 70 grams of fat. (Their French Vanilla flavor also contains High Fructose Corn Syrup. YUCK!)
Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake (prepackaged) – Once slice contains 800 calories and 30 grams of saturated fat. Enough said. (Their official restaurant site doesn’t post nutritional information, so we assume it’s just as bad, if not worse, since they don’t have to disclose…)
Just a couple more reasons to cook healthily at home. (Luckily, we have a number of fantastic vegan/vegetarian/healthy restaurants nearby. We’re planning on going to one in a couple hours, before we head to our acupressure for labor/partner prenatal yoga class! Should be fun!)
Virtual Baby Shower – Photo Guessing Game
Since I’m not having an actual baby shower, I thought it would be fun to have a virtual baby shower.
So, let’s play some baby shower games!
To join in, please email me a photo of yourself when you were a baby and a photo of you today. Then we will all get to guess which baby photo belongs to which friend!
Should be fun!
Please submit your photos by December 21st.
Thanks for participating!
{inspired by maggie}
Belly update
Almost 31 weeks along (compare with 28 week photo – some subtle differences)
An adventurous child?
As our due date approaches, I keep wondering “what sort of child are we going to have?” One characteristic I am especially curious about is whether we will have an adventurer:
Left: Carrie in fourth grade repelling down a dam next to a waterfall
Right: David being greeted by wolves at a wolf refuge (talk about an intimate and intimidating hello!)
After many such interesting and exciting experiences, our lives seem downright boring nowadays. Perhaps we need to go climb a mountain or visit a non-industrialized country? Obviously we can bring along the kids.