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My pregnancy fitness regimen has begun. I made it to the gym yesterday and it felt so good! A few of the regulars were pretty shocked to see me since it has been so long since I’ve been there. Once I walked in though, it felt like I hadn’t missed a day – well besides the fact that I cannot, for the life of me remember my locker combination. I thought maybe it would just come back to me when I walked into the locker room but no such luck. I tried a bunch of different combinations and I have no clue. I think I have so many number combos in my head at this point that I’m never going to come up with the right one. Seriously though, I remember the combination to my locker in high school (14-4-38) so how can I not remember the combination to a locker I just used like five months ago? Anyways, I walked on the treadmill for about 30 minutes while listening to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, my latest ITunes purchase. I almost accidentally started blaring out the chorus until I realized where I was…”I want your lovin’ and I want your revenge, you and me could write a bad romance. Whoooaaaaa!” Ooops, see there I go again. Sorry about that. So, my goal is to continue walking on my lunch breaks out in the factory here at work and then to hit the gym Monday through Wednesday. We’ll see how it goes! Oh, and how cruel is this? I have a doctor appointment on Monday and you know what happens at doctor appointments. Yep, you have to step on the dreaded scale. You realize this is a four day THANKSGIVING weekend and I have to weigh myself on Monday, right? Deep breath…the number doesn’t matter as long as baby is healthy…HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE!!

It's Been Awhile...

My apologies for the lack of blog updates lately. I would like to blame it on tiredness or nausea but unfortunately, it’s just been pure laziness. Well, and the fact that I’ve been really busy at work and haven’t had time during the work day to blog. I do think that I am finally snapping out of the tiredness of the first trimester and am actually able to keep my eyes open past 9:00 – not much past but past 9:00 nonetheless.

Last Wednesday I made my announcement at work. I spent countless hours working on my special cookies and I think they turned out pretty cute (see photo) but you couldn’t pay me enough money to ever do these cookies again. They were SO MUCH WORK!! My mom even brought in a cookie cake that said “Grandma Linda” to share with her co-workers. Everyone seemed so excited for me so it was a really nice day! Of course a few people said they had their suspicions, most likely because I had been raiding said people’s candy jars on numerous occasions. I’m going to tell myself it’s not because I’ve been packing on the pounds although that is probably a more likely scenario.

This past weekend we went on our annual mother/daughters shopping trip to the Mall of America. I have to say I was quite a trooper the whole day – I think I could have out-shopped Lindsay even! ;) This was also my first foray into the world of maternity clothes. I had the best luck at Gap and H&M. I got the cutest jeans at the Gap and TONS of tops. I even got a pair of leggings to wear at some point during my quest to be a stylish pregnant chick! I still have lots more things I need to build my wardrobe but I at least got the essentials and am happy to report that my pants are no longer cutting off my circulation. I’m sure baby appreciates that too!!

Again, I will try to be better at updating my blog. It makes me happy that many of you are reading it and letting me know when I’m slacking! :)

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Can you say Faux Pas? So I’m practically in tears as I write this. I came in to work this morning and stopped in the cafeteria. One of the cafeteria ladies ASKED ME IF WAS PREGNANT! At first I said no but then I could tell that she felt really bad so I said, “Actually I am but I’m not telling anyone here at work til next week so please don’t say anything.” Then I asked her why she thought that. You know, I was thinking maybe she heard it from someone but NO! She says, “Well, you had just lost so much weight and you were so skinny.” Um, wrong answer lady!!! Isn’t that like a cardinal rule that EVERYONE, not just women should know?? You don’t ask ANYONE, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES if they are pregnant!! RIGHT??? Ugh….I thought this was the time that you’re supposed to enjoy food and not worry about your diet and all that and then someone comes up and tells you that you used to be so skinny? Her body was certainly nothing to brag about either by the way. I mean, I know that my pants are getting a little tighter. They’re being held together by a hair band for God’s sake. I don’t need to be told by someone else that I’m gaining weight though! Whew…I guess maybe it’s time to him the gym ASAP. Now all I can think about is not gaining too much weight so it isn’t too difficult to lose after I have the baby. Thanks a lot lady for ruining my pregnancy euphoria! This is not one I will forget any time soon! Please. Someone. Tell me this has happened to you. I need a support group.

11 Week Update!

One of my “followers” brought to my attention that I haven’t updated my blog lately as to how I’m feeling and stuff so I thought I better get to it! Yesterday I hit the 11 week mark and I’m feeling really, really great! I’m still going to bed pretty early but I can at least keep my eyes open through Dancing With the Stars and The Biggest Loser for the most part. Around 6 weeks or so, I was a little nauseous in the mornings but that went away pretty quickly. I’ve found that I’m a lot hungrier during the day but then after work, besides dinner, I really don’t feel like eating anything else. That’s kind of strange for me because pre-pregnancy, all I did was snack after dinner!

Next Wednesday I will be 12 weeks and I’m making my official announcement at work. While this pregnancy may be the worst kept secret in the world, I’m pretty sure most of my co-workers don’t know – I can probably attribute that to the fact that they are men, and therefore are mostly oblivious. It will be nice for it to be out in the open here though. That way people will stop thinking maybe I’ve eaten a few too many cheeseburgers! For my announcement, I’ve decided to bake sugar cut out cookies - in baby shapes of course! I found cookie cutters in the shape of a baby foot, a onesie, a rocking horse, a carriage, and a teddy bear. They are so cute! I’m just so looking forward to being a part of the “pregnant girls club”. There are two other girls in my department that are pregnant right now so it’s nice to finally be one of them!

I’ve been thinking once I’m officially through the first trimester I’m going to head back to the gym. It’s been awhile…so long in fact that I realized yesterday that I can’t remember the combination to my gym locker. Not sure what to do about that! Anyways, I’ve been walking in the factory at work on my lunch breaks which is probably about a 2 mile walk so I think I’d just like to hit the treadmill at the gym for a half an hour or so after work just to get a little more exercise in. I’d like to try to stay in shape as much as possible so I don’t have as much work to do after I have the baby! That is the plan so hopefully now that I’ve shared it with all of you that means I will be more likely to follow through with it. Make me feel guilty and ask me if I’m exercising please!! I need that!

Baking Up a Storm!

I spent a lot of time in the kitchen this weekend, mostly baking...occasionally sampling. First off was cupcakes for my friend's daughter's birthday. I think they turned out pretty cute. This was my first attempt at homemade chocolate frosting and er, I think I might be in trouble. After decorating all of the cupcakes, there was too much frosting left to throw away so I put it in the fridge and um, maybe had a spoonful or two. I swear that's all. In the past hour.

Next up, turtle cheesecake. Dave's birthday is Tuesday and his favorite dessert is cheesecake. I was planning on making it Monday night so it could refrigerate overnight and then we'd have it on his birthday but then I got to thinking, you know, it's really time consuming to bake a cheesecake, what with there being so many steps, and I'm pretty sure Dave wanted to eat it tonight. I think he was craving it. I said HE was craving it, not me! Of course, I wanted to satisfy that craving for him so I got to work. Seriously, to die for. I mean, HE thought it was to die for. Really, what's not to love? Graham cracker/Oreo cookie crust, caramel, pecans, and CHEESECAKE!! Maybe I'll have another slice, er, I mean a slice, just a small one of course...